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Jabczenski finished third for $600and Suma fourth for $500.

Jabczenski qualified 13th with 1,102and averaged 226.83 for 12 games.He won his first match 212-191 overMichael Lucente of Warren before los-ing to Michaux 256-238.

Once in the loser’s bracket he beatJohn Cisco 237-188, LeonardCianciolo of Warren 226-175, GregCohen 257-212 and Jeffrey Suma236-194. He then lost to Michaux asecond time 242-214 to end his day.

Suma claimed the last qualifyingspot with 1,094. He averaged 215.5for 10 games of competition. He wonover defending champion GeorgeHumphry of Grosse Pointe Farms244-236 and Leonard Cianciolo 226-210 before getting knocked into theloser’s bracket by Michaux 210-163.In the loser’s bracket he beat JamesDadeppo of St. Clair Shores 236-223before getting knocked out byJabczenski 236-194.

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Robert Michaux Jr. of Detroit wonthe MDUSBC Super Senior Masterstitle and the top prize of $1,200 atThunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park witha 213-188 triumph over CharlesRichardson Jr. of Southfield.Richardson settled for $800.

Michaux qualified fifth with a five-game total of 1,161. He remained inthe winner’s bracket with victories overCarl Harden of Livonia 256-255,Mitchell Jabczenski Sr. of Novi 256-238, Jeffrey Suma Sr. of Auburn Hills210-163, before losing to Richardson239-170. Once in the loser’s brackethe beat Jabczenski 242-214 for theopportunity to avenge the earlier lossto Richardson. He then defeatedRichardson 225-182 to force the finalmatch, which he prevailed. Michauxaveraged 227.75 for 12 games ofcompetition.

R i c h a r d s o nqualified sixth with1,126. He re-mained in thewinner’s bracketwith wins overJohn Cisco ofWarren 258-202,Ronald Forton ofSt. Clair Shores245-184, 2014champion GregCohen of Livonia206-167 and

Michaux the first time 239-170. Hethen had to wait for an opponent toemerge from the loser’s bracket andlost to Michaux twice to finish as therunner-up. Richardson averaged222.18 for 11 games of competition.

In this issueRegular Columns FeaturesFrom the Editor - page 2 Michelle Mullen’s tips - page 4Personal Perspective - page 3 Chad Murphy - page 5(Ann)ouncements - page 4 Jeff Richgels - page 8Honor Scores - page 10 Phil Goodman - page 9

Bob Johnson - page 11

Defending champion GeorgeHumphry led qualifying with 1,202, butlost his first two matches, finishing 13th,averaging 230.29 and cashing for $200.

William Haynesof Rochester Hillswon the specialcompetition fornon-qualifiers overthe age of 70 witha 211-154 win overGeorge Reeves ofDetroit. Haynestook home $200and Reeves $175for their efforts.

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(Complete results on page 2)

MDUSBC President John Vorpagel (c) congratulates MDUSBCWomen’s Series champion Lisa Bishop (r) and runner-up NatalieMiskiel at Mayflower Lanes in Redford.

See full story on page 3

Lisa Bishop Makes SuccessfulReturn to Women’s Series

From the EditorMark A. Martin

MDUSBC Association Manager

Page 2 Bowling Showcase News December 2016

Dear Fellow Bowlers:The annual meeting of the Metro Detroit USBC will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4 at

2 p.m. at DeCarlo’s Banquet and Convention Center in Warren.All members of the Metro Detroit USBC Association are eligible to attend the

meeting. All adults and youth over the age of 14 are eligible to vote.On the agenda are reports on the progress the MDUSBC has made during the

previous year, electing six adult members of the board, electing two youth represen-tatives to the board of directors, electing state delegates to the respective statemeetings and electing delegates to the USBC Annual Meeting.

There are also two proposed bylaw changes to be voted on by the members. Thefirst will change the quorum requirements for board meeting from 10 to a majority ofseated board members. The second will change the local dues to $11 for standardmemberships. The local dues have been $9 for several years and each year a deficitbudget is presented and approved. By changing the local dues to $11 will putMDUSBC on solid financial footing for the next several years. Full explanations andquestions will be answered at the meeting.

Anyone desiring to run for any of the positions should visit www.mdusbc.com toobtain an application to be forwarded to the nominating committee. You can also callthe MDUSBC office for an application.

HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAYS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU!!!

Sincerely,Mark Martin

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Final Prize Listing2016 Mixed Tournament

Mixed, Mixed, HandicappedPlace Team name Score Hcap Prize From1 Sam 2 Crew 2,935 515 $800.00 Macomb, MI2 Bubba’s Best 2,877 205 $500.00 Macomb, MI3 Steve’s Team 2,851 199 $400.00 Warren, MI4 Lorenz 2,802 1,161 $300.00 Lapeer, MI5 Wiz Bang 5 2,784 315 $200.00 Macomb, MI6 Amanda Team 2,743 313 $160.00 Clinton Twp, MI7 Hakuna Matata 2,737 707 $160.00 Lenox, MI8 Shamrocks 2,729 599 $100.00 St. Clair Shores, MI9 Stoney’s Elite 2,705 407 $100.00 Northville, MI10 Fillip’s Screw Drivers 2,693 515 $100.00 Dearborn Hts, MITotal prizes awarded in this event: $2,820.00

