Refreshed and red-hot, Wiseman smartly takes his ninth career title - PBA: Johnny Petraglia Open - bowling - Brief Article

Bowling Digest, Feb, 2002

Well-prepared and well-rested, Danny Wiseman won his ninth career PBA Tour title by defeating Steve Jaros in the championship match of the Johnny Petraglia Open, 255-226. Prior to the tournament, Wiseman took a week off from bowling in order to clear his mind. "I was mentally fried," he admitted after the tournament. "My swing plane and overall timing were way off. My coach told me to cut down my approach to four steps."

For Wiseman, who improved his record in title matches to 9-2, the key was a willingness to abandon the ball he used to shoot a pair of 300 games on the night before the finals. "The only thing that ball gave me [in the finals] was air," he joked of his Revolution IZE. "It wouldn't make the turn down lane."

So Wiseman used two different balls (one for each lane) and had the best pin carry of the five finalists. Wiseman struck nine times in the final match and picked up spares in the 3rd and 7th frames to earn a clean game.

Jaros nearly marked in every frame, too, but he left an unfortunate 6-7-10 split on his second shot in the 10th frame after a strike. "If I would have struck there, that really would have put some pressure on Wiseman," said Jaros, who picked up $20,000. "But I stuck at the line on that shot."

Wiseman, who only needed to mark in the 10th frame, stepped in and finished the game with two strikes and eight pins on his fill ball.

Johnny Petraglia Open

October 30, 2001
Brunswick Zone Carolier, North Brunswick, N.J.

Name                         Avg./Games   Winnings

1. Danny Wiseman              232.5/2      $40,000
2. Steve Jaros                210.5/2       20,000
3. David Traber               204.5/2       10,000
3. Walter Ray Williams Jr.     184/1        10,000
5. Brian Kretzer               175/1         9,000

                Championship Finals

Wildcard     Traber def. Kretzer    237-175
Semifinal   Wiseman def. Williams   210-184
Semifinal     Jaros def. Traber     195-172

Final        Wiseman def. Jaros     255-226