1974 PBA Midas Open

[@habyss]

I can't watch what's become of the modern game and PBA tour. So I watch these videos.

[@joeambrose3260]

Amen

[@kevinjohnson4599]

Same here pal because this was when bowling was bowling. The bowling is now CRAP & isn't worth watching anymore. LOVE YOUR COMMENT.

[@RussKline-x8p]

Me too

[@RussKline-x8p]

As a junior bowler, i saw Johnny Guenther's 300 on TV. I looked at my parents & said i will do that before I'm 30. I made it by 6 months. My ring & an autographed picture of Mr. Guenther were stolen in a break in at my appartment.😢. Mr. Guenther was the alternate in this show.

[@ForYouPlays]

It's even worse now. Yeah this style is just so much more enjoyable. Not completely ad-ridden!

[@parkerbohnn]

Jim Stefanich and the memorable 300 game. I actually golfed with Jim when he played golf on the seniors PGA tour.

[@ThePretzelHead]

Have a like and a hello for a cool comment that was ignored for too long.

[@douglasharris5216]

Thumbs up

[@joeambrose3260]

Was he perfect in golf too,like Mr Perfect in WWF ?

[@2005dave]

You don't hear it on this video because they probably didn't want to pay for the music rights, but this was the first episode of the Pro Bowler's Tour with the iconic Edd Kalehoff theme music used for most of the 70's.

[@joeambrose3260]

Go back to sleep

[@mrjpa1998]

Telecast aired 50 years ago today.

[@brunsdangerzone]

Love this telecast

[@20alphabet]

REAL bowling with REAL bowlers using LEGITIMATE equipment on REAL wood! Considering the state of bowling today, with more than half of all bowling establishments that were open in 1974 now gone, how can ANYONE say that returning the game to it's authenticity is going backwards? Wouldn't fewer leagues and abandoned bowling centers be going backwards?

[@douglasharris5216]

20alphabet you’ll never see real wood lanes come back, too costly to maintain plus insurance costs would make the line cost prohibitive

[@Igloo3471]

Plus the way some of these "entertainment centers" are all about profit and not about quality, if they had wooden lanes you could just imagine the shit state most of them would be in!

[@tonyvincent9753]

A time when pro bowlers didn't look like walking billboards.

[@rogerdanis.]

Billy Welu sadly died 4 and a half months after this original broadcast in 1974

[@Igloo3471]

Whole field averaged 249.13 for the 8 games. Would've been probably a record for the time until the King Louie Open the following year.

[@reinnegroni8462]

At 1:27 when Jim got switched to lane 31 because there was a typical malfunction on lane 30 at Mel’s Bowl in Alameda, California. No wonder you see nothing named on the “ABC SPORTS” nameplate back in 1974.

[@BrakRulesAll]

Strampe doing his Neil Peart impression

[@miiigoreng]

How on earth, did they score as much if not higher with coverstocks people now use only for spares?

[@deeptime5]

Airdate: October 23, 2005

[@rufust.firefly4890]

Nice camera work @ 30:40.Stefanich didn't need to win the tournament.

[@chrisfreemesser]

So the championship pair is 29&30, but 30 broke down, so they bowled the first two games on 29&31. Then they bowled the last two games on 29&28. Did 31 break down after the 2nd game? Can anybody EVER remember another tournament where the championship pair suffered such a mechanical failure???

[@joeambrose3260]

Long Island Open in the 90s

[@michaelschweizer4772]

Dick Ritger puts a tremendous amount of roll on the ball.

[@dnx112]

You always say that. 😮 😅

[@williamdunphy352]

Commentators: Bud Palmer & Billy Welu

[@scotthable888]

Turned out to be the start of Billy Welu's final season as analyst. Died of a heart attack following the '74 winter tour season. Nelson Burton Jr. took over the following year (1975).

[@crgray1979]

Earl with only 8 titles at the time

[@Mr300bowler]

I like jim stefanich

[@Playsinvain]

Now that is a t-shirt!

[@Playsinvain]

Carlson bowled a 299 ten pin tap at Firestone in 1970.

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

Not on TV. That was Don Johnson.. douche. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@stevieb9104]

Billy Welu is blind. Stefanich's 12th strike was a very high hit. Should have left the 4 pin.

[@joeambrose3260]

Strike#13. WTF?????

[@davidking4838]

BEYOND PERFECT!!!!!!!!!

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

I think Stefanich & Ritger went to the same rug maker! They both looked horrible!!

[@rufust.firefly4890]

WHITE BELT🤣.Where's Schenkel? Banal announcing.

[@jesse75]

Chris was a poor commentator.

[@dnx112]

Earl the Pearl did'nt show much class at the end of the game he was destroyed in by grabbing his ball off the rack before his turn and standing there like a cryazz. 😮 Never seen him act this classless. 😮