Danny Wiseman

Bowling Wiseman elected to PBA Hall of Fame Danny Wiseman of Baltimore, a 12-time PBA Tour winner, was elected to the PBA Hall of Fame along with Doug Kent , the Professional Bowlers Association announced Friday. They will be inducted during the Hall of Fame dinner March 30 in Indianapolis. Wiseman, 45, joined the tour in 1987 and has earned just over $1.55 million. Wiseman, who attended Dundalk, won his first title at the 1990 Fair Lanes Open in Baltimore. Perhaps his most famous win came in 2004, when he took the USBC Miller High Life Masters at Miller Park in Milwaukee - the first time a bowling championship had been conducted inside a major league baseball stadium.

After Hunter Machin bowled his first 300 in late January, he celebrated in a pretty nontraditional way: He went home and took a nap. But Machin's perfect game was anything but traditional - after all, he was only 12 years old. While most of his fellow seventh graders at Dundalk Middle School are focusing on homework and playing with friends, Machin is busy at the bowling alley, winning tournaments against kids more than six years his senior and...

After Hunter Machin bowled his first 300 in late January, he celebrated in a pretty nontraditional way: He went home and took a nap. But Machin's perfect game was anything but traditional - after all, he was only 12 years old. While most of his fellow seventh graders at Dundalk Middle School are focusing on homework and playing with friends, Machin is busy at the bowling alley, winning tournaments against kids more than six years his senior and...

Danny Wiseman is practicing at Country Club Lanes on Pulaski Highway, sounding like the 10-pin version of Rodney Dangerfield while expounding on a favorite topic: why bowling gets no respect. "I hate it when they say bowling's not a sport," he says now. "Tell me why it isn't? Because we don't make millions?" I shrug and tell him I have no idea. "Take your best in-shape athlete," he continues, voice rising, "and have him bowl three or four games, and he'll be sore the next day. " I shrug again.

After three days of qualifying, practice and pro-ams, 160 professional bowlers kick off the $135,000 Fair Lanes Open this morning at Fair Lanes Woodlawn.Bob Learn Jr. is here to defend his 1992 title. Recent former champions Danny Wiseman (1990), Pete Weber (1991) and Mark Williams (1988) also are competing. Walter Ray Williams (1986), last week's tour winner, is not entered because of a registration mix-up but will defend his King of the Hill title on Saturday's nationally televised broadcast (channels 13 and 7)

Warren Guernsey of Cobleskill, N.Y., has been bowling well enough lately to consider returning to the Professional Bowlers Association Tour full time. His performance yesterday in the Lipton Brisk PBA East Coast Tournament did nothing to change that notion. Guernsey, 28, finished plus-359 in eight games at Shake and Bake Bowl in West Baltimore to lead the tournament and qualify for today's finals. Eleven others in the 78-man field, including Danny Wiseman of Baltimore and Tim Criss of Bel Air, also advanced.

If recent history holds form, Mike Scroggins could very well be on track for his fourth career Professional Bowlers Association Tour title in the 2006 Beltway Classic at AMF Country Club Lanes. Scroggins, from Amarillo, Texas, who led the round of 64 with a 14-game pinfall of 3,495, only has to look at the last two standard PBA Tour events featuring single-elimination match play to see that the No. 1 seed entering match play has gone on to win the title. "Being No. 1 out here definitely gives you a little edge because you know you beat everyone the day before," Scroggins said.

Sean Rash wants to set the record straight: The two-year PBA Tour veteran has no beef with Danny Wiseman or Baltimore fans. Rash, 25, is the cocky upstart who defeated the Baltimore resident, 256-236, in the semifinals in front of Wiseman's home crowd last year en route to winning the 2006 Beltway Classic. The Wichita, Kan., native then caused a minor stir when he yelled out to the crowd, "Who's your hometown fan now?" The comment was heard on television and quickly became a hot topic on the sport's message boards.

Last year, in front of a throng of hometown fans and a national television audience, Danny Wiseman was so poised that he won the $28,000 first prize in the Fair Lanes Open.Yesterday, speaking to a handful of local media, bowling executives and tournament sponsors, the 23-year-old Dundalk native admitted, "I'm a little nervous, as you can tell. I like the one-on-one a little bit better."Wiseman, who also won the Kessler Classic in Riverside, Calif., and a total of $81,156 last year on the PBA circuit, let it be known that success hasn't gone to his head.

For more than 30 years, Albert Wiseman worked as an optical lens grinder for the same Baltimore employer.In the past 2 1/2 years, his son, Danny Wiseman, has worked on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour, traveling back and forth across the continent and in Puerto Rico.Their occupations gave them vastly different lifestyles: Albert with deep roots in Dundalk, Danny roving the highways from one tournament to another, towing a mobile home. But for years they were together, and they shared a common dream for Danny.

