May 2014

A Message From The Editor…

As the season winds down, I can’t help but dwell on the emotional rollercoaster we here at the association have gone through. I frequently remind myself that when I came on board as a Director for the Indy Association, I had one goal in mind...to help grow the sport.

It did not take me long to realize that the USBC is not just all about growing membership, tracking averages and handing out rings, it is a business. And this business is not only made successful by the people that run it, but by you the members as well.

The point I’m trying to make is that the Indy USBC is a great organization. Through your participation and voice, you can help us maintain the integrity of the organization and the sport itself. I ask each FEATURING one of you to think about what bowling means to you and what you want bowling to Tournament Results be in the future. Make your presence Bowling Buzz known when we start up the season in Bowling Spotlight August and attend meetings. Let your voice Ballistics 101 be heard and help grow the sport of Calendar of Events bowling.

Let’s support the Indy USBC and keep this 120 year old organization going strong. Have a great summer, be safe, and be sure to join us back here in August for the next edition of the Pocket Panorama!

Rich Sirola

Indy USBC Assoc

The Indy USBC Association has been kept mighty busy this time of year holding its various championship tournaments.

The 193rd Annual Women’s Championship Tournament was held on February 15‐16 and 22‐23 at All Star Bowl which included 31 first me bowlers! Longme returning bowlers were recognized for their tournament parcipaon: 10 Years (Marie Pringle, Becky Chastain, Jill Picke, Robyn Lamey, and Krisn Smith), 20 Years (Sharon Delashmit and Donna Pope‐Green), 30 Years (Linda Muir), and 40 Years (Phyllis Hussung and Ede Kline). There were 68 600 series shot, 15 700 series shot, and 29 games of 250 or beer shot during the tournament. Michele Irwin had high game/series of the tournament (290/782) and qualified for an 11‐in‐a‐Row award. Effie Fleenor bowled an All Spare Game of 185 while Donna Pope‐Green and Linda Burns each qualified for a 30 and Clean award...these women came out to bowl!! Congratulaons to all the women who bowled in this year’s tournament. We look forward to seeing you back again next year! Team Handicap Score Prize $ Team Scratch Score Prize $ Oh Spare Me 3222 $600.00 Pinups 3062 $200.00 We'Ve Been Framed 3221 $350.00 Just Relax 3017 $150.00 Lucky Dog Retreat 3189 $266.00 Bowman's Crew 2982 $100.00 Doubles Handicap Score Prize $ Doubles Scratch Score Prize $ Christy Woodruff/Kim Lucas 1470 $350.00 Christy Woodruff/Kim Lucas 1444 $200.00 Donna Pope‐Green/Alicia Tucker 1432 $250.00 Stacy Heydon/Kimberly Woodall 1376 $150.00 Akeshia King/Charita Williams 1413 $210.00 Leslie Lynch/Traci White 1330 $ 65.00 Singles Handicap Score Prize $ Singles Scratch Score Prize $ Michele Irwin 782 $250.00 Linda Burns 753 $175.00 Deanna Sauer‐Turner 779 $125.00 Stacy Heydon 693 $ 90.00 Leanna Barton 768 $112.00 Cynthia Long 682 $ 60.00 All Events Handicap Score Prize $ All Events Scratch Score Prize $ Susan Rider 2185 $150.00 Linda Burns 2162 $125.00 Linda Burns 2162 $ 75.00 Stacy Heydon 2062 $ 75.00 Lisa Tacke 2109 $ 65.00 Traci White 2209 $ 20.00

The 107th Open Tournament Doubles & Singles Event was held at Hindel Bowl on March 1‐2 and 7‐8. It was an excing two weekends of compeon with record breaking tournament acon. Jeff Thomas’ 853 series is the highest series bowled in the tournament’s history! Lee Johnson, Ryan Piman and Jason Johnson weren’t too far behind with impressive 834, 813, and 811 series respecvely. Steven Buell, John Bauerle, Jr., and Jeff Thomas each added a 300 game to their count, as well as Steven Williams, who shot his very first 300 game during the tournament! Congratulaons to all of the champions and we’ll see you back next year for more acon packed bowling!

