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"1910s" - 22 Total Result(s)
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CHRISTMAS DAY BOWL
Bowlers had a good Christmas at the Capitol Bowling Alley! Participants in a holiday tournament in 1916 might have received medals like these. There were a number of bowling alleys by that name in the ...
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COMMITTED TO A CLEAN SPORT
The American Bowling Congress worked hard in the early 1900s to make bowling respectable, fair and popular. Bowlers who sported membership tokens, such as this one from 1910, were part of a group who ...
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KNOX KNOCKED DOWN A PERFECT SCORE
Philadelphia bowler William Knox wrapped up an American Bowling Congress (ABC) tournament with an exciting finale. During the third game, he rolled strike after strike, and the crowd began to pay atte ...
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PIN BOYS ON STRIKE IN GRAND RAPIDS
Grand Rapids proudly advertised the city’s chief industry, furniture-making, on the membership ribbons for the 17th annual international tournament of the American Bowling Congress. The tournament was ...
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PIN-KNIGHTS ROLL IN CHICAGO
The Windy City hosted the 12th annual American Bowling Congress tournament in 1912, billed as “the greatest tournament of the decade.” Over the tournament’s three weeks, “pin-knights” rolled 30,000 ga ...
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PINS AS TROPHIES
In addition to playing an integral role in bowling game play, bowling pins have come to serve many other purposes. Engraved pins might have been given as prizes or souvenirs following participation in ...
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RECORD CROWD IN TOLEDO
Bowling steadily grew in popularity through the early 1900s, and the 16th annual international tournament of the American Bowling Congress broke records for numbers of entries and number of cities rep ...
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RETURNING VETS IN TOLEDO
Toledo, Ohio, hosted the 19th annual American Bowling Congress tournament in 1919, against a backdrop of war. The tournament, which started on March 8, began less than four months after the end of Wor ...
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ROLLING IN PEORIA
Peoria mailed 10,000 posters and entry blanks to bowling enthusiasts all over the country for the 15th annual international tournament of the American Bowling Congress. Organizers chose Peoria as a ho ...
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SACRAMENTO ALLEY
Even in the early 1900s, bowling was popular enough in Sacramento, California, that the city had its own bowling organization. Sacramento teams participated in tournaments and attended bowling exhibit ...
