Eight years old, I watched the 16 bowlers Friday night try and qualify for the finals. PBA bowlers were very good to the fans. My program was filled with autographs. I was a very excited kid who bowled at that center from 1967-1972.
Got $10,000 for first. Probably $60,000 today for just a regular tour stop. These guys made so much more money than today’s prize funds. Today, Most of the time today they do not even tell you what the winner gets because it is so tiny!
Thanks for posting this historic match. Until the next to the last shot I had no idea who the winner would be, not remembering it from my childhood. Whatever happened to Larry Lichstein?
He became the PBA director of player services, and was inducted into the hall of fame for that. He was the director of player services (I think that means he drilled balls inside a pba semi-trailer) for 22 years. He won 1 pba title.
In addition to drilling balls for the pros, he was responsible for transporting player clothes and gear from tourney to tourney. He would hire local kids to help load and unload the semi trailer. I was fortunate enough to be one of those kids.
I always wondered who the old cat with the cigar or pipe is, who can be seen in front of Johnny Petraglia at 0:35. If any of you bowling sages can inform me, I would certainly appreciate it, he was often in view during PBA events that were televised in this era.
The fact that 16 lefties made the top 16 match play portion of the tournament was controversial in itself. Nelson Burton Jr and Billy Hardwick finished 17th and 18th and were the highest ranked right handed bowlers that made money at this event.
TChatham529 The 1997 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions was no different. It was at National Bowling Stadium in Reno, which had a long-standing reputation for favoring lefties.
@@Igloo3471 the fact you say in one sentence he’s not even close then in the next you say he’s close makes me convinced he fouled. Should have been a zero.
Eight years old, I watched the 16 bowlers Friday night try and qualify for the finals. PBA bowlers were very good to the fans. My program was filled with autographs. I was a very excited kid who bowled at that center from 1967-1972.
Thanks for the upload Mike!
Thank you for sharing Earl Anthony.
Nice upload - what a wild telecast it was.
Earl with the AMF Dick Weber Five-Star ball - second generation model with the hollow stars. The first model with the solid stars was a honey.
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Anthony missing 2 single-pin spares in 1 game boggles the mind.
Also, hearing the announcer say "He's won one tournament" will boggle any bowling fan's mind.
In my opinion, Dave Davis, the best arm swing in the history of bowling.
Got $10,000 for first. Probably $60,000 today for just a regular tour stop. These guys made so much more money than today’s prize funds. Today, Most of the time today they do not even tell you what the winner gets because it is so tiny!
Lack of sponsors.
Bowling as both a recreational and spectator sport was on a whole another level back in those days.
Yes Haus, it's Dad's Horse! Still the best 10th I've ever seen.
Ten thousand dollars had the puchasing power of 77 thousand back then.
Every time I see earl Anthony I think of my dad. Both rip
I think of your Dad too.. He was a great guy!!
Commentators:
Bud Palmer & Billy Welu.
Billy Welu looks like the traveling shoe salesman on the Andy Griffith show. lol.
I would buy a pair of bowling shoes
😂😂😂😂😂
The early 70s is where Earl Anthony established the nickname, "Doomsday Striking Machine."
HIS SON WAS A GREAT BOWLER TOO
Don't see Earl miss too many spares
Thanks for posting this historic match. Until the next to the last shot I had no idea who the winner would be, not remembering it from my childhood. Whatever happened to Larry Lichstein?
His son is one of the best amateur bowlers in the country
He became the PBA director of player services, and was inducted into the hall of fame for that.
He was the director of player services (I think that means he drilled balls inside a pba semi-trailer) for 22 years.
He won 1 pba title.
In addition to drilling balls for the pros, he was responsible for transporting player clothes and gear from tourney to tourney. He would hire local kids to help load and unload the semi trailer. I was fortunate enough to be one of those kids.
@@johncavanaugh2517 YEA OK.. THEN YOU WOKE UP!! 😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡💩💩💩💩😎
What on Earth is going on with all these missed seven pins?! Ouch!
I always wondered who the old cat with the cigar or pipe is, who can be seen in front of Johnny Petraglia at 0:35. If any of you bowling sages can inform me, I would certainly appreciate it, he was often in view during PBA events that were televised in this era.
His name was Joe Richards. He was a writer for a new York paper.
@@frankfrodl243 I really appreciate this!
He was also a BIG Bookie in Miami!!
Pretty sure this tournament brought Len Nicholson and company as the new PBA lane team.
Why is it black and white?
One of the most controversial tournaments of all time.
Because of the five lefties making the final? Just curious as to what the controversy is over!
The fact that 16 lefties made the top 16 match play portion of the tournament was controversial in itself. Nelson Burton Jr and Billy Hardwick finished 17th and 18th and were the highest ranked right handed bowlers that made money at this event.
TChatham529 The 1997 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions was no different. It was at National Bowling Stadium in Reno, which had a long-standing reputation for favoring lefties.
In the 1997 tournament at reno, all five bowlers in the tv finals were left handed.
Earl Anthony haircut
His. Crew haircut
Square Earl
55:29
So clutch.
Lichstein fouled on that clutch strike and also at 31:05ish. He even looks down at the line when his slide foot slips. I want an investigation.
Not even close to fouling. Looks close to the foul line on every shot.
@@Igloo3471 the fact you say in one sentence he’s not even close then in the next you say he’s close makes me convinced he fouled. Should have been a zero.
@@ronlingron389 i said he LOOKS (as in uses his eyes) close the foul line.
Top 16 lefties. Almost seemed fair.
Unless these Lanes severely favor lefties, this is a biblical event
When men were men, women were women, and the beer was real. Oh..and bowling 300 was hard!
Mike McGrath missed the show by 159 pins.
Double D using a 14 lb ball. WTF ?
“Live and in color” as we watch this in black and white……..😵💫🤦♂️
Black and white are colors. 😅
From a black and white tv. Not all television sets were color at that time.
Davis using a 14 lb ball. That's wack !
I guess this was a lefties only invitational?
Dick Weber was fined by the PBA for rolling a back-up ball from the left-hand side of the lane during this lefty-biased tourney.
As was Nelson Burton.
WHY? WHO WOULD GIVE A F**K?
when dud abc go to color in daytime
Color was not nearly what it is now.
The show was in color…the tv is black and white …as were many in the 70’s
Earl Anthony had no luck at all.