1959 Miami News AMF Championship Bowling Special
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- Historic 1959 telecast, broadcast only to the Miami and South Florida area, of the Miami News AMF Championship Bowling Special, pitting pro bowlers Ed Lubanski and his local teammates against Billy Welu and his local teammates in a Scotch Doubles event. The way the format works is this: The pros are each paired with three teammates, one of whom is the PBA player's doubles partner each game in a Scotch Doubles match against the other doubles team. In this version of Scotch Doubles, the pros start the match and as long as they strike, they hold their turn and throw the next ball, too. Otherwise, the players on the team take turns throwing the first ball in the frame. In this unique telecast, Ed Lubanski got up to roll the first ball for his team in Game 2 and never ceded his turn back to either of his partners in those final two games. He just kept striking...until he threw back-to-back 300 games, a feat that has not been equalled on television in all the years since. Oh, in case you don't notice on screen, Ed Lubanski bowled with two fingers in the ball -- his middle finger and thumb. Telecast just once, and just locally, from the Miami Bowling Palace in 1959. Steve Ellis is the emcee. The play-by-play announcer is none other than ABC Hall of Famer and former National Champion Lee Jouglard, one of the few successful three-step bowlers on the pro bowlers tour. The action starts to pick up at the :26:15 mark in the video when Game 2 begins.
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Thank-you for putting this Bowling History on UA-cam!!
I have this on film. I got it from Dan Ottman in the 80s. Dan went to
Central Michigan University.Years later they were cleaning and organizing the library . A student called Dan and asked if he wanted it. Dan knew Eddie was my coach and if I wanted it. One night after Summer Doubles at AllStar bowl in Utica Michigan we went back to Dan's House with Nick Cipiti ,Marc Molasivech ,Trey Edwards ,Jimmy Lauracella .Dan rented a projector and we watched it. I took the film and made copies for everyone on VHS. Years later Frank Pizziketti put it on UA-cam. BowlingOldies later also put it on UA-cam. It is great to watch this historic event.
I drive by that place every day. It's a storage facility now. Kinda cool knowing the history.
I agree
Over 60 years later.... And we still haven't seen anything like this since. All time best Televised performance.
Rest in peace Welu, we loved you and you were a real gentleman and talent, sad to lose you so early in your life.
For such a big man, he bowled with such subtly and grace.
I really enjoyed watching him bowl. Like Fred Astare for bowling. So smooth.
so far ive watched him bowl 6 different matches and he has lost each time. frustrating. Loved his commentary as well
They kept track of the marks, in the scoring too. Used to do that in league bowling until automatic scorers took over.
Ahh the magic triangle, don't we guys love it. Do not care who's upload this is, it was cool to watch.
I learned to bowl on this AMF . The pinspotters
I was amazed when I saw the pinsetters up close. Love this!!
Thanks for this classic look into the past that is just as good as any games today.
I like the way they kept score writing on a piece of paper. everything is digital now.
reminds me of a game i bowled in an amf 10- lane house back in the 1960's
called - Classic Lanes, and my mom was keeping score
and i rolled 11 strikes in a row but went wide on the last shot and left 3 pins for a 297 game.
back then that was a rare achievement and they put up the score sheet on the wall for people to see.
nowadays 300 games are almost an every day occurrence.
i kept the score sheet later but it was lost over the years so i just have the memories
of my game and my mom keeping score.
Fascinating, really, whomever uploaded it. Historical. Thanks!
I presume this was a kinescope rescued from a trash can at WPLG (formerly WLBW) Channel 10 Miami.
Thank goodness someone found and rescued this footage.
Call letters for Channel 10 at that time were WPST. WPST lost its license in 1961, in some shady dealing.
Im just now seeing this for the first time. What accuracy that must have taken to throw 24 straight on TV
holy CRAP ARE YOU KIDDING ME HERE? gotta be the biggest turnaround in the history of scotch doubles ANYWHERE, EVER. if i owned that tv station i would have called and insisted he bowl another solo game just to see if he could get a doggone 900. all he/they won was a…a…a trophy? thats IT?
So a few observations on this...
Welu and Lubanski were the touring pros, Welu likely had an edge on bowling talent vs. Lubanski. However, on this format, I think Ed's first goal was to be aggressive..try to sway the odds to his team by limiting the shots his amateur partner had to make. This is likely what caused the first perfect game.
Now the second one I think is a confluence of factors...
1. Lubanski could repeat shots and strongly posts his shot with his palm facing down and back on his balance arm, allows the right shoulder to become a power source. It's essential a mirrored version of Earl Anthony's shot post.
2. They're bowling in Miami in the heart of the summer, on wood lanes and hard rubber balls. When lanes in those temperate conditions dry up, it's friction city, and even more so due to the wood/rubber surfaces...Lubanski only used only 1 finger, which increases his accuracy, but naturally limits the revs a bowler can create. Plus, his ideal line looked like it was up 15-16...about the only place there was still any decent oil. So they actually opened up a bit for him: if he tugged it a board, the oil and the 1 finger roll would allow the ball to hold the line...if he got it wide 2-3 boards like he did in the 10th, the 1 finger low rev roll prevented the ball from diving into the nose.
