The scorer draws perfect numbers. I remember this when I was young. Fun to see again. I get tired of the two-handed bowlers.

Billy Welu was my first bowling coach. He died way too young.

I miss Joe Wilson. He loved sports. He did hockey as well. And broadcast Game 6 of the 1961 Stanley Cup final that brought the trophy to the Blackhawks. He must have had fun back then.

LOVE this! I remember Billy Welu, though not when he was this young. IMO, this is SO much better than today's broadcasts. And the scorekeeping? That's how I learned simple math in the old days - by keeping score.

Whispering Joe Wilson is the best announcer ever. He creates so much tension and excitement.

These are fun to watch! Depending when this was in 1957...my parents were getting ready to graduate high school or just graduated. They wouldn't meet until the fall of 1960.

these cameras angles are the best i have ever seen for bowling. just one shot for every shot from behind is actually really nice

Forget the bowling, the guy writing the scores always fascinated me as a kid. I wanted that job SO bad.

This show was kinescoped one year before the founding of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) in 1958. All televised bowling prior to 1958, was under the sanctioning of the American Bowling Congress (ABC), a sanctioning body that still operates today.

amazing accuracy , out of balance, bad form , low revs, most body english i've seen ,outstanding. thank you for sharing ! love the crowd

bowlers use to have to rely on their skills. The game has changed so much. Heck I still have a Manhattan Rubber and a AMF three dot bowling balls. Back in 1973-1976 I was able to work at the University of Montana's bowling center in the University center, sadly that's gone today

LOVE the 10 in the pit and NO messengers

This is so awesome! Its great how these guys have only 1 ball each, with no inserts, or fancy wrist bands. Now adays, everyone whines and cries about the lanes and needs 15 balls. 8 strike balls and 7 spare balls LOL....

I love how "Whispering Joe" would gasp in horror when a bowler made a bad shot.

this is REAL bowling when there was no such thing as consistency on the lanes...even if you used one of today's lane machines right after resurfacing the lanes they still wouldn't be identical because wood has slight variances

This may be one of the oldest surviving videos showing the AMF 82-30 Pinspotter

Dancing Big Billy and Leg Shaking Johnny put on a great show!

Back when Billy Welu used what we now call the 'figure-eight' backswing... classic.

Awesome stuff, scoring like that with nothing more than a lump of rubber, They also had the added handicap of having trousers that probably chafed them under the armpits!.

Those pins sound HEAVY

Welu's release is so interesting. I like it.

Welu is 26 years of age here and looks 50.

Great match

taking advantage of the track in the lanes

1957 Didn’t know they had such modern lanes, and underground ball returns?? I remember even bowing at a place in the 60’s with my dad, and a guy was manually setting pins!!🙄

no "2 handed" bowling her...this is REAL bowling

The guy in darker clothes looks like he's wearing a mechanics jumpsuit!

A really short approach compared to today's alleys. Those AMF machines must be pre 82 30s which I believe were first approved by the ABC in '63. (Correct me if I'm wrong).

Just think, these people are a lot younger than they look. 😎

Why was it so important back then to show the “mark advantage”-and when was that jettisoned? I was born in 1959 and I suppose my first recollection of TV bowling was around 1963; and I never saw that mark thing watching TV as a child.

Old timers know the ball will be there off the hand. The new bowlers "run it out" after they see the ball going into the pocket.

Both of those guys didnt stay behind their shot at release. Looked like they both threw what was called a full roller back then. Almost like the thumb and fingers at same time. Thumb at 9 o clock. Balls were hard as a rock

No graphics. Back then they had to show the hand-written scoreboard.

little hop, skip and jump at the end of every shot is freakin awesome.

Was did a nationally televised show?

Why can't people have this much class now? We lost something special along the way. The body language is hilarious, however as an avid bowler myself, I know darn well I do the same things except the jumping up and down when rolling a good shot..lol. Even after my first 300 game I didn't do that

I was born in 1959. I watched bowling on TV growing up, but they did away with that "mark difference" on the scoreboard. Apparently it didn't tell us anything, as far as what was needed by each bowler to pull ahead or break even. I wonder when they did away with it. Is this pre-PBA founding, and PBA did away with it?

You know, I wish that more bowling lanes not only would have the lit pins over the lane, albeit in an LCD screen in the modern time, but that also had it on the scoreboards as well and that there would also be indicators for strikes, spares, gutter balls, and turkeys over both the lanes and the scoreboards. I would also like for AMF to work out a deal to revive this program in the modern era with either ESPN or FOX Sports. I think that if modern bowling had a similar set up, as well as some golf commentators covering the program, then it would be a good idea, and ditto for the prize bounties. I regret not being old enough to have seen this event on a television, let alone in person, but I at least grew up watching it in the 1980s and I still watch it in the modern era, though getting it on over the air stations is less and less common.

These are excellent video....when bowling took talent! Too bad technology took over the game! Talent is almost useless now!

Welu has a lot of body language ...

Hmmm $1080 in 1957 inflates to $9,803 in April 2018. Just sayin'.

Interesting use of the word "rail" instead of what we have call a "split" in all the (many!) decades I've been bowling.

Johnny King had a horrible back swing - wrapped around his back.

Wtf are these mannerisms