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Orchard Twin Bowl

9444 N. Skokie Blvd. (Skokie)

Site of the 1960 season of the “Championship Bowling” TV show

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This entry was posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:01 am and is filed under OLD CHICAGO BOWLING ALLEYS. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Orchard Twin Bowl”

  1. Mike Jones Says:
    January 20, 2013 at 8:10 pm | Reply

    This center is the former home of the old “Championship Bowling” series on TV back in the 50s. The Golden Age of Bowling when the game was better by far!

    • J.R. Schmidt Says:
      January 21, 2013 at 7:42 am | Reply

      “Championship Bowling” was run as an actual, ABC-sanctioned elimination tournament at Orchard Twin Bowl in 1960. Ray Bluth won, shooting a 299 along the way. A 6-pin cost him $10,000 in 1960-money.
      –JRS

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