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"Chicago" - 20 Total Result(s)
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A MASTER AT WORK
Marion Ladewig drew acclaim as the “greatest woman bowler of all time,” and was an ardent supporter of women’s bowling on an institutional level. At the 1957 World’s Invitational Match Game Tournament ...
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A TEAM PLAYER
Before taking the bowling world by storm as a solo competitor, Marion Ladewig (far left) participated in doubles and team play early in her career. Ladewig joined a Grand Rapids squad with (left to ri ...
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ALL-STAR SPECTATORS
The 15th BPAA All-Star Tournament was held in Chicago from December 9-18, 1955. Bowling fans showed up to the Chicago Coliseum to watch fields of 160 men and 64 women compete. Bill Lillard of Chicago ...
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BLUE RIBBON WOMEN
The Chicago Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer women’s bowling team in 1941 highlighted the growing prominence of women’s bowling in the early 1940s. Team members Emma Munzel, Agnes Pitelka, Betty Ramsey, Kay DeB ...
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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 & BROADCASTING WITH PABST
Herb Freitag of the Chicago Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer men’s team and Mary Jane Hubert of the women’s team engaged with a WCFL radio reporter in Chicago. Both Freitag and Hubert were prominent figures in ...
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BOWLING ON TV
Amidst the growing popularity of bowling in the late 1940s and early 1950s, news outlets started sending television crews to film the exciting bowling tournaments. Beginning in 1954, NBC began running ...
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CELEBRITY SIGHTING
Kay DeBonis (center) of the Pabst Blue Ribbon women’s bowling team took time from her bowling to fraternize with media stars Brenda and Cobina, who were famous for their appearances on comedian Bob Ho ...
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INNOVATION AT THE ALLEY
Marion Ladewig and Dick Hoover were all smiles after winning their individual match games of the 1950 All-Star Bowling Tournament at Chicago Coliseum. The 21-year-old Hoover became the youngest champi ...
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KEEPING SCORE WITH KRUMSKE
Brunswick introduced their Automatic Scorer at Village Lanes in Chicago, Illinois. Brunswick’s vice president for marketing described the event as “the dawn of a new era in bowling.” The premiere attr ...
