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Lane Laughter
At AMF Lewisville
Lavery-Spahr rocks 792,
Fiene flips 658
Powers 300
Sean Lavery-Spahr held the
hot hand last week at AMF
Lewisville Lanes after pounding
out a power-packed 276-259-257
= 792 Monday Men’s league
session.
Kellie Fiene, from the Rising
Stars group, led the ladies with a
highly commendable 206-194-258
= 658 showing.
Glenn Powers’ award-winning
12-bagger earned high-game
honors.
At AMF Hurst Lanes
Newton smashes
299/713, Collins
crafts 617
Charles Newton rocked the
AMF Hurst Lanes house last
week with an award-winning
156-299-258 = 713 Wild Bunch
Sr’s league session.
Andrea Collins’ fine 227-212-
178 = 617 Wednesday Mixed set
led the ladies.
HONOR ROLL
Danny Baum (4 games) 247-856,
Jeff Russell (4 games) 243-843, Scott
Millar 612, Dana Short 189-540, Ronnie
Mills 175-612, Elva Lopez 161-502,
Lucky Hansen 217-567, Bud Young
244-713.
Charles Newton 224-629, Lucky
Hansen 211-584, Mike Meek 636, Bea
Thompson 201-535, Anthony Smith
226-605, Patricia Blunt 161-412, Brent
Bryant 186-463, Debi Smith 144-418.
Jack Armstrong 279704, Kimberly
Johnson 190-468, Daryl Spann 206-505,
Sue Eby 161-427.
HONOR ROLL
Herman Shurden 225-607, Donna
Hodgson 184-506, Laney Royal 267-
722, Sabina DeBord 205-523, Dennis
Stroup 247-668, Sabina DeBord 267-582,
Ryan Curtis 263-746, Sherri Strongren
224-584.
Shirley Coolidge 200-537, Thomas
Jackson 234-628, Shannon Strickland
215-546, Ken Smithers 241-660,
Tammy Gilbert 186-492, Andrew
Gorder 254-736, Melanie Whitaker
213-543, Diane Scalley 183-490. Reggie
Crawford 279-748, Jereme LeBargeois
203-531, Rikki Garcia 172-430, Gerald
Dewberry 276-760, Kim Hood 223-620,
Mike Howell 267-657, Bonnie Kluempke
178-518, Jeff Parlato 267-659.
Christy Maksymowicz 159-455,
Chad Fisher 237-621, Stephanie Ellis
177-472, Mark Rowland 221-614, Donna
Wynkoop 199-527.
SAN ANTONIO – Dustin
Ochoa fired a power-laden 257-
279-268 = 804 series in 1000
Renegades action to head the
scoring race for the week at BRC
Thousand Oaks.
Helen Keith claimed top
honors for the ladies with
a robust 226-257-247 = 730
Armadillos set.
Russell Dover earned highgame
honors with an awardwinning
perfecto.
PIN POINTS
TO PONDER
By CHUCK PEZZANO
Idle bowling thoughts.
...Brilliant, brilliant,
brilliant. That, in one word
repeated over and over again
best describes Mort Luby Jr.’s
story of bowling pioneer Joe
Thum and Luby’s unique talent
as a painter and his passion for
history and detail.
Every time I look at the
rendition of Thum and his
White Elephant bowling
center in New York City I see
something new, the cars on the
street, the bowlers with their
one ball bowling bags entering
and leaving the center, the
water tower above the building
next door and the fully authenticated
lamp post and of course
the bowling awards and medals
adorning Thum’s chest.
I never knew Joe Thum,
but I knew closely a number of
people who did, among them
the owner of the Bowlmor Recreation,
Nick Gianos, himself a
fabled New York City bowling
proprietor who did so much for
the game and sport.
I don’t know exactly how it
happened but Gianos had many
of the Thum memorabilia in a
storage room at his Bowlmor
site and every now and then I
got a good look at some of the
historical items. What really
drew my attention was a large
group of bowling trophies
that even in my less knowing
youthful days I could figure out
were silver. They were classy
and added class to our sport so
many years ago as did Thum .
Mort Luby Sr. father of our
sport’s Leonardo da Vinci, Mort
Jr., was a down to earth writer,
publisher, matchmaker, tournament
creator and you name it.
He also was a gentleman who
encouraged me to write for the
Bowler’s Journal while I was
still in college.
The younger Mort, in
addition to his painting prowess,
always has been a man
of erudition in so many ways,
but he also worked long hours
At BRC Thousand Oaks
Ochoa scorches 804,
Keith jams 730
Dover 300
HONOR ROLL
David Kubitz 268-661, Connie
Rangel 220-553, Elvin Keeney 237-704,
Gwen Cobb 221-583, Chad Moore
224-643, Sarah Buck 255-561, Patti
Kelso 245-650.
Trish Lepri 240-544, Mona Hagy-
Rose 204-575, Russell Dover 732.
SENIORS
George Skinner 258-701, Bobbie
Strickland 190-479, Anna Robinson
173-503, Donald Black 243-629, Kay
Reynolds 211-542.
THE BOWLING NEWS | Thursday, March 8, 2012 | Page 9
in covering national bowling
tournaments for daily newspapers
wanting information on
their local representatives.
He made it his business to
learn as much about bowling,
bowlers and every area of the
industry.
And that’s the way da Vinci
was, delving into so many
areas of life that seldom does
a year go by that some new
revelations about him aren’t
discovered.
It is gratifying that Mort
Luby Jr. has been so dedicated
to the proper research and
unveiling of bowling history
because he has been an
important part of that history
and that’s what bowling Halls
of Fame and museums are all
about.
Luby Jr. and da Vinci—now
that’s a doubles team hard to
beat.
...Bowling always bemoans
the fact that it doesn’t gain the
sponsorships and backing of
other sports on so many levels,
and in the important tournament
prize money area.
The Phoenix golf pro stop
drew a record 173,000 spectators
in one day and more than
a half million for the week.
That’s more than bowling can
draw in years, both because of
the lack of space for spectators,
and the limited good spectator
viewing spots around final
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It takes the best computers
to even estimate the income
when 173,000 people in one
day pay fancy prices for
admission, parking, food, and
various souvenir items.
But always remember, that
on any given week, millions
roll regularly in leagues, clubs,
tournaments, and in birthday
and other celebrations.
Someday, in some way,
those numbers will help
reward play for cash bowlers
around the world.
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