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"Brunswick" - 36 Total Result(s)
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LONG LIVE THE LEAGUES
Bowling’s golden age may have been coming to an end by the late 1970s, but bowling leagues have remained a lucrative way to sustain most bowling alleys. For a time, league bowling represented upwards ...
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MARKETING WITH MISS BRUNSWICK
Given the widespread popularity of Brunswick products, the company clearly had no trouble marketing their newest technologies. Still, spokespeople were an important aspect of the Automatic Scorer roll ...
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MONEY BALL
There was a clear message sent to bowling center owners with this money clip from Brunswick: “There’s Money For You In Gold Crown Equipment.” As part of their sales pitch, Brunswick promised increased ...
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NAGY’S 38TH
Steve Nagy bowled his 38th perfect game on the second night of the San Jose Open in 1961. The veteran bowler saw a great deal of success in his career, claiming five championship titles during the 195 ...
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NINE PIN FOR THE WIN
In the 1930s, some U.S. cities banned the nine-pin bowling game because people were taking too much time off work to play it. Nine-pin bowling differs in many ways from the ten-pin game that most are ...
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PONY PIN
Pony pin was a bowling variation popular in the early 1900s, particularly in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Major bowling manufacturer Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company produced the special pony pins, which re ...
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REGULATING THE PINS
Bowling’s governing bodies regulate the size and shape of all bowling pins used in official competition. Before the Meister Brau Beer league hit the lanes in this 1940s competition, these particular r ...
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ROUND FIRST FOR THE STRIKE
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 ...
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RUBBER DUCKS
Duckpin bowling developed in the United States in the late 1800s. In 1905, a Pennsylvania man added thick rubber bands to the base of the squat pins, officially starting rubber band duckpin bowling. T ...
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STRIKES AT THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE
During the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain, Brunswick introduced athletes to recreational bowling by installing a 16-lane bowling alley in the Olympic Village, available free of charge to Olympi ...
