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TRAVELING CLASSIC BOWLING
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
As of Feb. 6
Men — Dallas I-II
#1
BBB Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 50
Bridgerock Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54.5 65.5
Bowling Nomads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 66
The Usual Suspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 66
Holiday Glass & Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53.5 66.5
National Wholesale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43.5 76.5
#2
AMF Garland Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 56
Big Town Bowlanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62.5 57.5
Advanced Financial Strategy . . . . . . . . 58 62
Compass Couriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 66
Spare Time Red Door Lounge . . . . . . . 52 68
Plano Super Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46.5 73.5
#3
Classic Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 47
AMF Lewisville Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 53
Texas Truxx Outfitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 56
Allen Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 58
USA Bowl Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61.5 58.5
Forum Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 65
#4
Jupiter Billiard Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 40
AMF Showplace Euless Sharks . . . . . . . 77 43
AMF Irving Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 59
Winston Water Cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 60
Red Bird Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 65
AMF Richardson Cafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 66
#5
AMF Showplace Euless Lanes . . . . . . . . 65 55
The Bowling Shop-Garland . . . . . . . . . . 64 56
AMF Spare Time Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . .61.5 58.5
AMF Irving Lounge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57.5 62.5
AMF DeSoto Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 66
Plano Super Bowl Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . 42 78
#6
Red Bird Grill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73.5 46.5
On the Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 49
AMF Garland Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 51
Forum Bowl Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 56
The Yeeksters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 62
Rich’s Pro Shop Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 62
AMF Lewisville Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . . .57.5 62.5
Bowling Distributors Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 106
#7
Wolfpack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 50
Splitsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69.5 46.5
USA Bowl Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66.5 53.5
B.A.D.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66.5 53.5
The Bowling Shop-Richardson . . . . . . . 66 54
The Storms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 56
AMF Richardson Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . .52.5 63.5
Otis Pillow Pro Shop Hurst. . . . . . . . . . . 45 67
As of Jan. 31
Men — Fort Worth South
#1
Watauga Strike Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65.5 38.5
USA Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 42
Hurst Cafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 45
Otis Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 50
Showplace Lounge Lizards . . . . . . . . . . 52 52
Jokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24.5 79.5
#2
Westcreek Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 45
At Jupiter Lanes
Pritts smashes 300/799,
Sanchez plasters 705
Ted Pritts pounded out a
power-packed 300-241-258 = 799
series in Thursday Men’s action
to collect high-game and series
honors for the week at Jupiter
Lanes.
Bertha Sanchez rounded up
the top score for the ladies with a
tip-top 258-233-214 = 705 Friday
Nite Live session.
JUPITER HIGHS
Ben Hassan Jr. 232-593, Trixie
Cantwell 157-431, Therese Henry
160-432, Don Taylir 247-589, Les
Hunter 268-675, Jimbo Land
P.O. Box 1642, Colleyville, TX 76034
Phone 817-267-8686
Fax 817-267-1813
Ron Williams Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 46
KT Embroidery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 48
AMF Euless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 54
Spares and Strikes Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . 44 60
Thrown Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 66
As of Jan. 24
Dallas Women
B-1
Ron Williams Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 37
The Bowling Shop/Rowlett . . . . . . . . .72.5 39.5
Forum Bowl Double Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 60
Allen Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 61
B-2
The Bowling Shop/Richardson. . . . . .65.5 46.5
Advanced Financial Strategies . . . . . .59.5 52.5
Richardson Lightning Strikes . . . . . . .53.5 58.5
DeSoto Sophisticated Ladies . . . . . . .33.5 78.5
B-3
AMF Richardson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 53
USA Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 58
AMF DeSoto Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 60
Red Bird Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 61
B-4
AMF Showplace Euless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 47
Lewisville Travelin’ Trouble. . . . . . . . . . . 61 51
AMF Irving Lanes/TNBA . . . . . . . . . . . .58.5 53.5
Plano Super Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 0
B-5
The Bowling Shop/Garland . . . . . . . . .80.5 31.5
Dallas Indian Bowling Tourn. . . . . . . . . 55 57
Candles Make Scents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 58
Lakeview Apparel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 75
B-6
Terrell Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 49
Pride and Joy Day Care . . . . . . . . . . . . .61.5 50.5
Showplace Deuces Wild . . . . . . . . . . . .58.5 53.5
A A & G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 75
B-7
Spare Time 2 D Xtreme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 45
Jupiter Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 48
Forum Bowl/Rich’s Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . 54 58
USA Bowl - Elite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 65
B-8
Big Town Bowlanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 41
AMF Lewisville Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 50
TBC Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 50
Cityview Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 96
B-9
All Star Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69.5 42.5
Rowlett Bowl-a-Rama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 43
The Cirrus Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 56
Wick’s Performance Centers . . . . . . . . . 55 57
As of Jan. 31
Fort Worth Women
District #1
Westcreek Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 41
Forum Fivem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 56
Cowtown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 60
AMF Euless Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 69
Lone Star Spares & Strikes . . . . . . . . . .34.5 77.5
District #2
Lewisville Nine & A Wiggle . . . . . . . . . . 74 38
AMF Spare Time Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 48
Cityview Traveling Ladies . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 49
Hurst Otis’ Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 60
Lone Star Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50.5 61.5
185-316.
