Eddie Lake Scores Two 300's
Forty-eight year old Monticello kegler Eddie Lake is on a roll lately and he credits his accomplishments to a new bowling ball.
Ed recorded his 14th career 300 this past Monday, March 12 on lanes 9 and 10 bowling a 300 in the first game and followed it up with a 203 and 227 for a 730 series.
His13th career 300 game was rolled on February 27 in the same Monday Men's league at Kiamesha Lane on lanes 5 and 6 where he scored a 300, 205, 236, 741..
He presently has a 227 average in the Monday Men's league, a 232 average in the Tuesday Mixed Firefighters league and a 231 average in the Friday Mixed Doubles league.
And for both of these perfect game scores Lake wasn't using his old Hammer bowling ball but instead he recently switched to a new Hammer Epidemic drilled by Tom Palmer at Kiamesha Lanes. Eddie still talks about his old Hammer and bowls with it occasionally. He still believes in the fact that some of the old bowling equipment can still do the job..
About two years ago Lake had been without his now 24-year-old Hammer bowling ball as it was being repaired by Mickey Luongo down at Mike's Pro Shop in Middletown. He got the repaired ball back and in two weeks the old Hammer resulted in revising the Eddie Lake "300 game Express" as he smashed the maples for his ninth career 300 game on December 29, 2008.
Lake said the new Hammer ball has helped him scores two recent 800 plus series, He also missed another 300 game two weeks ago when he recorded a 299, leaving a four pin on the last ball.
During the 2007-08 bowling season Lake recorded four 300 games. Eddie had a 300 on January 21, 2008, scored another 300 in the second game of a match November 9, 2008 in the Friday Night Mixed league making it his third perfect 300 game that season.
Eddie on October 1 and October 2 , 2007, made bowling history in Sullivan County by bowling 300 games on consecutive nights. Lake on Monday October 1 in the Monday Men's league smashed the maples for a 223, 300, 277, 800 series. The next night, Tuesday October 2, while a substitute bowler in the Tuesday Mixed Firefighters league he scored a 207, 300, 235 for a 732 series. Both leagues are at Kiamesha Lanes.
His high 856 series was bowled in 2004 in the Wednesday Men's league at Kiamesha Lanes.
In this past Monday night's match his brother, Rick Lake banged out a 770 series with single games of 258, 248 and 264. The Monday Night Men's league Team Lake team consists of Ed, Rick, Roy Sweeney and Mickey Lake.
Considered one of the premier bowlers in the tri-county area Lake is single and comes from a well known Sullivan County bowling family with brother Ricky and his mother and father Mickey and Joan Lake.
The Bowling Tip
By Mike Luongo
Bowlers: This week's tip was suggested by a league bowler and applies mostly to those bowlers who are using modern bowling balls.
You may not know that the modern bowling ball is porous with several different densities and has numerous chemicals in the cover stocks.
Full coverage of this tip is available at http://bght.blogspot.com/
As these balls change temperature, the cover and core will expand and contract. Due to the different materials used for the core, inner core and cover, this fluctuation occurs at different rates.
Leaving the ball in a car when temperatures are severe, very hot or very cold, the expansion and contraction causes severe stress on the cover. This stress us even greater when a cold ball is used to bowl while it is still cold. This may cause the ball to crack.
So the tip is not only educational but let it serve as a reminder to take care of your bowling ball investment--avoid the experience that the above mentioned bowler went through--and if you carry your balls to and from the center, don't leave them in your car. Mike Luongo is a certified IBPSIA Pro Shop Operator, Master Instructor, USBC Silver Level Coach and an Advisor-Special Events assistant with the Storm and Roto Grip Bowling Ball Company. Have a question, call him at 435-720-7939 or eamil at mikel@stormbowling.com
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