Butch's Video Life Story
Chapter 1 - 1952-54
The early years, growing up in
Bay Ridge Brooklyn and how Butch made his money.
Alpine theatre 5th Ave 1949
5th Ave & Ovington Ave
Chapter 2 - 1954
Butch
moves to Besonhurst, starts a fight as soon as he arrives, and also on his
first day in the new school.
Chapter 3 - 1955
Butch
discovers poker which becomes a life long source of income, he also talks
about his first action bowling match.
Chapter 4 1957
Butch
walks into Ave M Bowl for the first time with a cool hundred in his pocket
and his bowling bag in his hand. Ave M would become his home for the next
4 years.
Windsor Theater (Lanes), 4105 15th Avenue, corner 41st
Street,
Chapter 5 1958
Butch
starts High School and finds another source of income.
Chapter 6 1960
Butch talks about a few of his
action matches.
Chapter 7 1960
Butch Finds Heaven.
The first time Butch witnesses the big time action at Ave M Bowl
Chapter 8 1961
This
was the best year in Butch's life. His bowling game kept getting better
and better until he feared no one. Who he bowled and his days at the
track, the card games and not going to school while living the high life.
Chapter 9 1962
Butch is to chicken to face
his father so he sneaks out in the middle of the night and joins the Air
Force.
Chapter 10 1962
Butch some how gets
through basic and heads off to Tech School in Amirillo Texas. After
getting tossed cout of tech school it's Turner Air Force base in Albany
Georgia as a member of the Air Police, what a joke that was.
Chapter 11 1962
Albany Georgia
could of been the end of Butch's life in many different ways. His partners
in crime ended up doing 5 years of hard labor on a Georgia chain gang.
Chapter 12 1963
Butch gets into one
jam after another until he's finally asked to leave the Air Force.
Chapter 13 1963
Butch is now on his
way to Miami with $7 dollars pocket and in the company of a con artist.
Chapter 14 1963
Butch comes home,
by accident. What a mistake.
Chapter 15 1965
Butch beats Mac
Wagner
1997 Butch interviews Mac & Stoop
Chapter 16 1966
The last weekend of
action bowling, and the end of life as Butch knew it.
Coney Island Avenue looking
north to Leader Theatre (Lanes), past Newkirk Avenue,
Doug & Butch talk about their action days
Chapter 17 1966-76
Butch gets married
and goes to work
Chaper 18 1976
The Comeback. Butch
and Larry check out the new action scene.
Chapter 19
The comeback and
the hustle. Butch sets his sites on the biggest fish in the world of
action bowling .
Chapter 20
The comeback, Butch sets up Bill Daley
1997 Butch & Daley
Talk About Their 1976 Match
Daley On Kidder
Petraglia-Roth vs Kidder-Burgland match
Chapter 21 1978
Butch goes to work
for Paul in the paper bag business
Chapter 22 1980
Butch becomes Paul's partner in more than one venture
Chapter 23
Butch & Paul run a
lucrative card game
Chapter 24
Paul turns the bag
business over to Butch
Chapter 25a
Butch's first
disastrous trip to Atlantic City using his credit line.
Chapter 25b
Butch makes a
comeback, he's now a winner, what a great life.
Chapter 25c
Butch decides to
close it down, it was a real good run, what a ride.
Chapter 26a
Butch leaves his
wife to follow his dream, going on the road to live the life of a hustler going from town to town.
flashback
Chapter 26b
Butch finds the
perfect Mid West town for his first con job hustle.
flashback
Chapter 26c
Butch sets himself
up at one of the local bowling lanes.
flashback
Chapter 26d
Butch wraps up his on the road story
flashback
To be continued
After my video bio is complete I
will be adding the most important part. It will be 5 different complete
stories about my life and times with my 5 best friends.In the order of
when I met them.
Al (Brother) Benson Richard Pelser Paul Leonardi Douglas Najar Larry Hersh
Most people are lucky if they have one really good friend in their
life. In this respect I was blessed. The word friend I've always felt was
used way to loosely, I do not, these stories will be about 5 people I
truly love.
Sidebar
Meet Douglas Najar,
checkout what makes him tic.
Sidebar
Meet Larry Hersh,
this is his tryout for joining Butch as part of the Gambling Duo.
Sidebar
Doug & Butch talk about their action days
Sidebar
Butch and Doug discuss gambling and their new handicapping business.
Sidebar
Meet Butch's
alter ego, Bald Headed Butch
Meet "C" Host Of Hole In The
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