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The Beginning§ Of The Beginning§ of . In Houston, Texas Dedication. This History and Beginnings of Gay Bowling in Houston is dedicated to those who have played a part in providing bowling to Houston's gay community and who are no longer with us to enjoy their dreams and efforts as our pioneers of everlasting dedication. They should be remembered forever in Houston's gay archives. They are Nick Escobedo, Tommy Davis, Ed McKelvey, Mike Steiniger, Sam Immordino, Jim Buck, Phill Blakeway, Mark Hall, and Jim Reagan. We miss them and all bowlers that we have lost over the years. We will all be forever grateful to them. The founding members of gay bowling in Houston are: In celebrating the 20th. Anniversary of Gay Bowling in Houston, Texas ..... by Gerald Hagan May, 1999 Tommy Davis GAY BOWLING IN HOUSTON- THE BEGINNING YEARS March, 1979: Gay bowlers gathered by advertising in TWT for "a night out at the lanes" for practice fun at Stadium Lanes and Merchant Park Lanes. May 14, 1979: Houston's first gay bowling league, MSA Men's League, begins with 6 teams and 30 members at Stadium Lanes. August 9, 1979: An article in the Advocate, "Gay Sports in America," recognizes Houston gay bowling. September,1979: MSA Men's Winter League, begins with 22 teams (ending with 20) with 5 members each to be Stadium Lanes' second largest league for the season. October,1979: MSA Bowling is represented at the First Gay March on Washington. May, 1980: MSA bowlers attend the 1st. Stonewall Tournament in New York at the first national-international gay bowling tournament held during the Memorial Day weekend. June, 1980: MSA Men's Summer League begins its second Summer with 26 teams. August, 1980: MSA bowlers attend the Hollywood Bowl Tournament in Los Angeles, where IGBO (the International Gay Bowling Organization) is founded. September,1980: MSA Men's Winter League begins the season with 56 teams (5 members each) and finishes with 54. The league is unofficially recognized by Houston Bowling Association as the largest 5 man team, men's league in the country, and officially confirmed as the largest league in the State of Texas. November, 1980 (Thanksgiving): MSA bowlers attend the 2nd. HIT (Holiday Invitational Tournament) in Milwaukee where Houston receives the bid for the 1st. IGBO Tournament. February, 1981: 1st. TROT (Texas Roll-off Tournament) in Dallas. April, 1981: 1st. Dixie in Atlanta. May, 1981 (Memorial Weekend): Houston hosts the 1st. IGBO Tournament with 65 teams (325 bowlers). June,1981: MSA Men's Summer League begins its third Summer with 48 teams. September,1981: Mixed League Bowling begins with the Eddie Chavez League and MSA Men's Winter League begins its third Winter with 64 teams. June, 1982: MSA Men's League begins its fourth Summer with 44 teams. September, 1982: MSA Men's League begins its fourth Winter with an all time record of 66 (5 member) teams. July,1986: MSA Bowling hosts the first TIT '86 (Texas Invitational Tournament). - Season 1- March-August, 1979: Pre League and The Beginning All bowlers, who are gay or lesbian, growing up prior to the 1970' s probably dreamed of one day being able to enjoy what they like best-- bowling, with other gays and lesbians, especially once everyone started coming out after Stonewal1. That dream became real when one individual began the process to make it happen in Houston, Texas. Nick Escobedo, who was President of the Montrose Sports Association Volleyball League, with intentions of expanding the organization to other gay sports in Houston, gathered friends and fellow volleyball players who enjoyed and knew the game of bowling to begin Houston's first gay bowling league. They were Tommy Davis, Ed McKelvey, and Gerald ( Hagan. Little did any of them imagine that a lot was about to happen very Houston? Texas rapidly within the inner circle of gay bowling during the first few years. Together, they networked with other gay bowlers by recruiting friends and by advertising a "guys' night out at the lanes" in TWT's classified section during the months of March and April, 1979. Stadium Lanes and Merchant Park Lanes were chosen houses closest to the Montrose area to attract more people. As individuals would attend weekly, names were gathered of those interested in eventually forming a league. Thirty individuals were interested by the beginning of the ABC's Summer Season, May 14, 1979, to form the first gay bowling league in Houston, a 6 team (with 5 members each) league called MSA Summer League, under the umbrella of Montrose Sports Association. The league was small and "disappeared" on lanes 31-36 in the corner of Stadium Lanes'(a 72 lane house) "red" side. 1979 MSA Men's Summer League (6 Teams, 5members each) Officers: GeraldHagan, President The league felt somewhat unnoticed until at season's end Nick Escobedo', Vice President there was talk of the league possibly moving to another Tommy Davis, Secretary house (which no longer exists) with only 16 lanes in the Ed McKelvey, Treasurer Garv Guidrv " Sat. at Arms Galleria Shopping Center. The manager of Stadium Lanes First Name Last Name Team approached the MSA League president and asked what 1 Doug Campbell Five Easy Pieces would it take to keep the league at Stadium and questioned 2 Tommy Davis Five Easy Pieces if the league was being hassled by anyone for being gay. 3 Collin Kennedy Five Easy Pieces That was the first acknowledgment to the house that this 4 Ed McKelvey Five Easy Pieces 5 Jerry Petrizzo Five Easy Pieces was a gay league. He was comforted in knowing that the 6 Arnie Farris Gutter Trash league's concerns were lane conditions and the late 9 p.m. 7 Nick Escobedo Gutter Trash starting time and not that anyone was hassled for being 8 Eddie Escobedo Gutter Trash gay. He then asked what would it take to keep this league. 9 Richard Dauchy Gutter Trash 10 Gerald Hagan Gutter Trash This was a market he wanted to be first in Houston's 11 Ed Aguilar bowling industry to tap. (To our knowledge this was the 12 Phill Blakeway first welcoming of the gay community in a Houston public 13 Efrain Calderon 14 Lynn Chapman place of business outside of the gay community.) 15 Doug Cogswell 16 Edd~ Cowan His offer to keep the league was as follows: (1) he would 17 John Denson pay for all gay media advertising needed to recruit new 18 George Garcia 19 Eddie Graham members, (2) pay a nice sum toward awards and banquet 20 Gary Guidry expenses, (3) guarantee improvements in lane conditions, 21 Phil Howard (4) keep the 9 p.m. Monday time slot, and (5) if achieved 22 Sam Immordino at least 20 teams, everyone in the league would receive a 23 Israel Levy 24 Patrick Mcilvain free, drilled bowling bal1. 25 Darrell Reynolds 26 Richard Salinas 27 Rhon Smith 28 Wally Talbert 29 Charles Watson 30 Larry Westbrook A roster listing ofthe 1979 MSA Men's Sumrer League. - 1- .- - HAM' .Tn'AL "INS OAMlS .;.VI ••••Gf HAME IOUJ. 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