September 26, 2013 BOWLING NEWS Page 1 California Thursday September 26, 2013 P.O.B Box 4160, Downey,owling CA 90241 • Online: www.californiabowlingnews.com • Email: [email protected] n ews• Office: (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 ABTA At 99 Years Osku Palermaa, Kelly Kulick to Enter World Foothill Young! Bowling Writers International Hall of Fame by Carol Mancini LAS VEGAS — PBA Tour & Cheryl Davis champions Osku Palermaa of Finland and Kelly Kulick of Lanes DOWNEY — Monday Union, N.J., will be inducted MATCH GAME EST $3000 noon I looked down on lane into the World Bowling Writ- 21 and there was a familiar ers International Bowling Hall Match Series $5,000 bowler, with her cane, at the of Fame during the PBA World foul line, rolling the ball. Series of Bowling at South 3-6-9 $3,000 It was Rae Davis, a 99 year Point Casino, Hotel and Bowl- FONTANA — The ABTA old still enjoying her game!! ing Center in early November. is hosted by popular BRC Rae told me about the old Palermaa, who grew up Foothill Lanes Saturday with travel league that hit Compton in the Helsinki suburb of Es- qualifying squads at 12:00- Bowl, Bowl-O-Drome, Gable poo, won his first international 1:00 - 2:30 - 400 & 6:00PM House, etc. Her smile made medal – a bronze – in the 2005 with Semi Finals at 8:00 PM. me smile. World Championships team Top 16 Single Elim Finals to I asked her daughter Cheryl event, but over the next eight follow. Top 16 is guaranteed at for a short story about “mom” years garnered nine first-place least $100 and 3 women guar- and here goes... finishes in international com- anteed to top 16. petition (eight in singles and NOTE!! The Match Se- a gold medal with Team Fin- Kulick’s international Team USA competition, she medals in team and trios in the ries will go for an Estimated land in the 2013 WTBA World medal career spans 14 years, won gold in the 2011 WTBA 2013 WTBA World Champi- $5,000. The Match Game Championships team event in beginning with gold in singles Women’s World Champion- onships for 44 WBW points. est at $3,000 and the 3-6-9 is Henderson, Nev.) He led the and bronze in both team and ships team event, topped the The World Bowling Writ- $3,000. There is also lots of European Bowling Tour points trios in the 1999 WTBA World inaugural WTBA 2012 World ers Hall of Fame, which is cash available this Saturday. rankings three consecutive Championships in the UAE. Singles Championship in based upon points earned in Many optional’s and fun in years, and amassed a record As a professional, she was Cyprus, earned gold (mixed international competition, is the ABTA such as Guaranteed total of 66 WBW Hall of Fame then denied a place on Team doubles) and silver (singles) in now supervised by the Inter- Side Pots, Match Game, Match points to become the first two- USA until WTBA changed its the 2013 World Games in Co- national Bowling Media As- Series and Bracket Action. handed bowler to earn induc- rules. When she resumed her lombia and added two silver sociation. Side Pots are only $7.00 tion. total to enter, with $75 min Guaranteed at 4 PM (Two Rae Davis Places), $200 6:00PM and will usually top $275 per game on Mom was born Septem- the final squad and we usually ber 12, 1914 in Bristol, Okla- pay (3 places). homa.. She had 5 children, First Place is as always 4 girls and 1 boy. My fa- guaranteed at $1,000 min and ther and brother have passed X Lanes’ $6 Million Strike up to $2,900 1st with Bonus- away. She has 16 grandkids, LOS ANGELES — For tle Tokyo Bowl opened with es. Top 16 always guaranteed 29 great grandkids, 11 great years, the Little Tokyo Gal- the mall in 1985. It closed on $100 min. great grandkids, 6 great great leria has been something of a a Saturday in October of 1992 In the ABTA men and great grandkids. Mom started gray elephant in Downtown. without much fanfare or ex- women have separate qualify- bowling in 1969 with the PTA The massive complex at Third planation. continued on page 4 continued on page 2 and Alameda streets is regu- When the original bowl- larly derided for its insular, ing alley closed at the com- fortress-like design. Inside, plex then called Yaohan Pla- it