Doubles, Doubles, HandicappedPlace Team name Score Hcap Prize From1 Ingham, Samantha M / Offutt, James H, III 1,552 344 $400.00 Macomb, MI2 Lorenz, Carolyn S / Haight, Michael A 1,500 706 $200.00 Lapeer, MI3 Napiewocki, Ronald W / Miller, Danielle E 1,483 112 $75.00 Macomb, MI3 Barry, Amanda K / Gilmour, Patrick A 1,483 158 $75.00 Warren, MI5 Priem, Dennis M / Rhodes, Karen M 1,470 283 $30.00 St. Clair Shores, MI6 Lannoo, Christopher L / Miller, Danielle E 1,466 118 $20.00 Macomb, MI7 Barry, Amanda K / Barry, Stephen P 1,446 107 $20.00 Warren, MI8 Sage, Chris A / Hensley, Erin M 1,442 205 $20.00 Clinton Twp, MI9 Lorenz, Carolyn S / Parker, Andy 1,428 706 $20.00 Lapeer, MI10 DeVries, Susie N / King, Kyle L 1,427 234 $20.00 Macomb, MI11 Maddy, Kimberly A / Faber, Christopher D 1,422 42 $20.00 Macomb, MI12 McCracken, Tarrya M / Mcelhiney, Steven E 1,412 371 $20.00 Lenox, MI13 Napiewocki, Ronald W / Catchpole, Teresa M 1,408 85 $20.00 Macomb, MI14 Ewald, Erica R / Gilmour, Patrick A 1,403 90 $20.00 Warren, MI14 DeYoung, Maria N / Mazique, Isaac C 1,403 237 $20.00 Warren, MI16 Barry, Stephen P / Hensley, Erin M 1,402 199 $20.00 Clinton Twp, MI17 Patterson, Cyndi L / Halstead, Raymond D 1,395 34 $20.00 Macomb, MI18 Opiela, Dustin / Opiela, Mallory M 1,394 358 $20.00 Commerce Twp, MITotal prizes awarded in this event: $1,040.00Total prizes awarded in this tournament: $3,860.00

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PL NAME CITY AVG WINNINGS 1 Robert Michaux Jr Detroit 227.75 $ 1,200 2 Charles Richardson Jr Southfield 222.18 $ 800 3 Mitchell Jabczenski Sr Novi 226.83 $ 600 4 Jeffrey Suma Sr Auburn Hills 215.50 $ 500 5 James Dadeppo St Clair Shores 217.50 $ 400 6 Gregory Cohen Livonia 211.89 $ 400 7 Ronald Forton St. Clair Shores 215.56 $ 300 8 Leonard Cianciolo Warren 215.22 $ 300 9 Carl Harden Livonia 226.88 $ 25010 Terry Bialkowski Windsor 225.63 $ 25011 David Eatmon Ferndale 216.75 $ 25012 John Cisco Warren 210.75 $ 25013 George Humphry Grosse Pointe Farms 230.29 $ 20014 Michael Lucente Warren 228.00 $ 20015 Rick Vittone Tecumseh 219.43 $ 20016 Michael Chapman Garden City 218.71 $ 200

17 Steven Messina Canton 217.80 $ 10018 Randy Derewonko Warren 216.60 $ 10019 Larry Wilson Detroit 215.00 $ 10020 Randy Ihrke Auburn Hills 214.40 $ 10021 Jimmy Magolan Shelby Twp 212.80 $ 10023 Phil Renaud Windsor 209.80 $ 10024 Ronald Burgess Plymouth 209.40 $ 10025 Larry Franz Redford 208.80 $ 100

70 AND OVER ROLLOFFPL NAME CITY WINNINGS1. William Haynes Rochester Hills $ 200.002. George Reeves Detroit $ 175.003. Viviano Martinez Waterford $ 150.004. Peter Minaudo Chesterfield $ 150.005. Robert Szachta Macomb $ 125.006. Thomas Strobl Bloomfield $ 125.007. John Fryer Washington $ 125.008. Fred Hrobowski Detroit $ 125.00

Attending the Detroit Hall of FameBanquet is by far one of the greatestbowling events of the year. This yearwas no exception. It is always so niceto just mingle before dinner and talkto people that you haven’t seen for ayear or even longer. But the best partis being in a room of pure greatness!

Here in the Bowling Capital of theWorld, you can just stand back andlook around the room and see amaz-ing bowlers and people who havededicated their lives to the sport weall love, either as a bowler, a volun-teer, a proprietor, a coach or supporterof the sport in some way.

Paul Gross from WDIV does anamazing job each year as our emcee.Paul, a bowler and coach in his ownright, is so passionate about our sportand it shines through each and everyyear. Thank you Paul for your won-derful contribution to this greatevening and for being someone I cancertainly call a friend.

This year’s inductees were so veryspecial to me personally. Havingknown Erica Ewald and Lauren Rob-erts since they were “little pukes”, andseeing them come into the adult ranksand beating up on us old gals, hasbeen a joy to watch. They have bothevolved into great bowlers and greatladies. It is a pleasure to bowl withthem and call them friends, even whenI know I am in for zero match pointsthat night!

Mason Brantley is such a great guy!Of course he is a great bowler, butwhen you experience a speech suchas his, filled with raw emotion, youknow this truly means something tohim. He is so very deserving of thishonor. I am so proud of you, Mason!

PersonalPerspectives

Libbi FletcherMDUSBC Director

A Night of ExcellenceTony Stipcak has joined his wife

Cheryl in our Hall of Fame, and be-comes only the 3rd husband/wife teamso honored. They are joining Dick andGeraldine Beatty and Bonnie and TomMcKay. Congrats Tony! It was sogreat talking with you and seeingCheryl again!

While it is so evident how much itmeans to the inductees, what hap-pens afterwards? There are so manywho are in town and do not attend thisvery special evening. Once you havebeen inducted, it should be an honorto come back, to be recognized, andto support the ones who have made itin. Where is everyone?

Anita Cantaline, inducted in 1967-68 class, attended, along with MaryMohacsi from 1977-78 and TomMcKay from 1979-80. But yet thosewho have been inducted in recentyears were not in attendance. By myaccount, there were approximately 40Hall of Fame members in attendancethis year. Nearly 45 have been in-ducted in this century who were not inattendance. Grant it, some live out oftown, or could have health issues, etc.But, God willing, I will always attendbecause I feel this is the greatesthonor I could ever possibly receive inbowling.

