▁that ▁de cade , ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁coming ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁Empire ▁State ▁Open ▁in ▁Alb any , ▁N . Y . ▁His ▁first ▁and ▁only ▁major ▁came ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁P BA ▁National ▁Championship . ▁ ▁Despite ▁all ▁his ▁vict ories , ▁Salv ino ▁listed ▁a ▁loss ▁to ▁his ▁good ▁friend ▁Dick ▁We ber ▁in ▁the ▁final s ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁P BA ▁Show bo at ▁Senior ▁Inv it ational ▁among ▁his ▁most ▁memor able ▁tournament s . ▁Although ▁both ▁Salv ino ▁and ▁We ber ▁were ▁original ▁P BA ▁members ▁when ▁the ▁organization ▁was ▁founded , ▁the ▁two ▁had ▁never ▁met ▁in ▁a ▁tele vised ▁match ▁until ▁this ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁tour ▁stop . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁matches ▁being ▁completed ▁ahead ▁of ▁schedule ▁that ▁day , ▁Salv ino ▁and ▁We ber ▁were ▁interview ed ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁broadcast ▁and ▁spent ▁several ▁minutes ▁recall ing ▁mem ories ▁of ▁bow ling ' s ▁he yd ay . ▁ ▁Salv ino ▁has ▁made ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁memor able ▁marks ▁on ▁the ▁sport ▁of ▁bow ling ▁throughout ▁his ▁seven ▁dec ades ▁( 1 9 5 0 s - 2 0 1 5 ): ▁champion , ▁Hall - of - F amer , ▁show man , ▁ent ert ainer , ▁bow ling ▁ball ▁scient ist ▁in ▁the ▁areas ▁of ▁physics ▁and ▁chem istry , ▁bow ling ▁amb assador , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁bow ling ▁health ▁enthus iast . ▁He ▁also ▁served