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Bob Learn Jr. leads after first round of a ‘frictitious’ PBA Senior South Shore Open

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:00 pm
Retired PBA Tour champion Jeff Carter years ago created one of my all-time favorite bowling words: frictitious. It’s only to be used when the lanes are way beyond merely hooking. I am rightly using it to describe the pattern at this week’s PBA Senior South Shore Open presented by DV8 at Olympia Lanes. There is some question as to whether it’s a 39-foot or 37-foot pattern — I ignored that minor controversy to focus on my bowling — but however long...