I was going to say that it could've just been the lane surface. Golden Pin Lanes in Tucson is that way, I bowl in a 4 game scratch league over there and when I'm done, the ball looks like I haven't polished it all season. I have to hit it with an abralon pad on a spinner and repolish it every week. It doesn't matter what ball I use there (Storm, Ebonite, Columbia, L/LM), they all do the same thing. Thank goodness they're finally putting in new panels, scoring machines, etc. in a couple of months.