When the PBA tour came through Houston in 1965, they bowled at Lamar Lanes. Dick Weber won the event and rolled three perfect games doing so. I was the scorekeeper for two of them. It was just tremendous to watch him in action, he was like a machine. Here it is nearly 50 years later and I've rolled a couple of perfect games myself, and I'm still talking about his performance. He really was the Man With The Golden Arm.
So nice to see one of the first bowling centers I bowled in as a kid. The other two were River Roads Bowl and Normandy Bowl (North Oaks Bowl) all sadly gone now...
I am surprised that they had a PBA event at Oak Hills Lane in San Antonio. I used to live near there and that place is tiny. It is still standing after all of these years, but it has seen better days.
Back when a bowlers ability, skill and technique determined his score instead of the equipment. Back when PBA membership was a prestigious achievement. Back when the BPAA took it's direction from the ABC. Back when gasoline was only... I'll stop now, before people remember how far we've fallen and take up arms in revolt.
I know this comment is like a year late, but the guy knew who Jack Buck was, he added "I don't believe what i just saw" so that tells me he knew who he was, and was being sarcastic in his comment. Jack Buck died in 2002, I remember around 9/11, just months before he died, he went to Busch Stadium, frail but still his presence was evident even in his dying days. It's just something that you had 2 legends calling bowling in it's infancy on television.
Actually, Billy and his dad owned Pladium Lanes over on MacDuffie. I started bowling in the junior leagues there and had several lessons from him, as well as his buds like Dick Weber and Carmen Salvino. Hurt Garret ran Lamar Lanes, which was the second house I bowled in. The old Palace Lanes was the third house I bowled in and is the only one still in business. Good times, good times back in the 60s.
Found out recently Mr. Welu didn't actually die from a heart attack as it was widely reported, but he actually took his own life. Do you have any insight into the kind of person he was? Or if he had some issues that he was dealing with? Thank you so much!
I don't think this clip could have been any earlier than 1962, for I don't think the PBA Winter/pring tour was televised on a weekly basis until then, although I thought that "Wide World Of Sports" televised one PBA championship match in 1961, and the success of that broadcast led the network to commit to the entire PBA Winter/Spring tour.
@BIGGREENLEAF1 they also say that jennings is a suburb or st louis...just like all the different suburbs of chicago have their own names they are still chicago
It's like they're TRYING to destroy the game. They've turned it upside-down whereas the wood lanes offered friction and the balls offered none, now the balls offer friction (in varying degrees) while the lanes offer none. This way you NEED many different balls that have a LIMITED lifespan. The gymnastic pins against these balls (both illegal in the 70s) artificially inflate scores. Scoring is the method to measure proficiency in skill and technique. Without honest measurement the sport dies.
@Superbowler08 Actually, he was a famous announcer for many sports for a very long time! He was there at the league championship series as a very old man with a now very weakened voice right after 911 when there were questions as to whether or not to keep both series going, and he said aboslutely! If we were to have curled up at that point, the terrorists would have won. Yes, Jack was well known.
Who the hell is Jack Buck??? Well, for one thing, he was the "voice of the Cardinals" - the St. Louis baseball Cardinals TV and radio announcer for years and years - just died in the last couple of years.
The tournament is labeled incorrectly....this is the correct date, location and center...$25,200 ST. LOUIS COCA COLA PBA OPEN Northland Bowl, St. Louis, Missouri, Apr 9-12, 1962
@slkaiser69 lol...no problem...but yeah. Bobby Jacks. GREAT lefty...with a devastating, smooth and accurate straight ball from the corner....I would love to see more video of him. Some kids these days could still learn from that approach!
@slkaiser69 I guess Mark Roth was the first cranker who gave a damn about accuracy! Trying to crank does lend itself to wild shots though, effortless power has become the norm for "crankers"who are almost as smooth as strokers now.
@slkaiser69 Strokers can do even better now than ever before with today's equipment. The secret to dominating bowling in the old days was to have the most powerful ball. Look at Mark Roth, Pete Weber, Steve Cook, Marshall Holman. Now, the bowling balls level the playing field greatly. Both Norm Duke and Walter Ray won a majority of their titles in the nineties, after the debut of resin. They both hooked it some then, but it was a slow hook.
Date and center are incorrect...here is correct date and center...$25,200 ST. LOUIS COCA COLA PBA OPEN Northland Bowl, St. Louis, Missouri, Apr 9-12, 1962
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The old commercials were great. Those ball returns are bizarre. Really cool going back in time with these.
When the PBA tour came through Houston in 1965, they bowled at Lamar Lanes. Dick Weber won the event and rolled three perfect games doing so. I was the scorekeeper for two of them. It was just tremendous to watch him in action, he was like a machine. Here it is nearly 50 years later and I've rolled a couple of perfect games myself, and I'm still talking about his performance. He really was the Man With The Golden Arm.
When Nelson Burton, Jr. was in the finals, Dick Weber filled in as analyst.
It was a kick to see the 1960s commercials, too! 😀
Love the old commercials
So nice to see one of the first bowling centers I bowled in as a kid. The other two were River Roads Bowl and Normandy Bowl (North Oaks Bowl) all sadly gone now...
