Hello there, I'm new to this board. My hobbie is collecting old bowling shows. I have a lot of material that I made from the 80s, and I do a lot of trading. You can see my website at
http://www.mrbowling300.com. I'm a regular poster at the pba site. My latest addition is the 1977 Brunswick World Open. Here's a copy of my posting from the PBA site:
I'm back! And this time we go to November 19, 1977, where two of the top bowlers in the world met in the finals of the $100,000 Brunswick World Open. Marshall Holman qualified 3, won his opening two matches to meet Mark Roth, who qualified first. Up to this time, the match became one of the most exciting and energetic championship matches played, as Holman had a run at 300 and a $10,000 bonus. Both bowlers were vintage and in their prime. Marshall became very animated, as he always was. The hook they got out of their bowling balls was amazing. I believe Mark Roth was 26 at the time, and Holman 23. NBC used to cover this tournament, and the announcers were Jack Buck and Dave Davis. One of the oddest things shown here occurs after Marshall's 7th frame; take note of the 2 long drags he takes on his cigarette before going into commercial. This would never be shown today. The production is very basic, with the scoreboard done by hand. The graphics were also very plain. Amazing how things change in 30 years! Thank you to Brian for the tape. I wish the recording was better quality, but still I know you will enjoy the two part recording of the entire finals, commercial free.
http://media.putfile.com/1977-Brunswick-World-Open---Pt-1 http://media.putfile.com/1977-Brunswick-World-Open---Pt-2 $100,000 BRUNSWICK WORLD OPEN
Brunswick Northern Bowl, Glendale Heights, Ill., Nov 13-19, 1977
Holman Near-Perfect In World
In one of the most thrilling and action-packed nationally televised championship rounds in PBA history, fiery Marshall Holman defeated three opponents to win the coveted $100,000 Brunswick World Open.
Holman opened with victories over Emmett Shutes and Pete Couture before out-dueling top-seeded Mark Roth, 277-250, in the title match to capture the $14,000 top prize.
It was Holman's fifth career victory and second of the season. Ironically, his other victory in 1977 came when he teamed with Roth to win the $55,000 PBA Doubles Classic at San Jose, Calif.
"Mark is one of my best friends on the tour but I did not feel bad about beating him," Holman said. "I led thistournament for five of the seven rounds and I feel I deserve to be the champion."
TELEVISED FINALS
Pos. Name, City/State Total Amount
1 Marshall Holman, Medford, Ore. 723 (3 games) $14,000
2 Mark Roth, Staten Island, N.Y. 250 (1 game) 7,500
3 Pete Couture, Windsor, Conn. 212 (1 game) 5,000
4 Emmett Shutes, State College, Pa. 393 (2 games) 4,000
5 Mike Durbin, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 199 (1. game) 3,000
PLAYOFF RESULTS-Shutes defeated Durbin, 205-199; Holman defeated Shutes, 233-188; Holman defeated Couture. 213-212, and in the championship game, Holman defeated Roth, 277-250.
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