I'm from Syracuse, but have been in the Army for fifteen years. i used to bowl in a junior league with Richie; haven't seen him since. I was home around March this year and stopped in Strike-n-Spare lanes in Mattydale. They sell a lot of Lane #1 stuff; correction, they drill a lot of Lane #1 stuff there. Most people get it directly from Lane #1 there, which distributors raise hell about because they'll sell a ball right out of the warehouse to a guy off the street for the same price the proshops pay for their balls.
Anyway, Somebody there may know this guy or BE this guy. There is a pba member sponsored by Brunswick that operates out of there, not one of the 6 listed on the "B" website and I can't remember his name. I only know you can get a lot of his very low mileage balls cheap from that shop. I almost picked up a smokin inferno with about 3 games on ot for $80 right after it came out, but I had no spot for it in my aresenal. He also had a Dry/R BEFORE they came out that he didn't want and I was going to pick that up cheap as well.
Sorry for getting off topic, but I guess I got a little nostalgic.