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"1950s" - 102 Total Result(s)
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JAYNE MANSFIELD MEETS BILLY WELU
Jayne Mansfield brought her daughter Jayne Marie to the opening of Dallas’s Cotton Bowling Palace. The new alley was dressed to the nine pins, with AMF Magic Triangle technology and AMF Streamline Dec ...
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JUNIE THE CHAMP
James “Junie” McMahon was an early star of American bowling. He dominated at his first tournament in 1937, when he began a streak of rolling 1,800 or an astounding six perfect games in a row. This bag ...
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KONNICHIWA, PAT PATTERSON!
Bowling’s golden age was not exclusive to the United States. Many industry leaders saw opportunities to expand America’s tenpin bowling internationally in the years after World War II. The U.S. State ...
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LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD
Workers carefully sanded the lanes to be used for the 19th Annual BPAA All-Star Tournament in Omaha. A crew of 60 carpenters took on the task of installing 24 lanes at the Civic Auditorium, which incl ...
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LIKE TO PLAY DUCKPIN
Duckpin bowling did not have the same popularity in the United States as the traditional tenpin game. Instructional guides and books about duckpin would prove useful to newcomers interested in getting ...
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LUCKY LANES IN OMAHA
Crews were hard at work installing lanes at the Civic Auditorium ahead of the 19th Annual BPAA All-Star Tournament in Omaha. The new 24-lane layout was specially constructed for the Auditorium. During ...
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MAMA’S GOING BOWLING
“Unlimber the can opener, Junior. Mama’s going bowling.” The 1952 Women’s International Bowling Congress in St. Louis attracted women from all over the country, including 90 from Minneapolis alone. Th ...
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MICHIGAN AND ILLINOIS DOMINATE
The 1955 Women’s International Bowling Congress met in Omaha, Nebraska, at the Omaha Music Box Lanes. Michigan and Illinois bowlers swept the individual titles, with Marion Ladewig, a grandmother from ...
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MOVING TO MINNEAPOLIS
In a historic departure from tradition, the 17th BPAA All-Star Tournament broke away from its Chicago roots. Instead, from January 10-19, 1958, Minneapolis, Minnesota, took the spotlight as the host c ...
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NO SHORTS IN DETROIT
Detroit was rolling in 1953, and so was the Women’s International Bowling Congress, which met there for their annual tournament. The tournament did not conclude until June 8, at which point even Detro ...
