{"id":5696,"date":"2017-03-20T11:54:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T11:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2017\/03\/column-hr189-the-odc-was-stupid-wrong\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T22:23:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T22:23:08","slug":"column-hr189-the-odc-was-stupid-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2017\/03\/column-hr189-the-odc-was-stupid-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Column #HR189  The ODC was Stupid Wrong!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Monday, March 20, 2017<br \/>\nColumn HR189<br \/>\nThe ODC was Stupid Wrong! \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get on the Internet and Google the \u201cbasic facts of life.\u201d Nowhere will you find, although perhaps you should, \u201cWhen it comes to the Stupid Pool the Old Dart Coach never uses just his toe to test the temperature. He jumps in with wild abandon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The latest kerfuffle occurred when the ODC penned, \u201cOnly two men have won two NOADT singles – England\u2019s Mr. John Lowe (1983-84) and Yank\u00a0John \u201cJK\u201d Kramer (1981 and 1999).<\/p>\n<p>How about that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHow about that?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was STUPID wrong!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roger Carter did win two NOADT singles but one was in cricket which doesn\u2019t count because it\u2019s a stupid game. Carter had a chance for a second 301 singles when he lost\u00a0to \u201cJK\u201d in the finals in ’99.<\/p>\n<p>Initially the ODC considered the “Sir Charles Barkley defense,\u201d claiming he was “misquoted in his autobiography\u201d and then like a Washington political weasel – with apologies to weasels everywhere – he asked to “revise the record.”<\/p>\n<p>Next he considered illness as the excuse. A severe head cold.\u00a0The Grim Reaper (played by Norm McDonald as in <em>The Family Guy<\/em>) was\u00a0banging on the door at the Bay Breeze Hotel yelling, “Let me in. I have business.\u201d In Thailand, the Grim Reaper can be bought off with female companionship. A simple bar fine might have solved the problem, maybe even have found the Grim Reaper a lifetime partner. It could have happened.<\/p>\n<p>But the truth is that\u00a0Ray Fisher (1972-1973) won two 301 NAODT singles. His first win came with \u201cwoody darts.\u201d Steve Brown (1988-1989) and some guy named Phil Taylor (1990-1991) also won two North Americans Singles.<\/p>\n<p>Then, with\u00a0 his ego and creditability shattered, the ODC’s mind actually kicked in, remembering that Eric Bristow <em>owned<\/em> the NOADT in years\u00a01979, 1983, 1984, and 1986. The ODC \u201cassumed the position\u201d of shame in the Sin Bin.<\/p>\n<p>However, in his last column on International Women’s Day the ODC\u2019s real oversight was not recognizing the ladies and their contribution to the NOADT. The NOADT probably had the best field of women players in the world.\u00a0It was dominated by ladies from the USA and England. The greatest players in the world won NAODT 301 singles, with two exceptions…<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s Tina\u00a0Gulliver, with a record six World Masters wins, never won the North American although she did find success at what was called the Las Vegas Classic (now the Las Vegas Open) twice.<\/p>\n<p>On this side of\u00a0the pond Sandy Reitan never hosted the NOADT trophy, which is surprising as she was\u00a0undoubtedly one\u00a0of\u00a0the all-time greats. She owned both World Cup and World Masters titles.<\/p>\n<p>Two-time ladies winners were Gerry McCarthy (1971, 1972) and Kathy Karpowich (1978, 1984). McCarthy dropped out of darts for a time, returning for a very good career.\u00a0Karpowich joined Sandy Reitan and Kathy Maloney\u00a0to form the Big Three in American during the Golden Age.<\/p>\n<p>The original Queen of Darts, Maureen Flowers, won three times in 1977, 1979, and 1981.\u00a0Maureen was joined by fellow Englishperson (got to be politically correct) Mandy Solomands as a three-time winner. Solomands took the title 1989, 1990, and 1992. During this period Solomands was at the top of the world as she also won World Masters Crowns in 1988, 1989, 1993, and 1997 along with a couple\u00a0of World Cup Singles.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy Maloney was crowned NOADT champion on four occasions. She won in 1985, 1986, 1988, and 1993. She also won a World Cup singles and doubles.<\/p>\n<p>With that written, the Queen of the NOADT was the late Stacy Bromberg who took the 301\u00a0 singles an astoundingly FIVE times in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999. This record is remarkable as the ladies’ world field remained strong, unlike the men\u2019s field that was depleted with\u00a0the formation of the WPDPA – the forerunner of the PDC.