OCTOBER 2013 -
9
P. J. Haggerty Wins
Third Don Glover
Masters Title
By: Bette Addington
Bakersfield, CA--The seventh annual Don Glover
Masters Scratch Tournament drew a field of 45 en-
trants the weekend of October 5 & 6 at Regency
Bowling Center. This all-wood center had just had the
lanes re-coated and new for the event this year, it
switched from using the unique Glover oil pattern to
the Bourbon Street pattern. This year’s event had just
about everything for a spectator to keep the momen-
tum going! To start off with, all four past Glover cham-
pions came to compete—Scott Norton, P.J. Haggerty,
Jeff Frankos and Eddie VanDaniker, Jr. And, all four
of them did not disappoint as they all made it into the
Top 20 Semi-Finals! And, all four of them placed in
the tournament!!
But the two qualifying squads on Saturday had their
moments. We had two bowlers pick up the 7-10 split
and both were Bakersfield bowlers—Diz Francisco
and Jess Stayrook (Dave Wodka also picked it up
during Sunday morning’s Match Play Finals). Squad
B had a 300 game shot for the first game by Mike
DeVaney. Excitement was brewing for the Top 20
Semi-Finals that took place Saturday after Squad B
finished up. Paul Bober, who recently moved to Santa
Monica from Morton Grove, IL, posted consistently
high games that landed him the number one spot for
the Sunday’s Top 10 Match Play Finals averaging 242
for 6 games. Carlie Medina III was the only Bakers-
field bowler to make the Top 10, and he secured the
number two spot averaging 239, just twenty pins be-
low Bober. Former Glover Champion, Scott Norton,
just missed making the Top 10 and placed 11
th
at +93.
Sunday morning’s Top Ten had five EBI ball staff
members in the mix. Leading the Match Play compe-
tition, Paul Bober for C300, Dave Wodka and Steve
Smith representing Ebonite, Keith Laing for Hammer,
and Jeff Frankos also for C300. The nine games of
Match Play had Bakersfield’s Carlie Medina III take
over the number one position after first game after
rolling a nice 268 game. Medina III was the only left-
hander in the Top 10. He lost his next game and
dropped from leading to fourth at which time P.J.
Haggerty and Bobby Campagnale took over the top
two spots as they were consistently winning their
matches. But then, defending Glover Champion,
Eddie VanDaniker, Jr., shot a 277 after five game and
took over the top spot and held that top spot through
the nine games. The tenth game was a position
round which matched VanDaniker, Jr. (3737) against
P. J. Haggerty (3685) which Haggerty won with the
highest game of the day, a 288.
The Top Five were then set for the Roll-Off. The fifth
seed, Andrew Graff, who made an impressive run to
secure making it into the roll-off, was first up against
fourth seed, Carlie Medina III. Medina commanded
the match and won 256-177. Next up, Medina took on
third seed Bobby Campagnale, who was the only two-
handed bowler in the tournament. This match had
Campagnale start strong with a five bagger and Me-
dina struggling after opening in the fifth, but Medina
came back with four strikes to be within 10 pins. Me-
dina barely won 214-212 with Campagnale getting a
split in the tenth. Medina then faced second seed,
Eddie VanDaniker, Jr. and their match was close until
Medina opened in the ninth frame which cost him the
match 203-245.
The final match-up was between 2012 defending
Glover champion, VanDaniker, Jr., and top seed and
two-time (2007 & 2011) Glover champion, P.J.
Haggerty. Haggerty wasted no time striking in the
front six frames. VanDaniker, Jr., started with an
open but couldn’t stay with the pace Haggerty set and
ended up losing 172-258.
P. J. Haggerty, who was accompanied by wife,
Janay, was thrilled to again win this title and would
like to thank ―Storm, Roto Grip, KT Tape and Vise
Inserts for their great products.‖ Haggerty used the
Defiant Soul, Deranged and Totally Defiant balls at
this event.
7
th
annual Don Glover Masters Scratch Tournament
Results:
Oct. 5-6, 2013, Regency Bowling Center
11th – Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, CA (1293) $150
10th – Dave Wodka, Henderson, NV (3474) $200
9th – Keith Laing, Culver City, CA (3501) $250
8th – Steve Smith, San Diego, CA (3627) $300
7th – Paul Bober, Santa Monica, CA (3668) $370
6th – Jeff Frankos, San Francisco, CA (3682) $425
5th – Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, NV $500
4th – Bobby Campagnale, San Bernardino, CA $600
3rd – Carlie Medina III, Bakersfield, CA $1,000
2nd – Eddie VanDaniker, Jr., Chatsworth, CA $1,500
1st – P.J. Haggerty, Roseville, CA $3,000
Special thanks to our 2013 Glover Masters event
sponsors: Bakersfield Convention & Visitors Bureau,
Ebonite, The Bowlers Edge Pro Shop, Fabrications by
Addington, Phantom Radio, Mark Baker Bowling,
Robb’s Pro Shop and WeShipYouSave.Com.
P.J. Haggerty
