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"American Bowling Congress (ABC)" - 72 Total Result(s)
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BODIS GOES FOR THE GOLD
Hall of Famer Joe Bodis received many awards for his bowling skill. Bodis bowled with an average score of 193 during more than three decades of tournament, which was impressive in its own right, and b ...
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BODIS RINGS UP ANOTHER 300
When champion bowler Joe Bodis rolled a 300 in December 1933, he recorded his second perfect game that year. He was awarded a unique ring from the American Bowling Congress with an engraved inscriptio ...
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BOWLERS AND A BASEBALL PLAYER IN TOLEDO
The 13th annual American Bowling Congress tournament in Toledo, Ohio, was held in February and March 1913. Hundreds of bowlers made their way to the Toledo Terminal Auditorium, including Fred Merkle, ...
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BOWLERS IN CHICAGO
The 24th annual American Bowling Congress tournament in Chicago in 1924 saw a record-high 2,131 teams competing, with bowlers from all over the Midwest and beyond taking advantage of Chicago’s lively ...
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BOWLING AS MEDICINE
In the early 1900s, a growing number of doctors and social reformers began to tout the positive effects of “recreation” for “the nervous and overworked.” Physical exercise was seen as an antidote to t ...
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BOWLING BONANZA IN BUFFALO
Known as “the Biggest Athletic Show on Earth”, 200 teams hit the lanes to participate in the 1925 American Bowling Congress tournament in Buffalo, New York. Inside the Broadway Auditorium, the Weissne ...
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BOWLING MAD IN ST. LOUIS
St. Louis hosted the 11th annual American Bowling Congress tournament in 1911, and reports claimed the town “had gone bowling mad.” The normally baseball-crazy St. Louisans “have ceased conjectures as ...
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BOWLING MEET-UP IN THE BIG APPLE
Bowling was big business, even in the lean years of the Great Depression. The Annual Convention of the American Bowling Congress headed to New York City in 1937, reportedly due to the efforts of Al La ...
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CANADIAN PIN KNIGHTS IN PITTSBURGH
Energetic Canadians left a mark on the 9th annual American Bowling Congress tournament in 1909 in Pittsburgh. “The Canucks are going crazy about this tournament. I never saw so much enthusiasm in my l ...
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CEREAL BOWLERS
In 1970, Americans could find bowling everywhere: on television, in recreation centers and even in their cupboards and refrigerators. Popular cereal and milk brands provided American Bowling Congress ...