<\/p>\n<p>Ray Fischer was maybe the best of the early American players. He was part of the American Team in 1974 that on St. Patrick\u2019s Day laid a whipping on a English Team at the Royal Manhattan Hotel in New York City. The win was the subject of the poem (in part below) by Jerry Walters:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A team came from jolly olde England, to fun city, on St Patrick’s Day<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>“The best in the world,” they were touted, when they came to the U.S. to play<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>It is true that they were never beaten, and were entitled to worldwide fame<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>But the team brimmed with overconfidence the day that they stepped off the plane<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Yanks were just rank beginners, and the English would put them to shame<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Why, the Yanks still threw wooden darts, they had used in the American game<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The dart world was in for a shocker, from the time the first dart was thrown<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The crowd could hardly believe it, the Yanks were holding their own<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The people all cheered for their idols, the excitement hung heavy in the room<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And the smiles of the Englishmen had vanished, as the Yanks had sealed their doom<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>When all of the scoring was over, the Champions had been dethroned.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But then, the champion of Wales (Alan Evans) challenged \u00a0any Yank in the hall to play for $1,000.00. Ray Fischer accepted suggesting they play 501.\u00a0 Evan rejected that saying…<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat game\u2019s not for males. Let\u2019s play a man\u2019s game – 3,001.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fischer opened with a ton and tossed in a 99-dart game on his way to\u00a0the win.\u00a0Fischer averaged 95.77 with wooden darts. This was a time, in the words of David \u201cDuck\u201d Miller, with \u201c…big fat wires and staples in every corner. Today, the wires are thin and there are no staples. Big difference.\u201d What would Fischer have averaged on a PDC Board?<\/p>\n<p>Fischer, like many of the era, was a true character in the finest sense of the word.\u00a0His many-times doubles partner, the late Danny Valleto, qualified for the same description. It was said that he was the best money player ever.\u00a0In Fisher\u2019s words…<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDanny could beat anybody at any given time. He had this match in Trenton against a young guy named Rick Nye for a lot of money. He drove up from Wildwood to play in shorts and a cap, he looked like he just got finished working. He proceeded to win the match easily. Rick wanted a rematch and Danny says, ‘I\u2019ve got some things to do, so call me in a couple of months.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many times Fisher and Danny would team with the great Helen Scheerbaum for mixed triples. They were almost unbeatable.\u00a0The ODC had\u00a0the\u00a0pleasure of playing mixed doubles\u00a0once with Helen.<\/p>\n<p>They were sitting at the bar of the Stockton Rod and Gun Club enjoying a beverage. Helen asked if the ODC was playing mixed doubles. The answer was \u201cNo,\u201d as he had enough trouble getting someone to\u00a0 play singles with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They did and lost after a round or two probably because the ODC played like a wanker. After they shook hands the ODC apologized to Helen who replied, \u201cLet\u2019s go to the bar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today that\u2019s become, \u201cStay thirsty\u00a0 my friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get on the Internet and Google the \u201cbasic facts of life.\u201d Nowhere will you find, although perhaps you should, \u201cWhen it comes to the Stupid Pool the Old Dart Coach never uses just his toe to test the 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on the Internet and Google the \u201cbasic facts of life.\u201d Nowhere will you find, although perhaps you should, \u201cWhen it comes to the Stupid Pool the Old Dart Coach never uses just his toe to test the temperature\"...","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":17,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"howie-reed","display_name":"Howie Reed","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/111howie.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/111howie.jpg"},"first_name":"Howie","last_name":"Reed","user_url":"http:\/\/www.dartoidsworld.com","job_title":"","description":"Astute, often controversial, and always humorous, the Old Dart Coach, Howie Reed (a former rodeo cowboy and advertising executive), is heralded as the Dean of Darts Chroniclers - the most prolific and widely followed writer ever about our sport.  He goes back decades with the legends and knows where the skeletons are buried (just ask any of the ADO and WDF old-timers!).  Here are four well-known facts about the Old Dart Coach: 1) he is a Republican, 2) he loves the ladies, 3) he can drink most anybody under the table, and 4) he throws darts as bad as Dartoid."}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6335,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5696\/revisions\/6335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5696"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=5696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}