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To
set the Scene....That
night... March 12, 1958
Floriss Lanes was owned and
operated by Ray Haefner, Lee
Haefner was manager, Bob
Haefner Class
of '49 was working
there that night.
Don
Carter and all of the above
were from Wellston High
School and all had been or
were full time employees of
Ray Haefner's Floriss Lanes.
John
Archibald of the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch and
ex-Cardinal baseball player,
then radio announcer,
Joe
Garagiola of St. Louis
radio station KMOX, were
there.
Officials from the ABC
arrived before the third
game was over. After the
final game, the lanes, the
balls and all the pins
passed inspection by the ABC
representatives. The pins
were removed from play and
stored.
John
Archibald, was inducted in
to the Bowling Hall of Fame
1989.
Joe
Garagiola was inducted into
the Baseball Hall of Fame
1991 as a broadcaster, and the
St. Louis Walk of fame 1992.
Years later Ray Haefner
class of '37 donated the
original score sheets and
bowling pins to the
St. Louis Bowling Hall of
Fame.
Don Carter's
nomination to the
St. Louis Walk of
Fame has been
approved, and will
be voted on for the
2009 ballot, which
is mailed in the
Fall of 08.
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1957
Floriss Lanes photo above, is
through the
courtesy of cs3_newbie
and
www.flickr.com/
2007 The building still
stands on Warne near
West Florissant
Floriss
Lanes 2006
Two rare ABC
sanctioned three game
team records were
bowled at Floriss
Lanes. Many bowlers
from all over the
country would visit
and bowl on the lanes.
For 57 years this
was the THE PLACE.
The Hermann
Undertakers shot 3797
on lanes seven and
eight in 1937. This
record stood for 21
years.
On March 12, 1958,
the old record was
eclipsed by the very
hot Budweiser Team.
Three game total 3858,
with 138 strikes
(another record) in
this series which was
shot on lanes seven
and eight.
This record stood
for 35 years and 11
months
Floriss Lanes was a
16-lane center with
two floors. There were
eight lanes on the
second floor and
another eight on the
third floor. ... |
