Post by: Shoutout33 on November 27, 2003, 09:30:47 PM
So what do you think? Earl "Mr. Consistent" Anthony or Walter Ray "DeadEye" Williams? (Note: Didn't they bowl against each other at one time?)
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When you've moved up, moved back, adjusted left and right, cupped, flattened out, have thrown everyting in your arsenal, and the pins still don't cooperate, just say, "Aw to HELL with it!", and throw the ball!
Post by: Brickguy221 on November 28, 2003, 01:16:32 PM
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Post by: brenttsr on November 28, 2003, 04:23:04 PM
Post by: charlest on December 01, 2003, 06:23:07 AM
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yea and i bet the left was walled shocker
If you have nothing positive to contribute, don't say anything at all.
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Post by: 10pin2002 on December 01, 2003, 10:12:05 PM
Just kidding. Watch WRW bowl and then watch Earl. Their heads NEVER MOVE until they release the ball. And they may be the only two ever who's don't AT ALL.
Mark Roth also had a relatively short competitive bowling career. He bowled full time for about, what, 10 years? Brought Earl out of retirement, so I heard. Whereas WRW and Earl have smooth, accurate, textbook "this is how you bowl" styles, Mark Roth's could be described as "Grip it 'n' Rip it!" And in no way, shape, or form would I EVER tell someone, "Watch Mark Roth bowl and bowl like him." However during his dominant period, was was just as if not moreso than Earl during his.
Post by: charlest on December 01, 2003, 10:23:10 PM
If you can get hold of some old Mark ROth tapes or even some current ones, you will neve rbelieve just how accurate he is and was. After so many people saying that because he was the first of the mega-crankers, he sprayed the ball all over the place. Nothing could be further from the truth; I watched him very carefully and he was very accurate. In fact, it was his deadly accurate spare shooting that won him most of his titles.
The absolutley only simile I will draw with golf:
"Drive for show, but putt for dough" is equivalent to bowling's
"Strike for show, but spare for dough!"
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Post by: 10pin2002 on December 01, 2003, 10:25:17 PM
I will COMPLETELY agree that Roth's spare shooting was probably better than any of his comtemporaries. I was just referring to his actual approach and release.
Nate