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March 2 • 2017

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tu Zorn bowled his first 300
said. “If a rolled a 299, it still would
game.
have been fun. My teammates [on the
It happened on the most
Yogi’s Rollers] gave me some advice,
unlikely of nights under the most
though. They said guys sometimes
unlikely of circumstances.
slow down and aim when they have
Zorn, 49, is in his 15th year
a chance to bowl a 300. They
ABOVE:
bowling in B’nai B’rith leagues,
told me not to do that.”
Stu Zorn, left, with
mostly the Brotherhood-Eddie
Three strikes later, with
teammates Mitch
Jacobson League. He isn’t a
teammates
and league mem-
Lefton, Corey
bad bowler. His average this
bers
saluting
his achievement,
Slutsky and Larry
season is 203.
Zorn
joined
the
300 club.
Slutsky.
But the West Bloomfield
“I have an even bigger
resident never threw a perfect
appreciation now for guys
game until Feb. 20 at Country Lanes in who have thrown more than one 300
Farmington Hills.
game,” Zorn said. “Everything has to
In fact, Zorn never threw nine
go perfectly, like a hole-in-one in golf.”
consecutive strikes to start a game
Now that he has a 300 game on his
until that night, and the previous high bowling resume, Zorn isn’t resting on
game for his career was 279.
his laurels.
After bowling 178 and 159 in his
“I want a second one,” he said. “I
first two games Feb. 20, a 300 game
want to prove the first one wasn’t a
was the furthest thought from Zorn’s
fluke.”
mind. All he wanted to do was finish
The other members of the Yogi’s
his series on a high note.
Rollers team are Mitch Lefton, Larry
“Nothing was working for me in
and Corey Slutsky and Howard Waxer.
my first two games [Feb. 20],” he said.
“Silly stuff was happening, like leaving
B’NAI B’RITH BOWLING NOTES
a split on a pocket hit.”
Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson League
Late in his second game, Zorn
— Gary Klinger (206 average) rolled
switched bowling balls. He hauled
a 706 series and Rob Greenfield (214
out an old bowling ball he stores in a
average) rolled a 676 series and a 266
locker at Country Lanes and started
game Feb. 13.
bowling with it.
Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson
“I never switch bowling balls after
League — High games this sea-
I start bowling, and I hadn’t used
son belong to Mitch Lefton, Dave
that old ball all season,” he said. “But
Shanbaum and Stu Zorn, each with a
I thought I’d give it a try. What did it
300. Greenfield (299), Benny Shapiro
matter?”
(279), Phil Horowitz (279) and Klinger
Zorn rolled 15 consecutive strikes to (279) are next in line. Greenfield (766)
end his night. The final 12 came in his
and Klinger (748) have the best series
perfect game.
of the season.
All 15 strikes were rolled with the
Downtown Fox League — Noah
old bowling ball, which Zorn esti-
Cohen (279) and Steve Mattler (268)
mates is five years old. His newer
have the high games of the season.
bowling ball is about two years old.
Cohen (749) and David Moses (698)
Both are 15 pounds, but different
have the best series of the season.
brands.
Fellow Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
bowlers began congregating around
Novi Detroit Catholic Central High
Zorn after he’d rolled eight straight
School football and wrestling star
strikes to start his final game.
Jackson Ross, who was featured Feb.
“My shot in the ninth frame came
16 in the Jewish News, has announced
in fast and tight, but I got my strike,”
he will attend Hope College and play
Zorn said.
football there. •
As the 10th frame approached, Zorn
Send sports news to
said, he wasn’t nervous.
stevestein502004@yahoo.com.
“It was already my best game,” he

