32
- October 2017
SENIOR CLASSIC
secretary/treasurer Don Phillips
Aug. 15
. Position round--When the smoke
cleared team Bad Rack won the half by 1.5
points over team Still Loaded. CONGRAD'S
to Art Tourtillott, Bob Atteberry, Ron John-
son. Top roller was Steve Curless 279/984.
Next were Doug Regelin 237/919
and Gordon Moore 279/910.
The rest of the 800 rollers were Ron Pear-
son 246/811, Mark Correale 237/804, Bob
Atteberry 233/828, Ron Johnson 216/827,
Larry Hilburn 215/805, Craig Hashimoto
221/808, Mal Helmuth 238/882, Gerald Law
256/849 and Mo Snyder 226/842. Singles
were by Don Phillips 227, Hank Miles 234,
Don Sager 224, Lonnie Hare 226 and Bob
Sloan 224.
8/22. End of the summer session. Con-
grad's to team "3 Amigos (Larry Hilburn, Bob
McElman, Dennis Estes) for winning the
summer league.
Top scratch roller was Joe Holesapple
277/952. Other 900's were by Nick DeSte-
fano 257/946, Ron Pearson 279/945 and
Don Phillips 234/900.
The rest of the par shooters were Gerald
Law 233/886, Doug Regelin 277/828, Mike
Nichols 212/811, Larry Hilburn 235/848, Bob
McElman 253/888, Ron Johnson 216/830,
Don Sager 239/875 and Steve Curless
226/809. Nice games were by Bob Sloan
222, Hank Miles 244, Gary Hobbs 224, Cal
Suan 223 and Sam Miller 226.
9/5. New season start for these talented
seniors. Twenty-two teams formed for the
scratch action. High roller was Don Phillips
242/944. Next was Kelly Wright 258/930.
The rest of the top 20 scores were by Skip
Benham 222/822, Anthony Ripchick
223/821, Mike Palmer 267/883, Mike
Schwartz 258/886, Barry Richards 263/808,
Brent Korff 247/870, Mike Decker 225/820,
Cal Suan 236/833, Gary Hobbs 229/831,
Dann Dodd 221/804, Jim Russell 227/827,
Ray Searles 224/845, Hank Miles 222/800,
Steve Adams 229/884, Doug Regelin
252/832, Larry Hilburn 257/829, Dennis Es-
tes 235/884 and Steve Curless 246/881. Top
5 singles were by Mark Correale 234, Mike
Hale 225, Danny Russell 225, Bill Graham
234, Nick DeStefano 234 and Sam Miller
237.
9/12. Leader of the pack was Dennis Estes
254/939. Other 900's were by Ron Johnson
259/913, Ray Searles 275/919 and Kelly
Wright 255/905. Danny Russell 247/801,
Barry Richards 279/852, Steve Adams
234/855, Doug Regelin 234/895, Gary Re-
gallo 236/835, Mal Helmuth 237/875, Jim
Russell 234/885, Mike Decker 267/832,
Monty Lyons 234/818, John Tremblay
205/801 and Mike Schwartz 249/876. Good
games were by Cal Suan 241, Gordon
Moore 232, Mo Snyder 232, Red Gossett
233 and David Kwaczala 235.
Sept. 19. WOW!! Jim Russell was hot from
the parking lot--no practice rolled a great
300/1052 (his first 300).
Seniors in the 900
range were Dennis Es-
tes 279/902, Mike Decker 265/928, Gary
Moore 259/932 and Brent Korff 267/904. Par
rollers were Anthony Ripchick 247/842,
George Senn 279/897, John Tremblay
236/819, Don Sager 222/840, Steve Curless
235/861, Monty Lyons 229/858, Ray Searles
237/869, Cal Suan 222/829, Mal Helmuth
244/887, Doug Regelin 234/824, Art Tourtil-
lott 248/818, Danny Russell 258/814, Barry
Richards 256/872, Larry Hilburn 248/896
and Kelly Wright 234/805.
Nice singles were rolled by Ron Pearson
236, Don Phillips 236, Phillip Moses
243, Mike Schwartz 265, Ron Johnson 255
and Skip Benham 241.
9/26.
All right Doug Regelin 279--278--
243/800/1004. Monty Lyons 269/933. The
rest of the 800+ shooters were Bill Graham
246/839, Mike Schwartz 233/830, Ray Sear-
les 236/859, Jim Rice 233/829, Owl Richard-
son 245/846, Barry Richards 245/874, Steve
Curless 237/837, Skip Benham 245/860,
Don Phillips 227/831, John Tremblay
248/859, Larry Hilburn 247/868, Dennis Es-
tes 249/886, Mike Decker 243/855, Everett
Whiteside 241/845, Gary Regallo 242/861,
Frank Acuna 216/834, Ron Johnson 234/881
and Kelly Wright 247/860. Top 5 games
were by Mike Mayer 257, Hank Miles 236,
Danny Russell 277, Don Sager 237 and
John Miner 233.