Raina Webb 147-259, Bev
Jones 205-577, Art Niedermeier
290-753, Tonjah Castro 246-599,
Rick Lawrence 259-740, Erin Mc-
Carty 214-593.
Carlos Saflor 258-634, Ashley
Cross 159-432, Ron House 246-
690, Mike Garcia 247-645, Amy
Morrison 236-617.
SENIORS
Howard Berger 209-567, Jean
Walker 192-509, Freddie David (notap)
300-797, Cheryl Willis (no-tap)
276-716.
“The quickest
and best way to
reach people in
bowling–”
Kelly Kulick stands
alone when it comes to
beating male champions
I wasn’t amazed at the amount
of publicity that Kelly Kulick
received after winning the prestigious
Tournament of Champions
Jan. 24 in Las Vegas.
Over the years, women who
beat pro male rivals in any sort of
sporting event have been glamorized,
sometimes it is deserved and
sometimes it isn’t.
I think Kelly Kulick’s amazing
feat is the greatest female victory
over male rivals in any sporting
event and I will attempt to prove
it by stating facts about Billie Jean
King, Danica Patrick and Julie
Krone.
BILLIE JEAN KING: She was
a superb tennis player but she
is best known for beating Bobby
Riggs in a national TV match in
the Astrodome back in the early
1970s.
Billie Jean was in her prime,
Bobby Riggs was over-the-hill but
was a great showman. She didn’t
beat one of the super stars at the
time, she beat a super star of a
previous era.
By contrast, Kelly Kulick not
only beat but annihilated the man
many consider the best bowler
on the PBA tour for the past fi ve
years – Chris Barnes – by a 265-
195 score.
DANICA PATRICK: Her only victory
against male auto race drivers
gained international attention
because it came in a “good ole
boys” sport and it never had been
accomplished before.
She didn’t achieve the victory
alone. She had a good car and a
good pit crew and good communications
system during the race
in Japan.
JULIA KRONE: She is not the
fi rst woman jockey to beat male
rivals, but she is the best woman
jockey in my opinion as a former
horse race writer. She rode in the
Kentucky Derby and Breeders Cup
At Strikz
Zehnder
scripts 691
FRISCO — Bill Zehnder won
the battle for top billing with
outstanding 279-198-214 = 691
numbers in JC Penney Coed
league play.
Denise Alexander, from the
Lousy Bowlerz group, fronted
the ladies with a tidy 209-175-179
= 563 set.
OTHER SCORES
Karen Steward 212, Cathy Eberly
523, John Carter 235-595, Julie
Bloodworth 486, Kristina Crain 196,
Rick Irvine 258-687, Joseph Jimenez
245-667, Deanna Goldsmith 212-546,
Joe Pergola 255, Susan Powell 204,
Mary Kay Stone 474.
THE BOWLING NEWS | Thursday, February 18, 2010 | Page 15
Bowling Feats
By Dick Evans
and won millions and millions of
dollars for horse owners.
But as a trainer once told me,
the horse wins the race but needs
the help of skillful a jockey who
knows how to control the tempo
of the race based on the information
given them by the men/women
who train the thoroughbreds.
By contrast, Kelly Kulick was
alone on the lanes and had to be
both smart and decisive with every
delivery for 50 games spread over
four days.
Let’s compare formats:
TENNIS: Women players are
limited to three set matches so
they are on the court for approximately
150 minutes, tops in most
cases. Even to win one of the
major titles the player only has to
win seven matches spread over
two weeks.
AUTO RACING: In most cases,
drivers (male and female) are behind
the wheel of a car for four to
fi ve hours. This does not include
24 hour races where maybe two
or three drivers will take turns
behind the wheel.
HORSE RACING: Most races
take from a little more than a
minute to a little over two minutes
to win.
BOWLING: In a major tournament
like the Tournament
of Champions it will require a
bowler to roll a 15/16 pound
bowling ball approximately 720
times during the regulation 48game
tournament.
That means working split shifts
three days in a row – bowling
eight games (which generally take
four hours) in the morning and
eight games at night each day. Before
each shift most bowlers will
roll an additional 20 balls during
the practice session.
Then to win the title you must
win at least two games on TV.
Now lets compare fi elds:
TENNIS: A major tennis tournament
will draw all the healthy
elite players in the world plus
a few local qualifi ers needed to
bring the fi eld to 132.
AUTO RACING: Fewer than 50
cars will start in most races but
all the starters must survive time
trials to decide the starting order
of the cars.
HORSE RACING: Most races
draw 12 or fewer starters but in
the Kentucky Derby more than 20
talented colts generally start.
BOWLING: A few tournaments
draw more than 450 contestants,
but the Tournament of Champions
drew 62 champions – all
male champions except for Kelly
Kulick.
That meant she had to fi nish
in the top 24 after the 24-game
qualifying round and then in the
top four after 24 match games
where each victory was worth 30
bonus pins.
She won 14 games, lost nine
and tied one while bowling
against male legends like Pete
Weber, Walter Ray Williams, Parker
Bohn and Chris Barnes to name
a few.
She qualifi ed second Friday
night, which earned her one of the
four spots on the national ESPN
telecast Sunday afternoon.
The word spread Saturday that
Kelly had become only the second
woman to make a telecast in the
51-year history of the PBA and her
presence and the fact the PBA was
not up against the National Foot-
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