has long been plagued by za, it was home to dozens of owling ews empty space, with only a few leagues. Brian Kito, a longtime B n shops, sushi spots and the Little Tokyo business owner cream puffs of Beard Papa’s and a member of one of those HONOR ROLL drawing attention. leagues, recalled a simple, no- Name Score Date Center Now, things are changing. nonsense facility with a store TIM DiSANTE 300 9-16-13 EMPIRE BOWL X Lanes, a 50,000-square-foot that sold some bowling acces- JIM SLAMER 300 9-16-13 EMPIRE BOWL MARCO BAEZa 836/300 9-17-13 EL CENTRO bowling alley and entertain- sories. HUGO chaveZ JR 300 9-17-13 carter LANES ment center, opened May 17 “It served a really good DANIEL pacheco 300 9-17-13 EL CENTRO CRAIG sipp 300 9-17-13 del RIO LANES as the centerpiece of an ongo- purpose back then and a lot of nathan GRINER 300 9-18-13 harleys SIMI BOWL ing renovation. The $6 million people really missed coming ANTHONY washington 838/300 9-18-13 SANDS BOWL NICK ARMIJO 300 9-19-13 chaparral LANES attraction is the first major step there when it closed,” he said. MIKE CHARRON 300 9-19-13 SANDS BOWL in bringing younger customers nine-table billiard room, three ic situation wouldn’t make Kito hasn’t been to X Lanes DAN HASTINGS 825/300 9-19-13 MISSION HILLS BOWL to the 28-year-old mall. private rooms for parties and a sense,” Chun remarked during yet, but he plans on taking his DEL KARPER 300 9-19-13 foothill LANES howard ROVNER 810 9-19-13 canoga park BOWL “Little by little, we’re turn- 100-game video arcade. a recent afternoon tour. “We 12-year-old son soon. When JOHN vsordia 300 9-19-13 harleys SIMI BOWL ing into a location where more Work on the bowling alley wanted to bring a lot more.” he does, his son will see a very JANICE riley 732 9-20-13 foothill LANES JIM starks 300 9-22-13 deer CREEK LANES people will want to come,” began about two years ago, Chun is running the venue different place than where his CHRIS CLEPPER 300 9-23-13 harleys SIMI BOWL said Jay Chun, CEO and direc- following the 2008 purchase with his younger brother Mo- father bowled. WESLEY LOW JR (16 YRS) 300 9-23-13 bruns vista LANES shawn Mcchesney 300 9-23-13 harleys SIMI BOWL tor of operations of X Lanes. of the building by a group of ses. He said that before the JEFF POTTS 802 9-23-13 del RIO LANES Like Lucky Strike at L.A. Korean American investors. renovation, the space, which Matthew SANCHEZ 300 9-23-13 southwest LANES Live, which opened in 2009, Although the structure had sat behind a large metal roll- ATTENTION ALL BOWLERS: X Lanes is more than just a held a bowling alley when it down door, had been empty place for bowling diehards to originally opened, the buyers for more than a decade. Other BOWL AN HONOR SCORE THIS WEEK & E-MAIL BY TUESDAY NOON throw balls at pins. In addition knew a repeat of the past was past occupants included a Co- YOUR NAME, SCORE, DATE & CENTER & YOU WILL BE ON THE FRONT page to a 24-lane bowling alley, it no guarantee of success. co’s restaurant. E-MAIL to: [email protected] has a 150-seat Italian/Ameri- “Having just a bowling According to a 1992 article MEN: 300 - 800 & 7-10’S WOMEN: 298,299,300, 700+ & 7-10’S can restaurant, a sports bar, a alley in this current econom- in the Los Angeles Times, Lit- cHEcK BOWL.cOM - IS YOUR BOOK AVERAGE cORREcT? 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SUNDAY SEPT 29 FOREST LANES check-in DON GLOVER SATURDAY SEPT 28 REGENCY LANES SUNDAY, Oct. 6th at 5PM 4:00 • Entry Fee: $50 Oil Pattern Used OPtional - Sidepots $6 - Blocks $4 • Call Jon at (949)770-0055 for more info. “PBA Bear” HEATHER/DEAN TOURNY SATURDAY SEPT 28 KEYSTONE LANES Page 2 BOWLING NEWS September 26, 2013 NATIONAL DEAF BOWLING NEWS by Connie Marchione FLORES 828, FISSER 248 LED DEAF TRAVEL AT MISSION HILLS BOWL MISSION HILLS — On the day the founder of Southern California Deaf Traveling League was honored on his 90th birthday in the league’s stop at Mission Hills Bowl, Dan Flores led the 5 bowl- ers honor roll with 828 and Mark Fisser had the day’s high game 248. Flores missed the 10 minutes warm-ups when he arrived on time for the games to start, struggled at the start with 147 and 192.