CBS Bowling Classic (Best Ball doubles match)

Semi-final match of the CBS Bowling Classic. Doubles match, pitting Dick Weber and Bob Strampe against Carmen Salvino and Glenn Allison. This unique doubles format played like a golf scramble. One player on a team would roll his first ball on the left lane. If he struck, the team would score a strike in the frame and it would be unnecessary for his partner to roll a ball. If the first player failed to strike on the left lane, his partner would roll his first ball on the right lane, and if it was a strike, the team would score a strike in the frame and it would be unnecessary for the first player to bowl at his spare leave. If both players failed to strike, each player would be able to shoot at his spare until one of them converted his spare. Obviously, if both players missed their spare, the team would score the highest of the two pin counts between the two players. Best Ball, got it? You won't find much better pro bowling than this, as most of these guys were on fire that day. Telecast from Paramus Bowling Lanes in Paramus, NJ. This bowling center was also the site for TV's "Make That Spare" series in the early 1960s. The play-by-play announcer for this match is baseball legend Pee Wee Reese. Color analyst is bowling great Billy Welu, who also worked for many years alongside Chris Schenkel on ABC's Pro Bowlers Tour until Welu's death in 1974.