The stories told by the inductees,as well as the other special award win-ners, are always so interesting. GregGumtow, who received the ThomasW. McKay award for a lifetime of ser-vice to the sport of bowling, used histime to stress how important HighSchool Bowling is to our sport. Gregand the recipient of the Judge JohnD. Watts award, Harry Burkey, putHigh School bowling on the map inMichigan and it is still flourishing to-day because of the dedication of thesetwo gentlemen. Thank you and con-gratulations to you both.

It was also a pleasure listening tothe son of Ely Rose tell the story ofhis family’s immigration from Russiato the United States and the history ofCrest Bowl and Lounge, as well asOak Park Lanes. I think it is so im-portant for some of the youngerbowlers to hear the history of the hey-days of bowling and Mr. Rose did notdisappoint! Thank you for sharing thewonderful history of your family busi-ness.

It was a good time had by all. I amalready looking forward to next year.Do you know someone who has thequalifications to be in the Hall of Famein the Bowling Capital of the World?If so, get an application from ourwebsite and a resume of your appli-cant and submit it before August 1st.It is an honor you will never forget…Ihope. I won’t.

LISA BISHOPWINS MDUSBC WOMEN’S SERIES

Lisa Bishop of Redford won the Metro Detroit USBC (MDUSBC) Women’sSeries event Sunday with a 236-231 triumph over Natalie Miskiel of Toledo atMayflower Lanes in Redford. Bishop took home the top prize of $500, whileMiskiel settled for $250.

Bishop qualified seventh in the field of 32, with a four-game total of 906. She was steady, but a 266 game in thethird game of qualifying put her in position to make the cutby four pins. In match play she beat Sandra Schultz ofMacomb 268-217 and defending Cup Champion JulieOczepek of Reese 227-217 to advance to the finals.Former Cup Champion Bishop was unable to bowl in the2015-16 season due to an injury that she’s still dealingwith.

Miskiel qualified fourth with 935. She was outside thecut line going into the last game where she shot 258 toqualify fourth. Once in match play she beat BlairBlumenscheid of Columbus 236-233 when Blumenscheid

missed a 10-pin to open the door for Miskiel to strike out in the 10th frame to win.She then defeated Haley Lundy of Windsor 266-198 on her way to the finals.

Jenna Law of Milford led the field with 983 on games of 244, 266, 279 and194. She then lost her first match to Lundy 239-219, finishing fifth cashing for$65.

Complete results are available at www.mdusbc.com under “Tournaments”and Women’s Series page.

Upcoming W omen’ s Series Event sDec. 11 Regal Lanes, WarrenJan. 8 Super Bowl, CantonMarch 12 Mayflower Lanes, RedfordApril 9 Ford Lanes, Dearborn HeightsMay 7 Shelby Lanes, Utica (Rip 10 Invitational)

December 2016 Bowling Sho wcase News Page 3

(Ann)ouncementsAnn Block

MDUSBC Director

The Detroit Women’s Pioneer Clubtook to the lanes on November 5, 2016at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park.The field of 66 ladies bowled threegames in this annual handicap tour-nament. The tournament is in its 68th

year of existence. In attendance at thisyear’s event was long-time secretaryof the club Dorothy Thompson. Fol-lowing the bowling competition theclub members retired to theThunderbowl banquet area and en-joyed a dinner and some fellowship.In a long honored tradition the Pioneerladies participate in a white elephantraffle following the dinner and meet-ing. At the meeting the prize fund fornext year’s tournament will be in-creased and President Ann Block andSecretary/Treasurer Liz Kettermanwere returned to their respective of-fices. The winner of this year’s handi-cap tournament was RoseannaBrosky with a handicap score of 656.The tournament paid out 18 places tothe competitors. The high actual se-ries was awarded to Laura Austin witha score of 547 and the high actualgame of 209 was bowled by VirginiaAustin. All female bowlers who havebowled in sanctioned (certified) playfor 20 or more years (including youthyears) are eligible for membership intothe Detroit Women’s Pioneer Club.For more information concerning theDetroit Women’s Pioneer Club pleasecontact club secretary ElizabethKetterman at 313-701-6801.

The holidays are around the cor-ner. Let Santa know if you need orwant new bowling equipment. We areblessed in Detroit with so many greatbowling pro shops so any little elfwould be able to make a great bowl-ing purchase. Last year my elf (myuncle) got my name and he got me agreat double bowling bag. This year Icould use a bowling ball that does notleave ten pins. Merry Christmas! Un-til next time!

On October 1st the Detroit Women’s600 Bowling Club held their annualtournament at Cherry Hill Lanes inDearborn Heights. The field of 66bowled for the 17 places which werepaid out in the competition. The win-ner of the event was Rosilyn Florencewith handicap score of 747. Roz hadan actual series of 714 in the tourna-ment. She received the championshipplaque and the winner’s check. Hername is also on permanent display onthe Detroit Women’s 600 BowlingClub plaque at Cherry Hill in theStrikes –n- Trophies Pro Shop. Otheraward winners included DawnWilliamson and Breena Schneider forthe actual high series plaque for 693and recently inducted Hall of FamerLauren Roberts for the actual highgame of 259. The tournament awardsonly one plaque to any individual dur-ing a single tournament. Next year’stournament is scheduled for October7, 2017 at Cherry Hill Lanes. For moreinformation regarding the DetroitWomen’s 600 Club please contact theclub secretary Ann Block at 313-292-6538.

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Women’s TournamentsUpdate

Pro TipMichelle Mullen

USBC Gold Coach

Does your ballhook enough?

If your ball is not hooking enough,try this for more hook:

1. Adjust. On a typical house shot,the oil is concentrated in the center ofthe lane, with less on the outsides to-ward the gutters. Since oil makes theball slide more, move your entire lineaway from the center toward the gut-ter (to the right if you are right-handed;to the left, if left handed). Try movingboth you and your target outside ofthe oil. Your goal is to find the edge ofthe oil line, so that you can find fric-tion outside of your target and oil in-side your target. This way, it will hookif you miss outside your target, butslide if you miss inside your target.You get the most help to hit the pocketand your swing begins to relax!

