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Practice Pair Messenger Hello, Bowling Fans! PBA Champions Challenge Television Show Welcome to Another Season of Josh Hyde’S Bowling Newsletter Volume 7 Issue 2 August 2014 Member since 2006 Pictured left: ProBowl West proprietor Dave Small and PBA HoF Pete Weber Practice Pair Messenger Hello, Bowling Fans! PBA Champions Challenge Television Show Welcome to another season of Josh Hyde’s Bowling Newsletter. Highlights for this edition On June 25, the PBA The television show will will be the Strike, Spare Columns and Tenth announced that there will be a feature the top two Frame . The Messenger looks at the Champions PBA Champions Challenge competitors from each - Challenge Show. The Strike Column takes a look at the future Hall of Famers. The Spare Column television show. This show will PBA50, PBA Regionals, PBA looks the PBA50 ProBowl West . The Tenth include the top boys’ and girls’ Womens Regionals and Teen Frame is a commentary about the PBA50 ProBowl West. champions from the Teen Masters Boys and Girls. Thanks for reading Josh Masters. The other This PBA Challenge Hyde’s Bowling Newsletter. competitors will include the top television show will be - Josh Hyde eight points leaders on the broadcast on ESPN in Honorary Member since 2001 PBA50 Tour from the 2014 conjunction with the WSOB VI. Messenger: 1 season as well as the top points The WSOB VI will take place in -PBA Champions Challenge Television Show leaders from each region, both Las Vegas Oct. 24- Nov. 2, Strike Column: 2 men and women. 2014. -Potential Hall of Famers There will be eight PBA Commissioner Tom Clark King Pin Column: 3 Regional points leaders stated, “The new PBA -Moment in History: First Bowler to Win 5 Titles in 5 Decades including the Northwest, West, Champions Challenge telecast and Japan. The Northwest and gives us an opportunity to Breakpoint: -X-tra Frame Tournament Schedule West will each get one. The top showcase the diversity of Off The Sheet: point earner from the Japan competition the PBA -Book it Sooner for PBA series will get one, making it provides.” Split Column eight entries. There will be a This will be a two-hour Spare Column: 4 eight-game round robin match television broadcast. Dates -Weber Wins play format for each of the and times of the broadcast will Interview of the Month: Johnny Petraglia 5 divisions. After the competitors be announced later. Bowlology: complete their eight games of For more information log -Pro Bowlers Scoring System round robin match play, the top on to PBA.com. Tenth Frame — Editorial 6 two of each division will -Final Thoughts on PBA50 ProBowl West Open advance to the television show. Xtra Frame Spotlight "The Professional Bowlers Association, LLC (“PBA”) is not affiliated with Josh Hyde's Bowling Newsletter. The opinions set forth herein do not reflect the opinions of the PBA.” Page 2 Strike Column – Potential Hall of Famers The 2015 Class for the PBA Hall of Fame Norm Duke’s 280 game on National TV. On might include these bowlers - Steve his last ball he had a six count to shoot a Hoskins and Bryan Goebel. Both have had 296. In the 1998 Brunswick World ten PBA tour titles and have at least one Tournament of Champions, he beat Steve Major. Steve Hoskins could have been the Hoskins for his lone Major. He won back-to Josh Hyde’s Bowling Newsletter Player of the Year in 1997. He was a -back titles in Tucson Arizona in 1995 and bowler with a powerful strike ball. He 1996. His last title at the 2003 Medford broke his wrist after leaving a stone 8-pin Oregon Open, he only lost one game when he needed to strike. After two during the whole tournament. This title months off, he went back out on tour and gave him ten career PBA titles. struggled on the first few tournaments. By the fall, he Volume 7, Issue 2 was back in form winning two tournaments including a Major. During that time he even bowled a perfect game on National television. His first two titles were at the Quaker State in Grand Prairie, Texas. Steve successfully defended his title in 1994. The last four years of the Touring Players Championship, he won two of them, 1997 and 1999. He was the Rookie of the Year in 1989 when he made the show at the Showboat in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He beat Pete Weber during his first match. Steve retired from the PBA tour in 2004. Bryan Goebel had a high backswing and took six steps in his approach. He is famous for beating Volume 7, Issue 2 Page 3 Breakpoint Moments in History Xtra-Frame Tournament