1959 Miami News AMF Championship Bowling Special

Historic 1959 telecast, broadcast only to the Miami and South Florida area, of the Miami News AMF Championship Bowling Special, pitting pro bowlers Ed Lubanski and his local teammates against Billy Welu and his local teammates in a Scotch Doubles event. The way the format works is this: The pros are each paired with three teammates, one of whom is the PBA player's doubles partner each game in a Scotch Doubles match against the other doubles team. In this version of Scotch Doubles, the pros start the match and as long as they strike, they hold their turn and throw the next ball, too. Otherwise, the players on the team take turns throwing the first ball in the frame. In this unique telecast, Ed Lubanski got up to roll the first ball for his team in Game 2 and never ceded his turn back to either of his partners in those final two games. He just kept striking...until he threw back-to-back 300 games, a feat that has not been equalled on television in all the years since. Oh, in case you don't notice on screen, Ed Lubanski bowled with two fingers in the ball -- his middle finger and thumb. Telecast just once, and just locally, from the Miami Bowling Palace in 1959. Steve Ellis is the emcee. The play-by-play announcer is none other than ABC Hall of Famer and former National Champion Lee Jouglard, one of the few successful three-step bowlers on the pro bowlers tour. The action starts to pick up at the :26:15 mark in the video when Game 2 begins.