2. Alter the ball’s surface . If thelanes are oilier, try having your ballsanded to add texture so the ball cangrip the lane better. The lower thenumber on the sanding pad, the moregrit applied to the ball. Caution: donot add too much texture or you cankill the back-end reaction! If you can-not get your ball to hook enough, youmay need a stronger ball for the con-ditions you bowl on. Or, move yourline more outside!

3. Overcome obstacles . Too manybowlers are stubborn to move outsideon the lane because their comfortzone is to hover around 2nd arrow!However, the oil line may not be at 2nd

arrow, but might be further out toward1st arrow. Therefore, just moving yourfeet over but still using 2nd arrow maynot be enough to get the ball to hookmore. You need to move your entireline into more friction (where there isless oil).

Practice . Fear of the gutter is acommon reason bowlers tend to stickto the 2nd arrow. Playing further outposes the perceived threat of throw-ing a gutter, but it may be the bestplace to score! To expand your com-fort zone, practice playing 1st arrow,or even outside of first arrow, next tothe gutter. Though intimidating at first,once you do it, playing outside 2nd ar-row won’t seem so scary!

Being able to adjust your strategyfor the lane conditions is essential togood scoring. You cannot physicallyout perform a bad ball reaction!

For more tips, visitYourBowlingCoach.com

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USBC UpdateChad Murphy

USBC Executive Director

With 2016 coming to a close, Iwanted to take a moment to lookahead to the 2017-2018 season.

For first time since USBC wasformed in 2005, USBC members willsee a slight increase in national dues,from $10 to $13. When you considerinflation alone during the last 10 years,it’s not difficult to see the need for anincrease but it is important to under-stand the benefits of being a USBCmember.

Membership dollars provide re-sources so you can have effectivestate and local associations, that inturn serve all bowlers. In fact, almostall the membership revenue goes di-rectly or indirectly to that support.

Because of membership revenue,USBC is able to have dedicated,knowledgeable staff members aphone call or email away to help withrules, association services, and tour-nament support. That includes mem-bership support in the field and alsofunds expanded training and educa-tion. It supports youth bowling, whichrecently has seen all-time highs in theJunior Gold, high school, and colle-giate programs.

USBC also is a data organizationthat requires a great deal of technol-ogy. We are close to rolling out a newversion of WinLABS that directly willbenefit local associations and howthey process memberships. TheBOWL.com website, which providesinformation about our programs plusup-to-date news on tournaments, re-cently was relaunched to be respon-sive so members can access informa-tion on any platform, especially theirsmartphones.

All bowlers are quite aware of theway bowling equipment has rapidlyevolved and it is because of member-ship dollars that USBC has trainedstaff with the tools needed to set speci-fications and certify balls, pins, lanesand everything else related to the play-ing field. If nothing else, bowlers wantto have a level playing field when theybowl in leagues or tournaments.

From the youngest bowlers tothose who are, well, let’s say veter-ans of the sport, USBC is there everystep of the way to provide support.For the last few years, we have talkedabout A Future for the Sport. Caringabout Bowling’s future should be acommon goal for everyone in thebowling community.

Some bowlers see the benefit ofsupporting youth bowlers, while oth-ers take advantage of bowling in tour-naments certified by USBC. Thosewho don’t bowl many tournaments,certainly want to know their certifiedaverage – and the average of their op-ponents. Everyone wants USBC rulesand bonding services backing themup when there is a dispute over prizefunds.

Providing services takes moneyand, while no one likes to see a priceincrease, after years of cutting costsand reducing staff, USBC and its as-sociations reached a point where ithad to make a tough decision – a slightincrease in dues or a cutback of ser-vices. That decision was left in thehands of our membership through thedelegates, those who lead USBC atthe local and state level, and at the2016 USBC Convention and AnnualMeeting they made the decision tokeep these important services.

Because of that decision, USBC willcontinue to provide the programs andservices that will benefit all bowlers.As bowlers and, most importantly,those who love this great sport, we ap-preciate your continued support asUSBC members.

ALLEN PARK, MI. — Every bowler in Southeastern Michigan who has com-peted in tournaments over the past 30 years know who’s called “THE LEGEND”.You know his name. You’ve seen him on and off the lanes. You’ve seen himcomplete on the PBA Tour. And odds are that he has beaten you. Yes. The manwho I’m referring to who has kept Father Time in check is Harry Sullins. He’s notin multiple Hall of Fames for his good looks. Sullins of Chesterfield Townshiplooking to add to his legendary resume on Saturday. But, standing in his way wasAaron Lorincz. For the second time this season, these two gladiators met in thefinals of a Michigan Majors Bowling Association’s event. This time, it was at his-toric Thunderbowl Lanes in The Arena. And in a exciting final match, Lorincz ofCenterline strung together six straight strikes in the closing frames of the matchto shutout Sullins, 247-245. With his victory, Lorincz was crowned the MichiganMajors Player of The Year. This was his third title of the season.

“Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good,” said Lorincz after accepting hischampionship trophy. “In qualifying, I was good. Against Harry (Sullins), I wasdefinitely lucky, Harry had a great look out there. He was completely zoned in onthe championship pair. I threw some practice shots using different balls and dif-ferent releases. I’m glad that I found a ball and release that worked.”

“Of course, you’re always a little depressed when you don’t win,” said Sullins.“But, I made a good comeback when I thought that I was done. Nobody remem-bers how came in second place. But, for me, it could have been worse.”

Sullins looked like he was finished after shooting a 1,247 6-game qualifyingblock, 18 pins ahead of Scott Lawson, Jr. who finished in 7th place. He managedgrabbed the 6th and final spot. Along with Lorincz, moving on into the semi-finalswere: high qualifier Lonnie Jones, George Juszczyk, Dale Hofmeister and CarletonChambers. Jones also had the high game in qualifying shooting a 290.

