Dynamic Duo
Owners of Bowl-A-Wile Bill Eggen's List Hubie Neutzler's List
1. Bill Eggen and Hubie Neutzler.
2. Thursday Night Senior League.
3. Ron Hamilton bowling two three hundreds in three games.
4. Losing a doubles match to Ron Boyce as he shot 300 to win.
5. My first City Team Title.
6. Jimmy Pfautsch rolling an 800 before shooting 700.
7. Dave Scott.
8. Bowling 765 to beat Donnie Findlay for a Pepsi.
9. Big Larry Opperman and I trying to take Bill Eggen's rat hole money on the bowling lanes.
10. Making a PBA regional match play.
Jim Donnelly's short, but fond memories of Midstate from 1987-1992
1. Dave and Vicki Scott and the many conversations that we had. Watching Dave and Vicki's kids grow up. Bringing my son, Jamie into Midstate a few days after he was born.
2. Buz Coon bartending at TIKI! Some stiff Drinks!
3. Randy Huffman shooting 730 after 160 1st game in Senior League.
4. Charlie Wood and his Continental.
5. PJ and his son growing up
6. Above ground ball returns and swollen right ankle from ten pin shots on right lane.
7. Hanging Rich Walters seven times in senior league game...I think we shot 1230 scratch for that game.
8. Lonnie Wilson and Travis Dietzel growing up. Bev and Dennis Bentch.
9. Midstate's shot!
10. Me trying to plug a ball and ruining my favorite black u dot, by gouging off the plug with Dave Scott's router.
Harold Eggen's 10
1. Tiling the floor.
2. Cards in the backroom and Maurice Markway locking the players inside forcing the removal of the door to get out.
3. Bowling on the Pizzaria Napolitana team: Bill Eggen, Bill Dahl, Larry Opperman Sr.
4. City All Events Title.
5. Winning City doubles with brother Bill.
6. Closing the Tiki with Bill Voss.
7. The days when I could out average my brother.
8. Thursday jackpots.
9. Bowling with a lot of nice people.
10. Good friends.
1. The Dangerfield's.
2.The 1st shootout was formed(The Stag Shootout).
3. First saw my Beeeeee.
4. Jim Pfautsch shoots 800 before 700.
5. Big John's full moon over the TIKI.
6. PJ, the spot bowler.
7. 1st 300.
8. KRO having his first drink from WHO.
9. The real Long Island Tea(TIKI Tea).
10. After hour jackpot bowling.
1. Best "happy hour" in town.
2. Bleggen and Blolive.
3. Gerry Boyce, Pat Trice, Sue Swaw, Dave Scott.
4. My first PBA Regional.
5. Bowling in the Summer Scratch League with Bill Olive and shooting my highest 700 series, a 749.
6. First "Moonlight Doubles" with Tony Dietzel, shooting 1401 scratch.
7. Bowling with the Coca Cola team.
8. The Oly Shootout, err, I mean the Old Milwaukee Shootout, or was it the Miller Lite Shootout!?!?!
9. Bowling in the Miller Lite Shootout, finishing -11, and the first Miller Lite Women’s Shootout the next year.
10. Winning the third annual Miller Lite Women’s Shootout and bowling my highest game ever, 288.
1. My 1st 300 of five shot at Midstate. It was on 9 and 10.
2. Ron Boyce christening lane 3 in a midnight rendezvous that made lane 3 the
highest scoring lane in the house.
3. Chuck Hemmel riding his motorcycle into Bowl-A-Wile and almost flattening
Bill Eggen.
4. John Poehlein beating me on 11 and 12 in the Old Milwaukee 259 to 258 when
we left identical leaves of a 4 pin and a solid 8 but John's were one frame
apart and mine were two frames apart. John went on to win his only shootout.
5. I struck out in the 10th against Jinx for 226 in the 2nd Olympia Shootout.
This made Jinx strike out to tie and he left a solid 10 in the 12th to lose by a
pin and I went on to win my 1st Olympia Shootout.
6. Bill Eggen carrying 204, 208 and 212 in three leagues when only one or
possibly two other bowlers in the city carried 200.
7. Leroy Buske averaging 248 for 148 games in the Bowl-A-Wile doubles
tournament.
8. Playing chess with Bruce Pfautsch until three and four in the morning
after the bowling alley closed.
9. Taco Bell winning the first round in the Senior League and then Dave
changed the shot after we had lofty averages and the team dropped to 8th place,
the worst finish in the Senior League for Taco Bell.
