1981 Long Island Open
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$100,000 LONG ISLAND OPEN
Garden City Bowl, Garden City, N.Y., Apr 7-11, 1981
Anthony (Who Else?) In Long Island
Earl Anthony captured the Long Island Open for the third straight year and fourth time in his career with a come from-behind, 230-224, victory over Gil Sliker in the $100,000 event at Garden City, N.Y.
Anthony trailed by 28 pins going into the eighth frame but finished with five straight strikes to press Sliker into rolling a 10th frame double for his first championship. Sliker left a 7-pin on his first try, losing by six pins after having defeated Steve Martin and Wayne Webb earlier.
Anthony's earnings for 1981 surpassed $100,000 with the $13,000 top prize and he tied his own record by winning a tournament three straight times. Anthony had won the PBA National Championship in 1973, 1974 and 1975 and prevailed in the Waukegan Open three straight years beginning in 1975.
TELEVISED FINALS
Pos. Name, City/State Total Amount
1 Earl Anthony, Dublin, Calif. 230 (1 game) $13,000
2 Gil Sliker, Washington, N.J. 668 (3 games) 7,500
3 Wayne Webb, Tucson, Ariz. 204 (1 game) 5,500
4 Steve Martin, Kingsport, Tenn. 425 (2 games) 4,500
5 Randy Lightfoot, St. Charles, Mo. 211 (1 game) 4,000
PLAYOFF RESULTS - Martin defeated Lightfoot, 234-211; Sliker defeated Martin 234-191; Sliker defeated Webb, 210-204; and in the championship game, Anthony defeated Sliker, 230-224.
Amazing quality for being taped in '81, thanks for posting.
Sound quality on this is off the charts! Pretty impressive as this was recorded in 1981!
Steve Martin may be a terrific Bowler,but " He's a wild and crazy Guy"🤣🤣🤣
Revisiting all these old bowling shows, ive noticed Wayne Webb moved around alot...lol. He had a different place listed nearly every year. And im talking like thousands of miles.. not just the same state. I always wondered what the story was there.
R.I.P EARL ANTHONY 1938-2001
R.I.P EARL ANTHONY 1938-2001
Earl Anthony bowls very well in the long island open
Andrew Phillips
George N. Pappas and Ernie Schlegel have bowled some awesome matches
Andrew Phillips. You are an awesome douche bag
What a great last game. Sliker bowled great all afternoon. What can you say about one of the top 5 bowlers in history? Earl Anthony was a great champion who left us way too soon. What I really enjoyed about this telecast was seeing the promotions for Wide World of Sports (The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat) and the American Sportsman. Both were fantastic shows hosted by legends. Curt Gowdy on the AS and of course maybe the best of all time Jim McKay hosting WWOS. Kudos also go out to Chris Schenkel. Another legend in sports broadcasting. Thanks for the video.
the second, semi final, and title matches were exciting and close
Earl was a great champion.
RIP
Earl Anthony ( RIP) The G.O.A.T.🙏👍
It's about time you started posting some new matches! ;)
Chris Freemesser yes, thanks for tuning in, lol
Earl Anthony puts a tremendous amount of roll on the ball.
Never count the G.O.A T. out [ Earl Anthony] ( RIP) Just proved it.👍👍🙏🙏
Do you have the 1983 long island open?
Andrew Phillips he doesn’t want you to spoil the outcome
In PBA singles competition, Sliker was 0-8 in championship matches.
The TV director should have been fired for cutting off the pins on Sliker's last shot. What the hell was that idiot thinking?
earl anthony prevailed when gil sliker left the 7 pin on his first shot in the tenth frame to win the long island open
No shit, and Reagan won the election, Douche
Crystal Sliker is absolutely gorgeous. Gil never won, but he had the hottest wife on tour in his day.
No way....Pam Laub, Tami Aulby, Candi Cook.....all hotter imo....Crystal was pretty hot,too, but man she also looked like a crazy, mean, man crushing beeotch..lol. You saw Gils demeanor....she bullied his hen pecked ass all over the landscape. Lol...