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Bowling

USBC rejects teen's 900 series

By ERIC MUSKATEVC
Published January 6, 2006

GREENDALE, Wis. - Before you go and throw that 900, make sure you have done your homework.

That's the lesson 17-year-old Robert Mushtare from Fort Drum, N.Y., learned last week.

After a "thorough investigation" according to the U.S. Bowling Congress, a 900 series by Mushtare on Nov. 5 was administratively rejected by the USBC.

The series, which was submitted as having occurred during a prebowling session for the Pine Plains Junior/Senior League at Pine Plains Bowling Center, was denied because Mushtare lacked a valid USBC Youth membership and the league was not USBC certified on the date the score was rolled.

Mushtare is appealing.

Here's how the red tape flared up. The Watertown USBC Youth Bowling Association did not receive Mushtare's membership card and league certification applications until Nov. 18.

USBC rules require such information be submitted within 30 days of the start of the league's schedule. Since Mushtare's league started Sept. 17, the 30-day grace period ended Oct. 16.

According to USBC rules, because the information was received after the end of the grace period, services such as award recognition began the date the information was received.

HALL OF FAME: None of the 15 regular professional candidates considered for election into the U.S. Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 2006 received enough votes for induction, USBC Hall of Fame Committee chairman Paul Egbers announced.

To win election, a candidate must be named on 70 percent of ballots cast by USBC's panel of veteran bowling writers, committee members and Hall of Famers.

Nominees in the women's regular professional category were Shirley Hintz-Levens, Cheryl Robinson and Debra McMullen.

In the men's regular professional category, nominees were Del Ballard Jr., Tom Baker, Gene Stus, Rick Steelsmith, Jeff Richgels, John Handegard, Lennie Boresch Jr., Mickey Higham, Harry Sullins, Pete McCordic, Jim Pencak and John Hriscina. All regular professional candidates will be carried over for consideration in 2007.

The inaugural USBC Hall of Fame class will include five individuals elected by the USBC Hall of Fame Committee in November.

Rick and Ron Pollard of Versailles, Ind., and Nancy Fehr of Cincinnati will be inducted into the nonprofessional category. John Sommer Jr. of Rockford, Ill., and Fran Deken of Coweta, Okla., will be recognized for meritorious service when ceremonies are held April 20 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.

SAD NEWS: A bowler in Portage, Mich., collapsed and died at an alley shortly after rolling the third perfect game of his life.

Ed Lorenz, 69, bowled a 300 Wednesday in his first league game of the night at Airway Lanes.

When the retiree got up to bowl in the fifth frame of his second game, he clutched his chest and fell, and efforts to revive him failed. "If he could have written a way to go out, this would be it," said Johnny D. Masters, who was bowling with Lorenz.

Lorenz bowled in four Kalamazoo-area leagues and had been bowling since 1957. Since 2002, his bowling achievements include three 300 games, a 299 game, two 298 games, two games of 11 strikes in a row and two 800 series.

Lorenz ended last season with a 223 average. In May, Lorenz was inducted into the Kalamazoo Metro Bowling Association Hall of Fame, according to the Associated Press.

NABI: Club 577 will be at AMF Bradenton on Sunday. The jackpot is at $290 and the strike pot is at $325. For more information, call (863) 667-4779 or check centralflorida.bowlnabi.com.

SEMINOLE TOURNEY: The next singles/doubles tournament at Seminole Lanes will be March 4-5. Squad times will be at 1, 3, 5 and 7 p.m. on March 4 and at 10 a.m. noon, 2 and 5 p.m. Singles entry fee is $16 and doubles cost $20.

It is open to all sanctioned bowlers. Interested parties should contact Bob Fryer at (727) 251-2356 for reservations and more information.

Eric Muskatevc can be e-mailed at Emuskatevc@aol.cmo

SEMINOLE LANES - Alex O'Neill bowled his first 300 as a 13-year old in YABA. Vince Morrone was just shy with a 299. Cindy Hall scored a 259-740 to lead the ladies, and Michael Schuyler (Avg. 159, 643), and Ron Demillion (276) also led men's scores. High scores from the Match Game Am league came from Cindy Gieschen (552), Charlotte Levine (552), Libby Vallario (546), Kandy Falvey (511), and Pam Lewis (508).

TEN PIN LANES - Glen Hewlett (723), Rich Desgrosiellier (711), Tom Robinson (668), Rick Maxey (664), Spanky Adam (646), Jason Pettry (638), Mike Dispenza (632), and Bill Strunk (631) led the men. For the ladies it was Robin Hintz (617), Jen Layton (604), Carey Blackwelder (590), Sandi Lubisco (560), Ida Obrian (534), Joan Ulberg (510), and Deb Bailey (506). Good senior scores came from Ken Bayley (597), Bob Hendrickson (595), Frank Buffa (582), Jim Callus (552), and Dave DeLorenzo (502) for the men and Claudia Patton (494), Joan Hendrickson (481), Ruth Lenberger (472), Margaret Grover (458), and Mary Girourd (450) for the senior women. In youth play, Evan Walker (558), Tom Nahon (546), Chris Ellis (528), and Geri Leitner (412) all bowled well.

TARPON LANES - John Ledner (214/555) and Al Towle (223/538) led Lake Tarpon, Senior Men leaders were Jim Hawthorne (229-217/641) and Wes Jones (246-203/632). Joe Riendeau led the Key West crew with a 264-245/732 and the Industrial group with a 238-230/693, followed by Scott Smith (257-242/691). Gary Campbell led Stonehedge with a 200/551.

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