In match #1 of the stepladder finals, Sullins began his match to the champion-ship match by defeating George Juszczyk of Dearborn Heights, 206-200. Juszczykliterally handed “The Legend” the match after he missed a 5 pin in the 5th frameand a 3-6-9 in the 9th frame. Sullins still needed a mark in the 10th frame to moveon. He converted a 3 pin spare with ease.

In match #2, Sullins steamrolled over Lonnie Jones, 247-155. Sullins beginthe match by stringing together six straight strikes and converted a 2-4-10 split tofinish off his assault. Jones was infected with splits and open frames starting withfirst frame hen he failed to convert a 2-8-10 split. Jones had lost his look andadmitted after the match that he finally found a pair of lanes in the Arena that hehated.

In the championship match, Sullins began the match on lane 11 and continuedto burn up the lanes stringing strikes. A solid 10 pin ended that streak at fourstraight. Lorincz was bowling decent. A spare in the first, a strike in the secondand three more spares to follow. It was in the sixth frame that the entire matchshifted. Lorincz stroked a strike on lane 11. Sullins struck on lane 12, but leftanother ringing 10 pins on lane 11. Lorincz bowled out of his skin the rest of thematch striking five more time. In the 8th frame, Sullins once again showed off hisshot making abilities by converting the 2-4-8-10 split. He’s not called “The Leg-end” for nothing. But, in the 10th frame, this incredible match was still up forgrabs. Lorincz needed two strike and 7 pins on his fill ball to shutout Sullins. Hegot two strikes and 9 pins for a two pin victory. “After the 7th frame of game six ofqualifying if you told me that I would end up being in the top two bowling for a title,I would have called you a liar,” Sullins said afterwards.

Along with a trophy, Lorincz received a championship check for $1,000. Forhis second place finish, Sullins received a hard earned check for $500. Jonesfinished in third place and earned a check for $300. He was the high qualifier ofthis event after shooting a 1,411 6-game qualifying block. Juszczyk finished infourth place. He earned a check for $200.

The next event on the 2016 Michigan Majors Bowling Association schedulewill be held on Sunday December 18th at Bay Lanes in Bay City, Michigan with astart time of 11 am.

Darrin Hill is a freelance writer and the publicist for the Michigan Majors Bowl-ing Association. You can contact him at: motorcitybowling@hotmail.com.

Lorincz tops Sullinsin Michigan Majors

By: Darrin Hill

BOWLING CENTER NAME (# of Lanes) ADDRESS CITY ZIP CODE PHONE300 BOWL (52) 100 S Cass Lake Rd Waterford 48328 (248) 682-6300AIRWAY LANES (32) 4825 Highland Rd Waterford 48328 (248) 674-0424ALLEY 59 (24) 44925 N Groesbeck Hwy Clinton Township 48036 (586) 469-6411APOLLO LANES (14) 29410 Gratiot Ave Roseville 48066 (586) 772-2070ASTRO LANES (48) 32388 John R Rd Madison Heights 48071 (248) 585-3132BEECH LANES (16) 15492 Beech Daly Rd Redford 48239 (313) 531-3800BEL-MAR II LANES (32) 3351 West Rd Trenton 48183 (734) 675-8319BELMAR LANES (16) 4035 Fort St Lincoln Park 48146 (313) 381-4242BIDDLE BOWL (8) 708 Biddle St. Wyandotte 48192 (734) 283-0660BONANZA LANES (44) 24600 Hoover Rd Warren 48089 (586) 756-3000BOWL ONE LANES (40) 1639 E 14 Mile Rd Troy 48083 (248) 588-4850BOWLERO LANES (16) 4209 Coolidge Hwy Royal Oak 48073 (248) 549-7500BRONCO LANES (32) 22323 Ryan Rd Warren 48091 (586) 756-8200CENTURY BOWL (52) 7345 Highland Rd Waterford 48327 (248) 666-4700CHERRY HILL LANES (52) 300 N Inkster Rd Dearborn Heights 48127 (313) 278-0400CHERRY HILL NORTH (36) 6697 Dixie Hwy Clarkston 48346 (248) 625-5011CLASSIC LANES (32) 2145 Avon Industrial Dr Rochester Hills 48309 (248) 852-9100COLLIER LANES (32) 879 S Lapeer Rd Oxford 48371 (248) 628-2851COUNTRY CLUB OF DETROIT (6) 2220 Country Club Dr. Grosse Pointe Farms 48236 (313) 881-8000COUNTRY LANES (32) 30250 W 9 Mile Rd Farmington 48336 (248) 476-3201DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB (8) 241 Madison St Detroit 48226 (313) 442-1003DRAKESHIRE LANES (40) 35000 Grand River Ave Farmington Hills 48335 (248) 478-2230FERNHILL COUNTRY CLUB (12) 17600 Clinton River Rd Clinton Township 48038 (586) 286-4700FIVE STAR LANES (50) 2666 Metropolitan Pkwy Sterling Hts 48310 (586) 939-2550FORD LANES (24) 23100 Van Born Rd Dearborn Heights 48125 (313) 292-1700FRASER STAR LANES (16) 33042 Garfield Rd Fraser 48026 (586) 293-5590GARDEN BOWL (16) 4120 Woodward Ave Detroit 48201 (313) 833-9850GROSSE PTE YACHT CLUB (6) 788 Lake Shore Rd Grosse Pointe Shores 48236 (313) 884-2500HARBOR LANES (20) 25419 Jefferson Ave Saint Clair Shores 48081 (586) 772-1200HARTFIELD LANES (52) 3490 12 Mile Rd Berkley 48072 (248) 543-9338HAZEL PARK BOWL (24) 24211 Hughes Ave Hazel Park 48030 (248) 543-7303IMPERIAL LANES (80) 44650 Garfield Rd Clinton Twp 48038 (586) 286-8700INDIAN LANES (32) 4500 13th St Wyandotte 48192 (734) 283-4700LAKESHORE LANES (16) 31025 Jefferson Ave Saint Clair Shores 48082 (586) 293-2722LANGAN’S ALL STAR LANES (18) 257 Ladd Rd Walled Lake 48390 (248) 669-5400LUXURY LANES (16) 600 E 9 Mile Rd Ferndale 48220 (248) 544-0530

