WAS MARK ROTHS 1978 REALLY THE GREATEST SEASON IN PBA HISTORY?
By Bob Johnson November 2008 ANNIVERSARIES ARE GREAT EXCUSES for spending a little time looking back, even if, as Satchel Paige so sagely put it, something might be gaining on us. This issue celebrates two pretty big anniversaries the 95th of this magazine, the oldest sports monthly in the world, and the 50th of the Professional Bowlers Association. So, allow us to devote this space this month to the consideration of the greatest individual seasons in PBA history. After all, while we hope there one day will be a centennial celebration for the PBA, we must realize that the organization will have only one quinquagenary. The genesis of this topic can be traced to the September issue of BJI, and a feature story written by Lyle Zikes whose byline first graced the magazines pages in 1976, and who has been covering the pro bowling beat continuously since 1990. Few people, if anyone, can rival Zikes in knowledge about the PBA, so he was a natural to write the story on Mark Roths 1978 season ge
