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Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« on: September 06, 2013, 09:08:25 AM »
I found this article pretty interesting about Glenn Allison's 900 series - When was the first 900 series bowled ?
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Re: Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2013, 09:13:52 AM »
Wiki has it as July 1, 1982
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Re: Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2013, 09:16:49 AM »
yeah, but that has to be painful after 31yrs they still deny you the ring, however they hand them out like nothing these days.
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Re: Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2013, 09:17:19 AM »
1982. Can not believe it was that long ago...and still the USBC has not done the right thing...
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Re: Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2013, 11:28:13 AM »
The ABC is those days was so diligent in protecting the records from the 30's ( ironically most of those records were set on shellac conditions that were literally grooved to the pocket ) that any potential record had almost no chance of passing
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Re: Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2013, 01:06:52 PM »
Some more interesting facts as I remember them as they were discussed over the years:

1. He shot it in a men's "premium" league; that is, there were many 200 average bowlers in that league.

2. The vast majority of these 200 average bowlers never hit 600 that night. The shot was hard that night.

3. The illegality of the lane conditioner was all the way on the left side of the lanes, no where near Glenn, a righty with a spinner release (very low track) was playing.

4. He used a plastic ball, a Yellow Dot, in that age of urethane balls.
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Re: Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2013, 01:39:44 PM »
The blind eyes of ABC and now USBC........
If we let it alone, it will go away.........
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Re: Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2013, 01:52:48 PM »
Everyone who has a cursory knowledge of this story knows Glenn earned it, which IMHO outweighs the pettiness of the ABC/USBC.
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Re: Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2013, 03:35:45 PM »
Yes he did use a Yellow Dot - Also it was 2nd shift and he bowled 1st shift as a sub I believe.He shot in the 570's. Didn't make sense looking at the graphs back then, and still dosen't now. I don't care what you use or what you bowl on it is still and always will be a great accomplishment! USBC should go back and fix what ABC screwed up!
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Re: Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2013, 03:42:02 PM »
Charlest is right on in the Dallas area we had the same problems with ABC, if an bowler no matter if  they were righty or lefty there was an good chance that if it was a 300 game it will be denied because of the condition on the other side of the lanes.
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Re: Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2013, 07:16:46 PM »
i think the ABC/usbc has to much pride to admit they were wrong so Glenn will become the scapegoat for really earning the achievement.
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Re: Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2013, 11:24:34 AM »
The rejection of Allisons 300 came during a time when the ABC was so far behind the curve technologically that the lane conditioning rules were an ineffective joke at best.  However I fault them less for their ignorance at the time than for their stubbornness in not admitting their mistakes, and retroactively sanctioning the series with all due acknowledgement of the feat. 
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Re: Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2013, 03:39:43 PM »
The graphs 'showed' there was not enough oil on the 1-2 boards on both sides...where the wheels rolled...Glenn was HoFer and ambassador of bowling/ABC and yet he was not good enough...there was NO award for a 900 series, basically the ABC saying no one was good enough to shoot one...now there's 25ish? Don't even know
Remember one day with Glenn someone asked him abt the graph, his response 'never bowled on a graph'.
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Re: Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2013, 04:07:35 PM »
ABC/USBC/PBA/BPAA, and ANY other bowling organization you can name from those days, dropped the ball, AND I BELIEVE THEY KNOW IT.

 Glenn Allison did what nobody thought possible, not even the governing body of the sport he was participating in. Because they thought it impossible, they denied him the honor and privileges he deserved, all in an effort to validate their opinions and viewpoints.

 USBC, YOU HAVE COST HIM ENOUGH!

 You hand out 900 awards now like candy at a halloween party, yet you still deny him the honor he deserves?

 FOR PETE'S SAKE, SACK UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING!

 You say it was against the rules in place at that time?

 HYPOCRITES! You haven't given a damn about enforcing any rules in a LOOOOOOOOONG time, just in how much cash you can get handed over to you by what you consider a captive audience of participants.

 That is one of the reasons people are becoming very tired of you and the way you do things. You have become nothing more than a greedy, self-serving, bloated organization that is only worried about its own "self-important" existence.
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Re: Interesting Article about First 900 series bowled
« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2013, 04:24:34 PM »
I don't really care what you are throwing on its not going to hold up and create 36 strikes in a row. For that matter, even if it does allow you to throw that many in row, you've still got to repeat the same shot over and over again for 30 frames.

It might have been different if he had been using a reactive resin ball where you get a bit more wiggle room sometimes, but he wasn't, and its pretty obvious that this needs to be fixed.

Its pretty sad when the rest of the bowling world gives the man the accomplishment, but the sanctioning body won't. It would be like going undefeated and winning the Super Bowl in the NFL, and them not giving it too you because your shoes matched up better with the grass on the field.

Its really embarrassing at this point.
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