Bowlers Journal International - November 2008 - (Page 22) Inside Line News, Notes And Perspective TOURNAMENTS SCOTT NORTON SCORES $3,055 VICTORY IN DON GLOVER MASTERS The southpaw puts on a striking exhibition en route to the title at AMF Southwest Lanes. DON GLOVER was one of the great bowlers to come out of California’s Central Valley, an agricultural oasis between Los Angeles and San Francisco. He had a decent career on the PBA Tour, racking up five titles (and now six, since his victory in the 1970 ABC Masters tournament has been grandfathered as a recognized PBA title). If country music legend Buck Owens was the most famous citizen in the Central Valley city of Bakersfield, then Glover certainly was its most famous bowler. So, if you were going to stage a big scratch tournament in Bakersfield, it would make sense to name it after Glover. The 2nd annual Don Glover Masters Tournament took place Sept. 27-28 at Bakersfield’s AMF Southwest Lanes, drawing twice as many entrants and paying out twice as much prize money as the inaugural event in 2007. Capturing the championship, and earning $3,055 in prize money, was Scott Norton — a left- handed bowler, as Glover was. Of course, the game is much different today than it was during Glover’s prime years. When Glover won the ’70 Masters, he averaged just over 215 for his 40 games. In the Glover Masters, Norton averaged 235 in qualifying, 230 in the quarter-final round, 226 in match play, and then put up scores of 279 and 280 in his two championship round games. The stepladder finals began with Jeff Gordon defeating PBA exempt player Tony Reyes, 269-238, and then ousting No. 3 seed Daniel Watanabe, 247-189. Gordon continued to bowl well in the next match against Norton, scoring 245, but fell short of Norton’s near-perfect 279. So, it would be Norton against Mason Sherman, the top-ranked player in the PBA West Region, for the title. Sherman shot even better than Gordon, totaling 255, but once again it wasn’t enough to beat Norton, who GLOBAL BRIEFING PUTNEY TO DEFEND TITLE IN WORLD CUP Another returning champion — 2007 women’s division winner Ann-Maree Putney of Australia — has been added to the player roster of the 2008 QubicaAMF World Cup. The tournament is scheduled Nov. 7-15 in Hermosillo, Mexico. TRAINING HELPS NAKANO WIN SAM HO CUP Going up against players such as Pete Weber, Rhino Page, Wes Malott and Sean Rash apparently did not intimidate Kazuhiro Nakano, who rolled to victory in the 10th annual Japan PBA Sam Ho Cup, held in Seoul, Korea. A late March visit to the Kegel Training Center in Lake Wales, Fla., may have had something to do with Nakano’s confidence, as he and 11 other JPBA members spent seven days training with Kegel coaches. In the Sam Ho Cup’s stepladder finals, Nakano won all four matches, including a 243-189 title game victory over Weber. KEGEL, EURO TOUR EXTEND AGREEMENT Speaking of Kegel, that company will continue as the official lane maintenance provider of the European Bowling Tour through 2011. Officials of the company and the EBT (shown above) met recently to finalize and sign the deal, which calls for Kegel personnel to handle the lane conditioning and/or Kegel equipment to be used at EBT events. “We are looking forward to another three years of cooperation,” said European Tenpin Bowling Federation President Addie Ophelders (front, left). 22 Bowlers Journal International | November 2008 www.bowlersjournal.com http://www.bowlersjournal.com
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