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Spares are for sissies!

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Monday, May 24, 2010 7:57 am
It's not too often that a bowler can start with two opens in three frames and very nearly win an eagle in singles at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships. But when you reel off 28 straight strikes, you gain back a lot of ground lost by the two opens -- even if you never record a spare in your series. That's what Earon Vollmar of Toledo, Ohio, did in Reno over the weekend....