1997 Johnny Petraglia Open

1997 PBA Johnny Petraglia Open held at Carolier Lanes in North Brunswick, New Jersey. The first match features Tim Criss versus Walter Ray Williams Jr. The second match features Steve Hoskins versus Walter Ray Williams Jr. The third match features Pete Weber versus Walter Ray Williams Jr. The championship match features Amleto Monacelli versus Walter Ray Williams Jr.

[@rodneyshelby4371]

Who's here because of the Coronavirus nothing else to watch no Sports of any kind just flash backing in time watching sports from yesteryears

[@robvoyles]

Also the Helix, it's a beast.

[@canuck_gamer3359]

Yeah...you posted that message two months ago and it's June and I'm here for the same reason lol. Things seem to be turning around but it's slow going and this is a good way to kill time :)

[@canuck_gamer3359]

@@robvoyles Walter Ray makes any ball look like a beast. I found one video on here where it's the early 90's, resin balls have come out and are being used by all the pro's and yet Walter Ray bowls in a tournament and winds up using a plastic ball and then goes on TV with it and wins the tournament with it!!!

[@troymeredith521]

Also watching to remember what these star players looked like back then and seeing them age over many continuous tournament videos. It's crazy to see time passing like this. It takes me back to being a kid and watching bowling after 1) waking up to watch Saturday morning cartoons, 2) go to my YABA league, 3) eat lunch before sitting down to watch. :) So much simpler back then.

[@GENOSANDIEGO]

That Helix is such an iconic ball in that era.

[@Mario-cv5el]

The helix was a piece of garbage

[@garynizol1739]

Love the sportsmanship of the runner up. None! Must have injured himself on his bicycle again. WRWjr. Love his style and his drive internally. At this point in his career he's only about half way there on total victories. Amazing!

[@jaredhill4808]

The best to ever to ever do it... I met wrwjr when I was young man Signed the score sheet for me... great ambassador to our sport

[@billysmith7590]

Young Johnny Petraglia Jr in the crowd.

[@brianwaas7044]

When Bo Burton was commenting about Lane 35 at Carolier, now Bowlero, and how on all the other pairs in the house, the right lane was tighter, he mentioned that 35 was tighter than 36. He's right, I know from personal experience because I have bowled a few Junior Bowlers' Tour Events there, and have bowled on that pair a couple of times. Lane 35 is about 2-3 boards tighter than Lane 36.

[@nicholaslloyd5623]

Note that these are wood lanes, and that they now have synthetic. Totally different surface, but definitely ironic if they play similar

[@railroadskater2896]

@@nicholaslloyd5623 Well I have heard of instances in which wood lanes that were upgraded to synthetics, eventually the old wooden characteristics (IE hang spots, etc) tend to show up. And I do remember Bo's remark how one of the lanes had a "2 inch upgrade" making it tighter.

[@joeambrose3260]

The medal's in the mail

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

Walter Ray has the most titles because he thinks like an engineer. He’s calculated most of the variables out of his shot and his line and he proved once again that simpler is better.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

That's a good analysis. 👍.

[@beeemm2578]

You can probably count on 1 hand the amount of bowlers who could hang with a dialed in WRW. Just devastatingly awesome

[@masterchief247]

Walter Ray must have been the only person on earth that actually drilled and threw that Quantum Helix ball properly back than. Everyone I knew that had one had it drilled wrong. Ball drillers had no clue on how to drill that damn thing.

[@grandekev1]

Walter Ray always seems to have PDW's number.

[@sawnose4775]

Word up, he sure did!

[@chancemholton6611]

Wait til the senior yrs though....pete kills Walter....petes body held up better

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Pete Weber made a fantastic pick up of the difficult 4 pin split.

[@LouisCsanko]

Spoiler Alert. Watch all the matches before you read the comments.

[@WClark-lp9vc]

i bowled a pro-am with Tim Criss as my pro, he had long hair in the early 90’s, I wish I would have kept my picture of him.

[@michaelschweizer4772]

The contestants bowled well in the Johnny Petraglia open.

[@chancemholton6611]

The quantum helix was the first true hybrid ball

[@nicholaslloyd5623]

So satisfying watching wrwj mow over the field rifling it up the gutter

[@railroadskater2896]

Just like the year before!!