Rare to see Brunswick Crown Imperial subway returns
The show has definitely changed a LOT!
And not for the better, sadly.
I am surprised that they had a PBA event at Oak Hills Lane in San Antonio. I used to live near there and that place is tiny. It is still standing after all of these years, but it has seen better days.
This is the St. Louis Open from Northland Bowl. The PBA lists it as being contested in 1962, not '61.
Back when a bowlers ability, skill and technique determined his score instead of the equipment. Back when PBA membership was a prestigious achievement. Back when the BPAA took it's direction from the ABC. Back when gasoline was only... I'll stop now, before people remember how far we've fallen and take up arms in revolt.
Jack Buck was the father of Joe Buck who is on the primary team on FOX NFL broadcasts (along with Troy Aikman)
I know this comment is like a year late, but the guy knew who Jack Buck was, he added "I don't believe what i just saw" so that tells me he knew who he was, and was being sarcastic in his comment. Jack Buck died in 2002, I remember around 9/11, just months before he died, he went to Busch Stadium, frail but still his presence was evident even in his dying days. It's just something that you had 2 legends calling bowling in it's infancy on television.
That's Jack Henry, not John. he was the house pro at my home center.
Actually, Billy and his dad owned Pladium Lanes over on MacDuffie. I started bowling in the junior leagues there and had several lessons from him, as well as his buds like Dick Weber and Carmen Salvino. Hurt Garret ran Lamar Lanes, which was the second house I bowled in. The old Palace Lanes was the third house I bowled in and is the only one still in business. Good times, good times back in the 60s.
Found out recently Mr. Welu didn't actually die from a heart attack as it was widely reported, but he actually took his own life.
Do you have any insight into the kind of person he was? Or if he had some issues that he was dealing with?
Thank you so much!
@@JB-wh3we I never heard that. Billy was a "gentle giant". One of the nicest people I've ever met. Do you have a cite for him taking his own life?
I don't think this clip could have been any earlier than 1962, for I don't think the PBA Winter/pring tour was televised on a weekly basis until then, although I thought that "Wide World Of Sports" televised one PBA championship match in 1961, and the success of that broadcast led the network to commit to the entire PBA Winter/Spring tour.
@BIGGREENLEAF1 they also say that jennings is a suburb or st louis...just like all the different suburbs of chicago have their own names they are still chicago
Woulda been nice to see the finish of the match!
Why can’t we see the earlier matches?
It's like they're TRYING to destroy the game. They've turned it upside-down whereas the wood lanes offered friction and the balls offered none, now the balls offer friction (in varying degrees) while the lanes offer none. This way you NEED many different balls that have a LIMITED lifespan. The gymnastic pins against these balls (both illegal in the 70s) artificially inflate scores. Scoring is the method to measure proficiency in skill and technique. Without honest measurement the sport dies.
@Superbowler08 Actually, he was a famous announcer for many sports for a very long time! He was there at the league championship series as a very old man with a now very weakened voice right after 911 when there were questions as to whether or not to keep both series going, and he said aboslutely! If we were to have curled up at that point, the terrorists would have won. Yes, Jack was well known.
Who the hell is Jack Buck??? Well, for one thing, he was the "voice of the Cardinals" - the St. Louis baseball Cardinals TV and radio announcer for years and years - just died in the last couple of years.
The tournament is labeled incorrectly....this is the correct date, location and center...$25,200 ST. LOUIS COCA COLA PBA OPEN
Northland Bowl, St. Louis, Missouri, Apr 9-12, 1962
@slkaiser69 lol...no problem...but yeah. Bobby Jacks. GREAT lefty...with a devastating, smooth and accurate straight ball from the corner....I would love to see more video of him. Some kids these days could still learn from that approach!
Don Carter in the opening shot...
$25,200 ST. LOUIS COCA COLA PBA OPEN
Northland Bowl, St. Louis, Missouri, Apr 9-12, 1962
Harry "Tiger" Smith and Laid Back Billy Welu with that soft Texas voice. He was 6'4" but bowled like a much shorter man.
@slkaiser69 I guess Mark Roth was the first cranker who gave a damn about accuracy! Trying to crank does lend itself to wild shots though, effortless power has become the norm for "crankers"who are almost as smooth as strokers now.
Was this at River Roads Mall?
Is Northland Bowl still there today?
um no.
@slkaiser69 Strokers can do even better now than ever before with today's equipment. The secret to dominating bowling in the old days was to have the most powerful ball. Look at Mark Roth, Pete Weber, Steve Cook, Marshall Holman. Now, the bowling balls level the playing field greatly. Both Norm Duke and Walter Ray won a majority of their titles in the nineties, after the debut of resin. They both hooked it some then, but it was a slow hook.
Date and center are incorrect...here is correct date and center...$25,200 ST. LOUIS COCA COLA PBA OPEN
Northland Bowl, St. Louis, Missouri, Apr 9-12, 1962
Jack. Buck. Game over!
Yes.... Northland is still in business..... PETE WEBER won the St louis Open here as well.
really? what is the phone number genius?
Who the hell is jack buck? I don't believe what I just saw!!! That name sounds made up.