Championship Bowling (1968) pt 1 of 2

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Championship Bowling (1968) pt 1 of 2

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Күн бұрын

A 1968 episode of Championship Bowling. During this season of the syndicated series, the format had changed to a "best ball" doubles format. Similar to a golf scramble, both teammates were eligible to throw a first ball. If either man threw a strike, then the team scored a strike. (Which means if the first man threw a strike, it was not necessary for the second man to throw a ball in the frame.) If neither man struck, then the team would decide which player would attempt to convert his spare. A single game match, with the winning team pocketing $2,000 and the losing team earning $1,000. In this episode, the team of Don Glover and Ray Bluth meet the team of Fred Lening and Buzz Fazio. After the match, there was a short split-making competition for bonus money. This pre-recorded series originated from Firestone Bowl-A-Rama in Akron, OH during the 1968 season. Bud Palmer on play-by-play. Bill Bunetta on color.

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@TomTimeTraveler 5 жыл бұрын

The golden years of professional bowling. Nagy, Fazio, Carter, Bluth, et al. Great professionals who weren't fancy, just business-like. That era concluded with such greats as Anthony, Roth, etc.

@MrChristopherHaas 4 ай бұрын

oooeeee that is one snazzy sports jacket on our emcee! Oh this HAS to be GOOD! obviously this is some SERIOUS STUFF

@RaymondBCrisp Жыл бұрын

I feel the 60s was the golden age of bowling. Automated pinsetters had become pretty reliable by the late 60s. My parents both bowled in the 60s and 70s, and by the mid 70s, I too was bowling. If these guys had access to even urethane balls with modest off-center cores, they would have set scary records.

@BaseFury 12 жыл бұрын

RIP, Don Glover. Meeting you, hanging out with you and learning from you in the early 1980's will never be forgotten...

@christopherangel6690 5 жыл бұрын

All these bowlers were fine competitors. Knew most of them. Everybody was always willing to help. Buzz Fazio was a great coach

@jayjarnold 9 жыл бұрын

Love that "nixie-digit" lighted-scoreboard, although the earlier shows' manual scorekeeper was a nice touch, too.

@nordattack 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, no animal patterns, breaking down of the lane, chasing it left, switching balls from Symmetric to Asymmetric, or a legion of ball reps to give you advice. Just men with a single rubber ball that does nothing but go where you roll it. May the "best bowler" win.

@Sean-mclaughlin 4 жыл бұрын

I completely agree. Professional bowling today is more circus than sport. Also, its the same bowlers every week. Ball reps, ridiculous patterns no skill , and "aresenals". Im all for change but it sucks.

@Thurmanatr16 Жыл бұрын

Agreed, this is pure shot making with rubber balls and dead wood pin action.

@robertbeacham4314 2 жыл бұрын

Good old wood with some oil. Not today’s crap with synthetic surface. These guys were true pros

@Polarcupcheck 11 жыл бұрын

Interesting video. I think yesterdays bowlers were mentally tougher. So many people bowled back then, the amount of competition was great. Post 1992, forget it.

@BowlingOldies 12 жыл бұрын

The later episodes were video tape. For many years the show was on film. (Portions of a couple of those episodes are here on this KZfaq channel.) Honestly, I think those of us who remember this series mostly remember the earlier filmed episodes, especially those with the legendary bowling play-by-play man Fred Wolf on the call. Wolf, as some will recall, was the voice on the very first ABC telecast of the Pro Bowlers Tour, even before Chris Schenkel took over the job as play-by-play man.

@kingrey465 3 жыл бұрын

l love those old 82-30 pinsetters, l don't know if anyplace has them now

@howardluloff1326 11 жыл бұрын

I remember Bud Palmer, not only on Championship Bowling when the show went from film to videotape but also on the Pro Bowlers Tour, filling in for Chris Schenkel when he was on assignment. He handled bowling very well.

@xrandy225 12 жыл бұрын

Wow, never knew this existed. 1968 and it's videotape, amazing.

@BaseFury 11 жыл бұрын

I knew Don from his Show Low, Arizona days in the late 70's. Learned SO much from him!

@edwardbaur7859 9 ай бұрын

Blooper & Glover. WOW

@drummachine434 5 жыл бұрын

I like the sound of the pins :P

@BaseFury 11 жыл бұрын

Don Glover, R.I.P. Was a true pleasure to know him!

@mrb43605 12 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video....hope to see more from this series....The guys today could never compete with the guys of old....Bowling is not even a game let alone a sport anymore.....

@MrJPWR 11 жыл бұрын

this taping shows you first hand the first next generation in professional bowling. Fred, Buzz and Ray, all seasoned vets at the time. Then there's Don, only 21 years old and already a pro tour champion.

@altfactor 11 жыл бұрын

I believe the show was on black-and-white film from it's beginning until about 1965 or so, then color film, and around 1968 switched to tape, minimizing post-production.

@brianfergus839 3 жыл бұрын

And filming costs much lower with videotape. Reusable too, though thankfully this was archived.

@VinylToVideo 5 жыл бұрын

Like seeing how these old timers put a bit of hook into their otherwise flat balls. This was true bowling that took real skill. Bet they'd love to have used the Brunswick Quantum Bias I just bought.

@MrNYCman530 6 жыл бұрын

No aggressive coverstocks or synthetic lanes back then. Rubber balls and wood lanes, so high scoring was more of a challenge.

@mrb43605 12 жыл бұрын

Wow.....when bowling actually took skill....unlike today.....

@kevinjohnson4599 2 жыл бұрын

You've got that right 1,000% because this was when bowling was bowling. The bowling isn't the same anymore like it was years ago.

@slmrcs 12 жыл бұрын

With how much sports change, the only way to judge how good someone is, is within their own time. I doubt very much that players today could not compete...the sport has advanced so much. Not just equipment, but technique, how balls are drilled. People say this in all sports, as if the old people where so much better, when in reality the opposite is most likely true.

@MrJPWR 12 жыл бұрын

don glover was my uncle, please send me more videos of Donnie.

@brianfergus839 3 жыл бұрын

Great bowler.

@weevie833 12 жыл бұрын

In color, like "Batman"! Great to see these down-and-in guys ripping out the 7-9 with about 6 revs. I wish I could go back in time and see what a modern player could do under those conditions, over the long haul. When was the last time you saw a 60-year-old competing in the primary PBA? Keep the great uploads a-coming.

@zachariassiefker9249 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! It is really cool to see bowling 🎳 in its glory days on video! Never knew there was a bowling alley in Akron named after the Firestone Tire Company! Very interesting!

@christopherdunne7848 7 жыл бұрын

I'm almost sure there was a team that bowled TWO 300's in that format that year, but doggone if I can remember the two names.

@williamdunphy352 3 жыл бұрын

Commentators: Bud Palmer & Bill Bunetta

@charlesmeadows6285 6 жыл бұрын

This match is on videotape.Besides,Bud Palmer calling the action was also with ABC.

@ProdigyBowlersTour 6 жыл бұрын

Many sports announcers worked (and still work today) as freelancers. That's why you see them frequently appear on more than one network. Or in the case of Championship Bowling, on a syndicated show.