Holiday eBay auction raises over $28,000
to benefit Anthony Memorial Scholarship Fund

GREENDALE, Wis. — There will be many happy faces this holiday season as the inaugural eBay auction to benefit the Earl Anthony Memorial Scholarship Fund raised $28,179.57, led by a $17,511.07 bid for the Kegel Kustodian Plus by Tony Lum of New Zealand.

Several bowling industry members contributed unique gifts that enabled the auction to be a resounding success.

The winners included:

• Mike Todisco of West Chester, Pa., won the right to bowl doubles in the 2005 ABC Championships Tournament with Mike Aulby for a bid of $2,075.
• A father/son tandem—Jeff and 15-year-old Jason Kopelman of Suffern, N.Y.—led bidding for both the Columbia/San Antonio Spurs package ($1,825) and Ebonite's Complete Bowling Package ($1,900).
• The Brunswick Family Dream Vacation package "sold" for $1,675 and will be given as a Christmas gift to an undisclosed family.
• A Day of Instruction with Coach Fred Borden went for $1,225 to an undisclosed buyer.
• Storm's "Gift that Keeps on Giving" went to Andrew Treletsky of Chicago for $845.
• PWBA champion Kendra Gaines won the original Garfield artwork for $510.
• BPAA's staff in Arlington, Texas, acquired the AMF bowling party for 50 people for $510.
• And a Norwid Mechow original painting—valued at $600—was the auction's best bargain, purchased by Victoria Woods of Garden Grove, Calif., for only $103.50.

"Kegel's and John Davis' generosity obviously gave our endowment scholarship program a huge boost," said YABA Executive Director Jim Zebehazy, "but it was industry-wide cooperation by the rest of the bowling family that really made the auction a success. We think next year's auction will be even more successful, now that everyone has had a chance to get their creative feet wet."

Auction winners have been notified and prizes will be delivered in time for the holiday season.

For more information about the scholarship fund and YABA, visit the YABA section of bowl.com.

Earl Anthony Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Earl Anthony Memorial Scholarship Fund was created as a memorial to the legendary ABC/PBA Hall of Famer who died in 2001. The Anthony Scholarship Fund is designed to help young bowlers pursue advanced education on the basis of financial need, scholastic achievement and community service rather than focusing on bowling ability.

The Anthony Scholarship Fund is administered by the United States Bowling Congress SMART program under 501(c)3 non-profit rules. Contributions to the Anthony Scholarship Fund are tax-deductible.