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BOWLING CENTER NAME (# of Lanes) ADDRESS CITY ZIP CODE PHONEMADISON PARK BOWL (16) 25023 John R Rd Madison Heights 48071 (248) 541-9305MAYFLOWER LANES (32) 26600 Plymouth Rd Redford 48239 (313) 937-8420MERCURY LANES (16) 7630 Schaefer Rd Dearborn 48126 (313) 846-4900MERRI BOWL LANES (40) 30950 5 Mile Rd Livonia 48154 (734) 427-2900METRO DETROIT BOWLING &RESOURCE CENTER (8) 7023 E 14 Mile Road Sterling Heights 48312 (586) 268-4001NORTH HILL LANES (32) 150 W Tienken Rd Rochester Hills 48306 (248) 651-8544NORWEST LANES (16) 32905 Northwestern Highway Farmington Hills 48334 (248) 626-2422NOVI BOWL (40) 21700 Novi Road Novi 48375 (248) 348-9120PLAZA LANES (40) 42001 Ann Arbor Rd E Plymouth 48170 (734) 453-4880PLUM HOLLOW LANES (24) 21900 W 9 Mile Rd Southfield 48075 (248) 353-6540PREMIER LANES (34) 33151 23 Mile Rd. Chesterfield 48047 (586) 725-2228RECREATION BOWL: (8) 40 Crocker Blvd Mount Clemens 48043 (586) 468-7746REGAL LANES (34) 27663 Mound Rd Warren 48092 (586) 751-4770RENAISSANCE FAMILY CTR (40) 19600 Woodward Ave Detroit 48203 (313) 368-5123ROOSEVELT LANES (20) 6701 Roosevelt Ave Allen Park 48101 (313) 381-0222ROSEBOWL LANES (48) 28001 Groesbeck Hwy Roseville 48066 (586) 771-4140SHELBY LANES (24) 50721 Van Dyke Ave Utica 48317 (586) 731-4800SHORE LANES (40) 31100 Harper Ave Saint Clair Shores 48082 (586) 293-0880SKORE LANES (48) 22255 Ecorse Rd Taylor 48180 (313) 291-6220STERLING LANES (50) 33200 Schoenherr Rd Sterling Hts 48312 (586) 979-5200SUMMIT SPORT CENTER (36) 66600 Van Dyke Avenue Washington 48095 (586) 752-7006SUPER BOWL (60) 45100 Ford Rd Canton 48187 (734) 459-6070TEN PINS OF TRENTON (32) 2591 Fort St Trenton 48183 (734) 675-2695THUNDERBOWL LANES (90) 4200 Allen Rd Allen Park 48101 (313) 928-4688TOTAL SPORTS LANES (20) 40501 Production Drive Harrison Township 48045 (586) 463-2000TROY LANES (40) 1950 E Square Lake Rd Troy 48085 (248) 879-8122TURBO 2-N-1 RESEARCH FACILITY (2) 46460 Continental Chesterfield 48047 (586) 598-3948UNIVERSAL LANES (28) 2101 E 12 Mile Rd Warren 48092 (586) 751-2828VISION LANES (32) 38250 Ford Rd Westland 48185 (734) 641-8181WATERFORD LANES (40) 7100 Cooley Lake Road Waterford 48327 (248) 366-4778WAYNE BOWL & RECREATION (40) 36900 Michigan Ave Wayne 48184 (734) 721-7530WONDERLAND LANES (40) 8265 Richardson Rd Commerce Township 48390 (248) 363-7131WOODHAVEN CENTER (36) 20000 Van Horn Rd Woodhaven 48183 (734) 675-3554WOODLAND LANES (32) 33775 Plymouth Rd Livonia 48150 (734) 522-4515

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PBA Commissioner Tom Clark addressesaccusations of influencing teams’ picks in PBA League draft

The Philadelphia Hitmen made Ronnie Russell the first of 16 players picked in thedraft for the 2017 PBA League, but retired star Mike Fagan made the biggest newswith an allegation that PBA CEO and Commissioner Tom Clark influenced teams’picks.

Here is Fagan’s post on Facebook:”Sad state of affairs tonight. I gave 14 years of my life to the PBA, competing andvolunteering my time as chair of the player committee to make things better for theplayers. I was eligible for the PBA league (I still pay my dues!) within the rules of thedraft and I come to find out that the commissioner was visiting all the teams to‘remind’ them to pick active players and mentioning myself and Mika Koivuniemi werenot actively competing. Some teams took this as we were not eligible for the draft. Iam not disappointed about not being selected, because I believe it’s important topass the torch, but I would have liked it to not be under false pretenses and manipu-lation.”

Needless to say, Fagan’s post created a long thread of comments. Fagan retired from the PBA Tour to study for an MBA at the University of Califor-

nia-Berkley. Koivuniemi retired to become coach of the United Arab Emirates.Clark said in an exchange of messages that “there was never any indication that

they (Fagan and Koivuniemi) were ineligible” for the draft made to any of the PBALeague managers.

Clark had indicated prior to the draft that the two were inactive, including in a replyto me when I asked for the draft list, which I posted. The two players also have beeninactive for more than a year, he noted.

“One team seriously considered Mika but did not submit his name,” Clark said.“No team mentioned Fagan during the draft. If any team thought they were ineligiblethey were wrong. Their names were on the sheet, anyone on the sheet was eligible,and I did not veto one pick. Every single pick that was made by a manager wasapproved.

“As I told the managers before the draft in an email, there was a lot at stake andthere would be an enhanced approval process where we basically put the devil’sadvocate argument to each manager on almost every pick — not singling out anyone— in order to gain total conviction from the manager on those selections, and everypick they made was confirmed and not vetoed.

