1995 Touring Players C'ship - Schlegel vs. Pedersen (Part 2)

The final match of the 1995 PBA Bayer/Brunswick Touring Players Championship. Pedersen is the top seed, Schlegel the #2 seed, after knocking Brian Voss off in the semifinal match. This is one of my favorite PBA matches. Needing a strike to win, Pedersen throws a perfect shot but leaves an 8-pin and slumps to the approach in disbelief. Schlegel goes bananas.

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Sports

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• pba
• ernie
• schlegel
• randy
• pedersen
• bowling
• 1995

[pbateson]

Track logo is rare in PBA. Schlegel is a oldest bowler to win the title?

[dunner228]

No, I think John Handegard, who won a title earlier in 1995, was a few years older than Ernie.

[TheXPS]

Aaarrgghhh, Schlegel is such a prick! If you want to intimidate your opponent then do it with your game.

Despite the vicious 8-pin and the outcome which doesn`t please me one bit, thank you for posting this!

[dunner228]

Schlegel got ripped with the 10-pin in the 10th, so I think they were even. And the way Pedersen yelled at the guy in the crowd after getting tapped in the PBA National a few years back, he's not exactly an angel, either.

[mrgelato]

i dont think he believes it

[BowlingNut]

What do you do Jaggflop? Let us know or shut your mouth about Pedersen.

[mrtvmankiller01]

@dunner228 that was the toc

[multo1]

all you critics of Ernie.....how much have YOU won in bowling????? to earn over $1 Million in PBA winnings, to be in the USBC Hall of Fame....to sacrifice your life for life on the road logging in 100's of thousands of miles, not to mention sacrificing a normal family life.....and have such a great style.....he deserves all the accolades ......haters here are just ignorant

[AK47Music]

@irishpogi And both Ernie Schlegel and John Handegard are both in BOTH the PBA and USBC Halls Of Fame, and they both got there throwing nothing but what I like to call "the old high, hard heat with not much meat" (a lot of ball speed with not much of a rev-rate), and I do too. OLD SKOOL 4-EVER!!! All hail THE REAL "Big Ern"!!!

I mention Ernie Schlegel's shot in my "20 Questions" page of my official website, BIGHMW (dot) com, I will be updating my site soon, I haven't done that in years.

[AK47Music]

@homefieldbowler yes, and at the age of 57 at that, a record that still stands to this day. But, when it comes to the majors, Big Ern holds that record all to himself, winning here at the TPC at the age of 52, and winning the USBC (formerly ABC) Masters in June 1996 a the age of 53 defeating defending champion Mike Aulby. I wonder if anybody has footage of that Masters title match or maybe the4whole TV show that they would like to share with all of us die-hard bowling fans (and bowlers too! :) )

[AK47Music]

I have almost the same release - the high hard heat (speed) with not much meat (not much of a rev-rate), but it brought him to both the PBA and USBC Halls Of Fame, didn't it bro? I patterned my game after him years ago. There is an old saying out there: "KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid", and Big Ern did, to 7 titles including becoming the oldest player to ever win a major title (1996 ABC/USBC Masters, June 1996)

[GDMax300]

To be honest, this should have been Randy's win, not Schlegel. One of the worst breaks in all of bowling, and it had to come in the 10th frame.

[willscoaster]

@dunner228 im pretty sure it was buzz fazio at age 54, 55, or 56

[sethpac]

@tisho91 You're right. I would so pissed to have won $40,000 cause my opponent left a a stuff 8. I mean, I would probably have to go ahead and give him the title cause I felt soooooo bad. Schlegel would CLEAN you out in pot games you ever bowled him. Yeah, the sportsmanship was clearly lacking, but Pedersen was no Lady Bing either in his day. Which, was about a 4-year stretch. Then what happened, did he forget what he was doing? And he wasn't exactly burying it either. They were WEAK 10's

[SynthMusic4Ever]

@tisho91 Ernie Schlegel did not suck. In fact, back in Brooklyn in his younger days, he wiped people out of money with big time pot games. When he was on TV, he was always a very tough opponent. He did not make as many finals because of his straighter approach which would leave him more corner pins on longer oil conditions but given he was good with that old school shot in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and still is today using plastic, urethane, and reactive urethane. Ernie was a hard bowler to beat.

[TheBeastFrom941]

I might have cleaned his clock, but maybe not. I'm vocal like ernie but not like that.