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star wars geek

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What was your first ball?
« on: August 19, 2003, 01:53:00 AM »
Mine was an old black and red swirl Brunswick that my grandfather left to me.  I don't know the name, but it will always be with me for nostalgic purposes.
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da Shiv

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #31 on: August 20, 2003, 09:10:53 PM »
Brunswick Black Beauty--inherited.  First ball I bought for myself was the original LT-48.

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L o G

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #32 on: August 20, 2003, 09:26:17 PM »
Brunswick Red Rhino plastic
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RandyO

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #33 on: August 20, 2003, 09:44:47 PM »
First ball specifically drilled for me was a 14# Sears & Roebuck 3-piece rubber. I was 14 at the time (1968). Had it drilled by the hack at the Sears store. I don’t think he even knew or cared about pitches, and it was drilled backwards. He drilled the ring finger about 3/8 shorter than the middle finger, and I’m right-handed. That ball used to chew my thumb and finger up, but I did shoot a 279 & a couple of 700’s with it. I finally found a decent 15# 3-dot that fit better on the rack, and used the Sears ball for ‘sidewalk-bowling’.
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arakasi

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #34 on: August 21, 2003, 12:09:17 AM »
AMF Strikeline. I brought it of a guy at work for $20.
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seadrive

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #35 on: August 21, 2003, 08:43:29 AM »
Wow, I thought I was gonna be the only one who had a Strikeline, now there are three of us.

Mine was 10#, black and blue mottling, I don't think you could elevate it to the status of a swirl.  The year was probably '63 or '64.
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Curly

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #36 on: August 21, 2003, 08:54:39 AM »
Wow, as hard as I try to remember, I get nothing. I do know that my first real ball was the black hammer.
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Ishmael

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #37 on: August 21, 2003, 09:02:39 AM »
Rhino Pro T2

It's still sitting down in the basement.
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Doggie the Dog

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #38 on: August 22, 2003, 12:19:09 AM »
Brunswick Bantam 8- the same ball that Mumzie described.  My dad got it for me from a bowling alley that closed in the 60s.

Star Wars Geek- that ball probably is a Brunswick Fireball- it was made in the 50s-early 60s. My grandpa had one. Cool ball in its time.

Another unusual ball Big B made at the time was the Pro-Model- a white ball with black swirls.

For the one who described the "Ace of Spades" ball, it was made by a company called ACE about the same era. Company went out of business in the late 60s-early 70s.
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jensm

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #39 on: August 22, 2003, 01:40:49 AM »
14 lbs Spin Master.
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HamPster

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #40 on: August 22, 2003, 03:01:19 AM »
Original Purple Monster.  Yeah, been in the game waaaay too long . . .
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Monster Bruiser

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #41 on: August 28, 2003, 12:44:32 PM »
I've got a Brunswick Rhino Pro. it was good stuff.

now's a classic ball already!

Kudos!
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morpheus

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #42 on: August 28, 2003, 01:05:52 PM »
My dad bought me a 6 pound Black Beauty when I was 5 yrs old back in 1970.  Wish he would have bought me a set of golf clubs instead...
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Overhand

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #43 on: July 07, 2004, 11:34:05 AM »

K-Mart blue Galaxie 300...$25.95 drilled.
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Ragnar

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #44 on: July 07, 2004, 11:44:56 AM »
My first one was some old Black/green swirl rubber ball, probably a Brunswick, that I got for Christmas in 1961.  It just may still be on the racks at the Bowlaway in Walla Walla.
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kendog

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Re: What was your first ball?
« Reply #45 on: July 07, 2004, 11:46:19 AM »
used black hammer.
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