1982 PBA National - Earl Anthony vs. Charlie Tapp, pt2

[sammydavisjrsr]

Though it has nothing to do with this match, I believe this was the year Glenn Allison achieved the first (and only legitimate) 900 series.

[mrbowling300]

@sammydavisjrsr You are correct....Glenn Allison's 900 came in June 1982.

[chuckers40]

The one thing that I admired about Earl is that he did it in the biggest of tournaments: "The Majors". Earl has 10 major championships in his career: 6 PBA's; 2 Tournament of Champions; 2 ABC (now USBC Masters). The next closest is Walter Ray and Mike Aulby have 8 majors and Pete Weber has 7 majors.

[keglerking01]

I want to find one of his wrist bands...I had 3 of them back in the day...Earl Anthony Action Arm.....

[motofusi]

To my buddy Tapper......."Be the ball!"

[prettypimpq]

how the the hell do you lose after the guy even tells you how to score better?????

[asoeng]

Not to take anything away from Earl. No doubt, Earl was the best and still the best, but in the future we may have to consider Walter Ray's as the best, as his toughness and longevity as an athlete and great bowler, his quest through evolution of the technology and game format .

[ShutupHollywood]

Man, these were the best sports broadcasts on the weekend. I miss Bo Burton, and RIP Chris Schenkel. I pretended with my plastic pins that I was Wayne Webb or Mark Roth. I dinged up my parents washer and dryer something fierce.

[XxowendanxX]

I love this shit. Mrbowling300 is an internet god for posting all this...Earl kicks ass that was cute when he hugged and kissed his wife at the end...Charlie Tapp sucks ha haha....

[mrbowling300]

Thanks! I will try to get some news ones up soon. Tapper is actually a great and funny guy. Him and Joe Hutchinson make a great comedy team!

[XxowendanxX]

I was kidding about Tapper. You seem to be my age. Do you still bowl? I was a bowling nut from 1979-1988. At one point I was in four leagues and would bowl open Sunday after league. I used to love those broadcasts on the weekends, like during the early '80s. I bowled at Madison Square Garden in New York but they took out the bowling alley and widened the Felt Forum (concert hall), so I bowled for a year at a different place but didn't like it...then quit in '88..those were the days LOL...

[irishpogi]

@XxowendanxX I remember the bowling center in Madison Square Garden fondly. It closed in 1988.

[XxowendanxX]

@irishpogi I started there junior league saturday mornings, my first season was the '79-'80 season then joined my first adult league for the '84-'85 season. within a couple years I was in 4 leagues...yes it closed in 1988 then I started bowling at this place down near Union Square where a lot of the MSG people went...and some of them went to Leisure Time at the Port Authority...I hated traveling down to 14th st. so I quit in 1989...if you don't mind, what's your first name? maybe I know you.

[MCELVAINE6996]

I remember watching this match when I was 7 years old..My coach use to tell me about Charlie Tapp alot..But I'm a Earl Anthony fan and I will always love the way he bowled

[PaBasser]

Walter Ray may have won more tournaments, however, Earl did it in fewer tournaments and was bowling's first Millionaire. Earl's still Number 1 for my money. He definitely owned the National Open, like Nicklaus did the Masters.

[BIGGREENLEAF1]

@PaBasser For the most part all of Earl's wins were on wood lanes and Walter Ray's on synthetic which are all the same basic thing same markings and board locations depending on which of the different makers of lanes they are using that week, and they don't change that much over lots of play on them. Plus Earl did it when at the end of his regular career the urethane ball was just coming out and today anybody even a 120-160 average bowler becomes a 220 average with a super powered reactive ball.

[thedoc56]

@BIGGREENLEAF1 theres no way a 120-160 average becomes a 220 avg w a new ball. have u ever bowled before?

[BIGGREENLEAF1]

@thedoc56 No I just own 21 bowling centers and have a title in all 3 forms of the sport tenpin, candlepin, and duckpin and know what is done to make nobodys like you with your big 160 avg think they are really 200 avg bowlers when they wouldn't stand a chance on a flat oil pattern etc. I said more than a ball creates this, have you ever read before? If you don't believe me look at the June issue page 20 of bowling industry magazine, I just backed up every word now your turn, nobody....

