In the wake of tragedy, Johnson answers the call. (Striking out).(professional bowler Liz Johnson)

From: Bowling Digest | Date: December 1, 2001| Author: Evans, Dick | Copyright information

TO BOWL OR NOT TO BOWL. That was the question haunting Liz Johnson and other members of the PWBA following the September 11 terrorist attack on America.

"The feeling of a lot of the girls was that we should suspend play out of respect for all the victims in New York and Washington," says Johnson, who had won the previous tournament and was leading the $50,000 Paula Carter Classic when the disaster struck. But at the urging of the PWBA, the women pros agreed to continue w...

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