PBA 60th Anniversary Most Memorable Moments #16 - Roth Wins Eight Titles in 1978

[@NatureB3]

RIP to an all time great. The greatest power player of his generation.

[@richrothmansky1388]

Farewell Mark and thank you for the great memories. :(

[@hrebec97]

It was an honor to watch him on tour. Thank you for all the entertainment you provided. I saw both bowlers the night before this match and was able to get their autographs. Real joy to watch.

[@Treachery93]

Columbia Yellow Dot! One of the best bowling balls of all time! Still have mine.

[@rexiiforsure9558]

This was an exciting time for the PBA. At that time I was about 40 years old and a club champion in Detroit

[@1ufcfanatic795]

40+44=84

[@1ufcfanatic795]

@Egmont yup

[@JonesDylan874]

RIP, Mark Roth. Bowling wouldn't be the same without him.

[@MONEYMIKE-lb5qn]

mark roth was the first bowler to be dynamic...and the first bowler i remember

[@Gregc63]

Loved watching these 2 go at it! Two of the best power bowlers from the 70’s & 80’s. Also, love those AMF Starlight masking units! House I bowled at had those,always thought they looked really cool!

[@jayhicks8095]

The bowling sport hasn't been the same since the 1970s and 1980s...you will probably not see a pro winning 5 titles in a season anymore...I watched faithfully then because it was intense competition...today, it's not as fun to watch...I miss the old days...

[@mr.aerial1885]

This was the era where a 210 in league play was excellent (today they are averaging 230-240+ normally) This was the era where you would bring in no more than 4 balls to competition (Today they are bringing in 20-30) This was the era where you had the first 9 in a row, the entire league would pause to cheer the last three strikes. (Today they shoot 3-4 300 games per night and no one claps and 900 series are becoming as common as the old 300s). This was the era when the PBA tour was consistent ever week and the trophies were awesome. (Today they have no solid TV schedules, some are taped like WSOB, and the trophies for the most part suck) This was the era when you had to wait to get your check and trophy when presented to you. (Today they just go grab it before the game is over). This was the era where a bowling ball could last you an entire season. (Today there are 25 new balls per day and they last a few games). This was the era where you did not see blue oil or any assistance to help the bowlers. (Today they are now even turning them red). This was the era where coaching was not seen. (Today it is all about coaching which makes the bowler look stupid or lost). This was the era where there were many good bowling centers around. (Today many are closing and those who are open are doing more open play cosmic bowling than serious bowling. It makes them more money than leagues or tournaments). This was the era where each center had a good scratch league and the regions also had good scratch and travel leagues with big money. (Today most centers lack a good scratch league or big money league). This was the era where you bowled ONE HANDED as the rule book said. (Today everyone wants to be a Belmo especially the juniors and they don't care about spares or anything else - just be Belmo).

[@drummachine434]

As a shitty 2 hander youth bowler myself I totally agree. I find it hilarious when someone wins the first title of the year and everyone is already talking about player of the year consideration. Because that's about a 1/5 of the pba titles they have each year nowadays

[@andrewphillips1011]

Mark Roth and Marshall Holman had a thrilling title match

[@JayAyers]

$100k in 1979 is about $375k in 2018. Wow! Big money. I hope, somehow, bowling can get vack to this.

[@stephenbyerly5887]

Roth and Holman are both fighters for sure.

[@williamgerbitz5339]

Roth was the most perfect bowler

[@thomaschippie9057]

Holman was so smooth.

[@Golfzilla1961]

Neither one of these guys said, “who do you think you are I am!!!” 😂

[@CKNnewjersey]

Go Pete 😂

[@MONEYMIKE-lb5qn]

i distinctly remmber that ball was glowing red....on the tvs we use to watch

[@fiddleronthecube7835]

Roth was my favorite. Holman was my 2nd. I had a "bleeder" yellow dot and a regular yellow dot way back then. I had to wipe off the bleeder after each shot. I still have it. My back is bad now so I can't bowl anymore.

[@blargy7283]

People smoking in the crowd. My how times have changed.

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

people were still smoking for about 25 years after this

[@Thurmanatr16]

Holman used to smoke between commercial breaks in the settee area as well.

[@MMPAspergerian]

Nurses and doctors smoked in the hospitals and clinics

[@scottpool4777]

Yeah I’ll say now that was when bowling was exciting back in the 80s oh yeah

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Why didn't you show the actual frames? All of the other times that I watched a video of a PBA game being played, I was able to watch the frames as the game was being played.

[@kevinhall5627]

Someone want to explain to me how winning EIGHT PBA titles in one season is only memorable moment number 16?

[@NateCraven318]

Back in the 70s and 80s, there was no bowler that could get a rev rate as high as Mark Roth. The dude was un-fucking-real.

[@marcsonnenberg623]

Correct. Then came Bob Handley, Rudy Kasimakis & John Gant.

[@vernonsmith6176]

he is the father of the modern game

[@20alphabet]

@@marcsonnenberg623 Kelly Coffman, Robert Smith

[@scottpool4777]

That was heavy metal wow Mark route one excellent game U2👏👏👏👏

[@good03boy]

I don't know if people know this. But, Mark Roth won 22 PBA Titles between 1975 and 1979. And, who was announcing alongside Nelson Burton Jr.?

[@lottoweekendmiljonairs3621]

the lovely voice of verne lundquist

[@ThePaesan1]

That would be the one and only Verne Lundquist

[@lottoweekendmiljonairs3621]

Joey Argento before his voice changed

[@danielschrafel3158]

Yup - Verne Lundquist. Chris got snowed in.

[@joeambrose3260]

B A L O N E Y. Chris was there for some

[@timtebowsleftarm5368]

Uncle Verne!!

[@Jam6581]

A record that will most likely never be broken. I don't even think Jason Belmonte can achieve this.

[@drummachine434]

It's impossible now, there's only like 9 or 10 titles a year now

[@zackmeece4723]

True but Belmonte has 15 major titles so I'd say he's doing alright lol

[@20alphabet]

REAL bowling on the PBA channel? Fancy that!

[@mikethomas6633]

6:30-6:37 The announcer is talking about how the two of them "throw such big hooks on the back end." 😂😂😂 I guess for their day it was a big hook.

[@josephgibbons1631]

Mike Thomas sure it was.....give a bowler that plastic ball today and he'd be lucky to beat 120. The reactive coverstock in today's equipment has made the average bowler better...,it is also ruining the game.

[@OlympicSeason]

Joseph Gibbons I wouldn’t say it’s completely ruining the game but conditions back then we’re definitely much more difficult and that’s what made these bowlers top 10 in history, they were able to execute in these tough conditions

[@frankcaroleif9402]

Any dipstick can hook today's equipment

[@marcsonnenberg623]

There was a lot of oil on the lanes, and these plastic balls weren't going to hook much on heavy oil. These guys were great!

[@bananaspartan2234]

@@marcsonnenberg623 That right lane (40) was super tight. Both Roth and Holman came close to leaving an 8-10 split. I wish ABC back then had worked with the PBA to have good house bowlers bowl on those lanes with the PBA oil pattern, record it, and show the ball reactions. I'd bet that good house bowlers on Lane 40 would leave a ton of pocket splits with the same equipment. I'd have been happy to leave 5 weak 10s on Lane 40.

[@davidschuld7939]

To that guy who always posts “first” on these videos. First

[@KeithFroehlich07]

Mark Roth 1978 at #16 is insulting to me.

[@tonyvincent9753]

Today's PBA is shit compared to this.

[@yeihejrjdudhidhdu5139]

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[@tonyvincent9753]

Today's PBA is shit compared to this.