OCTOBER 24, 2019 CALIFORNIA 7502B Florence Ave, Downey,O CAWLING 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 THE GREATEST BOWLER OF ALL TIME PBA Star Tommy Jones FINALLY GETS Elected To PBA Hall of Fame CHICAGO – Nineteen- A BIOGRAPHY time title winner Tommy CHICAGO Jones of Simpsonville, – Professional South Carolina, and former Bowlers As- ownership partners Mike sociation (PBA) Slade and Rob Glaser have superstar Earl been elected to the Profes- Anthony, who sional Bowlers Association died in 2001 at Hall of Fame, PBA Com- age 63, was per- missioner Tom Clark an- haps the greatest nounced today. athlete without a Jones was unanimously biography. elected for superior perfor- That's no mance by an elite panel of longer the case, veteran bowling writers and however, as PBA Hall of Famers. Slade Luby Publish- and Glaser were elected for ing recently meritorious service by the his 20-year PBA career. PBA League Elias Cup ing up in front of the crowd published PBA Hall of Fame Board. The 41-year-old power competition three times to accept.” EARL: The Induction ceremonies of player owns 17 standard and was the recipient of Defining moments in Greatest Bowl- the 2020 Hall of Fame Class PBA Tour titles plus two the PBA League Mark Jones’ career? “For me, it’s er of All Time by Barry hope that Earl's biography will take place on Saturday, majors: the 2006 U.S. Open Roth Most Valuable Player a combination of things. Sparks. can help make that hap- Jan. 18, at the International and 2007 PBA Tournament Award in 2017. The U.S. Open title was big Anthony, a southpaw pen." Bowling Museum and Hall of Champions. He has fin- “It’s one of those things and being selected No. 30 from Tacoma, Wash., Sparks says Earl Antho- of Fame, and the Arlington ished in the top 10 in an- I probably wouldn’t have among the top 50 players forged a dominating career ny was bowling's unlikeli- Hilton, in Arlington, Texas, nual PBA Tour earnings known was coming if I in PBA history (in 2009) on the PBA Tour from 1970 est superstar. He didn't pick as part of the PBA Hall of nine times and has finished hadn’t seen an article about as the youngest one (age to 1983, winning 43 titles. up a bowling ball until he Fame Classic tournament in the top five in 47 of the being on the ballot,” Jones 30) also was pretty cool for In 2008, he was named was 21. He didn't go on the weekend. 326 PBA Tour tournaments said of his election to the me,” Jones said. “The U.S. The Greatest Player in the PBA Tour full-time until he Jones, one of five PBA he entered, cashing in a re- Hall. “It’s a huge honor to Open was defining because PBA's 50-year history by a was 31, an age when many players to win both PBA markable 80.3 percent of be among all of those play- I bowled so bad the previ- panel of bowlers and media athletes' careers are ending. Rookie (2001-02) and those events. ers who are in the Hall. It’s ous year. The Tournament members. After winning three Player of the Year (2005- An 11-time member of something you dream about of Champions at Mohegan "It's mystifying how any Player of the Year awards, 06) honors, has earned Team USA, Jones also has all of your life. It’ll proba- Sun also was a great win athlete who is considered he suffered a major heart at- more than $1.7 million in been on winning teams in bly hit me when I’m stand- continued on page 7 the greatest in his sport tack in 1978. With a fierce could go this long without determination, he returned a biography," said Sparks, to the lanes to win Player of a writer from York, Pa. the Year three more times. WATCH U.S. "Imagine if there were no PBA founder Eddie Elias biographies of Hank Aar- called Anthony's feat "one OPEN ON on, Michael Jordan, Wayne of the greatest comebacks Gretzky, Peyton Manning, in sports history." Sparks FLOBOWLING, Arnold Palmer or Jimmy takes a season-by-season Connors." look at Earl's impressive Sparks thought it was career. He shares the chal- CBS SPORTS an injustice, and he set out lenges Anthony faced, the to rectify it. He spent two reasons he was able to en- NETWORK years interviewing people, joy unparalleled success, Bowling’s U.S. Open, researching and writing the his greatest achievements the final major champion- biography. and his frustrations. ship of the 2019 Go Bowl- Keith Hamilton, presi- The author interviewed ing! PBA Tour season, gets dent of Luby Publishing, more than 100 