Pro Bowlers Tour - 1979 Showboat Invitational - "A Repertoire of Strikes"

[20alphabet]

What's that? The bowling world didn't know something? After 100 years of popularity in America it took Asians to figure something out? You must be another Asian teen with no sense of history. Glenn Allison threw a "spinner" in the 50's, long before Mark Roth dominated the pro tour in the 70's with HIS 5" track. Trying to create history that isn't so just makes nobody believe you later. At this point you have no face.

[rallyden]

what the bowling world didn't know back then was how a spinner ball can create pin action. emmet's seemingly lucky strikes are common nowadays in the asian bowling community, where bowlers with low physical attributes use the spinner (along w/ a light ball) to create pin action. emmet may be ahead for his time!

[clarkstaxiservice]

Emmett coached me somewhat back in the early 80s. Great guy! The last time I saw Paul Moser was probably in the Eastern Regionals in the 80s.

[pinboyjorf]

thats some lucky shit man.

[brian1969a]

Is it me, or does it seem like every video of Earl at the Showboat Invit., he had trouble on the right lane?

[Tata996]

Better lose by another's tremendous string of luck rather than get convincingly destroyed

[deesyphrr]

These must be 3 lb. 2 oz. pins.

[vanni9283]

And he crossed himself again at 5:28, rstp!!!

[jayjarnold]

And I chuckled watching the woman on the lower-right portion of the screen at 7:41, shaking her head following Emmett's 6th strike. lol!

[rstp354]

At 5:15, check out alternate Tommy Hudson doing the sign of the cross after Shutes carries a nose hit!

[vanni9283]

That was a pretty powerful hit I must admit!!! hehe : D

Guess you need to throw it through the nose more often!!!!

[NYDanno85]

Shutes made a show before this, I believe - the 1977 World Open.

[sommerssmith]

It didn't look like after Earl's second frame the pins reset, which is why during Earl's spare shot in the third the 7-pin is all alone. (One is one and all alone, and ever more shall be so)

[StickTweedles87]

That was the luckiest/coolest string of strikes I've seen, just imagine if Shutes was vsing Schlegel instead of Anthony, haha.

[monsterbowler]

Schlegel would've had an aneurism. Holman or P. Weber wouldn't have been thrilled either.

[irishpogi]

Emmett Shutes' Fruit Salad Collection!!!!!

[guffnuh]

you spelled avalanche wrong

[BowlingOldies]

Fixed.  Thanks.

[Wolfman12395]

BTW, does anyone know what happened to Paul Moser?

[Wolfman12395]

AMAZING! Thanks for this classic! :D

[moenemdown15]

Like Bo said, "Unbelievable!"