1973 Ebonite Gyro Bowling Ball Commercial

[thevmanvj]

"Get the Ebonite Edge......Every frame....every game! "

[MikeHL78]

I love how the voiceover @ 0:46 leads you to believe the original Gyro was something OTHER than a rubber or plastic ball. hehe

[lancejay1234]

does a gyro bowling ball hook well

[Misstersack]

@lancejay1234 On today's conditions? Depends on the type of Gyro.

[HaloLunatic]

I have two Ebonite Gyro balls. One is an Earl Anthony Ball (they were both my Dad's). He used to have a Dick Weber ball but I think he sold it..

[leopoldmozart]

Awesome to see those early 70's bowlers again. For some reason, by 1973, Don Carter disappeared from the tour. In 73 I was using a Brunswick Black Beauty, which I love and miss, even though my average went from 183 to 195 when I switched to a Columbia 300. The golden age of bowling. ::sigh::

[bigtee61]

@leopoldmozart Around the mid-1960's,Don Carter started having knee issues,as a result,his game went into decline. By the early '70's,his knees and faltering game forced him off the tour completely. Not long after leaving the tour,he got into the business side of bowling and did pretty well for himself.

[thevmanvj]

Don Carter..."Mr. Bowling" himself.....Gorgeous wife...Married blonde bombshell southpaw pro..Paula Sperber.

[bigtee61]

@leopoldmozart Around the mid-1960's,Don Carter started having knee issues,as a result,his game went into decline. By the early '70's,his knees and faltering game forced him off the tour completely. Not long after leaving the tour,he got into the business side of bowling and did pretty well for himself.

[rstp354]

Where's Earl??? He always used Ebonite bowling balls!

[PeerlessPaavo]

You can see Carmine Salvino, Bob Strampe and Jim Godman each have training as method actors.

[parkit56]

For a rubber ball, the Gyros had a smooth core. Not like the compressed cork/rubber core of Brunswick and AMF. Plus the big white "e" on the Gyro II looked cool going down the lane. I agree with davidamills; give me high friction lane surface and a hard rubber ball any day.

[CrankyOldster]

Every lefty I knew lusted after the orange (fuschia) Ebonite Gyro that Earl Anthony threw.

[buzzy07405]

I liked the slogan that Ebonite used, "Every Frame, Every Game!" Brings back memories.

[zfreek98]

Wow... Ray looked young as hell then. He's my boss at the bowling alley I manage now. XD

Crazy to see how far bowling equipment has come in the last 30 years...

[davidamills]

Great memories brought back by this clip. Thank you for posting it. Those were the good old days. Give me a rubber ball, a wooden lane with a lacquer finish and I'll be happy again.

[mrbowling300]

Those were the days!

[jazzyismybff]

hah my uncle is barry asher :]]]

[NipkowDisk]

Ebonite made a pretty good ball from what I remember- never had a new one myself though (bought a Concentrator from someone else, the only Ebonite I've ever had).

The Gyro XL-5 was something like 95 on the Durometer scale- great for dry lane conditions back when we bowled on lacquer...

[DoubleGutter]

At around 24 seconds..."It would be difficult to improve on the Gyro ball." Amazing how much the game has changed.

[NodTheBowler]

Looks like it was a great ball back then.