[@_na_lyd]

Is that the quantum helix from Walter ray, what a beast

[@sololegit]

yes

[@baliktad8]

Yes. He also won a tournament throwing plastic when everyone else was throwing reactive resin. Ebonite was pissed because they wanted Walter to promote their new equipment. He said plastic gives me the best chance to win.

[@richardpowell7385]

I want to bowl just like you I'm one of your biggest fan

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Parker Bohn III sure looks handsome and nice wearing a suit. Wow!

[@jasonn9907]

41:00 - an amateur bowler shot a 299 and still missed the cutoff for the finals (ended up at #6) because the pro he went against shot a 300. Talk about all the sh!t luck in the world. Amazing.

[@jesuschrist921]

This was a good tournament.

[@joeambrose3260]

What do you know ?

[@andrewphillips2179]

Walter Ray Williams Jr bowls really well in the Johnny Petraglia Open

[@joeambrose3260]

Please post proof pronto

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Congratulations Walter Ray Williams, Jr for winning the championship game. 🎳.

[@Mario-cv5el]

The funniest thing is when Tim Criss was wearing a toupee on one of the telecasts

[@Zurround]

Damn that 7 10 split was frustrating. I like a close match

[@yourmkarcadesource8790]

25:55 Brooks was here.

[@terryrunion4282]

Geez poor Amleto got hosed. He made some great shots that the pins just didn't cooperate.

[@joeambrose3260]

52:58 PDW pulling a Bob Learn

[@billallmon4094]

Looks like an old amf majic circle that was a hard hitting ball

[@robvoyles]

Quantum Helix! it is a bad ball!

[@DaveBais]

Wasn't the helix supposed to roll on the gold part at the end of the pattern?

[@volo1826]

The gold part was the weaker part to carry it through the heads till it flipped on the backend giving it more hook.

[@DaveBais]

@@volo1826 other way around aha!

[@volo1826]

@@DaveBais haha you right. Got it reversed.

[@robvoyles]

THE HELIX IS A BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@truthbetold4066]

love that black ball with the fat gold stripe

[@CurtisL8.3066]

Quantum helix. If you find one new, might cost ya 450 or so

[@Igloo3471]

36:19 - Had a 299 with that exact same hit! 😖

[@petestuffins8454]

I see a lot of hoskins style in Tim Mack

[@lucidxchrist2133]

Around 12:40 Walter got a messenger before it was even called a messenger

[@thomasmccarrick4169]

Walter Ray Williams Jr: 268 Tim Criss: 199 Walter Ray Williams Jr: 225 Steve Hoskins: 192 Walter Ray Williams Jr: 238 Pete Weber: 195 Walter Ray Williams Jr: 237 Amleto Monacelli: 184 Williams Jr Wins!

[@Xirmak]

Yah this show was rigged and they changed the pattern to help the straigher player. All week they hooked and the ball came back yet all the guys on the show were like wtf is this out here.

[@robvoyles]

@@Xirmak haha...u funny. even if that were true, Real pro's would figure out the new pattern and adjusted accordingly. Thats why they are pro's and people making comments here are not. Walter was just superior. Beat all 4 without a ball change and a 240 average. He was the best in the 90's. Weber even said before the game he has trouble with the reactive balls. had nothing to do with the pattern.

[@johnweller3487]

@@Xirmak did u notest amletto pissed off when the match was over like he knew had to threw that open 8th frame lose count so walter could win that week

[@JSmith-zr2ve]

Thomas McCarrick 🖕🏼

[@GENOSANDIEGO]

Also, I miss this WRWJ beard. He's got that Kenny Rogers look. I wasn't a fan of his mini mustache era.

[@roughcut627]

I miss his Mountain Man look too, LOL

[@joeambrose3260]

U got something against the Adolph look ?

[@GENOSANDIEGO]

@@joeambrose3260 hahaha! yeah...

[@Tcrror]

@@GENOSANDIEGO Naaaah, he was just misunderstood! ;)

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@Geno San Diego. I liked the way that WRWJ looked with just a mustache.

