Archive for June, 2020
Excelsiors—Omaha (1905)
June 30, 2020Arcadia Lanes—Fort Atkinson, WI
June 28, 2020Plaza Lanes Grand Opening (1960)
June 25, 2020Krumske and McMahon for Meister Brau (1952)
June 23, 2020Little’s Lanes—Great Falls, MT (1958)
June 23, 2020Bill Tucker Bowling Book (1961)
June 21, 2020Central States Bowling Tournament
June 18, 2020The Central States Bowling Association was founded at a meeting of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky proprietors in 1919. A total of 125 teams bowled in the first tournament, held at Cincinnati between December 19, 1919 and January 4, 1920. Within a few years the tournament was attracting bowlers from throughout the Midwest. Entries stayed strong through the 1950s, then declined as top-level bowling transitioned into an individual sport. The Central States Bowling Tournament suspended operations after the 1962-63 event.
TEAM CHAMPIONS
1919-20 Lincoln Life, Fort Wayne . . . . . . . 2939
1920-21 Hinnekampf Buffet, Indianapolis. . 2887
1921-22 Olts Superbas, Dayton . . . . . . . . . 2879
1922-23 Wall Coal, Toledo . . . . . . . . . . . . 2927
1923-24 Paragon Oils, Toledo . . . . . . . . . 2988
1924-25 Central Recreation, Erie . . . . . . . 3067
1925-26 Plankinton Hotel, Milwaukee . . . . . 3047
1926-27 Birk Bros, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . 3180
1927-28 Mid-City Bank, Chicago . . . . . . . 3109
1928-29 Richards Oakland, Detroit . . . . . . 3139
1929-30 Archer Tires, Cleveland . . . . . . . . 3156
1930-31 Mineralites, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . 3059
1931-32 Green Cabs, Cleveland . . . . . . . . 3245
1932-33 Verifine Ice Cream, Milwaukee . . . 3251
1933-34 Plankinton Arcade, Milwaukee . . . 3097
1934-35 Heil Products, Milwaukee . . . . . . 3151
1935-36 John G. Eppings, Louisville . . . . 2970
1936-37 Michelob Beer, Chicago. . . . . . . . 3254
1937-38 Waldorf Lager, Cleveland . . . . . . 3188
1938-39 Stroh’s Beer, Detroit. . . . . . . . . . . 3123
1939-40 Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, Chicago. . 3102
1940-41 Collingwood, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . 3210
1941-42 O’Neill’s, Akron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3006
1942-43 Leece-Neville, Cleveland . . . . . . . . 3064
1943-44 Linsz Recreation, Cleveland . . . . . 3278
1944-45 E & B Beer, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . 3209
1945-46 Kinsman-Lee Rec, Cleveland . . . . 2988
1946-47 King Pin Club, Cleveland . . . . . . . 3059
1947-48 Pepsi Cola, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . 3013
1948-49 Hawley Café, Toledo . . . . . . . . . . 3114
1949-50 Fife Electric, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . 3294
1950-51 Phil Smidt’s, Hammond . . . . . . . . 2999
1951-52 Hertzfield Olds, Toledo . . . . . . . 3144
1952-53 Stroh’s Beer, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . 3115
1953-54 Pepsi Cola, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . 3022
1954-55 Stroh’s Beer, Detroit. . . . . . . . . . 3150
1955-56 Stroh’s Beer, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . 3204
1956-57 Budweiser Beer, St. Louis . . . . . . 3034
1957-58 Budweiser Beer, St. Louis . . . . . . 3113
1958-59 Falstaff Beer, St. Louis . . . . . . . . 3299
1959-60 Buddy Simon Sign, Cleveland . . . . 3142
1960-61 Hamm’s Beer, Chicago . . . . . . . . . 3215
1961-62 Hamm’s Beer, Chicago . . . . . . . 3191
1962-63 Stroh’s Beer, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . 3036
DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
1919-20 Albert Landis-Hap Haverstock, Dayton . . . . . . . . 1256
1920-21 Larry Gazzolo-Clarke Moses, Toledo . . . . . . . . . . 1238
1921-22 Walter Stockman-Pop Gross, Dayton . . . . . . . . . 1281
1922-23 Boomer Burrick-Billy Hess, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . 1352
1923-24 Bill Doehrman-Frank Farnan, Fort Wayne . . . . . . 1279
1924-25 Wally Reppenhagen-Ernie Hartmann, Detroit . . . . 1419
1925-26 Larry Bolger-Leo Friedel, Chicago . . .
