brunswick was well represented today at the 2003 pba tournament of champions sponsored by dexter.

brunswick pro staffer and pba hall of famer parker bohn III defeated robert smith 3-0 and advances to the round of 16 against brian himmler.

brunswick pro staffer chris barnes defeated brian voss 3-0 and advances to the round of 16 against walter ray williams, jr.

brunswick pro staffer and pba hall of famer dave soutar had a tough day and lost to pete weber 3-0.

independent dave d'entremont lost to richie allen 3-1 and was eliminated.

great showing guys and good luck tomorrow parker and chris !

1 Brunswick staffer against 3 Storm staffers.

Scott

Although it's almost useless to comment on a lane condition that you were just watching, and not competing on, I was a bit baffled with C. Barnes's ball choices today. The Inferno is a very low RG ball and tends to move early when the head oil is medium, light, or disappearing. I was shocked to see the Eliminator come out of the bag too. Watching Healey get a great read with the polished Hot Rod, I would have thought that Chris would have selected something with a higher RG to get down the lane a bit - Blazing Inferno, Monster Red/Black, polished Detonator, just about anything else with a medium-high to high RG. Anyone who throws an Inferno who watched today could just about predict the flat 10 and the weak blower 7. The Inferno is awesome on the right condition, but like any ball, the carry suffers when you don't match up well. Are paid Staffers limited to throwing only current production equipment on TV, or are they free to throw any past or present balls from their Company?
Anyone know?

I thought Healy was using a Flash Point, but I could be mistaken

RandyO,

I like your analysis of Barnes (because I agree, of course).
I was happy to see him take out that Brusier (I think it was a Brusier) but then I was shocked to see him try to go up the outside. I thought he was about 10-15 boards too far right with his feet. I bet that ball would have been fine playing somewhere near Pat Healey was playing.

People don't seem to realize how good Barnes is. He picked up 4 completely different balls in the one single game he had and made terrific deliveries with each one. He picked the wrong line, YES, several times, but since Pederson was using one of the Strongest balls made, and Healey & Himmler were using some of the mildest, I think it was easy to get confused.

I'd have to guess that the TV Show either deteriorated much quicker than match play did because of the lights and the waiting, or the oil amount was even lighter than that used during match play. I mean, having to launce a mild ball over the gutter caps, when there's only 5-8 games on the lanes is downright stupid, in my opinion.

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