10. Always having the best shot when we shot Dave's team.
1.Working for Bill Eggen and Hubie Neutzler from the ages of 14-18+ and them
helping me to grow up as a decent adult.
2.Shooting 214 and 110 two game series as a 11 year old Bantam bowler.
3. Working Sat. nights with Bill Olive and him letting me practice late into
the night.
4. Ralph Etter(bar tender) Being sure i walked the "straight and narrow".
5.Bowling my 1st 300 game at the ripe old age of 20!
6. Bowling doubles with Don Scott, the best bowler I ever had the pleasure
to team with.
7. Dave Scott-Trading labor for invaluable practice and friendship.
8. Bowling 800 before 700. I am still not sure how I did that!!!!
9. Bowling 300 against Bill Olive in the Old Milwaukee Open, the tournament
I lived for.
10. Shooting 3 -300's in one year-1983
Since I am left-handed and always had an "advantage" I get 2 more!!!!
10b. Denny Hodges beating me 226 to 225 when I left a solid 10 pin in the
tenth(and Denny thought he was the only one to get tapped!!!!!)
10c. I cannot thank enough all the "coaches" I had in my too short career.
BOB PFAUTSCH'S TOP TEN
1. THE TUESDAY NIGHT THAT MY SON JIM SHOT 803 BEFORE HE HAD SHOT
700!!
2. THE ONE TIME I MADE THE CUT IN THE OLD MILWAUKEE SHOOT OUT.
3. THE NIGHT I HAD 2-213 GAMES AND NEEDED A GUTTER BALL IN THE
TENTH FRAME OF
THE LAST GAME FOR A TRIPLICATE..........I THREW ANOTHER STRIKE.
4. JIM BOWLING ONE OF HIS 300 GAMES.
5. WALKING AROUND THE PAILS THAT CAUGHT WATER FROM THE LEAKING
ROOF.
6.BUNNIE AND ME BOWLING WITH HUGO AND MARCELLA HASKAMP ON SUNDAY
NIGHT.
7. COACHING KIDS LEAGUE ON SAT. MORNING AND AFTERNOON FOR 3 FREE
GAMES OF
BOWLING.
8. BOWLING IN LEAGUES WITH MY SONS,BRUCE AND JIM
9. PLAYING THE POKER HANDS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STRIKES MADE.
10. HAROLD EGGEN BUYING HIS FIRST MO. SCRATCH OFF LOTTERY TICKETS
AND
WINNING $1000.00.
.
- My first 300 on lanes 15 and 16 in summer league.
Dave Scott's 10
1. My best friend Roy Schroer and all the other wonderful people
Vickey and I can call friend.
2. The talented young players that have come out of our Jr. program,
most of whom were the result of Harley and Pat Thompson's tutorship.
3. All the long hours Vickey and I spent at the bowling alley,
not recreation center.
4. The T-shirts, P.J., Leland Hodges, and Vickey had made up after
I accidentally shot our Plymouth Horizon.
5. Being taught to be a bowler and not just a thrower by Bill
Olive.
6. My first Old Mil. championship.
7. Shooting 297 against Bill Olive in the semi's of the 12th Shootout.
8. Bowling for coffee with Bill until the wee hours of the morning.
9. Going out for the great meals after the qualifying round of
the shoot outs.
10. Body Bowling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Memories
1) POST SENIOR LEAGUE FUN
A) Video Baseball, Video Football - Frequent players were
Travis, Tony, Dave Scott
Matt Schnieders, Dave Grieshammer, Lonnie. This became such an
obsession that we sometimes felt compelled to organize tournaments
in order to appease the gambleholic in all of us.
B) Darts, Shuffle Bowling, Trivia Game in TIKI LOUNGE. There
was always something interesting going on with lots of interesting
people inside!
C) Just plain getting drunk when the mood struck. (Usually
after a poor night on the lanes!)
D) Body Bowling one night with the gang. Very bruised the
next day. Would do again!!!
2) GREAT SPORTS EVENTS VIEWED AT MIDSTATE
A) 4/1/85: VILLANOVA 66 GEORGETOWN 64. This was arguably the
biggest
upset in college basketball history. John Poehlein, Denny Hodges,
Jim Pfautsch, and myself returned from bowling Monday night in
Columbia in time to see most of the second half. Tiki was absolutely
packed and everyone was rooting for Villanova.
