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1981 PBA National Championship
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$135,000 PBA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Imperial Lanes, Toledo, Ohio, Mar 1-7, 1981
Holy Toledo! Anthony Again
Having already won the PBA National Championship a record three times (1973, 1974 and 1975), Earl Anthony added another to his collection by outlasting Ernie Schlegel, 242-237, in a tense, spirited championship match in the $135,000 PBA National Championship in Toledo, Ohio.
Anthony could not claim victory until Schlegel, shooting last and needing a strike to win, left a 2-pin on a shot light to the headpin.
Anthony had kept the door open for Schlegel by leaving the 1-3-6-10 spare combination in the 10th frame which he converted. Still, as he sat down to watch his destiny being decided by his opponent, Anthony prepared for what could have been another in a long series of second place finishes.
"It isn't often you can sit on the bench and win," said Anthony after the nerve-racking triumph.
"I really wanted to win this bad because it gives me four National Championships and it's going to be hard for anyone to top that," he added, savoring the prestige of a major tournament win as well as the $21,000 first prize.
It was also Anthony's third win in his last four tournaments on the Winter Tour and he had finished third in the event he didn't win.
Anthony took control of the 56-game qualifying and match play event after the fourth round and went on to build a 285-pin cushion over Dick Weber, the 51-year-old bowling legend and hero of a generation past. Weber had out-maneuvered Schlegel for the second-seeded position with Schlegel getting third, followed by two-time PBA National Champion Dave Davis, in fourth, and Gary Dickinson, runner-up in the 1980 National, in fifth.
It was a veteran and much revered finals cast with three having already been elected to the PBA Hall of Fame (Anthony, Weber and Davis) and the other two debating about who was the youngest (both 37, Schlegel was 15 days younger than Dickinson).
Despite a foul midway through the opening match, Davis edged Dickinson, 204-203. Then Schlegel stepped in to crush Davis, 245-171, and eliminate Weber, 236-204, to move into position to win the first major title of his career.
As nearly 2,000 people watched first-hand at Imperial Lanes in the enthusiastic bowling city of Toledo, Anthony and Schlegel stood even after five frames. Anthony pulled ahead with strikes in the seventh, eighth and ninth frames which proved to be enough to win the 22nd annual National Championship of the Professional Bowlers Association.
TELEVISED FINALS
Pos. Name, City/State Total Amount
1 Earl Anthony, Dublin, Calif. 242 (1 game) $21,000
2 Ernie Schlegel, Vancouver, U.S.A. 718 (3 games) 11,000
3 Dick Weber, St. Louis 204 (1 game) 6,000
4 Dave Davis, Tinton Falls, N.J. 375 (2 games) 5,000
5 Gary Dickinson, Burleson, Texas 203 (1 game) 4,500
PLAYOFF RESULTS - Davis defeated Dickinson, 204-203; Schlegel defeated Davis, 245-171; Schlegel defeated Weber, 236-204; and in the championship match, Anthony defeated Schlegel, 242-237.
I love these old bowling shows. A lot of people in the crowd and the bowlers can wear what they want.
Earl Anthony(RIP) THE G.O.A.T.🙏
Watching these tournaments back in the 80s on ABC brings back a lot of memories. I got into bowling watching these great Bowlers. Still enjoy watching these old tournaments.
I love hearing Chris And Bo doesn't get any better than this!!
You got that right. Just feels inviting and 'homey' to me. I absolutely worshipped the PBT growing up, and was an avid junior bowler, so watching all these old telecasts reminds me of sitting in our living room as a kid hanging on every shot!
This was my favorite day and time of the week... Just hearing the opening music brings back so many memories... Thank you!
I couldn't agree more. I would watch with my Grandma (who bowled for 50 years and actually bowled a 300 game once) my Mom and my brothers. Great times, great memories!
I concur.
