NOVEMBER 2, 2017 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM PAGE 1 NOVEMBER 2, 2017 CALIFORNIA 7502B Florence Ave, OWLINGDowney, CA 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 Joe Novara Xframe Hosted by Scott LaRiviere Rolls Oak Tree Lanes a “SHOCKING”by Frank Weiler 820 LAKE ELSINORE – ple of Thursday’s ago when Drills a 900 Pins N Pockets opened in Scott LaRiviere rolled 820 Saturday November 4th 2008 (as Trevi Lanes) and (298-288-234) in SCOTT DIAMOND BAR – welcome at up to 220 av- since then, nearly a decade, FILIPI’S Ebonite Scratch Xframe Bowlers Tour will erage. there were only three 800s League by “the LAKE”. It Series... be hosted by popular Oak Senior Men 62+ and rolled in the house. That’s had been nearly five years Tree Lanes in Diamond Ladies 55+ qualify for the just one 800 every three since the last 800. Bar, Saturday November senior board. plus years! So it’s obvious, The first three 800s were 4th. Oak Tree is located at it’s difficult to score at “the rolled by RYAN CHRIS- What’s Next? We Return to Oak Tree 990 Diamond Bar Blvd. LAKE” (Lake Elsinore) TIANSON, JAMES HAW- by Fred Eisenhammer Saturday, with two Qual- in Diamond Bar. Phone is and It is “SHOCKING” KINS and DAVE GUL- EAST PATCHOGUE, Novara was mobbed my ifying Squads at 4:00pm (909) 860-3558. when someone does. LEY. N.Y. – Bowlers love to set friends after blasting his ($500 Bonus) & 6:00pm Nov. 11 we will re- That’s why everyone Christianson’s 802 (280- goals.After bowling a 600 36th and final strike – all of with Beat the Board Finals turn to Bowlium Lanes was “SHOCKED” a cou- continued on page 7 series, players often feast which were pocket shots. to follow at 8:15pm. in Montclair. (Handicap their eyes on a 700 . and There were no Brooklyns All Semi Finalists will FROZEN at Bowlium) for then an 800. After bowling and only one close call, cash. 1,000 Min 1st Place the Big THANKSGIVING a 200 game, players start which came in the first up to $2,000 1st with the EVENT. thinking about the unfath- game when the six pin up- Bonuses. November 22, 23, omable – a perfect game. ended the 10 pin. As always women will 24 & 25 at CAL BOWL. Along the way, bowlers So what’s Novara’s next qualify on a separate board. $7,000 1st with Bonus- might consider a “Clean goal? The $10 Xframe Bonus es! $2,000 Bonus Qualify 10” – recording a mark in “Do it again,” he said, pays in the top 3 places. Wed. Nov.22 and win the all 10 frames. Once that’s and he remarkably gave it Bonuses $500 1st Place, event. $1,000 Bonus and accomplished, a “Clean a great effort the following $250 2nd and $125 3rd. win Thursday. 30” for a three-game series week when he returned to PLUS $500 If you qual- SEE OUR AD AND comes into focus. East Islap Lanes. ify at 4:00pm and win the FLYERS FOR MORE Joe Novara, of East Pa- Novara put on another event INFO. PLEASE CHECK Scott LaRiviere tchogue, N.Y., didn’t waste striking performance when Men and Women, no IN EARLY for info Call any time setting his goal. he smoked an 859 series membership fee at this BOB (562) 228-3960 or He wanted a 900 series, or (300-269-290). “It was time! New members are Jeff (900) 702-3369. three 300 games, right off pretty cool bowling four CHARLIE KINSTLER, SR. PASSES the bat. The 26-year-old 300s in a row at the same DOWNEY – Saturday, Novara started bowling place,” said Novara, who October 28 the Southland competitively when he was averages 240 and is the bowling world lost one of 12 and that’s when the light new owner of The Perfect its biggest fans. bulb went off about a 900. Fit Pro Shop. Charles (Charlie) was “That’s always been Asked how many per- born in Portsmith, Ohio in on my mind,” said the fect games he’s bowled, 1929. While serving in the right-handed Novara about Novara says he has “no Army, he was stationed in scoring a 900. “I always clue.” But he figures he’s England where he met Shir- wanted to do whatever’s the bowled