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ttjakt

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900 Series
« on: May 20, 2005, 10:59:58 AM »
How many of times has someone achieved the "ULTIMATE" 900 series?
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dirtbikebowler

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Re: 900 Series
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2005, 07:22:33 PM »
i think its 7
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charlest

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Re: 900 Series
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2005, 07:27:02 PM »
Too damned often!
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Re: 900 Series
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2005, 10:59:09 PM »
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Do I sense jealousy, charlest?


No you dont. You sense wall babys shooting 900 and acting godly. or Jeff Campbell shootin 900 3 games on a 4 game block..
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charlest

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Re: 900 Series
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2005, 03:35:45 AM »
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Do I sense jealousy, charlest?


Nope. I am envious of a few things and several people, but jealous of no one and nothing.
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charlest

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Re: 900 Series
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2005, 03:36:15 AM »
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Does Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling count?


Only in your fanatasy life. We discussing real life here.
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charlest

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Re: 900 Series
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2005, 06:35:12 AM »
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Well, my thought is, whether you're bowling on the hardest lane conditions in the world or the easiest, to string 36 strikes in a row is still an accomplishment. Could you imaging the mental pressure that's involved in that? I admit that I'M jealous of those who have bowled 900s, but I give respect where it's due. The most strikes I've ever thrown in a row is 18, and I was trembling while doing that.


While it is DEFINTELY an accomplishment, due to ball's ever increasing power and oil machine ever increasing efficiency (making easier and easier to layout a funnel-effect oil pattern), most 900s do not deserve to have the respect that one would normally associate with that number.

I have no doubt that Glenn Allison's original 900 does due to the factors involved with it. It was done with a plastic ball (I believe it was his favorite Yellow Dot.) and it was done in a scratch league where all the  other 200+ bowlers were having a very hard time with the oil pattern. In fact there were very few 600s that night at all , again, if I recall correctly. When the ABC measurer came back to measure the oil pattern to see if it was legal, the problem was somewhere on the lefty's side around the 8 or 12 board, where, OF COURSE, right handed Allison was not playing.

Again, this is all from memory, back when his 900 was not allowed.
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ozsweet

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Re: 900 Series
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2005, 07:06:32 AM »
I'd like the "new" 900 series to come along with a print out of the oil pattern, ratio and # of units (so we can judge for ourselves). Also, if the "36 strikes on any pattern is still great" argument is going to be used, we might as well call this sport a "carry contest" and call the 300/800/900 awards the "had better luck" awards............
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rexb300

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Re: 900 Series
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2005, 07:46:22 AM »
ya bowling is not gym or ice skating
I don't get a strike by form or look.
last week put 36 balls in the pocket
left 2-8 pins and a solid 9 and 2 ringing
10 pins for a 775
but did I have any luck NO, spares in
wrong places I didn't even get 800.
any 900 bowled have to catch a break
here and there.
Bowling 90% skill and 10% luck I say
I'd rather be lucky then good some say.

I did shoot 300 last Thursday night on summer league
I didn't even get offered a beer.

when I shot my 1st 300 in 1993 I whole alley
came alive then it was something to see a 300
bowled or a 300 ring was hard to find
and the bowlers that night almost all came
over to shake hands and want a drink, I didn't drive home.
that was my 15 minutes of fame.
I think in 1993 there were only about 10,000
or less maybe even 8,000 bowled a season
now almost 50,000 but a lot of repeat awards.
But i getting off the subject
but with the new sanction lane machines
the lanes stay the same
where in the 90's the century 100 were the machines.
and I think better balls helped a lot of bowlers
me included.
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Aristotle

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Re: 900 Series
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2005, 08:26:45 AM »
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Well, my thought is, whether you're bowling on the hardest lane conditions in the world or the easiest, to string 36 strikes in a row is still an accomplishment. Could you imaging the mental pressure that's involved in that? I admit that I'M jealous of those who have bowled 900s, but I give respect where it's due. The most strikes I've ever thrown in a row is 18, and I was trembling while doing that.


While it is DEFINTELY an accomplishment, due to ball's ever increasing power and oil machine ever increasing efficiency (making easier and easier to layout a funnel-effect oil pattern), most 900s do not deserve to have the respect that one would normally associate with that number.

I have no doubt that Glenn Allison's original 900 does due to the factors involved with it. It was done with a plastic ball (I believe it was his favorite Yellow Dot.) and it was done in a scratch league where all the  other 200+ bowlers were having a very hard time with the oil pattern. In fact there were very few 600s that night at all , again, if I recall correctly. When the ABC measurer came back to measure the oil pattern to see if it was legal, the problem was somewhere on the lefty's side around the 8 or 12 board, where, OF COURSE, right handed Allison was not playing.

Again, this is all from memory, back when his 900 was not allowed.
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I don't know how many people know about this fact about Allison's 900, but it was done with a conventionally drilled ball. That's how the man bowled.
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Pdiddy

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Re: 900 Series
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2005, 12:56:58 AM »
Jeremy Sonnenfeld was the first sanctioned one to do it.
he did it Nebraska and moved a pair or two of lanes after each game, i don't care what anyone says that is very impressive to me.
I know him and he is a great bowler.

Yes the wall and new balls help, but you still have to throw it and all the pins sitll have to go down.

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10 In The Pit

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Re: 900 Series
« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2005, 04:49:50 AM »
As far as Sanctioned 900 Series goes, the current number is indeed 7.  However, I believe that Glenn Allison got ripped off back in 1981 when he rolled the first one, only to have it disqualified by something that was beyond his control.  So, in my "opinion", there have been 8 900 series rolled, but only 7 of those got the gold ring.  By the way, the lane conditions that were in effect back in 1981 when Glenn Allison rolled the first 900 series WOULD have been legal by today's standards, but they weren't by the standards in effect in 1981.
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