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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: dw288 on October 16, 2003, 03:02:08 AM

Title: what was your first ball?
Post by: dw288 on October 16, 2003, 03:02:08 AM: mine was a galaxie300(brown) from K-Mart for$19.99 back in 1976.i think the person that drilled it work in the sewing dept.later on i had it plugged and redrilled to a fingertip grip with 1 oz. side and 1 oz. finger.what a killer b
all that was.ended up shooting it to pieces with a .223 rifle.
i can also remember the pro shop guy that plugged it for me had a Yellow Dot in the display case that my buddy and i just drooled over.(boy,those were the days!)
Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: MI 2 AZ on October 16, 2003, 06:22:15 PM: 11# Brunswick Black Beauty, circa 1962.
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: cosmo on October 16, 2003, 06:25:27 PM: Ebonite Gyro I

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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: omegabowler on October 16, 2003, 07:03:01 PM: one of the hardest ball made i belive --> the Black Diamond.

when you hook the lane with that ball your onto something
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: mumzie on October 16, 2003, 07:39:05 PM: An 8 or 9 lb Brunswick Bantam - it was really cool. Black, of course, with these big ole red and blue diamonds on it.

Once I got a little older, AMF Amflite 3 dot - still have that ball. I used it till I got to college.
Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: youthbowl on October 16, 2003, 07:51:39 PM: 13# scout/r
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: DonSVO on October 16, 2003, 08:19:42 PM: columbia Wild. i hate that ball now. the guy who drilled it drilled my messenger Ti as well. both were drilled with my span about 3/8" too short. the new shop i go to hit the nail on the head with my currect ball's span and drilling.
Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: stanski on October 16, 2003, 09:49:48 PM: 6 pound mickey mouse ball at 5 years old lol
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: voidkid89 on October 16, 2003, 09:53:05 PM: a 15lb ebonite maxim which i threw 2 200's with POLISHED!(remember that was my 3rd or 4th month bowling)
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: channel surfer on October 16, 2003, 10:30:47 PM: A purple columbia ball.

The ball was purple with the columbia 300 logo on it, that was it, so i dont know what it was called.
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: Cheez Wiz on October 16, 2003, 11:13:04 PM: 12 lb. Brunswick Sea Strike (drilled fingertip and sanded to 600 grit).
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: tomtom123 on October 16, 2003, 11:15:56 PM: a ebonite panther
Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: freezeback32 on October 16, 2003, 11:52:11 PM: Mine also was a Galaxy 300 from K-Mart. I think it was 1978.
Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: agroves on October 17, 2003, 12:29:51 AM: cobalt blue ebonite gyro

Damn Bones I thought you were going to say an oak or pine ball....I guess you started bowling late in life...

Andrew
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: Brickguy221 on October 17, 2003, 12:41:01 AM: Manhattan Rubber. Believe it or not, it was a really good ball in its day.

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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: JohnP on October 17, 2003, 12:44:34 AM: 1963, 16 # Black Beauty -- average, 156. -- JohnP
Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: landiscr on October 17, 2003, 12:55:33 AM: A Columbia Light Dot. There was no real dot. Just words. Like 8 lbs and blue sparkly. I remember getting it drilled and being very angry because the finger holes went through some of the label lol.
Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: arakasi on October 17, 2003, 01:12:37 AM: AMF Strikeline
Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: baiki on October 17, 2003, 02:22:19 AM: Brunswick T2.

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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: JOE FALCO on October 17, 2003, 07:59:05 AM: After many years of bowling with a HOUSE BALL .. my wife was tired of me paying .25 (I think) for RENTAL SHOES and bought me a BALL/SHOES and BAG. Don't remember the company but it was the only GREEN ball around .. everything else was BLACK. Think I used it for about 7 years! My guess is a COLUMBIA .. but I wouldn't SWEAR TO IT!
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: Rev_O on October 17, 2003, 08:11:03 AM: my first ball was a 12# Brunswick automatic scorer rubber ball, the one with the huge white dot above the finger holes. I was 8 yrs old.

My first real ball was a 14# bleeder yellow dot. 12 yrs old

My first urethane ball was a 16# Gold Angle. 14 yrs old.

My first reactive ball was the T-Shark by track, Shot 846 with it w/o a 300 game. 19 yrs old

My first Particle ball was the Rock Star. 29 yrs old.
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: debs130 on October 17, 2003, 08:27:22 AM: My first ball was a purple Columbia 300 White Dot (11 pounds), bought in 1972. I hardly ever used it, because I preferred one particular house ball (rubber, shot my first 600 with it).

Debbie
Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: AdrianS on October 17, 2003, 09:29:57 AM: A 10lb Columbia with the swirly dot, won it in a raffle when i was 8, has done duty as a houseball for about 12 yrs when i swapped it and another plastic ball for my coach/centre managers Brunswick GTB.
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: JVan19 on October 17, 2003, 09:59:24 AM: mine was a manhattan rubber. which to this day I still use
on occasion. still a good ball.
Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: Scolai on October 17, 2003, 10:09:04 AM: My first ball was a 15 lb black house ball at the University Rec Center. Then I decided to "go pro" and grabbed my dad's green Galaxy 300. It was drilled right-handed, which crimped my left-handed approach. I threw a backup ball and threw my first 200 with that ball - a 214.

The first ball I ever bought myself was a 14 lb Columbia Black Knight which the ball return at the rec center ate - literally. The rec center replaced the ball and the original went up in flames after being tossed on a brush fire. (did you know that bowling balls burn with a very thick, inky cloak of smoke as a result? I do.)

I again decided to "go pro" and bought a 15 lb Columbia Black U-Dot. Shot my first 250 with that one - a 256. I was the man with that ball until I took a few years off and came back to find that there was this new stuff called "reactive urethane" and "resin". Made my equipment look archaic at best.

I still have both the replacement Black Knight and the U-Dot in addition to the half-dozen or so balls I occasionally use when I travel.
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: Constantine on October 17, 2003, 10:41:38 AM: 8 lb AMF Strikeline - it broke one winter when I left it in mom's trunk overnight.
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: 9andaWiggle on October 17, 2003, 01:44:27 PM: It was a 10lb. Brunswick hard rubber ball from Kmart. Don't remember the name, but it had cheap looking yellow lettering. Had 2 of them - they kept cracking for some reason. I think within a couple of months I got rid of those and bought a 12lb LT-48. The cork in the middle was torture for me! I'd sweat a little, the cork would then proceed to blister my thumb, then peel the blister off my thumb. After those first 2 experiences, I'm surprised I didn't just give up on the game! (I'd have saved a lot of $ and aggravation if I had).

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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: cgilyeat on October 17, 2003, 02:05:33 PM: AMF 3-Dot Classic
Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: 230-n-up-or-bust on October 17, 2003, 02:07:50 PM: A 12# Cherry Red Lucky Strike(not the cigarette). I think it's still at Castaway's in Hegewisch, Illinois. Or, it's attached to 30 feet of rope in somebody's boat.
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: Badger856 on October 17, 2003, 02:18:55 PM: A orange/rust 8lb Lucky Strike. The most beutiful Christmas gift I ever received.
Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: ClutchClay on October 17, 2003, 06:06:13 PM: 13lb silver white dot at age 14 in 1982. I still have it but it's drilled lefty because I blew out my left knee and was going to switch hands but stopped bowling (until 1 year ago) instead.
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Title: Re: what was your first ball?
Post by: Tex on October 18, 2003, 12:36:01 AM: Black Rubber AMF Amflite and it was new.
Now does that date my bowling?