I took my dad to see a PBA finals in 1998. Qualifying had taken place in Milford CT, and the finals were at Sacred Heart University. Our seats were about halfway up, looking down on the approaches, in my opinion a great place to watch the matches from.
I remember that Walter Ray Williams won the tournament. I don't remember which other bowlers made the finals. None of them were star players of that era like Aulby, Bohn, or Voss. The most memorable event was a mistake by whoever was in charge of the big screen monitor. At one point as Walter Ray was about throw his ball, they put up a shot of Dick Weber, who was seated behind the approach on the screen and everyone who didn't have a good view of the approach started to applaud. Weber was visibly upset to have been the cause of a distraction for one of the competitors. Williams was his usual unflappable self, and just reset himself and threw a quality shot.
In hindsight, I wish I had gone over to watch some of the qualifying, and had gotten Dick Weber's autograph.
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