PBA STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST GOVERNING OPERATION

          The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) has an
     "image problem" and two of the organizations "formed to
     solve it have struck out," according to Phil Gulick of the
     ST. PETERSBURG TIMES.  Gulick: "That the PBA cannot project
     a positive image to enough big-money people is nothing new. 
     Bowling has had that problem for centuries, it seems." 
     Gulick adds that "what's so discouraging" is that Strike Ten
     Entertainment (STE) and Bowling, Inc., "can't get their act
     together long enough to steer a successful course for the
     sport."  PBA Commissioner Mark Gerberich, on STE: "I don't
     know where we stand now in relation to STE.  There are
     assurances from the industry that they want to support the
     tour, but there are also strings attached."  Gulick, on the
     PBA's future: "Rumors abound that the PBA is headed for a
     friendly takeover, that both the men's and women's tours as
     we know them are on their last legs" (ST. PETE TIMES, 8/19).