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Title: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: ye3hawp0ny on June 11, 2008, 06:07:53 PM
The lanes were completely burnt out when i bowled earlier so I decided to bowl with my plasitc spare ball (Columbia White Dot). Suprisingly, it hooked a little and I ended my final two games of 216 and 240, my highest ever. Who says you need a aggressive reactive ball? =P

Edited on 6/12/2008 2:08 AM
Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: Helsie on June 12, 2008, 02:26:18 AM
229 for me. A friend of mine shot his first 300 with a polyester.
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Post by: ibowled286 on June 12, 2008, 03:12:22 AM
I remember one night I went and bowled like a 140, 170 (im 195-205 avg. bowler) and then went to my spare ball thinking i couldnt do any worse and pulled out a 250.  go figure!
Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: Dan Belcher on June 12, 2008, 07:00:14 AM
I don't hook it that much anyhow, and I have only seen lanes dry enough to require plastic once when they stripped the lanes and then screwed up and only oiled the heads.  Thankfully they re-oiled the lanes when we complained this wasn't very fair when everyone else got a normal shot, and they agreed.  Otherwise I can just move left and swing my regular equipment.  The ONLY times lately I've used my plastic ball on the first shot were two or three frames when I was working on my thumbhole on my other ball trying to get stubborn tape out of it.
Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: dechrist on June 12, 2008, 07:16:27 AM
221 with my Captain Fireball (it was cosmic bowling as well)
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Post by: gojr1815 on June 12, 2008, 07:28:38 AM
244 with a wwe chyna ball.
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: 1MechEng on June 12, 2008, 07:34:26 AM
220's with the AMF Coca Cola spare ball on burnt wood lanes during "all you can bowl" cosmic bowling.
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: LaneHammer20 on June 12, 2008, 07:35:43 AM
256, plaring strait up 6 board, when permitted. I have alot of confidence in that shot. Used with me Roto grip spare tire.

Have shot lots of 200+ games with it.
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: Scolai on June 12, 2008, 08:23:52 AM
227 with my Hammer Big Blue Spare some years ago.
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: batbowler on June 12, 2008, 08:45:57 AM
Back to Back 255 with a R/G Spare Tire!
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: Jorge300 on June 12, 2008, 08:47:37 AM
I have had multiple 279's with my Ebonite Clear Wolf. One of these days I will shoot 300 with it, lol.
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: 9andaWiggle on June 12, 2008, 09:06:18 AM
Let's see... back in 1991, maybe 92, my spare ball was a Pink Hammer.  Went to KS State tournament and shot 675 in doubles (my highest ever at the time), and 620-something in singles off of a 158 or 160 avg. (I was used to flat oil applied with a bug sprayer, and this was my first success on a "THS" style pattern laid down by a machine - it was also one of my first tournaments.  I think we placed 13th in doubles and I placed 7th in the under 180 division).
Sorry for the small figjam.  If it makes you feel better, I've not done **** in a tourney since, outside of breaking even.

More recently, I've had a Scout Urethane spare ball that I've shot 279's, a 280 and 700's with.  Also, the XXXL from Lane 1 has been a great go-to ball for me. Also a couple of 279's with it, and a couple of 700+ when using it on it's own.  All 3 of those balls have also come out in game 3 and "saved" a 700 series at least once.

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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: laner7pin on June 12, 2008, 09:10:19 AM
I have shot 300 with my old Colossus (I did not carry a spare ball then, just hard and straight with whatever I was throwing at the time).
As far as plastic goes I shot 248 with an old white dot in a tournament on beat up dry wood lanes. Threw it up 5 and whacked it.

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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: Mighty Buffalo on June 12, 2008, 09:11:24 AM
Here's my story - was out of town for Christmas this past year, and we didn't have room to bring bowling balls (this will not happen again), and we decided to go bowling.  I bowled with a house shoe on my left and a sneaker on my right because I almost fell on my face with the house shoe on my right foot.  Used a 16 pound houseball, conventional grip, and shot 223 first game.  I threw one more game at about a 180 and decided to go bowl duckpin.  Didn't do to well doing that but had fun anyway.  

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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: trash heap on June 12, 2008, 09:13:50 AM
211 with old Rubber Ball.
Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: bowlingnut07 on June 12, 2008, 09:19:14 AM
300 795 with a polyester enforcer


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Post by: DON DRAPER on June 12, 2008, 09:25:04 AM
280 with my target zone going straight down the 4 board.
Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: KDawg77 on June 12, 2008, 09:32:17 AM
Rolled something like 237 with a convention house ball a few years ago.
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: Strapper_Squared on June 12, 2008, 09:36:14 AM
shot 712 one night during a league with my Maxim.  This particular night, our team had wrapped up the league already and were having a "drinking" night.  This particular house always had a super wall shot with really strong outsides/backends.  The same night, my teammate shot a 300, 760 with his cow viz-a-ball.