Bowling Wiseman elected to PBA Hall of Fame Danny Wiseman of Baltimore, a 12-time PBA Tour winner, was elected to the PBA Hall of Fame along with Doug Kent , the Professional Bowlers Association announced Friday. They will be inducted during the Hall of Fame dinner March 30 in Indianapolis. Wiseman, 45, joined the tour in 1987 and has earned just over $1.55 million. Wiseman, who attended Dundalk, won his first title at the 1990 Fair Lanes Open in Baltimore. Perhaps his most famous win came in 2004, when he took the USBC Miller High Life Masters at Miller Park in Milwaukee - the first time a bowling championship had been conducted inside a major league baseball stadium.

Sean Rash wants to set the record straight: The two-year PBA Tour veteran has no beef with Danny Wiseman or Baltimore fans. Rash, 25, is the cocky upstart who defeated the Baltimore resident, 256-236, in the semifinals in front of Wiseman's home crowd last year en route to winning the 2006 Beltway Classic. The Wichita, Kan., native then caused a minor stir when he yelled out to the crowd, "Who's your hometown fan now?" The comment was heard on television and quickly became a hot topic on the sport's message boards.

If recent history holds form, Mike Scroggins could very well be on track for his fourth career Professional Bowlers Association Tour title in the 2006 Beltway Classic at AMF Country Club Lanes. Scroggins, from Amarillo, Texas, who led the round of 64 with a 14-game pinfall of 3,495, only has to look at the last two standard PBA Tour events featuring single-elimination match play to see that the No. 1 seed entering match play has gone on to win the title. "Being No. 1 out here definitely gives you a little edge because you know you beat everyone the day before," Scroggins said.

Patrick Allen has had a difficult time reaching the finals of Professional Bowlers Association regional tournaments. But when he has qualified, the results have been brilliant. Yesterday at Shake and Bake Bowl in West Baltimore, Allen, of Tarrytown, N.Y., won the Lipton Brisk PBA Eastern Regional Tournament -- his second regional title in the past two weeks -- with a total score of 4,970. Nick Miseno of Amsterdam, N.Y., finished second with 4,947, and Baltimore's Danny Wiseman placed third with 4,912.

Warren Guernsey of Cobleskill, N.Y., has been bowling well enough lately to consider returning to the Professional Bowlers Association Tour full time. His performance yesterday in the Lipton Brisk PBA East Coast Tournament did nothing to change that notion. Guernsey, 28, finished plus-359 in eight games at Shake and Bake Bowl in West Baltimore to lead the tournament and qualify for today's finals. Eleven others in the 78-man field, including Danny Wiseman of Baltimore and Tim Criss of Bel Air, also advanced.

Baltimore's Danny Wiseman and top qualifier Mike Aulby headed the advance of five bowlers into today's televised finals of the Greater Baltimore Open at Country Club Lanes.Wiseman was 12th entering match play yesterday, but finished fourth after the round-robin segment in his bid to win this tournament for the second time.Aulby, of Indianapolis, continued his consistent efforts, leading the pinfall with a 233.07 average and a total of 10,119 with bonus pins factored.As a relative rookie in 1990, Wiseman -- then 22 -- shocked the field and maybe himself by capturing this tour stop at Fair Lanes Woodlawn.

Jess Stayrook spent most of his younger days in San Diego in the fast lane instead of the bowling lanes.Stayrook loved to party and ride motorcycles. Bowling was more of a hobby."

Patrick Allen has had a difficult time reaching the finals of Professional Bowlers Association regional tournaments. But when he has qualified, the results have been brilliant. Yesterday at Shake and Bake Bowl in West Baltimore, Allen, of Tarrytown, N.Y., won the Lipton Brisk PBA Eastern Regional Tournament -- his second regional title in the past two weeks -- with a total score of 4,970. Nick Miseno of Amsterdam, N.Y., finished second with 4,947, and Baltimore's Danny Wiseman placed third with 4,912.

After three days of qualifying, practice and pro-ams, 160 professional bowlers kick off the $135,000 Fair Lanes Open this morning at Fair Lanes Woodlawn.Bob Learn Jr. is here to defend his 1992 title. Recent former champions Danny Wiseman (1990), Pete Weber (1991) and Mark Williams (1988) also are competing. Walter Ray Williams (1986), last week's tour winner, is not entered because of a registration mix-up but will defend his King of the Hill title on Saturday's nationally televised broadcast (channels 13 and 7)

No one is picking winners yet, but Walter Ray Williams knows he'll still be in town Saturday for the finals of the $135,000 Fair Lanes Open at Fair Lanes Woodlawn.Williams, who won here in 1986 and always seems to bowl well in this Professional Bowlers Association tournament, assured himself a spot in the King of the Hill challenge after winning the Flagship City Open in Erie, Pa., on Saturday, and then toppling Ron Williams in the King of the Hill match.At 8 a.m. today, 111 bowlers, including 75 full-time touring pros, began rolling in qualifying play for 61 spots to join the 99 exempt players in the tournament field.