Last week it was reported that JR Scruggs rolled a 300 game in the Monday Nite Church No Tap League. What we did not know, is that 11 of the strikes were actual strikes, and not 9 counts. On the 12th ball of the game, he had a solid hit, with the 7 pin heading to knock the 10 pin down, but barely missed. Oh, so close. Scruggs kept up his bowling this past week as well by rolling a 280. Other No tap action includes Sue Strong throwing a 268, and Karen Hoskins, a 263. Jeremy Randolph rolled a 751 series, Scott Cunningham a 705, and Jimmy Scruggs a 704. The league had several bowlers who topped out 50 or more pins over their averages, including Scott Cunningham, a 192 average bowler, 51 pins over, with a 273. JR Scruggs was 71 pins over his 209 average with the 280 game. Jimmy Scruggs, 65 over his 200 average, and Karen Hoskins, 94 over 169, giving her a total of 263. Terry Jones rolled 61 pins over a 164 average to hit 225, Jeff Lane was 57 over 175, giving him a 232, and Leean Palmer threw 67 pins over her 106 average for a 173. Sharon Craft knew how to deal with the splits this past week, by converting two of them, the 4-7-9 and the 3-7-10.
The Ladies League at the Westville Legion’s bowling center had Martha Hance picking up the 5-6, while both Wilma Pollman, and Laura Baird converted the 4-7-8. In the Senior League, Baird was not finished picking up spares in her Tuesday morning league, she continued on Thursday afternoon picking up the5-10, and the 5-6. In other Senior League action Joe Stokes was 60 pins over game avg., Jack Ball 52 pins; Margo Johnson 56 pins over; Larry Thomas 54 pins over; and Bob Coburn was 74 pins over his game avg. of 120. Tuesday Nite Go-Getters, Dot McDaniel picked up the 3-10, not once, not twice, but 3 times. Not to feel guilty, she “let” Tracy Smith and Gerald Arnett pick up the same split. Tuck Miller slipped and accidentally picked up the 2-4-10, and the 2-5-7, and Sherry Castongue converted the 2-7. Lacee Bays rolled 65 pins over her average, but Steve Lamb was steaming again this week rolling 143 pins over his series average with a high game of 226, 89 pins over his 137 average. Last, but certainly not least, in the Wednesday morning DNA Karaoke League Marilyn Ruffner picked up the 3,9, 10 split.
Continuing with rule review, we will talk about bowling ball specifications. I bet some of you thought you could just use any size or weight…wrong. We will cover specifics of the bowling ball and more in the coming weeks.
Any bowling ball used in USBC certified competition must be approved and identifiable as a ball listed in the “approved bowling ball” list located on the Equipment Specifications page on www.BOWL.com. Additionally, for identification purposes, each ball must have some form of serial number (this may be engraved or re-engraved by the bowler); the ball’s original brand and product name logos must be engraved on each ball. No additional logos or designs may be added to a previously-approved ball without approval from the USBC.
Since all bowling balls manufactured prior to the creation of the ball list (January 1991) have been previously approved, the acceptance of the balls is at the discretion of the tournament director and/or league official.
Material
1. The ball shall be constructed of solid material i.e., no liquids and without voids in its interior.
2. Any material added to or included in the coverstock shall be equally distributed throughout the entire coverstock of the ball, except for materials used in logos and other required markings.
3. The density of any piece/component in a ball (e.g. core, coverstock, weight block, etc.) shall not exceed 3.80 g/mL (i.e., no pure metals or high density materials).
Following approval of the ball, the introduction of substances that are not comparable to the original material used in manufacturing of a bowling ball is prohibited. Likewise, altering a bowling ball in any way so as to increase its weight or cause it to be off balance outside the specifications is prohibited.
Until next week, let’s have fun and knock ‘em down.
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