We wondered at the conclusion of last week’s session whether anyone could stop Frank D’s run of BoD honors following two impressive performances. With 13 others there to give Frank some competition, chances were decent.

What made the challenge tougher was that Frank had another fine day on the lanes. His game three 222 helped him to a 568 series, again the day’s best game and series. We should also note that his excellence over the  last three weeks has brought his Last 21 average to 173 and has made him King of the Hill! But on this day, Frank’s +64 was only third best. Mike Ryan had three games over 130 for a 398, which was +65 and was Mike’s personal high series ever. Our BoD, though, was Ed Sm, who rolled three nice games, including a 197 middle game for a 557, which was +86! Bravo to all three.

Other “plus” showings were by Marty at +21, Ted at +14, Dave at +13, and the Professor at +4. Splits were converted by Woody, who left and made a rarely seen 3-7-8, and by Tom, who converted a 3-6-8-10. And no session is complete without a Ben Briggs spare (BBS), which came from George Hawes!

Let’s end today’s report by giving a shout out to our pals on the Injured List: Gehr, Frank Gallagher, Linc, and John Kam. When they all return to action, wouldn’t it be a hoot if we need to ask Nutmeg to supply us with a fourth pair of lanes!

 

Some days, we get off to a flying start, but other days not so much, and so it went for a few of us who started slowly but ended well. George G started poorly in game one, but his 184 in game two helped him to a 463 (+37). We should mention that George’s day included not one but two BBSs.  Frank D started slowly, but his 185 in game three helped him salvage a 479 series. Marty’s 182 in the third got him to a 476 series. And Tom’s 202 in the third got him to a 529 series despite a 139 in the middle game.

There were lots of splits left today. Two noteworthy conversions were a 5-10 by Ed Sm and a 4-5-7 by Bill Tamme.

The team game had Team Frank (BB, GG, E Sm, FD) and Team Tom (BT, MM, TL) split the first two, with Team Tom taking game three by just 14 pins.

With seven bowlers, we had just one poker hand, which made Marty happy twice and George happy once.