What an absolute thrill it is for me to see this video!!! This PBA Event was held at Echo Lanes in Mountainside, NJ. I was 13 years old. My Dad took me to see the Thursday Night Qualifying round (back then, only a 16 man Finals – so Wednesday and Thursday both had two 6 game qualifying blocks)...
The 'reverse' ball return was the Brunswick Subway ball return. Quite a few lanes built in the late 1950's had them; it was Brunswick's first entry in the 'underlane' ball return equipment. Was not real popular with bowlers. Nice for Ball #2 to be right there where it came out, but a pain to h...
Some good views of the operation of the first generation AMF 82/30s in this video as well. The first generation had some 'differences' - the table came down a bit sooner, the first ball/second ball indicator which switch from right corner to left corner a bit later in the cycle (as the sweep was...
As a PS to my post, I was bowling in a Junior All-Star tournament that day in Linden, NJ. We got to Linden Lanes just in time to get to the bar and see the 10th frame bowled live. The bar went nuts to say the least!
What an absolute thrill it is for me to see this video!!! This PBA Event was held at Echo Lanes in Mountainside, NJ. I was 13 years old. My Dad took me to see the Thursday Night Qualifying round (back then, only a 16 man Finals – so Wednesday and Thursday both had two 6 game qualifying blocks)...