Tournament Thursday: 1960 PBA Tournaments:

Three tournaments were held inn the inaugural season of the PBA Bowling Tour in 1959.

In 1960, the number of PBA Tournaments jumped to seven.

Empire State PBA Open 
Friday, May 13, 1960 - Sunday, May 15, 1960 
Prize fund: $16,500
Location: Schade's Academy, Albany, New York 

Fairless Hills PBA Open
Tuesday, May 17, 1960 - Thursday, May 19, 1960

Prize fund:  $15,300
Location: Fairlanes, Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania 

Paramus Eastern PBA Open

Friday, May 20, 1960 - Sunday, May 22, 1960 
Prize fund: $17,400
Location: Paramus Bowl, Paramus, New Jersey 

Las Vegas National PBA Invitational 

Monday, June 20, 1960 - Wednesday, June 22, 1960 
Prize fund: $21,900
Location: Showboat Lanes, Las Vegas, Nevada  

Northern California PBA Open 

Friday, June 24, 1960 - Sunday, June 26, 1960
Prize fund: $18,100
Location: Castle Lanes, San Francisco, California 

Southern California PBA Open 

Wednesday, July 06, 1960 - Thursday, September 01, 1960 
Prize fund: $22,600
Location: Bowl-O-Drome, Los Angeles, California 

First Annual National Championship 

Friday, November 25, 1960 - Monday, November 28, 1960 
Prize fund: $44,000
Location: Imperial Lanes, Memphis, Tennessee

Video Sunday: Earl Anthony Teaches Bowling, Part IV

Here's part IV of Earl Anthony Teaches Beginning Bowling.

Earl talks about "spot" bowling. You look at the "range finders" - not the pins!

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Disclaimer
All the videos I share here of classic bowling are hosted at YouTube, uploaded by several bowling enthusiasts and by the courtesy of the entities involved. They do not belong to me and I claim no copyright for them.

Tournament Thursday: 1959 Tournament Participants

The 1959 PBA Tournament Schedule consisted of three events:

1. Empire State Open (Albany, NY) from Friday, May 22, 1959 - Sunday, May 24, 1959
    held at Schade's Academy

2. Paramus Eastern Open (Paramus, NJ)  from Thursday, May 28, 1959 - Saturday, May 30, 1959 

    held at Paramus Bowl

3. Dayton Open (Dayton, OH) from Thursday, September 10, 1959 - Sunday, September 13, 1959
    held at Bar-Jan Bowl

PBA Bowlers in the Inaugural 1959 season

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Glenn Allison of  St. Louis, MO placed 14th in the second tournament in Paramus, out of 24 bowlers.

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 Jerry Back of Amherst, NY placed 12th in the first tournament, in Albany, out of 28 bowlers.              

Ray Bluth of St. Louis, MO participated in all three tournaments of the 1959 season. He placed 7th in Albany out of 28, 11th in Paramus out of 24, and and 3rd in Dayton out of 36.

      

Bill Bunetta of Fresno, CA placed 9th in the third tournament held in Dayton, OH, out of 36 bowlers

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Lou Campi of Dumont, NJ placed first in the very first PBA tournament ever, held in Albany, New York, out of 28 bowlers, and  third out of 24 in the second PBA tournament of 1959, held in Paramus.

Jim Carman of Dallas, TX participated in the third PBA tournament held in Dayton and placed 25th out of 36.

Don Carter of St. Louis, MO participated in the first tournament in Albany and placed 15th out of 28 bowlers.

Larry Cassera of Albany, NY participated in the first tournament, held in Albany, and placed 8th out of 28 bowlers.       

Bob Chase of Kansas City, KS participated in the third tournament held in Dayton and placed 8th out of 36 bowlers.

Frank Clause of Old Forge, PA participated in the 2nd PBA tournament ever, held in Paramus, NJ and placed 20th out of 24.

Phil Cleary of Endwell, NY participated in the first tournament ever, in Albany, and placed 25th out of 28.   

Sam Coleman of  Fairfield, OH participated in the third PBA tournament held in Dayton and placed 29th out of 36th.

