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"American Bowling Congress (ABC)" - 72 Total Result(s)
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ADAM HAHN FOR VP
Like all the best sports, bowling can be full of political intrigue. Elections of ABC officers generally took place right after the annual tournament (referred to as the “National tournament” in 1907) ...
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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 ABOARD!
People from all over the country descended upon host cities to participate in ABC tournaments during the early twentieth century. Back in 1910, one of the easiest and most popular ways to get to host ...
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ALL IN A DAY’S WORK
Bowling teams could be made up of any group of people: family members, friends, neighbors and even coworkers. This group of ABC coworkers formed the ABC Office Team to compete at the 1939 ABC Tourname ...
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AN EIGHT WEEK EVENT
In 1959, the American Bowling Congress (ABC) chose St. Louis, Missouri, to host a massive ABC tournament. The tournament ran for over two months. Nearly 5,500 bowling teams competed, comprised of the ...
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AN ELECTRIC PERFORMANCE
Bowling champions get trophies too! Fife Electric Supply Company of Detroit emerged victorious in the 1939 ABC Tournament, held in Cleveland, Ohio. Shooting a combined score of 3,151, the team had the ...
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BANNING BEER?
The 1918 American Bowling Congress tournament in Cincinnati was the site of protest when temperance supporters objected to Hamilton County issuing a temporary saloon license to the ABC for the distrib ...
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BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED FOR BOWLING
Touted as the “finest exposition center in the nation”, the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Building was constructed in 1881 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The building was designed by the noted architectur ...
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BIG MEET IN INDIANAPOLIS
For those unable to attend the 1936 American Bowling Congress’s world championship in Indianapolis, radio station NBC broadcast the tournament nationwide and five newsreel companies sent crews to docu ...
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BLUE RIBBON BOWLERS
As bowling became more popular in the 1920s and 1930s, many companies began to sponsor teams to enter ABC tournaments. One of the more successful teams was that of Pabst Blue Ribbon. One of the Pabst ...
