PBA 1984 ABC Masters

[@jaythebus]

The greatest ever...greater than even Walter Ray Williams, Jr. simply because of the number of titles in a shorter span...took WRW, Jr. over 37 years to win 47...it took Earl a mere 14 seasons to win 43...so no debate needed...Earl was, is and will always be the best ever

[@joeambrose3260]

WRW agrees with you

[@laurastuhler4791]

Earl also finished SECOND 42 times, so in 300 tournaments over 14 years he finished first or second 85 times, that's incredible. It took Walter Ray as you said 37 years and nearly 800 tournaments to beat his record. Walter Ray isn't even the second best PBA player ever, I would say that title belongs to Pete Weber or Norm Duke

[@bradrhines3680]

Right Earl is the Goat using those hard surfaced balls a winning consistently

[@drummachine434]

It might be impossible to catch up to that in that span of time because now there's only like what, 10 12 pba titles a year now? Where back then there used to be like 40?

[@sawnose4775]

Good point Jay.

[@ronhighrock8368]

I love Earl. Theres such class and rhythm to his bowling. What's it called old school! Love it.

[@tarap9924]

He was one of the best bowlers of all time

[@NewOrleansGuy837]

as a competitive bowler, it's really depressing to see how far professional bowling has fallen from the 80's to now... a lot of money-hungry people and terrible decision-makers have ruined the popularity and marketability of the PBA

[@stevejorfi9086]

80s? How about the 70s The greatest decade for pro bowling ever.

[@nordattack]

@@stevejorfi9086 70's? What about the 60's the Golden Era of Bowling? Men and Women showed up to watch those matches in their best suits and dresses. The money, inflation adjusted, was massive. The 60's bowlers were the highest paid athletes in the world and their names (Don Carter, Dick Weber, Billy Hardwick, etc) were known by virtually every household. That was a time when a bowler would appear on a box of Wheaties!

[@richmartin1427]

@@nordattackbowlers in those days made more than Golfers. It seems unreal to think, but back then Dick Weber made more than either Arnold Palmer or Jack Nicklaus.

[@EmpowerUOnline]

Sat in Tacoma Wa at New Frontier lanes and watched him in 73 practice at 7am in the morning on 31 and 32

[@joeambrose3260]

Did you ever see " the other bowla from Tacoma" ? And I don't mean Voss

[@rayruff7863]

I really like the older bowlers back in the 60s they taught you how to bowl.

[@cubswin3838]

Earl Anthony is who i grew up with. A machine.

[@bigleaguechew87]

The greatest ever! The undisputed KING of the lanes! Had Earl started his professional career at say age 21 instead of 31, he would have won 60+ titles maybe. For christ sake the guy won 41 in the span of 14 years. Mind boggling! If he'd bowled another 10-15 years on the pro tour, he would have put up insane statistics. Unbeatable statistics perhaps. Even the great Walter Ray wouldn't have had a snowballs chance in hell of catching him. Wish I was alive when he was winning all his titles. Thank God for youtube!

[@fiddlefaddle1]

I just turned 62 and bowling is not the same when I first watched it back in 1962. Earl Anthony was the reason that I started bowling. I watched every match and studied him and then emulated him. There was nothing fancy in his approach but, he was a bowling machine and I miss him.

[@stevejorfi9086]

I was alive. The Doomsday Stroking Machine. He also had Roth and Holman pushing him it was a great decade for the sport.

[@markbarnfield8680]

@@stevejorfi9086 Roth was a animal, and had the hardware to prove it, but Earl, simply put was the greatest!

[@cubswin3838]

I was a kid in those days as 6-8 years old. Earl Anthony was a god to me.

[@cubswin3838]

​@@markbarnfield8680 Roth's 7-10 is stuff of legend!

[@toddmaniatoddmania9844]

Thanks to the cameraman always showing the bowler’s reaction to the pin fall, rather than the pin fall itself (I’ll never understand this), we couldn’t see Sliker’s shot when he left the 6-10 and what probably should’ve been only the 10-pin.