B) 1/8/94: KC CHIEFS 27 PITTSBURGH 24 (OT). This was a first
round
playoff game where the Chiefs tied the game on a 4th
and goal TD pass by
Joe Montana. The City Tournament was going on at the time.
C) 10/27/85: My Royals win game 7 of World Series. It was a Sunday
night and
the Tiki was virtually empty, but I will never forget it. (probably
because
I may never live long enough to see them reach the World Series
again!!)
D) 10/24/85: Royals vs Cards in game 5 of world series. This
was memorable
because it combined two things I love a lot - bowling & the
Royals. Darrel
Reinsch was kind enough to furnish two extra tvs for the bowlers
to watch. Of course, I was the only person in the place pulling
for the Royals. P.S. I managed to shoot 631 that night; not bad
with my team facing elimination.
P.S.S. Sorry about those last two, Lynn. Can we still be friends?
3) 1993/94 Season in Senior League. I led league in average at 216.55 in final season. Average race came down to last week with 4 or 5 guys having a realistic chance to take t.
4) 2/6/93: 300 game in qualifying round of Miller Lite Shootout
on lanes 13/14.
Lynn, I think you were keeping score.
5) 1984, 1985: On city team tournament champions with Denny, Jim P. John P., and Dave Scott. I was still kind of new in town, and these great bowlers asked me to bowl with THEM! I'll never forget how special that made me feel.
6) 4/20/85: Won a Double Elimination Match Play Tournament. This was the only individual tournament I ever won at Midstate. I beat the late Roger Smith for the title; the money really came in handy as Chris was born just 34 days earlier. Those tournaments were always a blast, no matter the outcome.
7) 5/18/85: Picked up the 7-10 split for the only time in my life in another doubleElimination Tournament. It was on lane 4 in the eight frame and helped me squeek by Donna Mehrhoff. Sorry, Buz, if this one seems lame to you - we can't all pick up the damn thing twice in one season like you!!
8) 7/22/87: 300 game in Wednesday Mixed League on Lanes 11-12. Was bowling with wife in this league.
( yes, we used to do things together one upon a time)
9) MIDSTATE IDIOSYNCRASIES
A) first time I bowled there after moving from KC, I was startled
when the lane
"threw" the ball back at me with those classic above
ground ball returns
B) Sound of Gene Thompson's follow thru hitting ball returns.
C) Miniature Golf on Lanes 13-20 during the summer. YOU
HAD TO SEE IT
TO BELIEVE IT!! I think this even evolved into a combination
golf/bowling
tournament at one point ( or we just endlessly talked about doing
it)
Dave, you were a marketing genius way ahead of your time!!!
10) For those of you wondering, yes I am including the time
I passed out on the john
from exess imbibing. It was 1/13/90, and I had just finished shooting
1049 for
Singles & Doubles in the City Tournament. I still am getting
grief to this day!!
1. First time I met Bridget
2. Drinking in the Tiki, again, again and again.
3. First 700
4. Watching Travis shoot 300 & 800.
5. Roy Scherr - Enough Said!
6. Pat & Harley Thompson
7. Drinking before I was 21, sorry Dave blame Dad.
8. Harold & Bill Eggen, two great guys.
9. Bowling on Thursdays with Taco Bell.
10. Last but not least, Dave & Vicky Scott. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do to the fact that some left handers have abused the guru
rules I have
been told that if I did not keep my list to one line that it would
be
detrimental to my health. So here is my top ten in no particular
order.
1. Friday night scotch and waters with my father at the Tiki lounge
2. My Dad buying me my first beer after my first Miller Lite Shootout
3. Qualifying for the final 12 with my Dad in the Miller Lite
Shootout.
4. Bowling 797 with the blue Nitro after only 2 practices balls.
( could
not get enough of that equipment in )
5. Bowling with my Dad on the Thursday Senior league ( he got
me in even
though I was only averaging 175 )
6. Sleeping on top of the machines below the speakers so that
I could here
the call
7. Working with P.J.(Heavy Lunch), Dave & Vicki Scott
8. The coffee machine with the cups with the card hands on them
9. Losing to David A. Scott 259 to 248 in the championship game
of My
first Miller Lite Shootout
10. The overall Friendly atmosphere of Midstate is what I will
miss the
most. Great People and Great times.
GOOD BYE OLD FRIEND!!
After working at Bowl-A-Wile/Midstate for 29 years, I have
more than 10,
some of which could lead to divorces, but Mr. WHO said "Tough,
only 10.
