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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157524403321

Autore

Schmidt J. R. <1947->

Titolo

The bowling chronicles : collected writings of Dr. Jake / / J.R. Schmidt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, Publishers, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-4766-2806-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 pages)

Disciplina

794.6

Soggetti

Bowling - United States - History

Bowlers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- A (Very) Short History of Bowling -- Mort the Moose -- Long John Koster -- El Zunko -- Magnificent Marino -- The Perfect Game -- Eddie Kawolics and Me -- The Old Sarge -- Uncanonized Saint -- An Interview with Jimmy Blouin -- The Prince of Bowlers -- Professor Krumske -- The Legend of Junie Mcmahon -- Days to 300 -- The Flying Falstaffs -- Bowling's Cinøma Vøritø -- That's Shaul, Folks! -- Nobody's Buddy -- Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things -- Belle of the Ball -- The Joker is Wild -- The Patriotic Bowling Tournament -- The Greatest Team Match -- Bowling's Landmark Tour -- Don Carter: an Appreciation -- A Dream in Detroit -- The Original Perfect Man -- Soldier's Story -- Famous Nicknames -- The Infamous 5/7/10 -- Fabulous Faetz-Niesen -- How Jimmy Smith Became Champ -- The Big Three Bowlers Tour -- Where Have You Gone, Morrie Oppenheim? -- How We Learned to Love the 10-Pin -- Weighty Bowlers -- More Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things -- The First ABC Tournament -- Joe Norris, R.I.P -- Style and Substance -- Brunswick or AMF? -- Billy G -- Jerry Lewis Goes Bowling -- Church Alleys -- The Stuff of Dreamer -- Beware the Count! -- The Buds Shoot 3858 -- Gibby's Big Jackpot -- Bowling's Defining Moment -- Time For a Bowling Postage Stamp? -- I Remember Billy Welu -- The First National Tournament -- Strange Inventions -- Dick Weber, R.I.P -- Candy Mac -- The Baseball-Bowling Connection -- The Buzzer --



Unusual Injuries -- The Quiet Man -- Pioneer Don Scott -- The Hitchhikers -- The greatest Action Match -- The Fred Wolf Story -- Big Steve -- Johnny Small's Magic Ball -- Secure Records -- Movie Star Bowler -- A Christmas Story -- Who was Ned Day? -- Ed Lubanski's Double 300 -- Andy Varipapa Stories -- Earl Breaks Through -- The Petersen Classic Turns 100 -- All Hail, Lady L! -- The Bowling Ball that Went Around the World -- Even More Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things -- In Search of Johnny King -- A Different Path -- Uncle Joe -- Bowler's Symphony -- Chief Halftown -- The Schalk Team Tournament -- Billy Hardwick, R.I.P -- The Longest Longshots -- The Man in the Picture -- Allie and Orf and Allison and Some Others -- The National Bowling League -- Billy Durant's Bowling Fling -- The Shanghai Bowling Congress -- The Pleasure of His Company -- Undefeated Champion -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This collection of 90 articles presents portraits of tenpin immortals. Great matches and tournaments are recalled, along with little-known and forgotten stories--the 300 game that took a week to complete, the symphony concert that featured a bowler rolling against pins on stage, the baseball Hall of Famer who won a national bowling championship, and much more"--