THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, October 23, 1994 TAG: 9410210267
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN PAGE: 22 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Sports
SOURCE: John Gordon
LENGTH: Medium: 68 lines
You can still smoke at the Franklin Bowling Center and they were smoking on the lanes during last weekend's Southern Regional Open.
Four bowlers, including tourney winner Sam Zurich and runner-up John May, rolled 300 games. Others were Jim Lewis and John Taragert.
Competition to determine who made the Sweet 16 finalists was determined by the number of pins over each 200 game. Then they rolled another game to see which five would be in the playoffs.
Brandon Smith of Hampton and Mike Rodriguez of Richmond were the only two amateurs to make the top 16, and Smith finished sixth, missing the final five by only 23 points.
Chuck Garner, owner of the center, was very pleased with the event although there were fewer participants than last year.
``Mark Mosayebi, last year's winner, couldn't be here this year because he is on the national tour,'' said Garner. ``Next year, I plan to have our tourney the third week in September so there is no conflict with the national tour.''
Garner also was pleased with the center's mechanical condition.
``We bowled over 1,000 games Saturday and there were only eight machine calls,'' he said. ``That's phenomenal.''
People around Franklin Bowling Center were impressed with Zurich even before he won the tournament - his career 11th. It seems the big righthander from Melbourne, Fla., spent a lot of time working with kids on Friday and giving them bowling pointers.
Regular league action was slightly curtailed, but the high game and high series for the week were:
Hospital/Medical: Jane Markert, 204 game; Linda Mitchell, 535 series; Billy Whitehead, 212 game; Thomas Blanton, 578 series.
Monday Nite Mixed: Faith Ashley, 190; Levon Gyoker, 500; Edwin Joyner, 225; Ed Martin, 601.
Monday Industrial: Calude Johnson, 289; Stanley Holland, 659.
Club 55: Lillian Gofwell, 159 and 440; Ulysses Johnson, 198 and 540.
Mixed Nuts: Wanda Parham, 197 and 568; Johnny White, 255; Ed Martin, 655.
Wednesday Classic: Deborah Elliott, 221 and 640; Jim Rupp, 245; Emeett Babb, 245 and 692.
Union Camp: Julie Jones, 204; Jeannie Whitley, 517; David Gray, 258; Al Woods, 653.
Ladies Nite Out: Kim Emery, 208; Levon Gyoker, 521.
Thursday Men's: Will Sledge, 235; Pat St. Lawrence, 621.
CULLY ARNETTE of Arnette Properties had a high game of 142 and a high set of 361 in the Suffolk Mixed Nuts bowling league.
Other 300 plus sets belonged to Lu Arnette, Arnette Properties, 356; Linda Edwards, JUWACO, 354; Mae Faison, The Vogue, 333; Bob Garner, Barton Ford, 331; Agnes Tate, Arnette Properties, 325; Alan Pugh, Ferguson & Rawls, 319; Warren Faison, Cornett's Garage, 317, and Miriam Pugh, Golden Corral, 301.
Arnette Properties leads the league with a 22-2 record. Ferguson & Rawls, Golden Corral and JUWACO are tied for second with 13-11 marks.
Others are Cornett's Garage, 11-13; The Vogue, 10-14; Heilig Meyers and Barton Ford, both at 7-17. ILLUSTRATION: Photo by JOHN GORDON
Sam Zurich won the Southern Regional Open last weekend, rolling 300
games.
by CNB