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  1.                                  In January 1970, Earl 
  2.                                  joined the PBA tour. In 
  3.                                  1971, he set a record by 
  4.                                  rolling 42 consecutive 
  5.                                  games of 200 or better, 
  6. and in 1974 he had four 300 games. During 
  7. his first five years on the tour, he had the 
  8. highest per game average (214.7).
  9.  
  10. By the time he left the PBA tour in 1983, Earl 
  11. had become the first bowler in history to win 
  12. more than $1 million in prize money.
  13.