1. The owners: Bill Eggen and Hubie Neutzler, Jake Schenewerk,
Charlie Leonard (remember him Dave and Buz), and Neal Jones.
2. Tike Lounge - Loud music, strong drinks, cold beer (sometimes).
3. The Dangerfields - Gary, Neal, Gray (the buyer) myself
and
Malcolm (only strike when Gray is on) Coon. The PYRAMIDS.
4. The Scott family, especially good friends Dave and Vickey.
5. The water hazards and the gutter 'above' lanes 12 & 13.
6. The 'Road Course' in the parking lot.
7. Ric Scott painting the masking units and covering my
spots.
Saturday mornings with K.O. Working with my son Brian.
8. Winning the City Tournament Singles my 1st year in the Mens Lge.
9. Green Stamp Bowling, Moonlight Doubles and the Shootouts.
10. The friends and memories that will last forever.
Okay Bill here is my to 10.
1. Being hired by my brothers as the mechanic at Midstate in 1974.
2. Finally being able to average over 200.
3. Bowling my first PBA tournament at Midstate after having to
cut my hair and shave my beard.
4. Nelson Burton Jr. throwing my ball just to show me it would
hook
5. Me and dad winning the doubles tournament at Town&Country
lanes in Washington.
6. Bowling on 1&2 at Midstate in the city tournament on the
all Scott team and Donnie bowling a 300.
7. My brother Dave's 300 in South Dakota.
8. Putting down the now legalized shot on Tues. and Thurs. with
the old Roto Buff.
9. Bowling in the first Old Milwaukee Shootout.
10. Working crossword puzzles and drinking coffee with Roy Schroer.
1. Going to work as a pin setter at 14 using manual pin setters.
2. Looking across the street to see Mankin Stave Mill where Jeff Bank is now.
3. Jim Dykes, St. Louis Browns, tipping me a quarter after bowling 11 in a row.
4. March 31, 1971 a 300 on lanes 15-16.
5. Coaching kids who have gone on to shoot 300.
Gene Thompson, Keith OLive, Tony Haskamp, David J. Scott, Mike Manning, Travis Dietzel, Tony Dietzel, Kevin Lueckenotte, Jim Gerling, Dave Ousley, Jr. to mention a few.
6. Junior Team winning State Championship in Kansas City, MO.
7. Setting pins on four lanes at same time using the new motorized pin setters.
1. Meeting each other the first night that I ever bowled
at Midstate.
(Dennis) Monday night league . Bev asked me to have a drink after
bowling with
the help of her friends. It was raining like mad outside.
2. Winning the first Moonlight Bowling tournament that we
entered
togather. Still got the Miller Lite Mirror hanging on the wall
in the
family room.
3. Being asked to bowl with the The Dangerfield's on Thursday
nights.
Got some great bowling tips from those guys.
4. Working part time at the Bowling Alley.
5. Being friends with Dave & Vickey.
6. Making the cut in the Miller Shootout. (Don't remember
the year}
Maybe Mike Williams could. I think he kept the stats.
7. Jim Donnelly - Remember Topeka, Kansas.
8. Having Taco Bell next door.
9. Bev bringing in a pitcher of margueriitas from La Casa
in her
bowling bag.
10. Bev counting contractions in the Friday night Streamliners
league
before Lauren being born Sat. at 6:00 a.m. and returning the very
next
Friday night to bowl.
P.S.. All the WONDERFUL AND LIFETIME FRIENDS we've met and
lots of
great BOWLING MEMORIES!
I don't if I have a good 10 but I will try!
1. The friendships of Bill and Hubie, Jim and Bob, Harley, Hugh Shelton, Ed Creedon, Bob Emling Brooks Walters and a host of others!
2. The competitions with Mike Veit, Dave Presley, Bob Pfautsch, Bill Eggen and others!
3. Ron Boyce and his team and his sponsorship after he quit bowling!
4. Roy Schroer! Enough said!
5. Don and Dave Scott and Bill Olive drilling me the equipment I have never mastered!
6. Leroy Buske's 846 in the Doubles Tournament with 32 strikes! Ron Hamilton's back to back 300's!
7. The late nights after bowling in the Tiki and on the lanes!
8. Bruce Pfautsch, gone but not forgotten!
9. Getting a phone call from the police at 2 am about the lanes being left unlocked when I didn't work there! Dave Scott got the next call!
10. My first City Championship in 1976!