Doubles "A" Handicap Score Prize $ Singles "A" Handicap Score Prize $ Jason Johnson/Gail Cofer 1520 $400.00 Jeffery Thomas 853 $200.00 David Buell/Stephen Buell 1515 $300.00 Lee Johnson 811 $150.00 Ryan Pitman/Steve Lang 1478 $269.00 John Bauerle Jr. 778 $143.00

Doubles "B" Handicap Score Prize $ Singles "B" Handicap Score Prize $ Paul Alvies/Freddy Washington 1399 $400.00 Steven Williams 759 $200.00 Jeff Spargur/Kevin Means 1395 $300.00 Mark Walls 744 $150.00 Brian Carter/Marn Anderson 1372 $251.00 Shane Centers 707 $ 142.00

Doubles "C" Handicap Score Prize $ Singles "C" Handicap Score Prize $ Eloise Michaels/James Dixon 1387 $250.00 James Kimmerle 747 $150.00 Shane Caldwell/Gary Rabb 1387 $250.00 William Sandlin 701 $125.00 Phillip Squires Jr./James Sco 1330 $125.00 Mike Elsner 700 $111.00

The 32nd Annual Senior Handicap Tournament rounded out the Association’s tournaments for the year. It was held on April 26‐30 at Hindel Bowl.

Class A Men Score Prize Class A Women Score Prize Dan Kirby 800 $150 Edna Fisher 757 $100 Sam Friedman 757 $100 Donna Spring 755 $80 William Campbell 752 $90 Elizabeth Serafino 747 $66 Don Browning 747 $83 Charlene Grayson 743 $40 Raymond Jensen 745 $76

Class B Men Score Prize Class B Women Score Prize Stephen White 813 $100 Joann Flynn 718 $75 Michael Kerr 750 $75 Pay Edmondson 711 $55 Frank Mason 745 $68.50 Marie Pringle 699 $39 Walter Crutchfield 745 $68.50 Al Kearns 740 $58

Class C Men Score Prize Class C Women Score Prize Randal Chienden 792 $130 Ardie Bucher 780 $95 Michael Pearcy 787 $100 Linda Muir 705 $75 Warren Hopson 786 $76 Annee Williams 700 $55 Joseph George 781 $62 William Hillard 767 $53

Class D Men Score Prize Class D Women Score Prize Terry Mizell 732 $75 Lou Ann Moberley 843 $75 Jeffery Soots 719 $50 Marylin Brown 760 $55 Richard Logan 710 $44

Class E Men Score Prize Class E Women Score Prize Brian Woodruff 809 $95 Mary Briant 806 $80 Rich Sirola 791 $65 Leanne Williams 724 $50 Mychael Wallace 790 $47 Edward Bigelow Jr. 762 $40

The Indy USBC Association can always use help at tournaments. Whether it is running scores to the brackets table or helping sell half-pot tickets, please come out and volunteer some time at our youth & adult tournaments. Help us keep the sport of bowling alive! The Indy USBC Association held its 18th Annual Awards Banquet on May 5, 2014 at the American Legion Post 64 in Indianapolis. Award winners this year include the following recipients: Indy USBC Association Scholarships - Taylor Condre and Nate Briggs Award of Excellence - Roy Tarter Volunteer of the Year - Eileen Sirola Secretary of the Year - Steve Holman Sponsor of the Year - Steve Rusorarmoff (S&R Home Improvements) Cliff Doerr/Irene Wiese Award of Appreciation - Ede Klein Presidential Citation - Janice Wozniak Indy USBC Youth Committee Scholarships - Devin Elmlinger and Robert Rawley Indy USBC Youth Committee Volunteer of the Year - Karen Elrod Attendance Award (Annual Meeting) - Brownsburg Bowl Awards were also given out to the tournament champions from the various Association tournaments held during the year: Mixed Tournament, Open Tournament and Women’s Tournament. Congratulations to all of the winners.

Sean started bowling in 1995 and typically averaged in the 190’s. To date, he Indy USBC Spot has achieved an 11-in-a-Row award (2003) and has posted up two 300 games Light On (2008 and 2012). When he’s not bowling, you’ll find Sean working for the I.T. Department at Victory Field. From making sure all the media personnel and their networks are hooked up, all the way down to assuring the ticket scanners are in good working order, Sean is an important cog in the overall baseball experience. He also chips in part time at Woodland Bowl’s pro-shop.

