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Norm Duke grabs the crown striking, retains it sparing overcoming a shimwrecking in first night of PBA King of the Lanes

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Monday, July 20, 2020 10:00 pm
Norm Duke grabs the crown striking, retains it sparing overcoming a shimwrecking in first night of PBA King of the Lanes
Wes Malott, left, and Norm Duke, right, after Monday night's first show of the PBA King of the Lanes won by Duke. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
If a bowling coach ever wants to show a student the difference in setting up a lane correctly and shimwrecking it, Monday night’s first two shows of the PBA King of the Lanes would be the perfect vehicle. Hall of Famer Norm Duke won both shows, but how he grabbed the crown in the first one and retained it in the second could not have been more different He and fellow living legend Walter Ray Williams Jr. set up the relatively soft PBA Jupiter pattern — the one used in both the...