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Show Jan. 27, 1994 Csp g)(2lirCfDS latest to hit mark; breaks Utah bowling record 7 old by Jay Joersz Hilltop Times staff Folfilnlg) . r?5 owling a perfect score is a unique and I noteworthy experience and Hill's Bowl- Lisirig Center has had a rash of them lately four in 1993 and another this month when Cleve Dennis, 79, bowled his first 300 game. For much of his life, Cleve Dennis didn't see any entertainment value in the game of bowling. In fact, he said he thought it was a dumb game with little challenge to it. But, at the age of 52, his wife, Julie, finally talked him into picking up a ball and trying the game. Twenty-seve- n years later and only five days after his 79th birthday, Dennis joined the distinguished ranks of those who have reached the perfect score of 300. With the game, he became the oldest person in Utah history to bowl a perfect score and is tied for the third oldest nationally in American BowlIk ing Congress history. The oldest person was 81, with 80 being next and he is one of three to hit the mark at 79. ioto by Jay Joersz Dennis bowled the game Jan. 14 on the Friday on Rodin' Night Mixed League at the Hill Bowling Center. Dennis said he has never really been close to a Cleve Dennis, 79, rolled his first perfect game 300 game before, but after the 10th frame, even Jan. 14 to become the oldest bowler in Utah he eight-pithe almost felt though stayed up, history to reach the mark. confident he was going to do it. Moreover, unlike most bowlers on the verge of a perfect mark, he "It was smooth as silk out there," he said. "I said he was not the least bit nervous. just laid it out there and the pins flew. I wasn't q( 10-pi- n CEO STORM 91049. Auto., air, cassette, 25K, yellow '91 AIAZDA 4x4 SE--5 1 91047. Cab plus PU, shell, air '89 DODGE CARAVAN 91046. '90 MAZDA 91045. real clean AC, 929 S '93 SUZUKI SIDEKICK '85 CHRYSLER NEW VOYAGER 500 '92 91072. PICKUP S--10 '92 CHRYSLER 5TH AVE 91070. 91025. 63IC... '89 ISUZU TROOPER IS 91042. '89 FORD RANGER 91059. V-- 4x4 91 058. '92 auto., AC, real clean 7 a v w TOYOTA COROLLA LE 90995. Loaded, '91 LB '91 JEEP 90156. '91 low miles CHEVROLET 90993. K1500 4x4 PU, loadedl WRANGLER i Soft-to- CHRYSLER FIFTH AVE, 90982. loaded, clean... '89 JEEP WRANGLER 90981. Red, nice, TOYOTA CELICA ST 90967. Auto., 18K, Beautiful! '93 OVER onn '86 MAZDA 626 25K, like new 90998. rm - 40 4x4's r Erg tUjUUU .. '93 DODGE CARAVAN 0UU All Wheel Drive, low miles CL clean 91000. . f88 1 miles '89 CHEVROLET ASTRO 94UU shell, XLT.. '90 fORD TEMPO 91051. 91005. Loaded, red low 9Ur2UU cassette EX-CA- B 1 1 '90 JEEP CHEROKEE LIMITED 54UU 3 1 ,2SU '88 MERCEDES BENZS60SL 79K 91016. Sedan, loaded, 87K...... , I Loaded, sunroof, 8K auto., loaded, l908 10f5oll '3,2SB 6yl., soft top, right miles PLYMOUTH COLT PREMIER '87 BMW 7351 09 UO 19K l., s- WRANGLER 91020. 2OUU 1 19UU Ex-C- CHEVROLET '86 U,9UU YORKER 91076. loaded, leather....; CHEVROLET C--1 91073. Pickup, loaded Wagonmasfer Conv '90 '90 JEEP I 1 ,OUU " auto., air V-- 6, 0,280 '9,388 - LE low miles 91067. m 91081. 4x4, hardtop, 8K... 91078. '86 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER $10,300 2,900 air, cassette, '90 PLYMOUTH GRAND WRANGLER Soft-to- p, 91021. '86 HONDA CIVIC 91082. 91066. '. leather, sunroof, loaded! V-- '90 JEEP .$7,200 -; .- Inlo luck on his side as well. "Anytime anyone rolls a 300 game, there is luck involved," he said, "because you can throw what looks like a solid strike and a seven- - or n may still be sitting there. I'm very pleased to hit it ... some people never get there." Mike Lucovitz, bowling center manager, said he was very impressed with Dennis' 300 game. "With his age and the amount of pressure that a person is under in that situation, it's incredible to me how he handled it," he said. "I watch those young guys get up there and they are visibly shaking and nervous." Since picking up that first bowling ball, Dennis has really gotten involved in leagues and in the game itself. He was a board member of the local Men's Bowling Association for 10 years, including a year as the association president. Julie has also been involved in bowling. She is a member of the local Women's Bowling Association, where she was vice president for many years and is now in the association's hall of fame. t '91 GOtf 19 nervous or shook up at all." Julie supported his claim as she said he was "cool as a cucumber" throughout the entire game and even after he hit the final shot. "I was the nervous one," she said. "I was chewing my fingernails down to nothing. "I always knew he was very calm, but when he hit 300 I thought he would really react," she said. "But there was nothing ... just a smile." Dennis, who currently has a 181 average (down from a 189 last year), said that he doesn't chalk the game up to just skill he said he had 3 f DlrO Hilltop Times ........ 1 498U U2UU ...T 1 3,4UU & 9OUU 1 1 UOUU 9fOUU 13,988 TO CHOOSE FROM! |