Today's game doesn't require more thinking than it use to, it has always been about accuracy, and figuring out how to play a shot, and guessing how the shot is going to change over the course of a game. Those doubting the oldtimers ability to adjust are ignoring the facts. The facts are that many of the top bowlers on tour today are those old timers, who started their careers during Earls era, and you can see how their games have evolved. First and foremost, they are some of the most accurate on tour. Norm Duke, Pete Weber, Parker Bohn, WRW are all old school bowlers that started in the plastic/rubber era. They won before, they won after, just like the other greats would have done.
Bowling is a rare sport in which you have players with the longevity to show how the old stacks up with the new over the evolution of the game, and those old school guys bring it as well as anybody.
Edited on 3/13/2008 0:05 AM
