Splitzter-September 12, 2002

  Good old George Bentley.  George is the only guy I’ve met who can tell you Civil War stories…… on a first person basis. I guess when you’re older than Moses you’ve seen it all so you’re bound to have a few tricks up your sleeve.  How else can one explain a bowler taking the Summer off, not even looking at a bowling ball for 4 months, then tossing a 266 first game score Sunday afternoon in the Nappers league.  Not only was the 266 score 103 pins over George’s average, but he followed it up in game three with a 214 score for a very nice 627 series.  Gheesh, George Bentley with a 209 average.  Now I’ve seen it all!  The only blemish in George’s day came around 4 PM in the tenth frame of his 266 feat.  The other team’s last bowler completed the game and George, thinking his team won, ripped his helmet off and started beating his chest like Tarzan on a caffeine trip.  But wait, the opposing anchorman had one more ball to throw.  Our hero’s team was penalized half the distance so the opposition got to throw the last ball from the arrows.

Janice Carpenter came within a game of shooting the first 700 of the year for the lady keglers Tuesday night in the Walter’s Collision League.  Starting the evening with a real nice 224, she found a groove to her liking in game two and posted a big 244 game.  Needing a 232 in game three proved a bit too much, however, as the carry left her game and she finished with a respectable 619 series.  This marks the third straight week of fine bowling for Jan as her 198 average ranks among the county’s highest thus far in this young season.

Shirley Perez has been struggling a bit this year but that all changed Thursday night in the Party Mart Classic.  Starting out with a league leading 255 game, Shirley followed it up with 2 solid games of 199 and 191 for a 645 week 3 series.  I’m not going to mention that she raised her average from 148 to 181 with this one score.  Nope, not going to mention it.

I’d pay a buck and a quarter to know what Tim Dietrich had for supper Wednesday night before he bowled.  Tim was on fire with games of 247-286-259, just missing the first 800 of the year by 8 pins.  Maybe just knowing he was bowling against Martin Kinder was all the incentive he needed.  I’m not saying that Tim throws a bit on the slow side, but I’ve been told you can read his name on the ball as it goes down the alley.