FAIRFIELD, Ohio -- Lonnie Billiter Jr. didn't mind being the center of attention at Fairfield Lanes. It's not every day that people get a chance to see bowling perfection.
Billiter, 24, of Colerain Township, rolled three consecutive 300
games Monday night to achieve a perfect 900 series sanctioned by
the United States Bowling Congress, The Journal News reported
Tuesday.
According to the group's online record book, Billiter is just the eighth person to achieve the feat, and first since Darren
Pomije, of New Prague, Minn., on Dec. 9, 2004. The Web site's
records were last updated Nov. 20, 2005.
By the time Billiter reached the sixth frame of his third game, action on the other 39 lanes stopped, and people stood
shoulder-to-shoulder eight rows deep, with about 20 to 30 more
people standing on chairs in the bar.
"I wasn't paying any attention to them," Billiter told the
newspaper. "I just kept my head down."
After his 36th consecutive and final strike, Billiter was
swarmed by people offering congratulations.
"It was never something I ever thought about doing, never even
dreamed it," he said.