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Andres Gomez ‘Tommy Hudsons’ his way to 2nd straight Carmen Salvino Classic title

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, February 10, 2013 6:00 pm
Andres Gomez ‘Tommy Hudsons’ his way to 2nd straight Carmen Salvino Classic title
Andres Gomez won his second straight Carmen Salvino Classic title 246-197 over D.J. Archer on Sunday. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
Back in the good old days of the PBA Tour, Tommy Hudson gained a fair share of notoriety for what in the 1970s was a novel feat: firing a perfect game using different balls on each lane. My possibly faulty memory — correct me if you know different — recalls that Bowlers Journal did a story on Hudson’s feat, which I think was accomplished using a Tommy Hudson LT-51 and a Johnny Petraglia LT-48. (The 300 was not on TV.) These days, using different balls on different lanes in a...