But this isn’t about Sean and his accomplishments as a bowler or what he does for a living; this is about Sean, the humanitarian. Did you know that out of the goodness of his heart, Sean has donated his 2011/2012 bowling season winnings towards diabetes research, breast cancer awareness as well as a prosthetic for his friend, Tevis Stambaugh? At the end of the following season, Sean donated ALL of his winnings to the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation. This summer, Sean will be reaching out to the entire bowling community and hosting a two-in-one tournament on June 29th. There will be a 9-pin no-tap tournament for the bowlers just looking to have some fun and a scratch tournament for the more competitive bowlers out there. Sean wants the proceeds from this event to go to Relay for Life to find the cure for Lymphocyte Leukemia. This is a great opportunity for the bowling community to show its generosity. So mark your calendars for June 29th and come out to Expo Bowl and show your support.

Woodland Bowl was the latest center to undergo some major renovations during the 2013- 2014 bowling season. Knowing they had to be ready for the High School state finals competition, they hustled to get things done. Summarizing the changes, 10 or so lanes were removed to make way for laser tag and a new bar/lounge area as well as a refurbished snack bar area. The front desk was also remodeled to better accommodate bowlers.

Bowling and Bowling Ball Technology Trivia:

1. When you throw a perfect strike, how many pins does the ball hit? A - 3, B - 4, C - 5, D - 6 2. How many boards are on a bowling lane? A - 38, B - 39, C - 40, D - 41 3. When you are in your approach, you should always keep an eye or both on the pins. True or False 4. The outer shell of a bowling ball is referred to as cover stock. Which of these cover stocks would create the most friction when it comes in contact on the lane? A - Urethane, B - Reactive Resin, C - Polyester (plastic) or D - Particle Resin 5. Some high performance bowling balls have the MB labeled on the ball. What does MB stand for? A - Marked Bias, B - Master Bi- as, C - Mass Bias, or D - Milton Bradley 6. In order to find the mass bias of an unlabeled ball, what is the length you must measure from the pin to the direction of the cen- ter of gravity? A - 4 5/6”, B - 7 1/2”, C - 6 3/4”, or D - 3 3/8” 7. Which of these types of cores would typically have the highest mass bias differential? A - The core with the higher radius of gyra- tion, B - The core with the higher flare potential, C - Asymmetric, or D - Symmetric 8. In terms of reactive resin cover stocks, which of these describe a specific type of resin? A - Solid, B - Pearl, C - Neither of these, or D - Both of these 9. What branch of the US Military issued a patch that featured a bowling ball knocking down pins? A - Army, B - Navy, C - Air Force, or D - Marines 10. The United States Bowling Congress has restricted approved bowling ball manufacturers from having their balls surpass a cer- tain differential in their cores. What is the differential the manufacturers cannot surpass? A - 0.05, B - 0.08, C - 0.075, or D - 0.06 11. Which of these grits when sanded will provide the earliest ball reaction? A - 360, B - 500, C - 2000, or D - 4000 12. If I start my approach and then cross the foul line, but do not throw the ball down the lane, this is a foul. True or False 13. Before 1998, the American Bowling Congress and the Women’s International Bowling Congress later changed to the United States Bowling Congress, did not have any rules on a ball’s core differential until this controversial ball was released, and then later banned on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour. What is the name of this ball? A - Roto-Grip SD-73, B - Columbia 300 Piranha, C - Storm El Nino, or D - Brunswick Command Zone 14. When using a reactive resin bowling ball, the ball does something to the oil on the lane. What does it do? A - Pushes the oil, B - Bowling lanes do not use oil, C - Absorbs the oil, or D - It has no effect on the oil 15. When drilling a bowling ball, what is the grip called when the middle finger is drilled for a finger tip grip, and the ring finger is drilled for a conventional grip? A - Semi-Finger Tip, B - Semi-Conventional, C - Sarge-Western, or D - Sarge-Easter 16. Where is the National Bowling Stadium located? A - Las Vegas, NV, B - Arlington, TX, C - Reno, NV, or D - Houston, TX 17. What major liquor company produced a glass liquor decanter in the shape of a bowling pin? A - Jack Daniels, B - Wild Turkey, C - Jim Beam, or D - Maker’s Mark

Answers: 1-B, 2-B, 3-False, 4-D, 5-C, 6-C, 7-C, 8-D, 9-A, 10-D, 11-A, 12-False, 13-A, 14-C, 15-D, 16-C, 17-C BALLISTICS ‐ (buh‐lis‐ks) ‐ is the science of mechanics that deals with the flight, behavior, and effects of projecles, especially bullets, gravity bombs, rockets, bowling balls or the like; the science or art of designing and accelerang projecles so as to achieve a desired performance.

