THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, October 6, 1996 TAG: 9610040225
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 27 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: Around the Alleyways
SOURCE: Bill Leffler
LENGTH: 97 lines
The Tidewater Virginia Bowling Council has selected nine individuals for induction into its Hall of Fame this year.
Fran Sansone, Carolyn Cotterell and George Ensor were chosen for superior performance. Dwight Mitchum, Pres Carroway, Ernie Driver and the late John Chisholm were picked for meritorious service. Youth bowlers selected as the Stars of the Future were Malcolm Foust and Daniel Brooke.
The awards dinner will be Saturday, Nov. 2, at Holiday Inn-Chesapeake.
Not many area bowlers can match the lane achievements of Sansone, Cotterell and Ensor. Sansone has been the No. 1 ranked woman bowler in South Hampton Roads for five consecutive years and twice carried the state's highest average. She is the only local woman bowler to roll two 300 games. Cotterell also led women scorers in the state for two years and was ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in the area for eight of the last nine years. She was the first bowler inducted in the Virginia State YABA Hall of Fame for performance in 1990. Ensor ranked No. 7 last year with a composite 215 average for five leagues. He has bowled 10 games with a 300 score and set a Norfolk Bowling Association record with his 848 series in April, 1995.
Mitchum, the owner of the Pinboy's chain, is an accomplished bowler and has been one of the key figures in the growth of tenpin bowling in Tidewater. Carroway has been the secretary of the Norfolk Bowling Association since 1988. Driver has been a member of the Tidewater Women's Bowling Association for 34 years, holding virtually every office. She has been the TWBA president since 1990. Chisholm died in 1994 after a long career in bowling as an outstanding participant, coach and administrator. He also was a president of the NBA and managed three area centers.
Foust, 21, was a four-time Bowler of the Year in the Mid-Atlantic Scratch Bowlers Association. Brooke, a Tidewater Community College student, began bowling at the age of five and has developed into one of the top youth bowlers in Hampton Roads.
Bowler of the Week honors go to perfect game bowlers Larry Martinez and Stephen Boesdorfer.
Martinez, who first joined the exclusive 300 Club in local league play in 1994 at the now defunct Plaza Bowl, rolled another 300 in the Masters Tenpin League at Pinboy's of Lynnhaven. He finished with a 739 series.
Martinez was the area's No. 2 ranked bowler last season with a sparkling 220 overall average.
Boesdorfer hit his 300 in the middle game of a powerful 780 series in the Charles Peete League at Pinboy's of Norfolk.
He opened with 211 and closed with 269.
Tenpin topics: Mickey Cupp whacked a 288 single in the Princess Anne Suburban Men's League at Pinboy's at the Beach. Ronnie Schindler notched games of 230, 242 and 256 for a 728 series in the same loop. . . . How many bowlers understand the advertising pitch put out by Ebonite on its new Wolf bowling ball? Says Ebonite: ``The high differential zirconium core and the high density Tungsten Graphite weight block are encased in a 10.25 pound shell of Mega Bite Reactive Resin.'' Huh?. . . . Mary Schropp showed the way in the Oceana Officers Wives League with a 235 single and 575 series. . . . Rupert Perry had a seven hit on his last pitch for a nifty 297 in the Tuesday Men's Commercial League at Pinboy's of Western Branch. In the Sunday Night Mixed League at the same center Andrea Thorpe tossed a 267 game in a 704 series. It was her first 700 this season after three last year. . . . In the Sunday Twilighters League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake, Mike Rogers giant-stepped up to a 713 behind games of 202, 246 and 265. . . . Wonder what ever happened to Roger Miller? He was the outstanding youth coach who taught both Fran Sansone and Carolyn Cotterell how to bowl. . . . A belated summer league report: Ben Spitzer broke the center record at Indian River in the Southern Comfort League with 825. He backed up games of 279, 278 and 268. . . . Dave Umberger flipped a 278 game in his 745 series in the Friday's Finest League at Pinboy's of Western Branch. . . . Tony Petrello whacked a 277 in his finale to register a 704 series in the Saturday Night Mixed League.
Duckpin data: With the death of Shirley Hasty, duckpins lost one of its most ardent supporters. Hasty was instrumental in keeping duckpins alive in Portsmouth when Collinwood Lanes was converted to tenpins. She served as chairman of the board of directors of Duckpin Associates Ltd., the group of bowlers who purchased machinery and equipment to start Victory Lanes, for nearly eight years. A premier bowler herself, Hasty had to quit bowling when she started a battle with cancer. She died from a heart attack. . . . Death also claimed another former bowler, Buddy Stallings. He paired with Joan McCook to win the last Reverse Raffle at Victory Lanes. . . . Tim Hux joined the exclusive 200 Club with a 207 single in the Stormy Weather loop. It was an all-mark game and led to a whopping 474 series. It came between games of 131 and 136. . . . Lynette Narciso followed a 456 in the Tuesday Major Trio with 443 in the Thursday Trio League at Bowlarama. She had a 196 game in the 456, missing a 200 when she had a four fill on her final mark. She pitched a five-header in the league-record game. . . . The Herman Gaines Open commenced Saturday at Victory Lanes and runs through the Oct. 12-13 weekend. Three prizes totaling $1,750 are guaranteed. The five-game handicap tournament has a $50 entry fee and is open to men and women.. . . Charlie Neathery, the dean of male bowlers at Victory Lanes who threw out the first pitch when the center opened, fired a triple strike en route to a 139 game in the Monday Morning Mixed League. . . . Congratulations to Kendra Allen on her first victory on the Ladies All-Star tour. She topped the field at Mount Jackson. . . . Jimmy Boswell says, thankfully, that it had been 15 years since he left the same shot he had in the Tidewater Pro League. His first delivery left the 7-8-9-10. ``I don't want to see it again for 15 more years,'' said Boswell. . . . Youth league standouts: Shawn Meador with a 180 game and 424 series and Charlie Gower with a 163 game at Bowlarama and the Goof Offs team at Victory Lanes with a 623, paced by Mike Barnes' 156 and Rebecca Ashe's 133. by CNB