people, in- underway on Friday, Oct. the world's leading publish- cluding 23 PBA Hall of 25, and concludes with the er of bowling periodicals, Famers, to get a greater stepladder finals airing live said, "As the years march insight into the superstar, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, on, the heroes of our game who defined greatness. at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS Five Big Names Still Seeking who were cherished by Earl's peers shared stories Sports Network. bowling fans will fade from about his work ethic, com- All preliminary rounds memories and become less petitiveness, adaptability, of the U.S. Open will be First U.S. Open Title revered. But bowlers like temper and humor. livestreamed simultane- by Lucas Wiseman Anthony, Dick Weber, Car- EARL: The Greatest ously by FloBowling.com The list of past champi- be there. For example, the U.S. Open title. For some men Salvino, Don Carter, Bowler of All Time can and BowlTV.com. All ons at the U.S. Open reads great Earl Anthony won 43 of them, the journey is just Don Johnson and Billy be ordered online at www. three days of qualifying, as a who’s who of bowling career titles but was never beginning; for others time Hardwick and others from earlanthonybook.com. The the cashers round and three greats – Pete Weber, Mar- able to capture a U.S. Open is running short. the past should continue to 293-page book includes rounds of match play will shall Holman, Walter Ray victory. He finished runner- Here’s a look at those be cherished and celebrat- more than two dozen vin- be contested on different Williams Jr., Mark Roth, up in the event three times. five players who will com- ed, much as Ruth, Gehrig, tage photographs. Ten per- lane conditioning patterns. just to name a few. There are five promi- pete in the U.S. Open when Mantle, DiMaggio, Aaron cent of the book's profits England’s Dom Barrett However, there are nent players competing in it begins Oct. 25 live on and Mays are still revered will be donated to the Earl is the defending U.S. Open some names missing from this year’s U.S. Open who FloBowling. by baseball fans. It's my Anthony Scholarship. champion. the list who might expect to are looking to win their first continued on page 4 PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM OCTOBER 24, 2019 A Rare Gem…. Donna Morales by Mary Lynly As a President of an organization, when was the last time you asked someone on your board to chair a committee and some brave soul said, “I will do that!” Donna Morales has thrown her hat in the ring over and over again for the last 30 years offering to climb on board for a variety of committees and events. Because she is one of those organized people, if she didn’t know everything about the task, she soon learned and in time, maybe even made it better. Donna is one of those people who does such an outstanding job of everything she does – no one wants to follow her. She’s responsible, promotes, creates enthusiasm, organizes and she understands the value of a good report, communication and recognition. She was born in Eugene, Oregon and her parents moved to California when she was 13 years old. Bowling came naturally as her grandfather and parents were bowlers and her dad and grandfather had bowled on some championship teams in Oregon. Her dad was very opinionated, and when it came to bowling, he was firmly entrenched in the idea that a Brooklyn strike wasnot a strike! No matter what. Good reason to aim for the right pocket. She met her husband Harold in High School, where they were both in band. She says, “Although I saw him every day in band class, it wasn’t until I saw him smiling and laughing one day outside of class that it was WOW – and that was it – the stalking began.” It wasn’t that easy but using various lures he soon began to notice her. Early marketing methods! They were married in 1963 and the marriage has lasted for 56 years. Harold has always been an ardent supporter of her endeavors. They have one son, a daughter-in-law and a yellow Lab grand dog. As a San Jose WBA board member for 5 years in the early ‘90’s, she served as the Head Scorekeeper for the annual Women’s Tournament each year. Getting scorekeepers for a good sized tournament is a very demanding full time job. The baptism of fire for sure. Backing up a bit, until she started league bowling in 1978, she was pretty much just a recreational bowler.