Robert Crawford of Detroit. MI participated in the third ever PBA tournament, held in Dayton, and placed 27th out of 36.

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 Joe Donato of Schenectady, NY   participated in the very first PBA tournament, held in Albany, and placed 4th out of 28 bowlers.

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 Ralph Engan of Yonkers, NY participated in the 2nd tournament held in Paramus and placed 13th out of 24.

Don Ellis of Houston, TX placed 6th out of 28 in the very first tournament in Albany, and 21st out of 36 in the third tournament held in Dayton.

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 Lindy Faragalli of Wayne, NJ participated in the 2nd tournament of 1959 and placed 12th out of 24 bowlers.

Buzz Fazio of Detroit, MI participated in the first PBA tournament ever, in Albany, and placed 5th out of 28 bowlers.            

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 Therm Gibson of Detroit, MI participated in all three tournaments of 1959. He placed 14th out of 28 in Albany, 16th out of 24 in Paramus, and 4th out of 36 in Dayton.

Stan Gifford of Highland Park, IL   participated in the Paramus tournament and placed 18th out of 24, and in the third tournament, held in Albany, where he placed 19th out of 36.

Billy Golembiewski of Detroit, MI participated in all three tournaments of the inaugural 1959 season. He placed 9th in Albany out of 28, 7th in Paramus out of 24, and 10th in Dayton out of 36.

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 Tom Harnisch of Detroit, MI  participated in the third tournament of 1959, held in Dayton, and placed 32nd out of 36.

Tom Hennessey of St. Louis, MO participated in all three tournaments of the inaugural 1959 season. He placed 18th out of 28 in Albany, 6th out of 24 in Paramus, and 19th out of 36 in Dayton.

Clyde Hobbs of Cleveland, OH participated in the Dayton Open, where he placed 23rd out of 36 bowlers.

Bud Hodgsin of Pomona, CA participated in the 2nd tournament, the Paramus Eastern Open, and placed 21st out of 24 bowlers.

Dick Hoover of Akron, OH participated in all three tournaments. He placed 23rd out of 28 in the first, in Albany, 24th out of 24 in Paramus, and 11th out of 36 in Dayton.

George Howard of Detroit, MI.participated in the third and final tournament of 1959, the Dayton Open, placing 2nd out of 36 bowlers.

Woody Hulsey of St. Louis, MO participated in the first PBA tournament ever, held in Albany, NY, placing 26th out of 28 bowlers, and in the Paramus tournament, placing 23rd out of 24.

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 Earl Johnson of Minneapolis, MN participated in the final bowling tournament of the 1959 season placing 35th out of 36 bowlers.

Joe Joseph of Lansing, MI participated in all three tournaments. In the first tournament held in Albany he placed 21st out of 28. In Paramus he placed second out of 24, and in Dayton he placed 36th out of 36 bowlers.

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 John King of Park Ridge, IL participated in the Empire State Open held in Albany and placed 22nd out of 28 bowlers.

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Hank Lauman of Pico Rivers, CA participated in the first ever PBA tournament, the Empire State Open held in Albany, and placed 28th out of 28 bowlers

 Bill Lillard of Dallas, TX placed 10th out of 28 bowlers in the Empire State Open held in Albany, and 9th out of 24 bowlers in the Paramus Open.

Punk Limmer of Albany, NY participated in the first ever PBA tournament, the Empire State Open held in Albany, and placed 16th out of 28.

Tony Lindemann of Dallas, TX participated in the first ever PBA tournament, the Empire State Open held in Albany, and placed 17th out of 28

Ed Lubanski of Detroit, MI participated in all three tournaments in the PBA's inaugural tour season of 1959. In Albany he placed 2nd out of 28 bowlers, in Paramus 4th out of 24 bowlers, and in Dayton, 18th out of 36 bowlers.

Vincent Lucci of Morrisville, PA bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 12th out of 36 bowlers.

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Len Mal of Phoenix, AZ bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 33rd out of 36 participants.

Norman Meyers of Los Angeles, CA bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 24th out of 36 bowlers.

Monroe Moore of Pontiac, MI bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 28th out of 36 bowlers.

