Mark lived two blocks away from Rainbow Lanes (in an apartment building on Avenue V - I think). He spent HOURS each day there. He started out with about a 10 step approach (little baby steps) but even way back then he could really crank the ball. He got a job pinchasing and then oiling the lanes and then as a mechanic, all while in high school. He ended up buying the lanes after he became a pro.

He was on our school bowling team and junior year he told me I should try out for the team, telling me I was good enough to make it. I knew I was a good bowler but I had no confidence at all in myself then. So I smoked a joint right before the tryouts and went on to roll a 98 in my first game. I found my line in the second game tryout and rolled a 242 but I missed the team by two pins (since it was total pins for the two games).