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High Rollers
In B'nai B'rith

Steve Stein

Special to the Jewish News

B

arry Fishman started with a
300 game and finished with
an 811 series on a memo-
rable night for the Brotherhood-Eddie
Jacobson B'nai B'rith bowling league.
While the 300 was the ninth perfect
game rolled in the league since it was
formed in 1961, Fishman's series is the
highest in league history.
Former league bowler Dennis Eder
had the previous high series, an 801 in
2001. That was the league's.first 800
series.
Fishman, a 43-year-old Bloomfield
Hills resident, bowled 300-246-265-
811 on Nov. 28 at Country Lanes in
Farmington Hills. It was the Oak Park
High grad's first 300 game and 800
series. By the time Fishman headed
home, he had raised his average to a
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league-high 218.
"I'm really proud of both accom-
plishments, but especially the 800
series because that's so difficult to do:'
Fishman said. Fishman's previous
high game was 299, rolled Jan. 27,
.
1997, during Brotherhood-Eddie
Jacobson league play at Country
Lanes. The left-hander was tapped by
a 7-pin on his final ball.
His best series before the 811 was
238-289-257-784. That happened in
1990 at the old West Bloomfield Lanes
while bowling in the Pisgah B'nai
B'rith league.
Fishman nearly lost his perfect
game on light pocket hits in the sev-
enth and eighth frames, but he was
back on track in the ninth. By that
time, many other bowlers were watch-
ing. When he started the 10th frame,
the house was quiet.
Fishman's historic night helped his
team, Up in Smoke, earn 22 of 24
points and keep first place in its divi-
sion. A member of the Brotherhood-
Eddie Jacobson and Pisgah leagues for
more than 20 years, Fishman dedicat-
ed his record series to all the former
league bowlers who can't compete
anymore because of health problems.
Fishman rarely misses a league
night, but he was sidelined for a
month twice following back surgery in
1996 and 1998.

More Brotherhood
Fishman isn't the only hot bowler in
the Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson
league. Steve Lotzoff of West
Bloomfield rolled 219-247-250-716
and Steve Anstandig of Commerce
Township had a 280 game Nov. 28. It
was Lotzoff's first 700 series.

Mirror Images
Jonathan Swartz of Farmington Hills
and Larry Garfinkle of West
Bloomfield both threw 10 consecutive
strikes en route to 287 games in the
Morganthau UChayim/Zeiger Gross
B'nai B'rith bowling league. Swartz
rolled his gem Oct. 31; Garfinkle on
Nov. 21. The league bowls at
Drakeshire Lanes in Farmington Hills.

On Strike
The Metropolitan Detroit B'nai B'rith
Bowling Association will host an
International B'nai B'rith Bowling
Association sectional tournament in
March. About 100 teams are expected
to participate.

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