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 Steve Nagy of Birmingham, MI bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 13th out of 36 bowlers.

John Nickell of Dayton, OH bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 7th out of 36 bowlers.

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 Chuck O'Donnell of St. Louis, MO bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 22nd out of 36 bowlers.

Morrie Oppenheim of  Chicago, IL bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 15th out of 36 participants

Joe Ostroski of Philadelphia, PA bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 20th out of 36 bowlers.

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 Bill Pace of Kansas City, MO bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 16th out of 36 participants.

Pat Patterson of St. Louis, MO bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 17th out of 36 bowlers.

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 Carl Richard of Joplin, MO bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 30th out of 36 bowlers.

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 Al Savas of Milwaukee, WI participated in the very first PBA tournament ever, held in Albany, in which he placed  13th out of 28 bowlers. He also bowled in the 2nd tournament, held in Paramus, where he placed 5th out of 24 bowlers.

Carmen Salvino of Chicago, IL  bowled in all three 1959 tournaments. He placed 11th out of 28 bowlers in the tournament in Albany, 15th out of 24 in the tournament in Paramus, and 14th out of 36 in the tournament in Dayton.      

Bud Schaibly of Chicago, IL   participated in the very first PBA tournament ever, held in Albany, where he placed 24th out of 28.

Art Schreier bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 31st out of 36 bowlers.

Bob Strampe of Detroit, MI bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 6th out of 36 bowlers.

Harry Smith of Baltimore, MD bowled in the 2nd PBA tournament ever, the one held in Paramus in which he placed 19th out of 24, and the one in Dayton where he placed 5th out of 36.

Tony Sparando of Rego Park, NY bowled in the 2nd PBA tournament, the Paramus Open, where he placed 22nd out of 24 bowlers.

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 Willard Taylor of S. Charleston, WV bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 34th out of 36

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 Skip Vigars of Albany, NY bowled in the Paramus Open, placing 10th out of 24 bowlers.

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 John Walther of Troy, NYowled in the Paramus Open, placing 17th out of 24 bowlers

Ludy Villani of Niagara Falls, NY  bowled in the very first PBA tournament, placing 27th oiut of 28 bowlers in the Empire State Open held in Albany.

Dick Weber of St. Louis, MO  bowled in all three tournaments of the PBA's inaugural season in 1959. He placed 3rd in the very first tournament in Albany, and won both the Paramus Open and the Dayton Open.        

Billy Welu of St. Louis, MO bowled in the Empire State Open, the inaugural PBA tournament, and placed 20th out of 28. He then placed 8th in the Paramus Open, out of 24 bowlers.           

Charlie Wilkinson of Salinas, CA bowled in the final tournament of the 1959 season, the Dayton PBA Open, placing 26th out of 36 bowlers.

Video Sunday: Earl Anthony Teaches Bowling, Part III

Here's part III of Earl Anthony Teaches Beginning Bowling.

Earl continues to show you - in particular left-handers - how to cover spares. This is an essential video to watch!

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Disclaimer
All the videos I share here of classic bowling are hosted at YouTube, uploaded by several bowling enthusiasts and by the courtesy of the entities involved. They do not belong to me and I claim no copyright for them.

Bowling Around Beautiful...Wall Drug and the Badlands

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Bowling around beautiful...Wall Drug and the Badlands

 On Saturday morning, George and I breakfasted once more in the Days Inn breakfast nook. This time the hot meal on offer was sausage gravy, which could be ladled over toasted biscuits. It was delicious!

Then George and I drove to Wall Drug. It was not only a cold day, but also a snowy day in Rapid City. (As we are our breakfast we saw via the Lounge's TV - which was always tuned to the Weather Channel - that the next day, Sunday (the day we were to go our separate ways) would be bright sunshine!   Typical!)

However, as we left Rapid City behind, the snow dissipated, although the cold wind certainly didn't.

"Where in the world is Wall Drug?" That's a well-known advertising slogan for this popular tourists stop on the outskirts of Rapid City.

Wall Drug puts out a brochure which explains its history.

Wall Drug and the Badlands brochure - chock full of info!

