kakcpa
PBA Forum Member
Member # 23072
|
The date was August 30, 1983,
the place Bertand Lanes in Waukegan, Illinois for the 1983
$100,000 Waukegan Open. It had been 14 years since Les Zikes won
his one and only previous title, which was at Waukegan in 1969.
Les qualified 24th for match play and was able to move up all the
way to the championship round qualifying 4th. Using an AMF Black
Angle, he mowed through the field shooting 963 for 4 games. The
clip shows Les's championship game vs. Johnny Petraglia. Petraglia
was no match for the hot Les Zikes, as Zikes won 258-168. Zikes
collected $13,000 for his victory. Zikes also defeated Jimmy
Certain, Earl Anthony and Tom Baker on his way to his 2nd title. I
believe Zikes still competes on the senior tour. Les's son, Lyle
is a bowling writer for Bowlers Journal, and also shown is
acclaimed bowling writer, Matt Fiorito who now is with the Detroit
Free Press. This particular telecast was on the USA network, who
showed the summer tour in the early 80s. I believe the announcer
was Al Trautwig, and the color was Mike Durbin.
http://www.mrbowling300.com/pba/Zikes83.wmv
|