1982 ARC Alameda Open - Part 1 - Earl Anthony vs. Dave Soutar

The date was January 23, 1982 at Mel's Southshore Bowl for the $100,000 ARC ALAMEDA OPEN. We join the championship match where #3 qualifer Dave Soutar meets #1 qualifier Earl Anthony for the title. Soutar was fresh off his 209-198 victory over Ted Hannahs. At stake is $13,000 to the winner, and $7,500 to the runner up. Let's go to Chris Schenkel and Bo Burton for the call.
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[@louistenore2185]

I actually met Mr Earl Anthony back in 1984 he came to my hometown that had a bowling alley and our bowling league got the chance to meet him

[@nordattack]

Earl makes one shot and switches balls and is good thereafter. "He" made that choice, no running to the back to whine to a team of ball reps begging their help. Earl managed his "own" game, he was a true Champion.

[@Zakman-ko3lq]

Earl was a machine. My idol in bowling back in the day. Met him in Milwaukee in 84. A true professional and a helluva bowler.

[@Igloo3471]

3:26 - Perhaps the most perfect strike I've ever seen.

[@deesyphrr]

Nice to see Earl play the track and a righty play the 2 board-4board line.

[@bowlingfan33]

Welcome back to uploading Keith!

[@HD-BIKE-LIFE]

Hes my All time fav bowler!!!!

[@5dave1]

Loved watching the old shows when bowlers were shot makers with 'full rollers' before the days of hooking the poly-balls like Sandy Koufax.........such is progress I suppose.

[@jesse75]

3 quarter roll.

[@realBkay]

As far as I’m concerned, Earl IS the GOAT. With the equipment available to him, yeah, he’s the GOAT. Don’t much care for the escapee from the down under, penal colony.

[@bobpiersol8313]

Earl Anthony would avg 240 plus with todays equipment.

[@wabbit1699]

Dude, more like 250 at peak. Those guys were averaging 230-plus in league settings with no free hook back in those days. Remember, house shots before the mid-1980s would all be considered sport shots under today's definitions, and even the short oil patterns of that era would meet those definitions, though I'd love to see how modern bowlers would react to 24 feet and 2:1....😂😂😂

[@michaelboyd8770]

As would many. As would many who quit averaging 210-220 in the late 1970s. Me ... maybe. I made a cut in 1978. Earl managed 159 in one match of 24. Me 188. I quit in 1978 when Brunswick "flaked off" with the Automatic Scoring Tournament.

[@2345allthebest]

Studs

[@sludge4125]

Soutar was 18-13 in championship matches.

[@20alphabet]

Odd that, because he was better than most he competed against.

[@TheWizard101Helpers]

nice

[@wjbnsg]

i can avg 220 in those days

[@20alphabet]

Lol, hardly.

[@bennfisherr6317]

I average 205 now. Would probably average like 140 in those days lol.

[@jesse75]

I average 185 in 1976. I was 18.

[@wjbnsg]

same line for lefties.. game too easy for them. same shot every week. not for righties

[@indianapatsfan]

I wonder how fast it took Pete Rose to gamble away the endorsement money he got from Grecian Formula.

[@nelsonporter8387]

The GOAT

[@NikosWard]

These commercials are awesome!

[@20alphabet]

I've been revisiting a number of your great uploads and I don't know why, but each time it shows I'm not subscribed to your channel. Although I push SUBSCRIBE each time, it still shows I'm not subscribed. I wonder how many others this has happened to.

[@irishpogi]

Nice stache Soupy!

[@robs5855]

Toupee or not toupee lol.

[@TheWizard101Helpers]

lanes look so small

[@patrickwall840]

Rubber hooks more than plastic for two reasons. Even though rubber balls are commonly referred to as hard rubber they are actually softer than plastic. Even when polished they have a rougher surface than plastic balls. Both these features create more friction and allow them to grip the lane and hook more than plastic.