woman beats man

Julia Gabriel

tom mcgonagle said:
I've played Karen Corr, Kelly Fisher and Julie Kelly. All three of these women can play on any level with men. Don't kid yourself thinking they can't play on that level.
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Yesterday in Millersberg Missouri Julia Gabriel beat Don Crump to put him in the losers bracket, Julia went on to the semi's to lose to Ivan Sweezer, Julia beat Don Crump again to eliminate him. Then knocked out the 4th place finisher Shawn Crisp, and avenged her loss to Ivan Sweezer.

Julia then was eliminated by Troy K. See Tourny thread for his last name spelling. Some men should be allowed to play in women's events.

I know I would like to.:wink::wink::wink:

Kudo's to Julia for coming out to the event.
 
wahcheck said:
I know there have been a lot of comments and thoughts in the past about how women cannot hang with the men in pool... This may be NPR related, but today I watched on TV, the PBA (bowling) Tournament of Champions won by Kelly Kulick (a woman). She beat quite a few men champions all week, and today beat Chris Barnes (a PBA Hall of Famer) and by a score of 265-195. History was made in the sports world today, and I am glad to have witnessed it.
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I watched it too and thought it was incredible. She put the pressure on Barnes from the beginning and never looked back. She struck every time except for a pocket 7 - 10 and the fill ball in the 10th. Unlike some, I thought it was a big deal. The first time that it has ever happened! Congrats to her!
 
uh huh

dardusm said:
I watched it too and thought it was incredible. She put the pressure on Barnes from the beginning and never looked back. She struck every time except for a pocket 7 - 10 and the fill ball in the 10th. Unlike some, I thought it was a big deal. The first time that it has ever happened! Congrats to her!
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Thanks for your input. Seems not too many think it's a big deal, perhaps because bowling might not be that big a sport as when I was growing up.
Actually, I could find nothing mentioned in the sports pages about it. I grew up close to bowling alleys and pool halls in the 50's and 60's when it seemed there they were more like men's sports. In San Francisco today there is not one bowling alley left that I know of where there used to be 5 or 6. Still, I never thought I'd see the day when a woman professional could win the men's professional Tournament of Champions.
 
Every man who would cry if he would loose against a girl/woman is a wimp-
where is the difference? opponent was better....Basta! no matter what gender!


lg
Ingo

Jasmin and many of the asian *unknown* women would kick many asses if someone would let em.
 
There is not enough phyical demand in pool for there to be a seperate division for women.
They can compete just fine.. the WPBA kinda makes as much sense as a womens chess league.

TIDBIT:

I read somewhere that results of womens track and field events were inching closer and closer to mens, and that at the current pace, they times/scores would eclipse men's within the next hundred years...
 
There is no physical reason they can't compete. They just don't play as good yet, notice i said yet. The gap is getting smaller with each day, and it will be none soon, because the young ones are fearless, and gamble well, and will hold there own alot of days. BUT, that is a small minority, and if they had to fight there way through all the A player and Shortstop speed men to get into an open tournament, you would only see a few now and then. You always have the guy who brings up Karen's record on the Josh tour(which is great,she plays great), but everyone overlooks the girrls rated in the top 32 of the WPBA, who are still let in amateur tours, and don't win!

It is great for any sport, when you can erase the separation of sexes. If they can compete, let them compete, then let them in. But if they didn't get to double-dip,and still play in the WPBA and lower women's events, how many of them would be able to afford to throw money in the pot, in the open tournaments? Answer is, hardly any would! They have it good right now, so good for them! But the smaller the gap becomes, the more their money will tighten up. But eventually it will make them better players! Because they are no different than an amateur male who finally has to step up to the open division, it is either get better, or go back to the minors!(WPBA)

Jeremy
 
wahcheck said:
Thanks for your input. Seems not too many think it's a big deal, perhaps because bowling might not be that big a sport as when I was growing up.
Actually, I could find nothing mentioned in the sports pages about it. I grew up close to bowling alleys and pool halls in the 50's and 60's when it seemed there they were more like men's sports. In San Francisco today there is not one bowling alley left that I know of where there used to be 5 or 6. Still, I never thought I'd see the day when a woman professional could win the men's professional Tournament of Champions.
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There was a small piece about it in our sports page. I didn't realize but a women did finish 2nd once in the PBA tour a few years back.
 
Move the thread

Congrats to the Lady, but...

Moderator, move this to NPR.

Jay P.
 
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