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42 VIPER CHAMPIONSHIP MORE Attention, anyone who doubted Brad Angelo’s 13 ability: You definitely need to read this. Columns, Departments, Etc.

Inside Line 44 CHAMELEON CHAMPIONSHIP 6 LEADING OFF When is the 10-pin a bowler’s best friend? For By Keith Hamilton News, Notes and Perspective , when his foes are leaving it. 8 MAIL 13 POLITICS AND BOWLING 46 REGIONAL ROUNDUP At the QubicaAMF World Cup, one of the The All Regions South Point Open may have spectators is a world-famous politician. set a PBA record for sudden-death overtimes. 18 FLASHBACK By Lyle Zikes 50, 25, 10 years ago in bowling. 14 DEAR READER In 1932, Bowlers Journal had an editor who 20 CHAT ROOM was 17 years old. You may recall his name. By Mort Luby Jr. 47 Newly elected Hall of Famer Shirley Levens. 18 BEAT THE CHAMPS 20 MEDIA BEAT and put on a great Clinic show in Chicago, and it was all for charity. Pro Tips and Ball Reviews 20 BY THE NUMBERS 20 SPORT BOWLING STARS 2. The man who won the 2002 Masters tops the 48 THE PRO APPROACH Sport Bowling average list for 2011-12. The “moment of truth” arrives: 22 ALMANAC and Sean Rash display exceptional form. 26 THE HOT LIST By Bill Spigner Bowlers Journal 2012 Readers’ Index. A look back at a dozen unforgettable stories from the bowling year of 2012. 55 NO HOLES BARRED 24 TOURNAMENTS New balls for a new year, plus a new 28 TIMELINE way to gauge a ball’s surface grit. 33 PRO-POURRI Reliving the bowling decade of the 1910s. By Joe Cerar Jr. By J.R. Schmidt 46 AROUND THE REGIONS 61 BJI BALL GUIDE 30 THEY SAID WHAT?!? Updated “real world” ratings and summaries When Don Glover broke a seven-year silence of 112 bowling balls reviewed in 2012. 47 PRACTICE on the incident that ended his PBA career. By Joe Cerar Jr. With Jim Dressel 54 BALL MOTION POTENTIAL CHART

32 BOWLITICALLY INCORRECT 82 BUSINESS NEWS Our most serious problem: If bowlers no longer take the sport seriously, who will? 79 By Jim Dressel Business 84 PEOPLE/PLACES/THINGS 90 BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS Industry Updates and Insight 90 BUSINESS DATEBOOK 33 80 HALL MARKS AMF’s current situation should not be ProBowling thought of as a “picture of the industry.” 92 CLASSIFIED SECTION By Wally Hall Results, Schedules and More 96 STRIKES ME 86 BJI PERSON OF THE YEAR By Bob Johnson 34 PBA INSIDER Nobody thought it could be done, but Reno Embracing the PBA’s “new normal.” lands more USBC tournaments through 2030. By Lyle Zikes 88 WHAT’S RIGHT WITH BOWLING 36 FINALS Danny Wiseman’s debut scholarship event Chris Barnes and Missy Parkin take very is a big success... and it won’t be his last. different routes to $20,000 titles in Vegas. By Dennis Bergendorf 41 CHEETAH CHAMPIONSHIP A relatively easy “fix” to his delivery helps Bill O’Neill find his way back to winner’s circle.

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