[@chasbari]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4HVfHaDe9qre8U "A 2 inch upgrade from the front to the back" How is this even a thing? I know there are specifications for levelness from side to side but I guess I never heard a lane having a slope from front to back before.

[@michaelleadingham527]

Does anybody think Walter ray wife looks like mime from the Drew Carey show lol

[@joeambrose3260]

A tad, by 2007 she lost over 100 lbs

[@Tcrror]

Walter Ray's* - why do people not use apostrophes anymore? It makes no sense.

[@joeambrose3260]

@@Tcrror Relax, Noah Webster, no time for apostrophes

[@billallmon4094]

This guy had all the hot stuff from the pro shop and i beat the hell out of him he said where did you get that thing ,goodwill i said

[@Tcrror]

...who are you talking to and what are you talking about?

[@joeambrose3260]

Did you ever learn to hit the curve ?

[@billallmon4094]

The 4pin tells ya its time to move

[@NY32986]

39:44 1-800PBATour

[@erikknudson3077]

paige?? cant imagine.........

[@robvoyles]

No Other ball carry's like a 16lb Helix

[@Tcrror]

carries* - just trying to help! Also, any ball that Belmonte uses will carry like that.

[@Pbavowler]

I wish they come back with that ball. Please don't make it a urathane lol. With the gold strip.

[@DaveBais]

Tim fails on the inside... Hoskins thinks he can do better.... But he can't.... Hi I'm Pete... Let's try it to... Suckerrrr... Amlettoo a little bit smarter but can't execute like Walter... The goat laughs while playing straiter is greater... Awesome!

[@billallmon4094]

Parker looks like a hit man

[@raycampbell162]

Yeah but he has a gorgeous wife.

[@joeambrose3260]

@@raycampbell162 Paige Pennington John

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@Bill Allmon. No he doesn't. Parker Bohn III looks very handsome and nice.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@joeambrose3260 You're an idiot. Paige Pennington is WRWJ's wife- not Parker's wife.

[@joeambrose3260]

PDW throwing a 14 pounder ? Baloney

[@billallmon4094]

A guy trowing underhanded and trowing a backup ball is soeting i aint never seen

[@knightlife98]

No..., if Pete would have kept his speed up on the bowling ball, it would have crushed the pocket flush. Sometimes, I wonder if the commentators ever bowled a game in their lives..... In which I know they have, but some of their comments/analysis are just completely wrong.

[@raycampbell162]

Oh yeah.. what makes you the expert!!!

[@knightlife98]

@@raycampbell162 I have been bowling for 35 years..... I might just know a tiny bit of what I am talking about, at least some of the time.

[@robvoyles]

if Pete wasn't such a butt hole.....I think Pete would have kept his speed up if that would have crushed the pocket as you said, him being the Pro and all, i figured he would have known that....

[@canuck_gamer3359]

Tim Criss seems like a nice guy but man oh man! is there a more boring person to watch bowl? I'd rather watch paint dry! lol.

[@Tcrror]

Not to mention his "hair". Why the fuck would you not shave your head at that point?

[@canuck_gamer3359]

@@Tcrror He went the other way...he hung on to that for dear life and then got fake hair (either plugs or a piece)!

[@louieatienza8762]

Bo Burton and the powers that be shutting down PDW and the crankers... a couple decades later they'll embrace the power game LOLOL. But they chose WRW over PDW and in my estimation ruined the tour.

[@andrewphillips1011]

Walter ray Williams Jr has gotten some fortunate strikes as he climbed the ladder to defend his title in the johnny petraglia open

[@robvoyles]

haha all those fortunate strikes he just keep's getting....you may get a few here and there but not running the entire ladder. His ball is a beast and has better carry then any ball to date. It doesn't deflect much but it hits Very hard.

[@douglasharris5216]

Andrew Phillips way to post a spoiler asshole

[@janderson8401]

@@douglasharris5216 spoiler? These games were bowled over twenty years ago. And if you don’t want to know who won switch to the fullscreen view when you watch it.

[@JSmith-zr2ve]

J Anderson Missing the point. Andrew has a reputation. He does this with all videos.

[@joeambrose3260]

@@janderson8401 Still exciting if you don't know the outcome. Watch it before you read