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DON DRAPER

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42 time pba champion
« on: September 25, 2006, 04:00:04 PM »
not much was really made about walter ray williams, jr., passing earl anthony's record of 41 pba titles with his win in the 2006 dydo japan cup. so i guess it's up to me. we will be seeing the greatest bowler of all time from now on every time he makes a telecast. i think it's a shame that the non-bowling media haven't grabbed hold of this news item and run with it---after all the old record lasted 23 years. this is big news.

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BowlingWolf

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Re: 42 time pba champion
« Reply #31 on: September 26, 2006, 03:05:17 PM »
Mark Roth, Marshall Holman, Dick Weber, Johnny Petraglia, Nelson Burton Jr., Dave Davis, Dave Soutar, Mike Durbin, Wayne Zahn, Bill Allen, Dick Ritger, Don Johnson, Jim Stefanich, Carmen Salvino, Wayne Webb, and the list goes on--were these bowlers scrubs--I think not!!!  To say that Earl had no competition and that today's bowlers are better, is hypocritical in my opinion.
This argument of who is better is an exercise in futility.
Both Earl Anthony and Walter Ray Williams should be celebrated for their individual accomplishments, and not dissected, analyzed and further ripped to shreds in order to diminish and devalue what they were uniquely able to do.
Earl was able to amount huge success in a short period of time and Walter has amassed his titles over a long period of time--this is the way it was meant for each individual, and each should be revered for their unique way of getting things done.
They are both great, but one is not better than the other!
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shelley

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Re: 42 time pba champion
« Reply #32 on: September 26, 2006, 04:00:09 PM »
For all you guys who point to how totally awe-inspiring Earl was and how ho-hum WRW is, see the latest article on the PBA site:


Who do you feel like, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Roger Maris or Barry Bonds?

WRW: “Well, Barry hasn’t got there yet. Probably Hank Aaron because Ruth’s record no one thought would be attained. In the same context all the baseball writers say it was a much different era and Ruth played in less games. I think the same goes with me and Earl. I’ve played in more tournaments than him. He was under 400 and I’m over 600 so that’s almost apples and oranges. The competition is much different now too. I still consider myself second in the fact that he did everything in just 14 years, and this is my 24th year. By no means am I trying to down play anything I’ve done because I’m overly ecstatic and proud of what I’ve done but what Earl did was absolutely amazing. I look at him as a role model. He was Player of the Year late in his career in his 40s and that made me feel like why can’t I be competitive at this age?”

He does everything except mention how the PBA totally screwed up the Masters stuff.

SH

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boomtown24

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Re: 42 time pba champion
« Reply #33 on: September 26, 2006, 04:18:40 PM »
WOLF-

Tom Brady??? This thread was talking about domination over a number of years, tom brady hasn't been in the league long enough.  Earl, WRW, they have been in the game forever, definately not the same
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BowlingWolf

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Re: 42 time pba champion
« Reply #34 on: September 26, 2006, 05:00:16 PM »
Boom,
What I am saying is that at any given time any of those athletes that I mentioned shined and dominated.  For the amount of time that Tom Brady has been in the NFL, he certainly has dominated.  Will he be an all-timer, only time will tell.
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BrianCRX90

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Re: 42 time pba champion
« Reply #35 on: September 26, 2006, 07:48:26 PM »
Alot of people is jealous of Walter Ray Williams. He is no doubt the best professional bowler ever, much better then Earl. So Earl Anthony did it in a shorter amount of time but Walter is on his 3rd decade and when the game changed all those years and all those bowlers came on tour with him and left he still remained great. Also, the talent level is much, much tougher now then it was in the 60's and 70's and to an extent the 80's.

So Earl's 2 majors didn't count. What is the PBA supposed to do, give him the titles as PBA wins? Not going to happen and it's a lame arguement. Then you would have to count all the people that won it including current pro bowlers that won it as amatuers like Doug Kent and Rick Steelsmith. You also then would have to count Jason Queen's perfect game on television and put it in the record books as a televised 300 game.
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