Rich Eighme started bowling in the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships in 1985, eight years before A.J. Chapman was born. Eighme&rsquo;s rev rate is far lower than the powerful young Chapman. Eighme doesn&rsquo;t care to know what he needs and Chapman wants to know.
About the only thing they have in common is that they&rsquo;re both right-handed.
But in their first time bowling doubles together in the Open Championships on Monday at the Oncenter in Syracuse, N.Y., they had...

In their first time bowling doubles together in the Open Championships, A.J. Chapman and Rich Eighme started with a giant 553 game and closed with final frame strikes to total 1,457 and edge past the 1,453 of prior leaders Steve Kloempken and David Haynes.

With huge start and clutch strikes at end, A.J. Chapman and Rich Eighme edge into doubles lead at 2018 USBC Open Championships