A GUIDE TO A WELL BALANCED DELIVERY

Want to get that extra edge to scoring better? Have you ever evaluated your stance at the line just after delivering the ball? It may be time to check if you are properly balanced at the line. Now, it doesn’t matter if you have a short slide or a long slide, what matters is if you’re maintaining balance until your ball is more than halfway down the lane. If you’re balanced, you’re doing pretty good. If not, you’re probably one of those who commonly “step out of your shot” and have a tendency to pull the ball across your body. So here are a few pointers to maintain better balance at the line. When a bowler steps out of their shot, they usually end up using their non‐sliding foot to catch themselves from falling off to one side at the time of delivery… right handers tend to fall to the right while lefties fall to the left. The simplest way to get out of this habit is to position your slide step right under your chin. Doing so will position your center of gravity directly above your foot. The next step to achieving good balance is to focus on your knee bend. Too much knee bend, and of course not enough knee bend, can effect your balance. Let’s start with bowlers who don’t have enough knee bend. Okay, so if you’re like me and getting up there in age, some of our joints don’t work quite as well as they used to. If you don’t have enough knee bend at the line, your shoulders will tend to be in line with your heels, shifting your weight off the front of you feet. Your ball will have a lot of loft to it and you may also find that your non‐sliding foot ends up in front of your sliding foot, helping you to stop and not fall forward. On the flip side, having too much knee bend can cause you to bend more at the waist and put your shoulders too far past the knee. This shifts the release point to behind the ankle of your sliding foot, dramatically decreasing the amount of leverage at the release and loss of leverage equals loss of power. Even worse, it can make the ball bounce on the approach at the bottom of the downswing while your hand is still in the ball. OUCH!! A proper knee bend should not go past the toes of your sliding foot. Yes, that is same foot that is now under your chin. This vertical alignment of chin, knee and toes is an essential key to having good balance. This now brings us to the final element of achieving optimal balance, “the non‐bowling arm”.

What does the non‐bowling arm have to do with balance? A lot! None of us think about it, but if you look at some of the higher average bowlers, you’ll see that their arm naturally extends out and works as a counter balance to compensate for the extra weight of the bowling ball they’re throwing. Is there a proper position for that arm to be in? You betcha! The arm comes into play just as you push away. With a fluid motion, it should come out to the side as a straight extension off the shoulder and be parallel to the floor. Even better, be sure your hand is fully extended with your thumb pointing down at the floor. The extension of the hand and thumb position will be touched on in the next installment of “BOWLING BALL BALLISTICS 101”. Until then, keep in mind these fixes are easier said than done. Practice them without the ball in your hand until you get comfortable with the changes. Then, once you’re in the habit, your game and confidence should definitely improve. Good luck and high scores! Calendar of Events

JUNE – 2014

08-13 USBC Senior Masters - Las Vegas, NV 21-22 IN/KY All Stars Tournament – Louisville, KY 22 IS USBC BA Annual Meeting - Marten House, Indpls 27 USBC Queens Tour – Reno, NV 27 USBC Senior Queens Tour – Reno, NV Opens Our Deepest Sympathies 29 US Women’s Open - Reno, NV Closes as well as the Battle of the Sexes Our thoughts and prayers go out to all our bowling families who have experienced a recent loss.

JULY – 2014 To the families of … 06 Midwest Women’s Tournament Closes Danny Brankamp, 07 USBC Senior Championship Tour - Reno, NV Charles (Chuck) Cuedell, 12 Last Day of USBC Open Tour. - Reno, NV Charles Leto, Sr., Jeffrey Lone, 11-26 USBC Youth Open Championships - Buffalo, NY James Thixton, and Linda Turk 14-18 USBC Jr. Gold Tournament - Buffalo, NY May God’s peace be with you and may He

watch over those no longer with us. AUGUST – 2014

04 INDY USBC League Officer’s Workshop American Legion - Holt Road 16-17 ISUSBCYA State Jamboree & Annual Meeting & Luise Lesser Adult/Youth Scholarship Tournament The Pocket Panorama is published 4 times per year in the months of February, May, August, and November (usually).

The next issue is August 2014 Submission deadline for news & articles is July 30, 2014

Mail news and articles to: To view the full 2013-2014 Calendar of Events, please visit the RICH SIROLA, EDITOR Indy USBC Association website at www.indyusbcassoc.org 10283 NOBLE COURT BROWNSBURG, IN 46234 OR Email to: [email protected]