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Title: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: ccrider on May 20, 2008, 05:26:14 AM
Did Brunswick make a Rhino Pro that was red? Maybe pearl cover?
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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: KDawg77 on May 20, 2008, 01:27:24 PM
Just a urethane Rhino, but not a Pro.
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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: ccrider on May 20, 2008, 01:41:40 PM
Watching an old show 1994 Great Lakes Classic. Ferraro was throwing a red brunswick. I guess it was the urethane ball.
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Edited on 5/20/2008 1:42 PM
Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: KDawg77 on May 20, 2008, 01:47:06 PM
In 1994, it's possible. The ball old have been four years old, but I can't find anything else that's red and fits close to the timeframe.
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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: ccrider on May 20, 2008, 02:14:17 PM
Ferraro beat Norm Duke for the title. He also beat McKune (sp) who was throwing a Gold Rhino Pro. In both games he threw the front 10.  

The red ball looked like it rolled well. Could not tell what it was.
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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: KDawg77 on May 20, 2008, 02:18:22 PM
If I can find it on youtube, I'll look. I'm pretty good at IDing older equipment.
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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: ccrider on May 20, 2008, 02:23:57 PM
thanks.

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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: BuddiesProShopcom - Bill on May 21, 2008, 08:39:44 PM
http://www.123bowl.com/ball.asp?ballid=1225

This is probably the ball you are thinking of.  It was more of a burgandy color.
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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: Juggernaut on May 21, 2008, 08:45:40 PM
Bill,

  He said the tourney he watched was from 1994.  I don't think the ball you linked was around until '96.
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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: The Bowlers Edge 2 on May 21, 2008, 09:13:50 PM
i dont remember the year, but the only show i remember w/ferraro and mccune he was using a critical mass. probably not the same one cuz mccune was using a blue brunswick ball in an arena setting.
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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: axeweldr on May 21, 2008, 11:14:01 PM
I have a red pearl Rhino Pro sitting in my basement.  Got it in on a trade a while ago.  Was plugged once or twice.  Never saw another one.  I can post pics when I get my charger back from my g/f.

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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: Crankenstein300 on May 22, 2008, 11:34:28 AM
I bet it was a Critical Mass Code Red as back in that time frame Ferarro was using a lot of Track, especially the Critical Mass.
Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: ccrider on May 22, 2008, 11:41:39 AM
That's not it. It was a burgundy red colored ball. It was a Rhino that looked pearl to me.

I asked my brother, he said he had a red colored Rhino aroung the same time period.

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http://www.123bowl.com/ball.asp?ballid=1225

This is probably the ball you are thinking of.  It was more of a burgandy color.
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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: ccrider on May 22, 2008, 12:31:31 PM
Same show for sure. I assumed the ball was a Rhino because he had on a Rhino shirt.
I looked at a picture of the code red, not the same ball. I could not find a picture of the original critical mass, but I am sure you guys have it right.

Thanks

CC

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Bowlers Edge 2- you are also correct.
In that arena finals McCune had the gold rhino and one of the dark blue quantums as well
I think Morin was throwing the electrical storm
Duke- a weapon?
Soper-gold rhino?

Edited on 5/22/2008 12:10 PM

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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: RandyO on May 22, 2008, 02:41:46 PM
I just looked at the video, 123bowl.com, and the PBA list of cleared equipment.
It looks like both the Red "Code Red" Critical Mass and a purple Critical Mass were cleared for PBA use in July 1994, and the tournament was in November 1994.
Looks to me like he threw the purple Critical Mass. I had a red one, and the ball on TV is too dark and purple looking to be the red one.

Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: ccrider on May 22, 2008, 04:57:43 PM
It's got to be the purple one.

CC

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I just looked at the video, 123bowl.com, and the PBA list of cleared equipment.
It looks like both the Red "Code Red" Critical Mass and a purple Critical Mass were cleared for PBA use in July 1994, and the tournament was in November 1994.
Looks to me like he threw the purple Critical Mass. I had a red one, and the ball on TV is too dark and purple looking to be the red one.



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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: ccrider on May 22, 2008, 05:27:51 PM
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Maroon or Dark Purple with green writing

I had 3 of them, they were great


The ball looked maroon on the show. I went back to look again but someone deleted it from the dvr.


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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: Crankenstein300 on May 22, 2008, 07:28:39 PM
OK that makes sense then. You guys threw me with the red or maroon color instead of purple, lol.
Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: AdrianS on May 22, 2008, 08:00:21 PM
Duke was using Red Reactive Hammer, Morin was throwing an Aquamarine Quantum and McCune was throwing a desert sky Rhino RE
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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: axeweldr on May 22, 2008, 10:44:44 PM
Here you go guys!  My red Rhino Pro

http://www.putfile.com/album/189833

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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: ccrider on May 23, 2008, 03:49:14 PM
Does anyone have a link to the critical mass that Ferraro used, or have a used?

Thanks

CC
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Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: DON DRAPER on May 25, 2008, 10:56:38 AM
many players in that era of the pba were on shirt staff with a bowling ball company-----they wore a shirt from that company but were free to use anyone's equipment. dave ferraro may very well have been on brunswick shirt staff but chose to use a track critical mass on the telecast. i watched the 1994 great lakes classic today on dvd and noticed on several close ups that ferraro's ball looked very much like a critical mass.

Edited on 5/25/2008 11:01 AM
Title: Re: Red Rhino Pro???
Post by: ccrider on May 26, 2008, 09:09:39 PM
thanks greg.

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