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Can you the match with Andy Varipapa vs Steve Nagy? Please

I’m now 87, still bowl 2x every week and average around 210. I did bowl or cross lanes with many of these great gentlemen. Don Mergard gave me a start when I still was a teenager. We bowled in 2 travelling leagues in Cincinnati and on Mondays at Norvel Stones house! I miss those days!

Nelson looks to still being a teenager in this film! I always loved his style!

Joe drilled a ball for me while in Columbus around 1963, shot many good scores with that ball!

Great to see these young men bowling back in the heyday of pro competition!

Note: no dots or range finders on the approach nor lanes, an addition with the introduction of synth ice lanes in the 80’s.

What year was this match? Was it in the 50’s?I assume wood lanes and both using black rubber balls, with 3.2 # pins!

The contestants bowled well in the contest.

BillAllen kind of like a left handed Billy Hardwick

Originally telecast on January 4, 1961.

"...another miss..."😮

As always, that scorekeeper is the quiet hero.

XXX XXX XXX XXX 300

Good.

Surprised Firestone never manufactured bowling balls since they were made of hard rubber at the time.

Commentators: Jack Buck & Whitey Harris.

Commentators: Fred Wolf & Bill Bunetta

Don Carter always looked like he bowled with a broken arm. But his delivery was silent, and deadly.

5 pin leave on H's first shot. Weak.

Hardwick bends his arm on the follow thru

Carmen Salvino 847 ( Television Record since the 1950's. 💪💪

My grandfather watched Billy Hardwick practice in J town lanes Jeffersontown Ky, in the mid '60s and said he threw 4s, 10s, and strikes for the whole session. How did these guys do this with rubber balls on wood and lacquer? Notice how little angle these guys were working with? They almost never missed the pocket to average what they did.

That lenning sure got the ‘dance in his pants’ . Great moves . 🎳🎳🎳

Thanks for this Great Footage 👍

how much coffee did Mr. Smith drink before the match? sheesh, zip zip boink boink. every time Mr. Joseph got a double Smith bounced around doing everything he could to distract him, jumping around behind him. I admire Mr. Joseph for not just knocking him out

woody harellson reminds me of Harry Smith looks wise, Bill Murray antics wise lol

You babies....I bowled a 756 using a rubber bowling ball recently. You all act like bowlers in the yesteryear were caveman. Back in the day we all used one ball..one towel....and didn't walk out in the parking lot with our bowling shoes on

Down and in is the line they're both using .

Championship bowling is where a bowler bowled 2 consecutive 300's.

I remember watching this as a kid. They are using hard rubber and plastic balls and still averaging in the 240's.

Everyone wore black and white colored clothes in the 60's

Rubber bowling ball

A little trivia for you: Chris Hardwick, son of Billy, is the host of "The Wall" tv show.

Would love to see today's tour have a tournament where they have to use rubber 3 piece balls and a lacquer finish. That I'd pay to see.

Hardwick's balance is not that great

I would rather watch this over today's bowling. The reactive balls ruined the sport. A 300 game today is an everyday occurrence.

Not a single open frame. These guys are amazing. The consistency is machine like. So cool.

All championships matches should be a best of 3. I hate the step ladder format as is currently used. The top ranked player gets screwed because the challenger has played at least one full game on the lanes and knows the conditions.

Ladewig = GOAT

Fred Wolfe is the GOAT.

Hey I live in Fairless Hills, Pa. this is so cool never heard of him.

Interesting to note they don't put nearly as much spin on a ball, that modern bowlers do. not even close.

Chris Hardwick's father.

$10,000, in 1966 is close to $100,000 today... let that sink in...

It hit different when you think about how bad they are talking trash about you in your face. Handing you a check bro asking him something silly.

This show was my first introduction to ten pin bowling, and I loved it! I never missed an episode back in the day. I was 17 years-old in 1966, but I remember watching it and all the great bowlers on 'Championship Bowling' before 1966.

I wonder what would shock these people more, 2-handed bowlers or a world split on whether there are more than two genders lol

I would have loved to bowl on a new 82-30. The ones we had in town were 50+ years old but still were going strong. I bet new they were smooth!

That $10,000 check is the same as $94,000 dollars today

I loved the commentating through the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s... Calm, collect, professional, and they knew when to stop talking. Now, they scream into the mic like a pro wrestling match and are loud and never stop talking for even half a second. Is why I love watching the bowl streams....They got back to the traditional style of letting you watch.