[nfbwatlk] score one for the seniors

[Bennett]

Well, that was five games and a few beers too.  (grin.)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Sellers" <robertsellers500 at comcast.net>
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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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