Oct.3. Leader of the pack was Rick Knick-
erbocker 269/955. Other 900's were by Kelly
Wright 257/919, Monty Lyons 245/901 and
Steve Curless 248/929. 800 totals were by
Jim Russell 237/839, Ray Searles 269/886,
Gordon Moore 242/853, Doug Regelin
223/847, Mark Correale 234/838, John
Tremblay 247/845, Mike Palmer 233/820,
Nick DeStefano
223/814, Gary Moore 235/871, Barry Rich-
ards 256/849, Lonnie Hare 220/801, Larry
Hilburn 257/855, Dennis Estes 237/846,
Gary Regallo 257/851, Don Phillips 235/815
and Mike Decker 247/893. Nice games were
by Bryant Hicks 231, Mike Hale 234, George
Senn 228, Mike Schwartz 269 and Stan
Seeley 259.
10/10. GEE!! Another 1000 series--Barry
Richards 277/1015. 900's were by Gary Re-
gallo 258/948 and Mike Palmer 280/912.
Par + rollers were Gordon Moore 247/880,
Mike Harris 255/876, Ron Pearson 237/844,
Anthony Ripchick 235/815, Steve Curless
235/898, John Tremblay 230/817, Don Phil-
lips 229/855, Gary Moore 230/814, Monty
Lyons 226/805, Mike Hale 237/810, John
Miner 250/833, Steve Adams 269/875, Ray
Searles 246/851, Bruce Cantrell 229/866
and Dennis Estes 235/844.
Top 5 singles were by Bill Graham 232,
Vern Castro 237, Gary Hobbs 248, Danny
Russell 237 and George Senn 237.
ALBERT MATZELLE, USBC HALL OF FAMER,
DIES AT AGE 100
By Terry Bigham
ARLINGTON, Texas –
Albert Matzelle of
Milwaukee, a United States Bowling Congress
Hall of Fame member and a former executive
director of the ABC, died Tuesday. He was
100.
He was inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame
for meritorious service in 1995 after working in
the bowling industry for nearly 60 years.
Born April 11, 1917, Matzelle started with
ABC in 1938 as a temporary clerk, typing envelopes for the rulebooks. In
1942, he was drafted to serve in a field artillery unit during World War II.
He would return to ABC in 1946 and eventually head the Rules Depart-
ment. He was an expert in the rules area, and instituted the handicap scor-
ing tables and league schedules that still are in use today.
Matzelle served as assistant executive director to Frank Baker starting in
1953. Upon Baker’s retirement in 1972, Matzelle assumed the post where
he would serve until his retirement in 1977.
―It was a period of dramatic growth with the introduction of the automatic
pinsetters, synthetic coated pins and synthetic lanes,‖ Matzelle told Bowling
Magazine prior to his induction into the hall of fame. ―The tremendous tech-
nological changes in the industry during that time created more space for
proprietors and produced a huge surge in membership.‖
Following his retirement, he continued to work with ABC as a consultant for
the next several years before being named executive director for the Na-
tional Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum in 1980. He moved to St. Louis,
taking on the responsibility for the planning and organization of the museum
that opened in June 1984. He stayed with museum until 1985, when he re-
turned to Milwaukee.
He would continue to assist the staff at ABC headquarters as a volunteer
during his retirement. His mathematical expertise was sought for several
projects, including the annual ABC Tournament prize list, and he also would
assist with restructuring the ABC Specifications, Rules and Suggested
League Rules Book. He worked with the ABC staff on the History of the
American Bowling Congress book, published in 1995, that celebrated 100
years of the organization.
PBA Southwest Manager Pete McCordic Still Has
Some Bowling Skills
By Bill Vint
All of the PBA Regional managers have demonstrated some bowling skills
over the years, but they all have set their PBA aspirations aside and no
longer compete in PBA competition to avoid any conflicts of interest. But
when opportunities outside of the PBA are available, some of them still like
to lace up their shoes and get their competitive juices flowing, like PBA
Southwest Region
Pete McCordic
of Katy, TX., did in the Bowlers Journal
Championships presented by USBC.
McCordic, a two-time PBA Tour titlist who bowled a nationally-televised
300 game during his peak playing days, returned to South Point Bowling
Center in Las Vegas Monday and claimed the lead in Senior Singles Tues-
day with an 812 series. The 63-year-old right-hander rolled games of 279,
290 and 243 to take the lead from Bo Goergen of Stanford, Mich., who pre-
viously led with a 769 effort. McCordic and partner
Les Shirwindt
also
missed taking the Senior Doubles lead by a single pin. McCordic had a 745
series and Shirwindt 670 for a 1,415 total, one pin shy of the 1,416 rolled
earlier by
Robert Brown
of Cody, WY., and
Billy Langford
of Lone Grove,
OK.
