LEADER 03967nam 2200421 450 001 9910157524403321 005 20230810001642.0 010 $a1-4766-2806-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000001001328 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4775584 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001001328 100 $a20161209h20172017 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe bowling chronicles $ecollected writings of Dr. Jake /$fJ.R. Schmidt 210 1$aJefferson, North Carolina :$cMcFarland & Company, Incorporated, Publishers,$d[2017] 210 4$d©2017 215 $a1 online resource (266 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4766-6775-6 327 $aAcknowledgments -- 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. 330 $a"This collection of 90 articles presents portraits of tenpin immortals. Great matches and tournaments are recalled, along with little-known and forgotten stories--the 300 game that took a week to complete, the symphony concert that featured a bowler rolling against pins on stage, the baseball Hall of Famer who won a national bowling championship, and much more"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aBowling$zUnited States$xHistory$vAnecdotes 606 $aBowlers$zUnited States$vBiography$vAnecdotes 615 0$aBowling$xHistory 615 0$aBowlers 676 $a794.6 700 $aSchmidt$b J. R.$f1947-$01246831 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157524403321 996 $aThe bowling chronicles$92890779 997 $aUNINA