SPONSORED BY • TRULY HARD SELTZER • SAMUEL ADAMS

ROUND FIRST FOR THE STRIKE

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Date: June 1961

Derks Field, a baseball field in Salt Lake City, Utah, was temporarily transformed into a bowling alley for a 1961 outdoor tournament. A joint effort of the Salt Lake City Tribune and the Utah Bowling Proprietors Association, the free tournament was the first time in history that automatic pinsetters had been up and running outside. Brunswick Corporation provided the equipment, and spectators filled the bleachers hoping to see a home run…or a strike.

Tags: 1960s • 1961 • Brunswick • Salt Lake City • Utah

Photographer unknown, from the IBMHOF collection

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