DATE: Friday, March 28, 1997                TAG: 9703260196

SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRRENTS    PAGE: 10   EDITION: FINAL 

COLUMN: Around the Alleyways 

SOURCE: Michelle Schloff 

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COACHING FROM DAD HELPS SON TO PERFECT HIS GAME - TWICE

Call Alan Glasgow a proud papa and a proud coach.

His 15-year-old son, John, who learned how to bowl from his father, rolled his second 300 game in the Tidewater Team Challenge at Century Lanes in Hampton on March 8.

``He has learned quite a bit,'' the elder Glasgow said of his son, whom he coaches in Youth League. ``He's got good mechanics and coordination skills.''

John, a sophomore at Franklin High School, began bowling in eighth grade after Alan Glasgow took him to the alleys. John picked up a ball, placed his small fingers in the large holes meant for adults and began his new passion. Two years ago at Century Lanes, John recorded his first perfect game.

``We disagree on some things and he'll tell me just to go out there and to try and roll,'' said John. ``I just try to go out and bowl my game.''

Bowling hasn't always been the younger Glasgow's favorite sport.

``He played a little baseball and basketball at the time he started bowling,'' said Alan Glasgow. ``He wanted to learn how to bowl and one day he just picked up the ball and started doing it.''

Alan Glasgow took his son to Wichita, Kan., this summer to participate in a college bowling camp and to learn more about his game. He hopes John may someday be a candidate for a bowling scholarship. But he added, ``John must make good grades or he won't bowl at all.''

Glasgow is not any harder on his own son than the 40 or 60 kids he coaches in the Youth League.

``I just want them all to do well and not give up participating in other stuff, like the band or Girl Scouts,'' he said.

BOWLER OF THE WEEK: Melissa Cheatwood, a 14-year-old Special Olympian with a Youth League average of 109, blasted a 209 game at Pinboy's of Lynnhaven. She had four strikes in a row in her first 200 game.

Cheatwood was given a patch the same day for her efforts. Way to go, Melissa!

TENPIN TIDBITS: In the Saturday Morning Youth League at Oceana Naval Air Station, James Kalentkowski with a 137 average strung games of 139, 165, and 233 for a 537 series. ... In the Prep Division at Pinboy's of Chesapeake, Matt Rodgers with a 125 average hit a 220 game and a 520 series. ... Bill Skillman strung games of 246, 235, and 223 for a sizzling 704 series in the Saturday Night Moonlighters League at Pinboy's of Western Branch. ... Micheal Johnson racked up games of 268, 241, and 168 for a 677 set in the Tuesday Pioneer Mixed League at Pinboy's at the Beach. ... Glen Foley soared to his first 200 game and went 163 pins over average in the CINCLANTFLT League at S & S Piers Bowling Center. ... Adam Rector zipped to a 277 game and a 690 series in the Youth League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake. ... Pedro Abad, with a 174 average rolled games of 228, 201, and 178 for a 607 series in the Monday Night Mixed League at Pinboy's at the Beach. ... At Pinboy's of Norfolk, Mike Krell shot a 299 game and a 713 series in the First Lutheran City Rollers League. ... In the Tuesday Men's Commercial League, Chris Baron turned in games of 244, 206, and 278 for a 728 series at Pinboy's of Western Branch.

DUCKPIN DATA: The second weekend of the 10th Annual O'Neil Wynne Classic Tournament will be held next weekend, March 29-30, at Bowlarama. First prize is $1,000 and the entry fee is $50. MEMO: All weekly bowling notes and scores should be submitted by mail

to 150 West Brambleton Avenue Norfolk, VA 23517, or faxed to 533-9004 no

later than Mondays at noon. All scores received after then will not

appear in the paper.

For more information contact Bowlarama at 587-5261. You may also

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