[thedoc56]

@BIGGREENLEAF1 Getting pretty defensive huhh Loll you said "today anybody even a 120-160 average bowler becomes a 220 average with a super powered reactive ball." That is incorrect. Reactive balls do not make you a better bowler. if your using them on house shot, sure your avg might go up ,but not by 80 pins. I do most of my bowling on sport patterns so calm down. what makes you think I have a 160 avg? and "wouldnt stand a chance on flat oil" lolll man I feel sorry for your customers

[pinboyjorf]

THE MACHINE.

[Tata996]

Haha. I never saw Earl express an angry "Yeah!" type response like at 6:09. He ruled!

[AgentXXII]

Charlie, my boy ... if you bowled a better game, then why did you lose?

Luck? Luck is how losers explain what happened. You got beaten by the best. Take pride in being a trivia answer.

[brian1969a]

I can sympathize with him. He left a solid 4-7 and then a solid 10, and then threw a double after that. If luck would have gone his way just a smidge, he could have had a 4-bagger and been in the driver's seat, maybe even won. But bowling is a screwy sport sometimes...you can throw awesome shots and only get 9, yet your opponent throws through the nose and gets nothing but X's. Been there, done that, lol.

[Snagglefratz]

I like Walter Ray and hope he wins ten more titles before he retires, but the top spot on my list will always be for Earl. Btw, for those who don't really know bowling's finer points, a lot of that "luck" Earl made for himself. Rolling the ball slowly, with a lot of rotation, into the outside or light pocket is a good way to stay out of trouble. It's called a mixer. In the above case, it was no accident.

[Snagglefratz]

Thanks for posting this. It is most enjoyable. Walter Ray is now considered the greatest bowler and you have to give him his due, but Earl will always be my favorite. He had a certain intensity and class to go with his almost limitless talent that will never be duplicated.

[dcbandnerd]

3:06...totally wearing a rug.

[rstp354]

Charlie - 2 buried, 2 light, 3 high, a nose hit, a washout, and a pathetic miss of the 4-7.

Earl - 5 buried, 2 light, 2 high, 1 nose hit and almost carried the greek church.

The match wasn't even close - what match was Charlie at????

[rstp354]

Now we know why Earl dominated the PBA - he "got lucky" as Charlie Tapp would say!

Facts - Earl 41 PBA titles, Tapp 3.

Earl would have won more titles but the PBA had one lane condition during the week and another for the TV show!

[malton35]

Tapp got hosed on some really nice pocket shots

[rstp354]

If you call right on the nose the pocket!

[DeanMerrill2000]

As a kid he was my idol. I lived and died with every shot. Long Live Earl the Pearl!

[gregschanke1]

AWESOME!!!! From C.Man

[mthw16]

dunner228 -- I remember watching when Earl lost that PBA National from the top seed -- lost to a 19 year old kid named Mike Aulby, who tuned out to be anything flash in the pan. In fact, as I'm sure you know, he evenyually became a legend in his own right over the years.

[zappatx]

What happened to Belson Burton? I have his autograph from 1991. Nice chap.

[odiedude]

I believe Nelson now bowls on the Generations Bowling Tour. I think it would be cool if ESPN were to have him on one of their PBA telecasts as a guest analyst and get his view on the sport today.

[ShutupHollywood]

I agree. Nelson Burton should do some more commentating. He was so good. ABC TV was really good back then. ESPN does a good job but back in the day Burton and Chris Schlenkel were awesome together.

[mthw16]

Earl, in my humble opinion, was the greatest ever. Although he won 41 PBA titles and 2 ABC Masters, he led far more than 41 tournaments. He finished 2nd 42 times largely because of the one game take all T.V. format. If not for that, he could have won close to 60 titles. Thanks mrbowling!!!

[buzzkill35]

Hey let's not forget that Charlie was no slouch either.

[Mango7]

I'm very sad I never met Earl. He was my idol back then.

[dunner228]

Earl went 6 for 7 from the top seed in the PBA National...incredible.

[mrwrister]

Earl Anthony. The absolute greatest bowler of all time~

[rach3lov3ly]

Great show. Any with Earl is appreciated. Thanks