The eighteenth BPAA All-Star Tournament was held at the Armory in Buffalo, January 9-18, 1959, with fields of 192 men and 96 women. The winners of the events were recognized as the national match-game champions.
Archive for December, 2011
All-Star Tournament 1958-59
December 30, 2011Archer-35th Recreation and the Petersen Classic
December 27, 2011Today my WBEZ blog features a short article on Archer-35th Recreation and the Petersen Classic. Also included are a few nostalgic photos of the old dump.
To access, follow the link below. And if you’re interested in history, check out some of my other posts while you’re there.
http://www.wbez.org/blog/john-r-schmidt/2011-12-27/lost-landmark-archer-35th-recreation-94901
J. Wilbert Sims (1960)
December 26, 2011Junie McMahon (1950)
December 23, 2011All-Star Tournament 1957-58
December 21, 2011The seventeenth BPAA All-Star Tournament was held at the Armory in Minneapolis, January 10-19, 1958, with fields of 192 men and 96 women. This was the first All-Star bowled outside Chicago. The tournament also switched to a regular January schedule–no All-Star was staged during the calendar year 1957. The winners of the events were recognized as the national match-game champions.