I paraphrase some of the info in the brochure:

In December 1931 Dorothy and Ted Hustead bought the only drugstore in a town called Wall, on the edge of the South Dakota Badlands. (The town itself was called Wall because it was situated on the "Wall" - the edge of the South Dakota Badlands.)  (Why do I keep referring to it as the "South Dakota Badlands"?  Will explain later!)

This was a couple of years after the Depression, and there was no highway system across America at this time. Wall was in "the middle of nowhere" but Hustead wanted to own his own pharmacy (he'd graduated from pharmacy school in 1929) and had a legacy so could afford to buy the one in Wall.

Business over the first few months was very bad, as there were no outside visitors to the town. But Mount Rushmore was in the process of being carved, and the husband-and-wife team hoped that the influx of tourists that this monument would generate would help their drug store succeed.

Five years later, however, business was still bad, and Ted Hustead was ready to give up. But one hot July day, Dorothy Hustead could hear all the traffic going by on Route 16A, with absolutely no one coming into the town, let alone Wall Drug. She suggested that putting up signs along the road advertising ice cold, free water, would draw people to their store.

At this time, the Burma-Shave billboards were popular - a series of signs, each one with one line of a rhyming advertisement. Ted Hustead and a friend created a series of signs in the same manner and put them on both sides of Route 16A - and got immediately results as people came into the store for their free water. And stayed to buy ice cream and ask directions to Yellowstone National Park and so on.

Today, the original Wall Drug is sandwiched between several other stores in a humongous building. There's a book store, clothing stores, souvenir shops, rock shops, and in the hallways lots of "kitchy" things to look at like a mechanical fortune teller and an automatic accordion. You can also sit on a bench next to a dance hall girl or Annie Oakley.

In the Back Yard Mall, during the summer months, is a mechanical T-rex. Other large statues - without any mechanical works - are there year round.

Me standing beside a giant jackalope

 The huge Wall Cafe (with seats for 530 people at one time!) is jam-packed with artwork as well as good, inexpensive food.

Wall Cafe

And just because I am obsessed with minutiae, here's three scans of the Cafe menu, with prices current as of March 20, 2016.

Cover of Cafe Menu

page 1 of Lunch and Dinner menu

Kids Menu and Breakfast

After leaving Wall Drug, we headed for the Badlands of South Dakota. It wasn't until later, when I did some research on Wikipedia, that I learned that "The Badlads" is a name for a geological formation, and that there are "Badlands" in other states as well.

Having said that, the Badlands of South Dakota are absolutely gorgeous. They are protected in the Badlands National Park.

Here's the description of this geological formation from Wikipedia:

Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded by wind and water. They are characterized by steep slopes, minimal vegetation, lack of a substantial regolith, and high drainage density. They can resemble malpaís, a terrain of volcanic rock. Canyons, ravines, gullies, buttes, mesas, hoodoos and other such geological forms are common in badlands. They are often difficult to navigate by foot. Badlands often have a spectacular color display that alternates from dark black/blue coal stria to bright clays to red scoria.

 The interesting thing about the Badlands is that they don't rise up like hills, they are actually below your feet. 

George drove us on the Badlands Scenic Loop, about 20 winding miles through the Badlands to the Ben Reifel Visitor Center (where I picked up three tokens!)

The Pinnacles overlook

 Note how far down from the road this overlook is. In driving along the scenic loop, we're going down, down, down.

Each of the overlooks had a sign explaining elements of the Badlands

Picnic table at one of the overlooks

During summer, with the sun shining, driving on this scenic route with glowing colors must be absolutely spectacular. (It was pretty impressive on this cloudy winter day!) There are also two campgrounds within the park.

Bright yellow domes

An attempt to show that the Badlands are "under ground."

The Visitors Center, constructed in the late 1950s, has an interpretive section and a book store.

That red Outback in the parking lot is George's

Interpretative center inside the visitor's center

We returned to Rapid City, had dinner at the Chinese restaurant adjacent to the Days Inn, and spent the rest of the evening watching Jurassic World which George had brought along on DVD.

Sunday morning, we left early, each going our separate ways. I returned to Cheyenne, already making plans to re-visit Rapid City and other locations in a more leisurely fashion.