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"Missouri" - 21 Total Result(s)
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AD MEN & WOMEN
Amateur bowling leagues have long been sponsored by local businesses. Not only was sponsoring a team a good way to give back to the community, but it also provided business leaders with guaranteed adv ...
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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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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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BAER CUBS AWARD
Dr. E. H. Baer was a dentist in St. Louis, Missouri, and a prolific bowler, from the looks of it. As part of league play, Dr. Baer and the Bear Cubs bowling team took home a title, as evidenced by thi ...
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BERDIE SPECK OF THE WIBC
Berdie Speck knew how to put on a women’s bowling tournament. The secretary of the St. Louis Women’s Bowling Association had experience with regional tournaments featuring hundreds of bowlers, making ...
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BOWLING MAD IN ST. LOUIS
St. Louis hosted the 11th annual American Bowling Congress tournament in 1911, and reports claimed the town “had gone bowling mad.” The normally baseball-crazy St. Louisans “have ceased conjectures as ...
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BOWLING ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Tony Garito had a good Independence Day! At Lucky 13 Lanes in Chaffee, Missouri, Garito rolled a 279. The center was outfitted by AMF equipment, and the manufacturing company provided proprietors with ...
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CROWDING AROUND ST. LOUIS
With over two months of action, the 1959 ABC Tournament drew enormous crowds. Held in St. Louis, Missouri, at the 138th Infantry Armory, the tournament featured 5,000 participants with some of the mos ...
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DETAIL ORIENTED
Werner Distributing Company, likely based in St. Louis, Missouri, knew that details make the difference. These bright yellow shirts were embroidered with the bowler’s name (or nickname) as well as a s ...
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GREATER ST. LOUIS BOWLING ASSOCIATION
The Greater St. Louis Bowling Association was one of the largest regional associations in the United States by the 1970s, governing hundreds of winter and summer leagues. The city of St. Louis is name ...
