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"Illinois" - 16 Total Result(s)
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A CONVENIENT LOCATION
Over 100 teams, including the Howard Six team pictured here, participated in the 15th annual ABC tournament at the Peoria Coliseum in Peoria, Illinois, in March 1915. The site was chosen due to its pr ...
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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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AFFORDABLE RATES IN PEORIA
The 1920 American Bowling Congress tournament in Peoria, Illinois, offered affordable rates to entrants. Each bowler paid a fee of $1 for each event, plus 25 cents for ABC membership and 50 cents for ...
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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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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 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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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 ...
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MAKING PROGRESS IN CHICAGO
The 1949 BPAA All-Star Championship was held at the Northwest Armory in Chicago from December 3-11. Junie McMahon, who hailed from Chicago, beat out 167 male bowlers to claim the title with 13,712 pin ...
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NORTHBROOK’S STRIKING SHOWDOWN
The Strike ‘N’ Spare Lanes in Northbrook, Illinois, provided the perfect setting for the prestigious 1970 BPAA All-Star Tournament, attracting top bowlers from across the nation. Nestled in the vibran ...
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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 ...
