Post by: bowlallthetime on March 04, 2007, 01:14:10 PM
This guy is pretty relaxed considering the circumstances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQKfa9zXHAQ
March 2, 2007
Bowling
Spokane bowler rolls amazing 898
Eddie Williams didn't really feel like bowling.
The general manager of Lilac Lanes isn't usually in that mood. He bowled professionally before moving to Spokane from Van Nuys, Calif., a year ago.
So coming two pins away from perfection Wednesday night was a bit of a surprise. Williams bowled 35 consecutive strikes, scoring two perfect games and carrying a third into the final frame. He finished with an 898 series.
"I can't say that I ever thought there was something special going on," Williams said. "I think, maybe, two or three times through the whole series I felt a little nervous, only because you could tell people were waiting to see what was going to happen. When I got to the 36th shot, and that feels funny to even say, I thought to myself, 'I have a shot at that ring!' "
Rolling one perfect game gets you noticed. Roll two back-to-back and you draw a crowd. Keep it up and the atmosphere turns electric.
"It was so huge – people were crying and screaming," said Shari Cawley. "I'm his best friend and by the last frame I was bawling my eyes out."
Not that Williams noticed.
"I didn't even look back. I shot the second (300) and I saw there was a crowd gathering, but after the third shot of the third game, I didn't bother looking back at all. You could tell everyone was sitting there, waiting," he said, ever the general manager. "I said to one of my teammates, 'If I just miss once, everyone can go back to buying drinks and having food.' "
Post by: Fatboy8 on March 04, 2007, 09:16:12 PM
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Hammer-Lane #1-Ebonite-Brunswick
Post by: scotts33 on March 04, 2007, 09:26:52 PM
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Scott
Post by: janderson on April 03, 2007, 03:36:29 PM
Post by: Ragnar on April 03, 2007, 03:43:38 PM
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"I do desire that we may be better strangers." Willie the Shake, As You Like it(III,ii)
"I'm capable of being just as sorry as you are, Dimitri."
Edited on 4/3/2007 3:37 PM
Post by: metallicaaaaaaa on April 03, 2007, 04:00:08 PM
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"I don't wanna go home! I wanna go to Reno!"
Post by: mumzie on April 03, 2007, 05:04:17 PM
Oh - a lefty? That figures.
(just kidding, folks.) GREAT BOWLING!
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Post by: Ace on April 04, 2007, 08:34:20 AM
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Post by: Word Warrior on April 04, 2007, 09:50:42 PM
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High game-300
High series-723