Is Marie Laveau in Birmingham?
Has Marie Laveau, a voodoo queen from New Orleans born 1794, taken up bowling? Now that is a strange way to start out any article, particularly one usually is full of fire and venom. With the State Tournament starting this weekend and no one having received confirmation of when they are bowling, there is a lot to say but we will save that subject until next month. Back to our story. Is Birmingham is cursed? Now its not that I believe a dead Voodoo Queen is bowling in Birmingham, but something has cursed the “Magic City”. Maybe it is not that the city is cursed maybe its the bowlers in the Magic City are cursed. Some evil spell has caused the city and its bowlers a rash of the most attitude adjusting and for one Hall of Fame member the most humbling experiences in bowling, the dreaded; 5-7-10. Some people say, namely one Cope Graves, that this leave is the result of the dreaded “mater ball.” For those of you not familiar with the term “mater” it is one way of saying your ball hits like