[@Riz2336]

Earl was the best.

[@MetrohMan]

crazy how much bowling style has changed. back then there were basically no power players. the power guys then throw less revs than the strokers now. awesome how accurate these guys were, they had so little room for error.

[@keithwarner6997]

Great player

[@bobbyglasser8834]

You win million dollars when bowling only paid 10,000 for first place is all but impossible. It is very sad to see what has happened to the PBA. The bowlers the lane conditions, the commentators.

[@thinkcivil1627]

The main announcer sounded like the breathless narrator in the movie "A Christmas Story" (the Red Rider BB Gun).

[@brunsdangerzone]

this made me giggle so hard

[@MaryAllenjj]

Earl the Pearl the greatest!

[@tarap9924]

Earl was awesome

[@MaryAllenjj]

@tarap9924 yes he was!

[@andrewphillips2179]

Gil Sliker and Earl Anthony have bowled some exciting matches

[@chev500l8]

Earl is missed in the bowling world for sure, he is the g o a t period.

[@yuppiehi]

Gil Sliker... Man, this guy could have won 20 tournaments in his career. Made it to the TV finals many times, but just could never put everything together. He made the TV finals 23 times, but does not have even one tournament to show for it.

[@FrankLPizza]

Gil did win one title, he and Mike Durbin won the doubles title one year

[@sludge4125]

In pba singles competition, Sliker was 0-8 in championship matches.

[@robs5855]

Him and Wunderlich were the biggest underachievers of that era.

[@cubswin3838]

Earl Anthony is the 🐐

[@jarrodworrell9862]

Damn, I wanted to hear what plug to put in my Japanese car!!

[@michaelschweizer4772]

Earl Anthony puts a tremendous amount of roll on the ball.

[@stevethomas2285]

He just laid it on the lane soooo smoothly.....

[@sawnose4775]

Ok Mr. Jack Ass.

[@jamesbryant6735]

What's wrong with them, the 5-6 is not a split. The ball must go between the pins for it to be a split without the head pin there.

[@joeambrose3260]

Constant chatter, Mike going solo would be much better

[@derricdueker64]

I'm a righty that could not learn to roll lefty like my hero Earl. My friend and roommate Neal was a righty but golfed lefty. How? I have no idea.

[@dettigs]

mike durbin .......great announcer!! where the hell did they get these other two?? just awful..........

[@chev500l8]

If I had 50 bucks for every 3-10 I made , I would only have like $400 dollars ( over the past 35 years 😐)

[@pugskins]

These commentators never shut up.let the match breathe

[@EmpowerUOnline]

SCHENKELL AND BURTON WERE MUCH BETTER

[@NewOrleansGuy837]

I loved them... they were so good together

[@playdiscgolf1546]

I liked Mike Durbin but not these other guys

[@BeaubienMM2]

Durbin and Holman were a good duo too, not as good of course

[@ITILII]

Chris Schenkle and Billy Welu were fantastic, too.....and very very very few athletes combined the talent, class, sportsmanship and record, of the greatest bowler there ever was, or ever will be: 43 titles in 14 years (Walter Ray Williams 47 in 24 years) Earl Anthony, way beyond LEGENDARY !!!!!!!!!!

[@jesse75]

Chris was boring. Obsessed with golf. Very poor commentator. Bowlers know what they are talking about. Chris just dumb.

[@Superbowler08]

Why do they insist on calling bowling a sport? Bowling is a game of skill like billiards, horseshoes, chess, checkers or tiddlywinks!!! Real sports are Football, Baseball, Basketball, Tennis, Hockey, Swimming, Etc.

[@playdiscgolf1546]

Define a sport….bowling is a sport by definition

[@andrewphillips2179]

the title match was low scoring

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

I DONT BELIEVE WHST I JUST SEEN!! FIRST TIME I EVER SEEN SLIKER WIN A GAME ON T.V.!!! HE IS THE BIGGEST CHOKER IN PBA HISTORY!! 😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡💩💩💩😎