“Bottom line, I feel horrible that Fagan or anyone else feels like they didn’t havefair opportunity. Nothing was personal. If it was personal, I am as big a fan of Faganand Mika and others that didn’t get picked as anyone.

“There was no forcing teams to take anyone, and these managers are strongwilled — as we want in these positions. But there was a stricter or more challengingprocess of approving picks, looking for as much fairness as possible. Certainly needto reexamine the process. Any draft is highly emotional and with so many varyingbusiness interests and individual circumstances, there was going to be people whowere upset. The only people i really think of during draft day are those who don’t getselected but deserve to be.”

In a response on Facebook, Fagan said that ”Saying I was ‘inactive’ is false, sinceI played in 2 PBA events in the last 3 months. Certainly not a full schedule butinactive implies unable to compete. Furthermore, why single myself or Mika out atall? Let each team do their own due diligence to decide on selections.”

Fagan competed in the PBA Tour Xtra Frame event in Delaware and a PBARegional in Sonoma, California.

The 2017 PBA League will begin with a new 7-game round-robin team competitionon April 13 to determine the seeding for the finals that will be taped April 15-16.ESPN will air the two quarterfinal rounds of PBA League competition on four Sun-days: April 23 and 30, and May 7 and 14.

This story originally was posted onNov. 2. The social media firestormthat followed Mike Fagan’s statementand my story was intense.

In a message exchange, PBA CEOand Commissioner Tom Clarkexplained things about the draft that Ididn’t know in advance, and Iencouraged him to lay them out in apost I would add to this story.

Here it is:Regarding the recent PBA LeagueDraft, one question that has come upfrequently has been, “Why was thePBA talking to the managers duringthe draft?”On the draft show, it was intentionalto illustrate for interested parties(sponsors, fans, PBA members) thatthere was a discussion between the

team managers and the PBA before every pick was confirmed.For clarity and background, the managers don’t own their teams. The PBA ownsevery team and is completely responsible for the PBA League. So the PBA hasmembers and business partners supporting it that rightfully do not want the Leagueto be a, “friends list, old-boys network,” or to see teams chosen with obvious bias,such as on the basis of bowling ball company affiliation. Also, no one wants a clearlydeserving player to be overlooked by a team just because that player doesn’t havethe right connections. There are many other fears/conspiracies about team makeupthat the PBA needs to do our best to protect against for our interested parties.For the most part over the years, the team managers, all completely aware of theseconcerns, have been exemplary through different iterations of the draft. But from thestart of this League concept, the danger of it becoming a club that was uninviting toworthy people each year has always been a concern, and it has become an elevatedconcern as the League has grown in stature.So, to take the responsibility of protecting those fairness ideals on myself, for the firsttime in the stated rules of the League this year we instituted a “commissioner’s veto”power on draft selections (after first allowing all the managers to protect whateverthree players they wanted from last year’s teams). The team managers were madeaware of this new draft pick approval process and veto power weeks prior to the draftand agreed to it.To be clear, at the draft this week I never used the veto power. And, no manager’spick was changed or impacted during the approval process. I did challenge everymanager on their picks by giving them the most obvious criticisms of any selectionand by pointing out several people available in looking at the draft pool together thatwere ranked higher on a recent performance list provided all managers, so therewould be an understanding that all were considered. After that conversation duringevery selection, when the manager backed up their decision and owned it withplausible reasoning, I approved the pick. Again, I never changed a pick or forced anymanager to change a pick at the draft and any player in the draft pool was completelyeligible to be chosen. Any ultimate selection by this group of passionate, intelligentand strong-willed managers was approved.It seems some players in the draft pool either overlooked or chosen, thought everydiscussion was about them or that they were singled out. While I understand thepersonal nature of the process could lead someone to have this internal angst, this isnot true.Drafts in sports where people are going to be left out, are not “fun” or easy. Evendrafts when everyone knows they will be picked aren’t very fun because someonehas to be in the unenviable position of being picked last. PBA League drafts wherepeople will miss out on participation are both emotional and have economic impact,and I consider everyone’s position, particularly those left out or upset with process. Itis not a fun activity.I can improve, the league can improve, there are a million different ideas andstructures we have either considered will consider moving forward towards that end.The PBA League has always been flexible and willing to change, fix things even onthe fly and will continue to. We also hope to grow the League, so more people can beinvolved, knowing there will always be issues.Players going to social media making emotional, unsubstantiated claims beforefinding out facts is unfortunate, irresponsible and can be damaging. This will be atopic for the new PBA Player Committee to help improve the PBA.Thanks for caring about the PBA League. Please enjoy the US Open this week andthe World Series to close out the year.

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Don’t Avoid Level 3Bowling, etc.

Phil GoodmanFigure 8 Networking

was, “I just wish we could avoid Level3.” Preparation at this level is intense.Auto companies must prepare theauto dealers to train the customers onthe appropriate response to a varietyof potential occurrences in whichthedriver must take control of the ve-hicle. Drivers must always remain alerteven though disengaged from opera-tion of the vehicle 99.9% of the time.Communication among the manufac-turers, dealers, and customers mustbe consistent as new features areadded as well as unexpected ob-stacles being discovered. This levelrequires the most effort in terms ofcustomer engagement.

In comparison, Level 1 otherwiseknown as the “Casual” one, requireslimited and sometimes no effort on thepart of bowling center operators. Thecasual bowler may come into the cen-ter because an outdoor event wascancelled due to weather conditionsand they still want to recreate in anindoor facility. Maybe someone fromthe bowling center left coupons atbusinesses throughout the communityand a few new customers camethrough the door. Marketing forfundraising events, company outings,and birthday parties is another way todraw the casual bowler into the cen-ter. Kids Bowl Free, if implementedwithout database follow up, is consid-ered a Level 1 program. Social mediaalso draws in the casual bowler.