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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: EJ300 on June 12, 2008, 09:49:07 AM
well yesterday my friend wanted to talk crap so i told him to go pick any house ball he pleased and wouldnt you know i shot 215 to his 198 lol
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: BrunsBrent on June 12, 2008, 09:52:37 AM
ive shot 279 with my pink/purple "goodpayer.com" VAB
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: rhinotec on June 12, 2008, 04:27:18 PM
I shot a 752 series during league on a pair they either forgot to oil or the machine ran out. I did it using a Lanehawk Clear Alien.
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: 230-n-up-or-bust on June 12, 2008, 04:31:18 PM
300-244-267=811

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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: KennyRambo on June 12, 2008, 04:40:14 PM
264 with a white dot.
Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: stussycole on June 12, 2008, 04:54:04 PM
I just recently began throwing one game of every practice session with just my WD.  So far I have a 214 and a 208.  It is a great method to help with focus and shot repitition.
Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: another300 on June 12, 2008, 05:03:11 PM
297 with my first Columbia blue dot
300 with one I bought later on.  It was my first 300.
Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: laddog54 on June 12, 2008, 05:09:18 PM
289/736 with a White Dot, Brother shot 800 with his rubber Brunswick Black Diamond. Both this season.
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: Juggernaut on June 12, 2008, 05:32:13 PM
290 with an A.M.F. plastic BOOGIE ball, the bright pink one.  One night when everything was flying, I made the remark that, "If I had a da*n plastic ball, I would throw that".

  Wouldn't you know, a friend had this one that fit me, so I threw it.  Left a ringing tenpin the first frame, then struck out.

  First two games with resin were 150-170 ish
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: novawagonmaster on June 13, 2008, 06:17:09 PM
Lane #1 clear diamond...
279 sanctioned
289 not sanctioned

Both were on a fresh house wall.
I am a stroker by definition...just slowed it down and rolled it right up the wet/dry line (which is the 7th/8th board at this house).
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: Motogp69 on June 13, 2008, 07:09:17 PM
I have two 300's with my Columbia White Dot. The first of which I shot against Chris Loschetter when I was 14.
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: SVstar34 on June 13, 2008, 08:11:25 PM
there was a guy at my house, who threw his spareball the entire time during league, and for the season ended up averaging 245
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: themagician on June 13, 2008, 08:54:17 PM
I shot a lucky 245 with my White Dot one time, just some lucky carry. I've rarely run into conditions that I couldn't just move in and adjust my release and use something weaker, though I don't mind using my plastic to play more direct if i'm struggling.
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: ChrispyBrownies on June 13, 2008, 10:35:01 PM
296 with my XXXL Starburst.
Through the face on the 12th, left the big 4. Open bowling though, lol.
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: newbie101 on June 14, 2008, 12:00:34 AM
I am bowling this challenge league..using all the PBA patterns...Having my tendinitis acting up...I decided to use my 12lbs green brunswick polyester spare ball (yes it's a 12LBS. ball)..on the shark pattern: 210-189-233, following week on scorpion shot 210-167-245, last week on the chameleon shot 211-206-177.

Throw my ball straight up the 7 board...and all the 3rd games I threw it inside 3rd arrow from the lefty side...I am really dumbfounded..why can't I score like this with my regular balls...I only average 180.
Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: Bowler19 on June 14, 2008, 12:33:15 AM
279

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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: Ol Stranker on June 14, 2008, 03:10:22 PM
234-278-278 With a Polyester Enforcer.  My Buddy watching me went out and bought one that day!
Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: JohnP on June 14, 2008, 09:44:34 PM
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Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: stpwned on June 15, 2008, 03:13:36 PM
A couple of 300s with my white dot, many many 700s and a few tournament victories where i threw a plastic ball for strikes all the way through. Boy do people love to lose in match play to a white dot.
Title: Re: Whats your highest score with Spare Ball?
Post by: JBPizzle300 on June 15, 2008, 03:32:10 PM
289 for a 767 with my Blue Dot
278 for a 761 with my Spiral Viz
I also threw 19 in a row in practice with my Spiral viz-a-ball

gotta love plastic every once in awhile!