Mine too... used to watch with my Dad who I used to bowl with as well.👏❤👊
Had the good fortune to receive some instruction by Ernie Schlegel, back in my junior league in the Bronx in the late 70's. He helped me make some corrections in my approach, and my average jumped up by 20 points at the end of the season. Never forgot that.
Earl Anthony. The greatest of all time
Yes Yes
you could make the argument for this being the most stacked final 5 ever. All 5 in the HOF, nearly 100 titles among them (over 20 majors), inflation adjusted combined earnings probably around 10 million dollars. crazy amount of success on this show.
Love the fact the commercials are still in the video! Brings back lots of memories.
What a great and that is an understatement final match!! Ernie bowled great. Did you see him have to take a deep breath just before his approach on the last shot? Imagine the pressure. There was nothing like watching these great PBA pros and then right after watching the legendary Jim McKay on WWOS.
The highlight of 1980 PBA National showing Norm Myers losing shot, at 44:25 is a classic example of a “fast 8” leave. The 2 pin flying around the 4 and 7.
This is '81 and the highlight was '71, stop confusing everyone
Vintage Ernie Schlegel.. the inspiration for Bill Murray's Ernie McCracken character in King Pin.
I was telling a lanemate this yesterday.
Hogwash
@@joeambrose3260 Oh? Do elaborate.
@@BrakRulesAll Also the "Camden Comet", who bowled action at Edison Lanes
There was a Bowler from the Bronx [ Dewey Blair] i am only writing what i heard, Dewey Blair would Bowl Anyone/ Any time/ for Any amount/ Dewey Blair would not even throw practice shots!!! He would throw the ball when the match started and Legend has it that he would string so many strikes, that the match woyld be over sometimes by 8th frame and The game was over before the 10th Frane [ If anyone remembers Dewey Blair, leave a comment/ Ernie was tough in action, but Dewey Blair was Better!!!!!
2019 USBC outlaws Gary Dickinson's method of shooting the 10 pin -- look at his hand (only one finger tip in ball)
What a stellar lineup ! Thanks for posting.
I kind of enjoy the old commercials.
To this day, Randy Pedersen still hates Ernie Schlegel.
125:50. Magic Score was a scourge, loved to keep score on the sheet
This was one of the few remaining bowling centers that maintained a lacquer finish on the lanes after most centers had switched to urethane. Lacquer was petroleum-based and flammable while urethane was water-based and nonflammable.
8avexp sadly this bowling center was demolished in 2010.
And it left more of a track, right?
When the USA was fun and we weren’t bickering with each other over differences rather than celebrate what we have together.
Earl Anthony bowls really well at the Pba National Championship
Who told you?
Andrew Phillips George N. Pappas and Ernie Schlegel have bowled some awesome matches
He bowled well everywhere
Ernie bowled a 700 series here for natl championship finals, with his line he had to pack it in the pocket perfect and its hard to be perfect with everything on the line in last shot.
Dick Weber appeared in the bowling-themed picture 'Dreamer." (But not as himself, though Nelson Burton Jr did!)
Earl got his clock cleaned by many
( including 18 yr old Norm Duke ).
However, it was the consistency that made him great, 40+ wins and 40+ 2nd compressed into 14 yrs. That's less than half the time it took others to attain the same numbers
Right. I mean,when youve made it to the championship match 15,745 times, its gonna seem like you've lost quite a bit....lol. 😉😂. You have to have been in that position alot to accrue those numbers. Count up Tom Bradys championship game and SB defeats...same thing. Anthony and Brady constantly resided in the championship games. Just unbelievable greatness.
ahhh Saturdays back in the day.... nothing better! Wide World of Sports, Pro Bowlers Tour, and NCAA College football when college football was truly college football before going pro!
Earl. The greatest. Period
Really diggin them groovy old commercials
The first, semi final, and title matches were exciting and close
Douche
I loved to watch the Earl Anthony Show. Because I amazed that I saw him in New Orleans But PBA tournament was at the Expressway Lanes in Gretna La. Also, He did not won I was disappointed that hurricane Katrina destroyed the building. It did not rebuilding. Owner did not interesting to rebuilding.