Going beyond Level 1 to the nextstage requires some time and effort.Guiding bowlers to come to your cen-ter for 10-12 weeks has many faces.Going into schools with Bowler’s Edand creating subsequent after schoolclubs is one example that keeps grow-ing every year. The High SchoolBowlers who only participate for the3-month season also fall into the Level2 category. Taking a group from asingle fundraising event to a short sea-son fundraising bowling league takesa little bit of effort as well. Personally,this has been done with churches anda youth football league. Going lane tolane talking to bowlers can often re-sult in new bowlers trying a short sea-son club for the first time. Similar tothe autonomous vehicle development,going to Level 3 is significantly morechallenging.

As noted at the beginning of thearticle, my friend wants to completelyavoid Level 3. I have read some ar-ticles on the subject, and he is not theonly one. However, this level is a criti-cal point in the transition to fully au-tonomous vehicles as well as fully en-gaged customers who from an emo-tional/behavioral standpoint automati-cally come to the bowling center for30+ weeks per year. We cannot avoidit. Similar to the auto industry, the tran-sition requires effort from both the cus-tomers and bowling center operators.It is team oriented.

Most of my time is currently spentdrawing the first 2 levels of bowlers tocenters, and the following basic rec-ommendations to transition them tothe next level are made: coaches fornew youth bowlers participating in

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Earlier this month, I was at a bowl-ing center from 3:30pm-6:30pm. Dur-ing this time, the bowling center had ahigh school team practicing, a newBus and Bowl 10-week club in whichthey were driven directly from schoolto the center, the 6th/final week of aschool family outing, and a small tra-ditional league. The variety of stagesof customer engagement immediatelymade me think of a conversation I hadwith one of my friends. This friend isan engineer working with one of theauto companies in the developmentof autonomous vehicles. In one of ourconversations, he noted 5 levels ofprogression in the development andimplementation of the vehicles. In lay-man terms, let’s refer to Level 1 asthe “Casual” one. In this stage, the carprovides a few automatic features likesteering and acceleration. For our pur-poses, Level 2 will be called the “De-velopmental” stage. At this level, thedriver is able to remove his hands/feetfrom the steering wheel/accelerator insome situations and the car com-pletely takes over. I believe automaticparallel parking falls into this category.In levels 4 and 5, the “Fully Autono-mous” stages, the driver can be com-pletely removed from vehicle opera-tion with the only difference being con-ditions in which the autonomous fea-tures are suited.

Level 3 will be referred to as the“Transitional” stage for us and the“scary” one for the auto companies.In this level, the vehicle is autonomousexcept in certain emergent situations.My friend’s comment about this level

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December 2016 Bowling Showcase News Page 11

Silky.Smooth.Balanced.Those are a few of the words that

come to mind when describing thedelivery of Marshall Holman during thedays he was considered one ofbowling’s “big three” along with EarlAnthony and Mark Roth.

Silky.Smooth.Balanced.Those are a few of the words that

come to mind when describing thewines of John Quinones, one of themost respected and honored vintnersfrom California’s Napa Valley to south-ern Oregon’s Rogue River Valley.

Holman and Quinones met at theRogue Valley Country Club severalyears ago through a mutual friend.Early on, Holman did not know aboutQuinones’ status as a winemaker forsuch esteemed estates as Lyeth, ClosPegase, and now RoxyAnn.

“It certainly never occurred to methat John was someone I might be abusiness partner with,” Holman says.

But today that’s exactly what theyare. Quinones has decided to revivehis own Diamondback label, dormantfor close to a decade, and haspartnered with Holman to sell it.

“I didn’t want someone who was awine salesman,” Quinones says. “Wemake wines that you don’t need to sell;they speak for themselves. We sellfriendship.”

The timing was right for Holman.After splitting with his long-time wifeand business partner, he was readyfor a change.

“I bring the same thing [to the winebusiness] that I brought to bowling andthe tax business: enthusiasm,”Holman says. “It’s fun to have passionfor something new at 61. It’s a prettycool thing.”

STRIKES MEBy Bob Johnson

Bowlers Journal International

It’s Vintage Holman

Holman admits to still being “a neo-phyte” when it comes to wine. But he’slearning. He could be even furtheralong had a colleague at CBS Sportsduring his broadcasting days not beenquite so enthusiastic about fine wines.

“Our assistant director was quitethe wine guy, and when we’d go outfor our Thursday night productionmeeting, we’d enjoy some very finewines,” Holman recalls. “I didn’t knowmuch, but I was learning. Then theexpense account came under scru-tiny, and those dinners kind of wentaway.”

The learning curve began anewwhen Quinones and Holman decidedto team up with the Diamondback re-vival. For instance, Holman recalls“not liking Port at all” when he was in-troduced to it by an ESPN producer,but he now “loves” the Port-style winemade by Quinones called “BellaForte.”

He also has come to appreciateother varieties made by Quinones, in-cluding Diamondback’s estate-grownChardonnay and Merlot from south-ern Oregon, and a Pinot Noir fromCalifornia’s Mendocino County.

To further educate his palate, at thesuggestion of Quinones, Holman nowhas a glass of wine instead of a glassof beer following each round of golf. “Ican find out what I like and don’t like,”he says. “It’s a growing process, andI’m enjoying it.”

Quinones was not unfamiliar withHolman’s bowling background whenthey met.

“I played a lot of sports in highschool, and we’d go bowling,” he re-calls. “I remember watching [Holman]on TV on Saturday afternoons. Hestood out because he was fiery.”

And now, Holman brings that com-petitive spark, in a refined sort of way,to the world of wine.

“In the tax business, I had to dealwith all the complaints,” he says.“There seem to be a lot of people com-plaining in bowling today, too.

“In the wine business, people arehaving fun. They’re enjoying a beauti-ful drink that enlists nothing but smiles.I’m happy to be in a business wherethere’s a lot more smiling involved.”

Cheers to that.

Bob Johnson is Editor of Bowl-ing Center Management and SeniorEditor of Bowlers Journal Interna-tional. He has won more than 70national writing awards over thecourse of his career. For BowlersJournal subscription information,visit www.bowlersjournal.com.