ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, January 29, 1996 TAG: 9601290108
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
TODD PERDUE MAY NOT like football, but he loved his perfect game Sunday.
It definitely was Super Bowl Sunday for Todd Perdue of Roanoke.
Perdue, 33, bowled his first 300 game while competing in the Hi-Lo League at Hilltop Lanes. But the perfect game almost didn't happen.
Bowling ``was the last thing on my mind today,'' said Perdue, who has been bowling for 17 years. ``I was supposed to be here at 2 p.m., and at a quarter of two, I was underneath a car when I remembered I was supposed to be bowling.''
Without time for a typical warmup routine, Perdue hurriedly rolled two practice balls and proceeded to knock 'em all down in the first set.
``It amazed me,'' he said. ``I called my wife [Beth] on the phone, and she cried because she wasn't here to see my 300 game.''
Perdue, who carries a 180 average, said he came close to a 300 game the previous week, finishing with a 248 after leaving the 10 pin standing three times.
Understandably, he was a little nervous in the latter stages of his perfect game.
``I told myself `Don't shake,''' he said. ``Finish first and shake later.''
Taking part in Perdue's 300 game were his Who Are We? teammates: Mary Ann Dooley and Curtis and Dianne Roberts.
So, after his personal Super Bowl Sunday, who did Perdue root for in the NFL championship game between Dallas and Pittsburgh?
``Neither,'' he said. ``I don't like football at all.''
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