1998 PBA Nat’l Fin. C’ship – Voss vs. Williams, Jr. (Part 1)
Posted by admin in Finance Monday, 23 August 2010 05:29 12 Comments
I have mixed feelings about arena finals. On one hand, they are unfair to the tournament leaders who have dominated at a particular bowling center, gotten accustomed to the lanes, and have worked hard to win the top spot. Put them in an arena and their advantage, except for their top seed, flies away. On the other hand, arena finals are tons of fun for the viewers both in the arena and at home, as the bowlers often give outstanding performances (think Bob Learn, Jr.) and throw lots of strikes. The final of the 1998 PBA National Finance Championship between Brian Voss and Walter Ray Williams, Jr. has to rank among the most exciting. Lots of strikes, a clutch 10th frame, and big-time emotion out of both players. I think the audience in Virginia Beach was on speed. Part 1 of 2.
While the public to crack?
Voss left almost 5-7-10 lol
Could not agree more. I think a lot of it has to do with his dismissal – he takes a fairly straight ball, not by the lane conditions quite as much as the big hook that most of the balls is to throw the other players involved. That, and he has his approach, but unorthodox, all the way down to a science.
Plus the golden needles were maximum, 3 lbs. 10 oz
I do not think anyone has a better approach to the game had in the past three decades as WRW. Amend No matter how much equipment, the lane surface and oil samples, he has had the most deadly accurate and consistent shot in the game.
Cause 3 and 4 were the TV pair
Why lanes 1 & 2 have been placed with the regular white pins, while the 3 and 4 had the golden needles? I know that 1 & 2 for the warm ups, and even in the event that degrades another track may be used, but if you warm up, it would be best not to warm up against the pins you knock down soon in your game?
Is it just me or is Walter Ray Williams revving it much more than he normally does? Do the track conditions.
Wait, I can not get – what’s funny about that?
IMO, the randomness of the bowling has only one game a far greater impact on the outcome of the match television than any theoretical advantage may not have a player in a TV game going. Anything can happen on television, and I think it is worthwhile to have this exciting final arena, may have a slight advantage even at the sacrifice of a player, in theory.
Speed, yes.
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