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Sunday, December 15, 2002

By Phil Axelrod, Post-Gazette Sports Writer

Dan Glus did more than just write about bowling for the past 40 years. He lived bowling. He loved bowling.

Bowling will miss Glus, who died of a heart attack Wednesday at the age of 64. He had been writing a weekly bowling column for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and covered bowling for the Post-Gazette in the late 1980s.

"The Pittsburgh bowling community lost a great friend in Dan Glus," said Fritz Huysman, Post-Gazette assistant managing editor/sports. "He truly loved the sport and no one did more to promote it in this region."

When this column first appeared 10 years ago, Dan didn't view it as a rival to his. Rather, he embraced it as another voice for bowling.

When my computer didn't function and I was having difficulty transmitting a story on the Three Rivers Open to the Post-Gazette, Dan kindly pressed a few keys and fixed the problem. He wanted bowling to get all the exposure it could.

John Jones, manager of Princess Lanes, which played host to the Three Rivers Open, worked closely with Dan since they met in 1990.

"Dan devoted his entire life and breath to supporting, promoting and developing bowling," Jones said. "He was involved in bowling, in general, and junior bowling, in specific.

"It will take more than one person to perform the function that Dan did on his own. He will not be replaced."

Jones paused, then added, "Dan Glus will be missed."

Dan did more than just write about bowling and talk about it on his radio show on WEDO. He was an accomplished bowler, with two sanctioned 300 games and seven non-sanctioned.

Dan and his wife of 40 years, Fritzie, were a regular couple on the lanes until two years ago when her bad knees forced her to stop bowling.

Dan Glus may no longer be with us, but he always will be with bowlers and fans of bowling.

League leaders

Cora's Crew -- Corlie Monteleone, Janice Cherry, Gary Duxbury, Skip Lancaster and B.J. Lang -- are the first-half champions of the Pinjammers League at Nesbits Lanes.

Ed Keefe's 222.56 tops the charts in the Coors Light $10,000 Classic League at South Hills Bowl.

Jason Muller's 227.84, Jack Eyerman's 225.02 and Mark Diehm's 223.13 are high averages in the Thursday Coors Light Classic League at Miracle Lanes.

On a roll

Carolyn Ness rolled a 225 -- 100 pins above her average -- in the Tuesday Afternoon Ladies League at Swissvale Arcade Lanes.

Dale Borowski's 279/759 led the Coors Light League and Anthony Lee's 269/772 topped the Monday Mixed Trio League at New Great Valley Lanes.

John DeGiovanni is hot, with consecutive weeks of 278/732 and 278/750 in the Monday night Classic League at Sharpsburg Lanes.

Johnny Burns had a 279/793.

Perfecto

Pete Baumiller threw his second 300 of the year and sixth of his career in the middle game of a 685 series in the Bud Light $12,000 Classic at South Hills Bowl.

The tournament trail

Rich Cardiman defeated Joe Brown, 232-184, in the final match to win Week 10 of the Miller Lite Head-to-Head tournament at AMF Mt. Lebanon Lanes.

Scholastic stars snowed out

The second week of the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League season was postponed Wednesday and will be rescheduled.

What's happening

The Pittsburgh Bowlers Tour is sponsoring a handicap tournament today at Freeway Lanes, with $1,000 for first place.