[nfbwatlk] score one for the seniors

Mon May 12 22:33:37 CDT 2008

If they'd just reverse the scoring so that gutterballs got top score ...

Mike Freeman
... "It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly." -- Anatole 
France

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Sellers
  To: 'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'
  Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 5:31 PM
  Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] score one for the seniors

  Ben, you told me that you had bowled 300 once.
   But, that you had to total your score for 5 games. (smile)

  Bob

  -----Original Message-----
  From: nfbwatlk-bounces+robertsellers500=comcast.net at nfbnet.org
  [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces+robertsellers500=comcast.net at nfbnet.org] On 
Behalf
  Of Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)
  Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 7:08 AM
  To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
  Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] score one for the seniors

  Hi Albert and Listers,

  Sure would like to be able to bowl like that guy does.

  Albert, I think I might have a rail.  Contact me off list.

  /s/

  Bennett Prows-----Original Message-----
  From: nfbwatlk-bounces+bjprows=comcast.net at nfbnet.org
  [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces+bjprows=comcast.net at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
  Albert Sanchez
  Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 5:44 AM
  To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
  Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] score one for the seniors

  Hi All,
  Haven't bowled in many years but sounds like this old guy was really 
on
  a
  tear! My highest score was 138. Sure would like to know where I can 
buy
  arail. A.S.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Carl Jarvis" <carjar at olypen.com>
  To: "nfbw" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 4:15 PM
  Subject: [nfbwatlk] score one for the seniors

  > Legally blind man, 78, bowls perfect game
  > May 9, 2008 - 4:27pm
  >
  > ALTA, Iowa (AP) - A 78-year-old legally blind man nicknamed "The
  Hammer"
  > has
  > bowled a perfect game. Dale Davis of Alta, Iowa, nailed 12 
consecutive
  > strikes and reached 300 on Saturday night during league play.
  >
  > "It's a great sport. It's something the young, the old and the
  handicapped
  > can do," Davis said Thursday. "I guess I count as the old and
  > handicapped."
  >
  > Davis has suffered from macular degeneration, a chronic eye disease,
  for
  > the
  > past decade. He can't see out of his left eye and has limited
  peripheral
  > vision in his right eye.
  >
  > Davis' perfect game came at a roll-off to conclude the league season
  at a
  > four-lane alley in the small northwest Iowa community of about 1,800
  > people.
  >
  > Century Lanes owner Clem Ledoux said Davis' game didn't draw much
  > attention
  > until he reached 10 strikes. That's when folks poured out of the bar
  to
  > watch his final two shots.
  >
  > Davis, who stands 5-foot-8 and just 115 pounds, threw a "Brooklyn,"
  where
  > a
  > right-hander strikes the left side of the head pin, for his final
  strike.
  > The feat brought wild cheers from Davis' fellow bowlers and 
onlookers.
  >
  > "It went down there and somebody hollered 'Brooklyn!' It was just a
  solid
  > sound in the pocket," said Davis, whose average score is 180. "It 
was
  > quite
  > a thrill. For just a few minutes there I felt like a pro."
  >
  > Davis, who earned his unique moniker as a child from his blacksmith
  > father,
  > moved from California to live with his sister in Iowa shortly after
  losing
  > sight in his left eye in 1997.
  >
  > She encouraged him to start bowling again. Davis now bowls twice a
  week,
  > and
  > his fellow bowlers help him with pin placement and in making sure he
  picks
  > up the right ball.
  >
  > Davis said the only time he sees the ball is when he picks it up, 
but
  he
  > can
  > usually tell how his throw went by sound. All 12 tosses sounded 
great
  to
  > Davis, who bowled the first 300 that Ledoux could recall at the 
alley
  > since
  > he took over in 1984.
  >
  > "He's got good coordination. He's got good timing," Ledoux said.
  "We've
  > always kidded him that we think his bowling ball has eyes."
  >
  >
  > (Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This
  material
  > may
  > not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
  > ALTA, Iowa (AP) - A 78-year-old legally blind man nicknamed "The
  Hammer"
  > has
  > bowled a perfect game. Dale Davis of Alta, Iowa, nailed 12 
consecutive
  > strikes and reached 300 on Saturday night during league play.
  >
  > "It's a great sport. It's something the young, the old and the
  handicapped
  > can do," Davis said Thursday. "I guess I count as the old and
  > handicapped."
  >
  > Davis has suffered from macular degeneration, a chronic eye disease,
  for
  > the
  > past decade. He can't see out of his left eye and has limited
  peripheral
  > vision in his right eye.
  >
  > Davis' perfect game came at a roll-off to conclude the league season
  at a
  > four-lane alley in the small northwest Iowa community of about 1,800
  > people.
  >
  > Century Lanes owner Clem Ledoux said Davis' game didn't draw much
  > attention
  > until he reached 10 strikes. That's when folks poured out of the bar
  to
  > watch his final two shots.
  >
  > Davis, who stands 5-foot-8 and just 115 pounds, threw a "Brooklyn,"
  where
  > a
  > right-hander strikes the left side of the head pin, for his final
  strike.
  > The feat brought wild cheers from Davis' fellow bowlers and 
onlookers.
  >
  > "It went down there and somebody hollered 'Brooklyn!' It was just a
  solid
  > sound in the pocket," said Davis, whose average score is 180. "It 
was
  > quite
  > a thrill. For just a few minutes there I felt like a pro."
  >
  > Davis, who earned his unique moniker as a child from his blacksmith
  > father,
  > moved from California to live with his sister in Iowa shortly after
  losing
  > sight in his left eye in 1997.
  >
  > She encouraged him to start bowling again. Davis now bowls twice a
  week,
  > and
  > his fellow bowlers help him with pin placement and in making sure he
  picks
  > up the right ball.
  >
  > Davis said the only time he sees the ball is when he picks it up, 
but
  he
  > can
  > usually tell how his throw went by sound. All 12 tosses sounded 
great
  to
  > Davis, who bowled the first 300 that Ledoux could recall at the 
alley
  > since
  > he took over in 1984.
  >
  > "He's got good coordination. He's got good timing," Ledoux said.
  "We've
  > always kidded him that we think his bowling ball has eyes."
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