I met Ernie, fall of 66, at LaGuirdia Lanes, Astoria NY..My good friend Larry Festa, and the house "PRO" gene furgeson, shot a money match...Larry did not want to bowl, although he was the best in the howse..Ernie was from the local area, and bowled Lots of action then, Central, Garden City, Roxy in manhattan, and anywhere me and Larry and any time we could both make it... we would be there..Time passed, i went into the Navy, Larry got a pass for his 4F ear thingy, and by the time i got back, he was on tour with Ernie, and Cathy, AND in a station wagon across the country...with their new baby in tow..."tough life to chace your dreams right??" I still keep in touch with him, and my first words are"WHO is HE"Fucking captain midnight"", breaks me up .. Anyway guys and lady's... must put don this keyboard and do what i have done for 60+ years... Get out on the lanes... learn the patterns, and searching out the very BEST, to train you..
Hey Ron, was LaGuardia the place near Rikers that later was called
Marec or something similar ?
@1:21:27 this is why World Bowling changed their scoring, where it benefits the bowler on their 1st ball, i.e 9 spare is worth 3 pins more than 6 spare. And when the players have the same amount of strikes, they are rewarded for that fact.
So well said. It's painful to admit, but yes the 1st ball count in a 1st frame spare is the one irreconcilable deficiency of classic scoring. Unfortunately World Bowling scoring loses the essential feature of rewarding consecutive strikes, which in my opinion is a far greater deficiency. Perhaps classic scoring should have been augmented by a rule whereby in a 1st frame spare, the player's score at the end is reduced by an amount of 10 less the 1st ball count. So it would "wrap around" so to speak and fix everything.
The commercials are a pleasant surprise
Greatest ever
Does anyone know why Davis' foul was deleted?
When the PBA was classy. Now guys trash talk to each other, pound their chest, swearing, wearing their pajamas, and conditions setup for easy high games
What do you want to include those dadgum commercials for?
Ernie Schlegel comes so close to fouling I cant believe he doesn't. Actually in the 5th frame (1:13:10) it looks like he does foul, though the video quality is so bad and it happens so fast you can't tell. Also he is the most off balance pro bowler I have ever seen. Gotta give him props on that shirt though.
And he threw practically a straight ball, too. Just adds to the mythos.
You mean a blouse.
lol@@blackjack7811
I knew Earl when he had the crewcct.. The greatest sports figure coming out of Tacoma.
After Jeff Mattingly
@@joeambrose3260 Why is that?? What is his claim to fame?? You must be related. lol
@@gdobie1west988 He was " the other bowla from Tacoma"
@@joeambrose3260 I am aware of that, but not sure what you are basing your claim on.
@@gdobie1west988 Relax, Earl is the GOAT ! Baaaaaaah
Harry Golden, the toupee king.
5:17, is that Phil Hartman in the tool commercial?
No
Dickensen throwing a Rotogrip
1:04:24 Tip of the Week with the immortal Johnny Petraglia.
love that outro music at 4:15
time out of mind by steely dan
Ernie Schlegel- Groovy man
the national championship was worth so much money back then. $1500000 now it's worth $500000
5:49 360 bowlers started only 5 left! Wooooooooooooooooooo!
Chris Schenkel (RIP)🙏
1:24:01 - Watch the background! BAHAHAHA!!
hahaha Ernie's Wife
She had better follow-through chucking her purse than Ernie did on his shot.
Good catch! LOL
7:40 plagued by 10 pins :) What a world!!!! ROFL!!!!!! I have horrible nightmares involving standing 10-pins.
Captain Ricco tell me about it nothings worse than hitting the pocket perfect and watching the 3 pin spin around the 10 :( lol
Not Ernie’s wife chucking the stuffed animal in the background at the end. LOL
Nobody told Ernie that the 70's called, and wanted their clothes back, watching in 2020, it's kinda jarring.
