Wis. brothers bowl perfect 300 games together

"Oh boy, to get two brothers on the same team, then do that? Maybe a one in a million thing, I'm sure," he said.

His 52-year-old brother Tom was the first to finish his 300, while bowling for Budweiser in the first game of the night. Ed, bowling anchor immediately after Tom, followed up with more perfection.

After a pin rolled over and knocked down a 10-pin late on the 11th ball, Ed realized the rest of the Al & Al's Brotherhood League bowlers were into it.

"I couldn't believe all the yelling," he said. "Everyone was paying attention."

Ed, a member of the Sheboygan Bowling Association Hall of Fame, has six of the pair's 300 games.

His success took him to elite tournaments and tougher leagues before he joined Tom on the Budweiser team and a more laid-back atmosphere.

Tom said the pair rarely gets big scores together.

"We always talked about hitting good on the same nights," Tom said. "We've had 700s together, but nothing like this."

On Monday night, Tom had a 752 series and Ed finished up at 777 after tacking on six more strikes to start the second game.

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