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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: icon on September 06, 2013, 09:08:25 AM
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I found this article pretty interesting about Glenn Allison's 900 series - When was the first 900 series bowled ? (http://www.epicbowling.com/bowling-discussion/when-was-the-first-900-series-bowled)
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Wiki has it as July 1, 1982
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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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1982. Can not believe it was that long ago...and still the USBC has not done the right thing...
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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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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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The blind eyes of ABC and now USBC........
If we let it alone, it will go away.........
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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What about the other 900's shot before Allison's?
Should they be approved as well?
Don't get me wrong, I believe they should have approved his score at the time. But when you go back revising history where do you stop?
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Not aware of any 900's thrown in sanctioned competition prior to Allisons. Ray Orf threw an 890 that was disallowed in the 60's. I think there were several 900's thrown on shellac in the 30's. Not sure any were in sanctioned competition, as many leagues and matches were not sanctioned in those days. The fact is that most of the records set in the 30's probably would not have passed on the most lenient of lane standards. Shellac was generally not oiled, but the way it was applied and the way it wore down created a measurable physical groove to the pocket.
Even into the 60's the ABC really didn't care about using oil to create a wall, because most lane blocking was done by creating physical depressions in the surface for a track. The first rule concerning oil patterns was not introduced until 1975. Lane blocking with oil had been around since the introduction of lacquer in the late 40's, but the soft polyester balls that carried so much better than hard rubber boosted scoring dramatically in the 70's, and prompted the ABC to adapt an even oil rule, that was in effect when Allison shot his 900. Therefore not only would his 900 have passed under current rules, but it would have passed under any rules except those in place between 1975 and 1988.
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People these days talk on how it would be crazy to bowl a 300 with a plastic ball, but throwing 36 strikes in a row with a yellow dot people would think you are out of your mind.
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The fact that it was only done once is testimony to its difficulty. People should remember however, that at that time the yellow dot was a pretty high tech soft shell polyester ball, and we were bowling on less than half the volume of oil that is used today, with much lower viscosity to boot. I had my career high series of 793 with a yellow dot ( same series as Allison used ), playing inside 4th arrow. Even the urethane balls of the 80's were not that much better than yellow dots. It was the short patterns that allowed guys to hook them so much. Resin balls, were another matter. The carry was just so phenomenal with them that award scores had to go through the roof.
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wow didnt know that much about the yellow dot at that time period. Pretty interesting and people complain about equipment and lane conditions now lol .
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Not all yellow dots were created equal.
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The Yellowdot was a crusher on the lanes of the time. Very even easy to find the pocket all the way through the 80s and 90s for me in just casual appearances at the bowling alley.
But really carried in the late 70s for me, AND easier to find the pocket on that short oil!
A great accomplishment should be recognized. Opened up the mind that it could be done. I believe some of our two handers today will have multiple ones in their careers, realize they get many strikes off imperfect hits due to mucho messengers.
Regards,
Luckylefty
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A big and often overlooked advantage of resin is that with so much friction off the dry it is possible, even necessary, to throw a lot more ball speed. In the polyester era friction was at a premium and too much speed meant poor carry. You just couldn't get the ball to get into a roll until the oil got shorter if you had speed. Those messengers today come from a combination of speed and revs. Much more of a finesse game with yellow dots to maximize carry.
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As a non lefty it was so easy to throw at my slow but natural 12 to 13 mph then at my current good days 15 to 16 mph.
I loved those lane conditions and my Yellow dot in the late 70s! It bowled nicely as a non league bowler for about 20 years after that then one day it didn't carry. Around 1998. Gone and dumped in the dumpster, I missed the grip also! Never did know what it was!
Let's go back to those easy days of finding the pocket up the 9 board at 12 mph.
REgards,
Luckylefty
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yellow dot! loved that ball. Shot a high 279 on wood playing the twig.
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Somebody needs to get a Glenn Allison 900 Facebook page started. Maybe if enough people like it and comment on it, USBC will change their minds. Maybe............
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Never! Won't happen.
Regards,
Luckylefty
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yeah, usbc isnt going to do anything, If they did then everyone else might come out of the wood work and say they had achievements and want them also
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Not sure who could come out of the woodwork
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Not sure who could come out of the woodwork
Maybe the guy that also had a 900 turned down but later bowled two more?
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Allisons 300 should have been retroactively approved when the flat oil ( amendment 4 ) rule was rescinded, since it would have been legal on the current SOB ( 3 units ) rule. If there were any other 900's disallowed under the same circumstances ( I don't believe there were ) they too should be recognized.
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But what about all the 300's and 800's disallowed during that same time period?
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I knew someone would bring that up. What the heck. Sanction them all. The rings are about what you get out of a Cracker Jack box anyway.
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Since USBC is making a 1 time Life Time achievement award let the people get their rings. Its not like they have multiple ones they have to hand out anymore