Now it's just a parking lot close to a medial center!
That's phucked up
@@joeambrose3260 I know. It's sad not having it there now.
@@ChristopherSobieniak Thanks !
@@joeambrose3260 Yeah, I try to keep history of my town alive.
You can get away with a sequin shirt when you throw 7 strikes in a row.
If the lineup had included Jeffrey Lebowski, this tourney would've been perfect. Robe, white russian, and Schenkel saying 'another double for the Dude'
Why didn’t Ernie bowl on senior tour?
Earl Anthony prevails when Ernie schlegel left the 2 pin on his first shot in the tenth frame to win the PBA national championship
Douche
126:20 Didn't know Earl had a caddie for his trophies
Do you have the u.s. poly chemical open?
Andrew Phillips why do you want to spoil that outcome also?
That was a barn burner !
I wonder if Mark Roth was in this
Yeah
Yes, finished 17th I think I heard Bo say.
Earl Anthony benefitted from 3 reracks in the championship match. If I was Big Ern, I’d be pissed over that
Why? Ernie could have done the same if he wanted, all within the rules.
He threw 2 bad shots after them, Einstein
If the pins are off place, you can request it.
The tournament director also has the power to deny them btw
1:24:03 Ernie Schlagel's Wife (thinking)--#%$
I go for earl Anthony in the champion match
I root for Earl Anthony because he’s a lefty just like me.
Really going out on a limb there
Joanne Davis, Dave's wife, is absolutely gorgeous!
Earl Anthony wife is really cute
@@raycampbell6388 Yeah he thought that too until she shoved him down those stairs.
It’s to bad they don’t have the Trojan Condom Open.
6:47 all but the 10-pin! Man, I have such a sinking feeling when I leave a 10-pin! It's like total game derailment. Takes me about 5 frames to get over it :0
Yep. Especially if I miss it. Which, has been happening alot lately.
10:00 bad rack for Dickinson
I go for earl Anthony the tournament leader
Really going out on a limb there
@@joeambrose3260 really going out there and climb to the top
3:06 Dick Webber stated something about bad bowling.... hugh??? him??? NEVER!!! LMAO!!!!!! even the best of the best had some bad games in the early days. I wonder what he really means by a "bad" game. 230??? ROFL!!!!
Sadly this is now just a parking lot for ProMedica.
REAL bowling. Not that 2-handed crap!
Ernie Schlegal was Jeff Lynne sans facial growth.
1:15:13 “Players are allowed only one re-rack per match, that was his second one”🙄
You're allowed another one if the tournament director approves
@@raycampbell6388 121:10 " Harry Golden could have denied Earl"
Yeah, right !
I've been wondering about that... did Harry Golden ever deny Earl a re-rack?
EARL MUST CRAPPING HIMSELF.......
Earl Anthony vs. ... a crossdresser??? 😆
Everyone calls ernie the weird one, but Dickinson wipes his nose with his oily towel then licks it. Lol
We all got weird tendencies I guess, for years I shook my ass like a stripper just before taking my first step.
Dickenson = 0 power
They were bowling for more money 💰 40 Years ago!!
Bowling is in a Downward Spiral!!
39.
terminat1 Yup and 41
when this tournament was bowled there were 11 bowling centers in my city. now there are 2. The same can be said about factories with good paying jobs in the area, same fraction. Meanwhile, in China, i hear there are new bowling centers going up left and right. Coincidence? Go ahead, vote Democrat
factories starting going away in the 1960's. And companies stopped paying employees in the 80's. The greed is good Ronald Reagan years. Worst president in history, ruined this country. Glad he died not knowing he shit his pants.
Schlegel stinks in both bowling and fashion.
His taste in women not so hot either, no offense intended
Between Ernie and Weber, I've never seen great players pop up at the line.
But they make it work.