1974 PBA New Jersey Open Introduction

It was the summer PBA Tour of 1974 at Edison Lanes, NJ for the $50,000 NJ Open which was televised by HBO Sports. The announcer was Dick Stockton with Skee Foremsky doing the color. This is real old school bowling with a couple of up and coming rookies. There is also a nice shot of Earl with the brush cut! They mentioned that Edison had 112 Lanes, without poles...can you imagine what that must have looked like? I wonder if they had a 112 team league? I'm sure in those days that place was probably rocking, and full of people.

Who can name all the bowlers shown in the intro?
I recognize all but 1.

I hope you enjoy!

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[JHollowayNetwork]

Can You Find The Full Clip?

[mrbowling300]

@JHollowayNetwork I have the entire tournament finals on tape.

[sherflouski]

Who could get HBO in 1974?

[mrbowling300]

I believe HBO back then was available primarily on the east coast via cable tv, when cable was in it's infantcy.

[rjpsuh06]

Look at Dick Stockton! Now, he's the #2 NFL on Fox announcer behind Joe Buck, works NBA games for the Spurs on TV and occasionally on TNT. I can't believe he started out not only with CBS, but also with HBO.

[mrbowling300]

got to start somewhere in this business!

[swami1]

The same cheesy intro music was used 2 years later for the Ali-Norton closed circuit broadcast(their 3rd fight at Yankee Stadium).

[misterbillylicious]

rolling on lanes 14 and 15... what the hell is that all about ?

[habyss]

@deesyphrr It closed in the mid 80s. It's now a shopping center. I pass it every day on the way to work.

[deesyphrr]

Is Edison Lanes still open? 112 lanes!

[BigMDS67]

I can't believe HBO showed Bowling and also WWF wrestling then.

[JeromeG1956]

Skee Foremsky was the first professional bowler I remember watching on ABC.