European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 19 commentary heavy striking was Novas Forte Dan Novak was a so he was cast according to the 1985 american Bowling Congress european masters one is the other following his big Victory last sunday in the strapping kid from California told his Side of a circulated though Novak reveal it was Learned through other channels that two of Bremer havens leading Preston Kern and Hershel didst want Novak on their team and saw to it that he was they team members told me i had a bad so i was Cut from the Novak said after disposing of ram steins Fred fingers Walton in the championship 606 to Novak probably is wondering what constitutes a bad sometimes a youngster with Bowling ability May not come off in the same Light As some of his older teammates would want and maybe who had been at Bremerhaven a couple of had a Point to and others didst like the Way he tried to prove after Novak was told he had an attitude problem and want he was a Little shocked at then i said to myself that i would get my own said he did and now he is the Champion of 568 men bowlers in i dont feel bitter about said who thought he deserved better Novak Doest have to worry about receiving better treatment from now he certainly has earned treatment deserving of his winners no one individual has brought the Bremerhaven sports Community More recognition than what Novak did in the masters final five Roll offs was mainly because of his at 21 years of age he had a birthday april 12 Novak was suppose to put his Bowling Ball in the rack and Bow before his More experienced he refused to As he shut the lights out on Jerry of Germany Bennie of Germany Bob of Milden England and the highest Stroker in Europe with a 201 there is one thing for sure Novak knows How to Knock Down pins with so much velocity that people in the stands of the Sheridan Bowling Center looked on in in his Short stay at Novak was Given some nicknames the the Bremerhaven Strong boy and dangerous he starts his approach standing approaching the foul he dips his head and Shoul Ders very thereby allowing the maximum follow through and Power in his if he is dead in the the pins crumble for a if he is the pins usually for a High count or if he is High in the anything can like a split or a single pin com photo by boo Odem Bremerhaven Dan Novak 1985 Abc masters Champion ing out of the pit or bouncing off the sideboard and taking care of anything left big Larry Dube of Kaiserslautern won the 1977 masters in using a House Ball and House no Winner Ever threw As hard As until Novak throws a Tad harder than but it must be remembered that Dube was 37 at the 6foot 235 pounds and lifted Beer Novak is 205 pounds and one glance at his biceps revealed that he has lifted i did when i was Novak Novak is accommodating and looks like a High school his bad attitude rap appears to be nothing but during the Novak released tension in the form of a bloodcurdling the same sound heard from someone before Landing a blow in the scream came Only after a the like one of his carried throughout the and Novak did it four or five but Only in crucial if he had done it any there May not have been anybody around to watch him including it definitely penetrated the but the fans loved his enthusiasm and determine he was determined to even though As 4 qualifier he had to disposed of the 3 and 2 qualifiers in total pinball of two games and in the three game total pinball Novak was Walton didst know what happened when Novak branded him with a opening the 256 and 199 games didst bother said what bothered me is that i never found the with two games Walton Felt he could erase the 62pin Lead that Novak held on him after the but Walton shot a 156 second game and he was finished As Novak spun Waltons 192 to Novas 151 in the third game was Bowling is a fickle game and no one knows that better than in his first masters last he finished i just never got into said who didst appear Overly Hurt by the in he probably was the nicest loser of the last 10 first of i came in cold and my thumb had swollen from the last six qualifying games several hours Walton was experiencing what happens to a lot of 1 they sit and get cold on the sidelines while waiting for their time to sometimes it is worse to be the 1 who More often than not Walton now has joined the Long of he Novak had already found his line and i started off in the tract area inside of what the Gorilla was using 10 Walton All of the other players before were using his Speed was needed for that line and i throw a much slower therefore my Ball was hooking too i tried to Roll outside his tract in the and then it such Are the tribulations that test bowlers a striking was the name of Novas when he got a the pins Felt it and the spectators and his opponent didst have to see it to know Novak got nine strikes against Only five against eight against Cusanelli and 17 against a graduate of Newbury High Novak let it be known he would be Back to defend his and hell remain until after 1988 fingers Walton wants another crack at the go but instead of trying to beat Novak on the he might try another Avenue bring along a the stars and stripes sluggers Hammer Baltimore 53 from press dispatches Baltimore Kansas cites new found Power hitting and winning ways had manager Dick Howser smiling after his royals Defeated the Baltimore orioles 53 tuesday Kansas City smacked three homers and scored five runs in the fourth the teams biggest inning of the the Victory gave the royals a sweep of the two game it was Only a two game said but ill take also it was Nice to be Able to sit Back and let our Home run Guys do the Job for those Guys were Frank White and George who hit consecutive Home runs to Lead off the fourth and Jim who crashed a three run All came off losing Pitcher Scott Whites Home run was his sixth of the Brett hit his fourth and Sundberg connected for his Mark started for the royals and allowed three runs before be was re american league lived by Mike Jones in the elsewhere in the Al tuesday Blue jays Angels 3 Toronto Jesse Barfield homered and Lloyd Moseby snapped an ofor19 slump with a two run triple to help Toron to clip Damaso Garcia snapped a 33 tie in the sixth with a two run Doyle pitched 6 innings for the tigers rangers 1 Detroit Lou Whitaker went three for including a Home run for the second successive to Lead de troit Over Whitaker boosted his american league leading average to with his fifth Home run and two he also drove in a pair of runs to make a Winner of Milt 1 who went five Willie Hernandez pitched the ninth for his ninth Whitakers four thinning shot chromed off the facing of the second deck in the night Whitaker be came Only the 20th Man to hit a Ball out of Tiger Treyve got a Good bal club and there going to give everybody Texas manager Doug Rader there certainly More than we can Yankees twins 7 new York Ken Griffey grand slam following four straight walks capped a six run seventh inning to lift new it was the Yankees eighth Triumph in their last 11 games and the second night in a Row they rallied to beat the the seven thinning uprising gave reliever Brian Fisher his first major league mariners red sox 0 Boston Mike Moore scattered seven hits and Phil Bradley and Spike Owen contributed three singles apiece to a 14hit attack As Seattle blanked struck out eight and walked one in completing his first the mariners jumped on Boston starter Oil can for six hits and four runs in the first two As Brewers 3 Milwaukee Pinch hitter Dusty Baker doubled Home two runs to key a five run rally in the ninth inning that lifted Oakland past the As pinned the loss on Rollie Fin who relieved to begin the ninth with a 21 Lead after Milwaukee starter Ray Burris allowed four White sox indians 1 Chicago Greg walkers tie breaking single with two outs in the eighth led Chicago Over Cleveland in a rained played the Triumph was the fourth straight and the sixth in the seven games for the White Gene the second of three Chicago was the reliever Bob James worked the ninth inning and picked up his fifth
