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In battle of living legends, Walter Ray Williams Jr. beats Norm Duke to win PBA50 Storm Invitational

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, September 30, 2018 11:00 pm
In battle of living legends, Walter Ray Williams Jr. beats Norm Duke to win PBA50 Storm Invitational
Walter Ray Williams Jr., right, won the PBA50 Storm Invitational on Sunday. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
In a battle of living legends, Walter Ray Williams Jr. beat Norm Duke 259-237 to win the PBA50 Storm Invitational at Planet Fun Bowling & Entertainment Center in Shallotte, N.C. The match turned on a stunning whiff of a 9-pin by Duke in the fifth frame, with Williams striking on seven of his next eight shots to overcome what had been an 8-pin deficit through four frames. “When I got done with practice I wasn’t real excited about how I was going to play the lanes,”...