First Bowler to Win 5 Schedule Titles in 5 Decades The PBA announced the up- he beat him and it was no big coming Xtra Frame schedule for PBA50 Tour and the PBA Regional deal. In the championship game, Josh Hyde’s Bowling Newsletter Dick Weber was the first su- Tour. Xtra Frame will cover the re- per-star of the PBA. In the the two met Nelson Burton Jr. maining tournaments for the 1990’s he was setting out to do and Bob Benoit. Both teams PBA50 Tour and Regionals. Here is what no other bowler has done, started out strong, but Burton the list of the following tourna- winning a title in five different and Benoit could not keep on ments. decades. striking. In the ninth frame, Bur- PBA Grand Hotel, Casino, & Entering the 1992 Touring ton left the 4-7-10 split. This Resort South West Region Pro/Senior Doubles, Weber sealed the deal, as Hromek and Invitational September 5th-7th. qualified for the top 18 that Weber were striking. It was a PBA Diamond Jo’s Casino would make the round robin historic finish as Justin Hromek Midwest Region Open match play. He would be paired helped Dick Weber became the September 13th-14th. first bowler to win in five dec- up with Justin Hromek. The two PBA Heritage Lanes Central would end up leading for the ades. The final Region Open PBA televised finals. In one score was 248- October 18th-19th game, Hromek missed a 10 pin 200. in the tenth frame to beat Dick Dick Weber: Weber by one pin. The final The First Bowler score was 245 to 246. Hromek to win PBA titles in five separate apologized, and Weber told him decades. Book It Sooner Better for PBA This column is dedicated to the Bowlers The first thing that was in- There is still no word on the Journal International. They just celebrated teresting is the Tournament of 2015 US Open. The USBC their 100-year anniversary this month. I will be summarizing BJI articles periodically in Champions will be coming Masters will be February 2nd the Josh Hyde Bowling Newsletter. back to Indianapolis. The Sum- -8th in Green Bay Wisconsin. Lyle Zikes talks about the mer Swing will return back to This sidebar article led 2015 PBA Tour schedule as a Tulsa at the Grand Resort Ho- PBA fans to believe that side bar in the July issue of tel and Casino. PBA officials there will be more of a PBA the Bowlers Journal. Things are also trying to schedule Tour schedule than in 2014. are looking up for the PBA. something in Portland, Maine. There are a total of seven bowlers that have titles in five different decades. Split Column Spare Column Page 4 The Spare Column is a column focusing on the PBA Central Region and other miscellaneous information about the PBA. Weber Wins Indiana Slam at PBA50 ProBowl West Classic In the first round of qualifying at the PBA50 ProBowl Ray Williams, Jr. 3-1. PBA Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III West Classic in Fort Wayne, IN, PBA Hall of Famer Wayne would defeat Ted Staikoff 3-0. PBA Hall of Famer Johnny Webb opened the round with a score of +403. Pete We- Petraglia would bowl a 300 to go on to defeat Ross Josh Hyde’s Bowling Newsletter ber was in 2nd place with a score of +369. Some of the McDonald 3-1. other Hall of Famers that did well in the first round were In the next round, PBA Hall of Famer Randy Pederson Randy Pederson and Parker Bohn, III. Mark Lineberry was defeated Dale Traber 3-2. Johnny Petraglia would defeat the number after the first 8 games with a score of +209. “The Legend” Harry Sullins 3-0. Parker Bohn III would In the second round of qualifying, Pete Weber domi- defeat Mike Edwards 3-0. Bill McCorkle would defeat nated the field with a score of +782. Both days of qualify- Kent Wagner 3-2. ing, Pete Weber started the day with a 289 game. In 2nd The round of 8 saw a battle of Hall of Famers be- place was Randy Pederson with a score of +723. Wayne tween Petraglia and Bohn. Petraglia prevailed and beat Webb, Walter Ray Williams, Jr., Johnny Petraglia, Dale Bohn 2-0. PBA Hall of Famer Randy Pederson beat Bill Eagle, and Parker Bohn III were the other Hall of Famers McCorkle 2-0. The other two matches each took 3 games Volume 7, Issue 2 that would make match play and receive early round to decide the winner. Wayne Webb defeated Ralph byes. It would take a score of +378 by Bob Caruso to Brunt, Jr. 2-1. In the other match-up, Weber defeated make match play. Dale Csuhta would be the low to cash Sam Lantto 2-1. This would set up classic Hall of Fame with a score of +375. Kerry Painter would be the leading showdown.
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