So basically, the situation set up for Lubanski to bowl well. He probably would be expected to shoot 240-250, but his talent, composure, and accuracy allowed him to accomplish a completely incredible feat in 1959, something that still hasn't been matched in over 60 years. Impressive would be an understatement.
This, of course, was an exhibition -- NOT an official PBA event. The first time back-to-back 300 games were rolled in an official PBA tournament it was a Southwest Regional tournament, and the pro bowler was a young man named Chuy Casteñada of El Paso, TX. Chuy worked at Thunderbird Lanes in El Paso where I first met him and he gave me some lessons and suggested I turn pro. He pointed me in that direction and gave me a few pointers to get started on a path of improvement. A few years later, under the tutelage of another guy I met in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, I did, indeed, become a PBA member. Never as a career objective, but to satisfy my competitive jones. But Chuy left a lasting impression on this young impressionable hippie disc jockey who loved to bowl, and I was so proud of him when I first heard of his awesome accomplishment.
Wow, thank you for the upload. I have on audio cassette tape Mark Roth's first ever TV appearance - The 1972 Brunswick Memorial World Open. It's audio only, and hope to have it transferred to CD. I hope someone has the video of this! The date of the telecast was November 25, 1972.
Ty for posting this vid. I lived a half mile from the Palace
What's there now ?
@@joeambrose3260 I believe it’s a public self storage place
@@SupermanChiChi That's phucked up
41:43
"I don't know if we'll ever see anything like that again."
Funny you should mention that.
30:23 .. me and my grandpa laughed hysterically seeing that!
Oops. The camera work otherwise was fine except for that one moment where either the director or the cameraman had a brain fart.
@@shawnhall5322 It's comedic relief.
And Ed bowled both 300s with just the thumb and middle finger.
Interesting! I assumed he was using a ball without a hole for the thumb when I heard that it only had two holes.
Note, Ed Lubanski used the old 2 hole grip. Today's bowlers wouldn't last against against these bowlers and conditions
how so? athletes of today perform so much better than ones of this era due to a much vaster understanding of bowling, the human body, and training in general.
modern bowlers would fucking decimate anyone from this era, given an adjustment period.
you sound like a total fucking idiot, and your statement completely lacks any sort of logic.
Lubanski was a promising baseball pitcher but gave it up for bowling.
Ruth and Dempsey and Eddie Lubansky- timeless words from a great announcer!
This one is older than me
How is Eddie Lubanski not in the Hall of Fame?
WTF ? That's wack
@@joeambrose3260 it’s a travesty that Ed lubanski is not in the hall of fame considering some of the clowns that are there
Ed is in multiple HoFs
I was thinking PBA Hall of Fame, but maybe he predated the PBA.
@@shawnhall5322 Only 1 PBA Title . He was the 1st president and charter member. Lots of titles before PBA.
That's when bowling pin point style was the best. Then along came Nelson Burton Jr.
Did they use lane conditioner (oil) in those days ?, getting a lump of rubber to move that many boards with next to no lift on it seems impossible.
it's almost like the amount of oil is relative to the balls ability to move, otherwise it would be a pointless game where everyone rolled straight.
why would you post this when google exists?
@@psychwardsandSCENE Maybe as a lane maintenance & dresser for over 30 years it seemed pertinent for me to ask the question.
@@no1froggy even though the answer is BEYOND OBVIOUS and google exists?
anyone who worked the lanes would know the answer to your question. you're either lying or you had too much to drink this morning, and it sure seems like the former.
is this some sort of joke? wtf?
@@psychwardsandSCENE No joke, but it seems you know more so please enlighten us all as to the "beyond obvious", & no i am not lying.
@@no1froggy it's beyond obvious because it's common knowledge. its beyond obvious because its mentioned ALL THE TIME ON THESE VIDEOS. it's beyond obvious because you can SEE THE BALLS MOTION. IF THERE WAS NO OIL IT WOULD GRIP UP AND HOOK RIGHT AWAY. EVERYONE WHO BOWLS KNOWS THIS, AND IT TAKES 1 GOOGLE SEARCH TO FIND IT OUT.
how the fuck can someone be this fucking ignorant? how can someone work the lanes and not fucking know that they oiled lanes back then? it's painfully obvious that you're either lying or mentally disabled; it seems like both to me.
Here's one time when a UA-cam commenter is fully justified in saying, "Well, I could do that too." Me and Eddie could have won, no problem! :)
Looks like you uploaded my video
I wish I had a dollar for every time someone uploaded one of my videos.
I wish I had a million dollars.
36:43 54:43
R.I.P ED LUBANSKI
R.I.P ED LUBANSKI
RIP almost everyone in this video.