about 150 perfect ley. They married, moved best.” games and 100 800 series. to California and he started On Oct. 16, Novara As for Novara duplicat- his real estate business. made the dream a reali- ing his 900, that’s hardly Their two boys Wil- ty. Saying he wasn’t par- far-fetched. Twice earlier, liam (Bill) and Charlie Jr., Charles Kinstler Sr. ticularly nervous, Novara he recorded strikes on his learned to love bowling lanes; a true gentleman and crushed a 300-300-300 first 31 shots. early. Mom and Dad were loyal teammate. series during league play So another 900 seems familiar faces in the San Next time you hear a at East Islap Lanes in East well within reach. Gabriel Valley. Over the clap of thunder, that will be Islap, N.Y. The 900 was The question is: If he years they bowled leagues Charlie going for one more now his. collects his second 900 se- at Montebello, Lucky strike! It marked the 34th 900 ries, what will Joe Novara’s Lanes, Monterey Park, San A “Celebration of Life“ series that has been bowled next goal be? Gabriel, Beverly Bowl, Al- will be 11am November in a sanctioned league and Editors Note: How hambra Valley, Del Rio and 29th at the Miller Mies approved by the United bout be the first to bowl Keystone. Charlie chalked Mortuary 10229 Paramount States Bowling Congress. three??? up over 50 years on the Blvd. Downey, CA 90241. GOING TO LAS VEGAS FOR A TOURNAMENT ? 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Some are thrown out, some are sold (at whatever price the seller can get), some are lost and some are passed on to friends and relatives. And then there are those that are donated to the local pro-shop. Such was the case last week with an AMF Amflite ball, which was definitely vintage (meaning real- THANKSGIVING ly, really old, probably made in the 1950s or ’60s). It was donated to Winnetka Bowl’s pro-shop. The ball came from a Thousand Oaks woman who could not SPECIAL sell it, not even at a $5 giveaway price at a yard sale. The ENTRY FEE $15 PER BOWLER/10:00AM ball was weighed by pro-shop and bowler extraordinaire Karl Kurtz at 12.5 pounds. Did you know that back then THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23 that some bowling balls came in at half-pounds? Bowl- Includes Strike Pot for 3 Games. Handicap 90% of 210 ing ace Russell Booth modeled the donated ball (shown in accompanying photo). Incidentally, there’s nothing old about the way Russell is bowling these days – still at the top of his game. He bowled a perfect game this year, his 12th to go with four 800 series. BAKER MIXED TRIOS Think that back-to-back perfect-game performance ENTRY FEE $12 PER BOWLER /$36 PER TEAM by Richard Perez III of Vista was a fluke? Think again. CHECK-IN AT 11AM/BOWLING AT NOON Russell Booth displays a very, very old bowling ball that Last week – two months after his 837 series (237, 300, is not quite ready to expire. Photo by Fred Eisenhammer SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 300) at AMF Eagle Lanes in San Marcos – Perez crushed 6 games of regular bowling, must have 1 woman and 1 man. a 780 series (246, 256, 278). A 900 may be not be too far away . Handicap 90% of 840 ( no average: man 190 / woman 175) Sponsored by: 928 POWERSPORTS One of my favorite performances came three years ago and it was turned in by a 150-average straight-shot bowler. This was Rosie Bates, who turned Winnetka Bowl upside down with an amazing effort. After grinding out scores of 124 and 189 in league play, Rosie began a string of thunderous shots that rattled the pins – both literally and figuratively. She struck on her first nine shots before sparing in the 10th and collecting a 10th strike on her final shot. Her 279 BOOK SWEEPERS/GROUP RESERVATIONS/BIRTHDAYS/CORPORATE PARTIES final score was 40 pins above her previous high. 1.888.590.2695 Ever modest, Rosie, a right-hander, said her strikes in the final game weren’t exactly textbook variety.