1980 Waukegan Super Touch Open

[@andynorvell4953]

Gupp..You are forevermore the man..

[@louiscsanko3673]

Thanks Mr. Petraglia for the " Brickyard House" Interpretation [ Van Nest Lanes in The Bronx Ny is a " BrickYard House" Flying backends, and Tough to Carry there. Well Maintained house that Still had Wood alleys and #2 pencil scoring machines back as far as 2003!!

[@beeemm2578]

Lol...#2 pencil scoring machines...lol...very nice 👌

[@bach730]

Guppy’s down and in shot was butter.

[@toddmaniatoddmania9844]

Earl said he’s going to bowl 10-12 tournaments a year, and “not be much of a threat” in the 80s. Let’s see...Bowler of the Year in 1981, 1982, and 1983, and his second three peat in winning the PBA National Championship (1981, 1982, 1983). So much for not being a threat.

[@oldsnwbrdr]

Here he is playing around third arrow with a plastic ball and getting it to hit like bricks. He was amazing.

[@beeemm2578]

@@oldsnwbrdr hell alot of these guys were. Could you imagine them with today's equipment? They'd average 260

[@marcelmetz363]

Earl Anthony was the Best Bowler He was smooth. He was my fans forever.

[@kenyongray2615]

Guppy Troup bowled great from that way outside line. Earl had that one bad ball which cost him any chance to win. Thanks for the video.

[@louiscsanko3673]

Bowlerland Lanes in the Bronx was very tough conditions in the 1980's

[@BagelzNLockz]

Why are you talking about bowlerland in the Bronx ? That place is a dump. Almost as bad as Gun post. Pretty close Did you ever bowl at Van Nest or Fiesta Probably never bowled at Astor lanes in the Bronx

[@louiscsanko3673]

Guppy Troup may be a distant Relative, as my Mum was also Born In Scotland.

[@louiscsanko3673]

Pete& Dick Weber( RIP) Guppy & Kyle Troup are great Father & Son Bowlers. Don & Eugene McCune also Good Father Son Bowlers. The Great Johnny Petraglia & Johnny Petraglia Jr. Also Great. The Great Teta Semiz & Tom Semiz are great Father& Son Bowlers. The Dorin Sisters from NJ are a great Sisters Bowling Team.

[@louiscsanko3673]

@@bobby_c7671 Thanks For the 411. I was not aware That PB3 Had a Son who is An accomplished Bowler Parker is Awesome and I Look forward to seeing his Son Make a Telecast. Is he a Southpaw?

[@bobby_c7671]

@@louiscsanko3673 Yep! He gets well over 500 rpms on the ball. Hes scary good.

[@bobby_c7671]

@@louiscsanko3673 Yep! Scary good..hes well over 500 rpm. He has 2 sons who are really good...Justin and Jason.

[@louiscsanko3673]

@@bobby_c7671 Thanks, I look forward to seeing them on the telecasts. 👍

[@BagelzNLockz]

Why would you talk about Johnny petraglia when JR was never on tour If you're gonna bring them up You might as well bring up Steve Fehr and his son Jeff even Steve's Wife Nancy was on the women's tour. But no family has 3 generations of PBA titlists other then the Mccunes Don. Eugene. Kevin You completely forgot Don Johnson and son Jimmy Johnson I'm still laughing that you brought up Petraglia Jr who doesn't even bowl tournaments

[@oldsnwbrdr]

Gil Sliker was such a great bowler. If he could have won that first singles title he would have won a lot more.

[@jamesbryant6735]

The 7-8 pins is not a split! The ball must be able to go between two or more pins without the head pin to be a split. If the head pin is on the lane with the same set up it's a washout.

[@veggieoilerfan2940]

Super Touch was the sponsor of this tournament. Super Touch was the name of that index finger device that four of the five TV finalists used in this tournament. Earl Anthony was the only finalist that didn’t wear a Super Touch device.

[@douglasharris5216]

veggieoilerfan just another gimmick to sell to bowlers, professionals got paid $2500 to wear it on the show

[@scottschoppert9149]

Bowling is notorious for gizmos and contraptions haha

[@veggieoilerfan2940]

Scott Schoppert I think 1980 and 1981 were the only two seasons where players used the Super Touch during the television finals. I would guess the incentive money was discontinued after 1981. I remember seeing a Super Touch for sale on eBay one time. I think the packaging said that it was supposed to have the same benefits as a full wrist support. I don’t know just how effectively the Super Touch worked. However I would imagine the incentive money was a big reason that a considerable number of players were using the product from 1980-81.

[@mikeday6908]

I had several. I kept snapping them in two!

[@veggieoilerfan2940]

Mike Day Besides the fact that the Super Touch kept breaking on you, did the thing actually work well for you?

[@beeemm2578]

57:39 leading money winner was Wayne Wubb apparently 🤣😆. Who is that guy announcing?

[@ckersh74]

Guppy was playing waay wide there. Much farther outside than what I'm used to seeing for players of that era.

[@dfo132]

Love the theme music by the Crusaders!

[@louiscsanko3673]

Steve Martin didn't deserve that pocket 7 pin!!! Bowling can be a cruel Sport!!!

[@louiscsanko3673]

Homefield Bowl in Yonkers was known as a Lefty House

[@josephambrose2852]

So was that place on the Island, I saw Screwy Louie the pot southpaw roll 44 consecutive strikes there

[@BagelzNLockz]

You're out your mind Homefield is def not a lefty house The house where the left is the best is Garden City in Long island

[@sludge4125]

Tom Baker won 10 times on the regular tour.

[@andrewphillips2179]

Guppy Troup did have some fortunate breaks in both of his matches

[@douglasharris5216]

Andrew Phillips Kyle Troop has had some fortunate breaks in some of his matches

[@bobby_c7671]

Everyone needs breaks to win at that level.

[@sludge4125]

Steve Martin won 7 times on the regular tour.

[@beeemm2578]

Wild and crazy guy!

[@bobcarty1433]

Johnny has a 212 average and didn't make the show. 8 year Olds average that today due to cheater balls and easy lane conditions. Today's bowling sucks.

[@dnx112]

Wild and crazy guy!