(tie) Charles Schott-Frank Hueber, Indianapolis . . . . . . 1292
1926-27 Eddie Krems-Hank Marino, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . 1321
1927-28 Joe Vanera-Frank Jarecki, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . 1357
1928-29 Jess Pritchett-Fred Mounts, Indianapolis . . . . . . . 1335
1929-30 Johnny Crimmins-Ernie Hartman, Detroit . . . .
(tie) Fred Breckle-Fred Tocco, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . 1346
1930-31 Larry Groneck-Bennie Cohen, St. Louis . . . . . . 1363
1931-32 Joe Bodis-Joe Kissoff, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . 1407
1932-33 George Notz-Harry Kaad, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . 1360
1933-34 Barney Youngblood-Al Dingwell, Detroit . . . . . 1339
1934-35 Johnny Crimmins-Frenchy Gilboe, Detroit . . . . 1349
1935-36 Fred Wolf-Leonard Dettloff, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . 1321
1936-37 John Fehr-Jess Pritchett, Indianapolis . . . . . . . 1385
1937-38 Charley Lausche-Frank Franz, Cleveland . . . 1346
1938-39 Eli Maricich-Sykes Thoma, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . 1349
1939-40 Bill Kenet-Joe Bodis, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1332
1940-41 Frank Benkovic-Russ Gersonde, Milwaukee . . .. . 1310
1941-42 Charley Lausche-Emil Siperke, Cleveland . . . . . . 1290
1942-43 Wally Reppenhagen-Bill Kenet, Detroit . . . . . . . . . 1273
1943-44 Peter Goohs-John Simon Sr., Lorain, OH. . . . . .
(tie) Ralph Clucker-Stan Stefancic, Cleveland . . . . . . . 1310
1944-45 John Borath-Wally Wegener, Flint . . . . . . . . . . . . 1238
1945-46 Will Warzecha-Charley Schmidt, Battle Creek . . . . 1252
1946-47 Hank Gavie-Johnny Crimmins, Detroit . . . . . 1303
1947-48 Benny Cole-Ray Caniglia, Akron . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1290
1948-49 Bill Williams-Bob Crawford, Detroit . . . . . . . 1274
1949-50 Skang Mercurio-Charley Lausche, Cleveland . . . . . 1402
1950-51 Ed Quinn-Frank Zion, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1279
1951-52 Bob Briarton-Bob Crawford, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . 1395
1952-53 Hank Gavie-Len Torrice, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1318
1953-54 Hank Gavie-Charles Johnson, Detroit . . . . . . . . 1287
1954-55 Joe Norris-Art Butler, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1307
1955-56 Allen Vance-Tony Morano, Detroit. . . . . . . . . . . . 1309
1956-57 Tom Hennessey-Pat Patterson, St. Louis . . . . . . 1311
1957-58 Joe Gasparovic-Joe Harris, Hammond . . . . . . . . 1343
1958-59 Joe Bolek-Clyde Hobbs, Cleveland . . . . . . . . 1549
1959-60 Billy Golembiewski-Joe Joseph, Detroit . . . . . 1425
1960-61 Joe Norris-Chuck Hamilton, Chicago . . . . . . 1322
1961-62 Eddie Kawolics-Chuck Wagner, Chicago . . . . . . 1385
1962-63 Tom Harnisch-Roger Helle, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . 1271
SINGLES CHAMPIONS
1919-20 Lawrence Weisman, Indianapolis . . 668
1920-21 Eddie Baker, Terre Haute . . . . . . . 673
1921-22 Louis Gaylor, Dayton . . . . . . . . . . 687
1922-23 Frank Zimpfer, Columbus . . . . . . 704
1923-24 Walter Ilg, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . 694
1924-25 Eddie Kalach, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . 705
1925-26 Ed Moore, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
1926-27 Hank Leahey, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . 732
1927-28 Andy Peterson, Chicago . . . . . . . . 755
1928-29 Ed Blackwell, Chicago . . . . . . . . . 757
1929-30 Frank Kartheiser, Chicago . . . . . 731
1930-31 Bill Heerman, Chicago . . . . . . . . 725
1931-32 Clarke Moses, Toledo . . . . . . . . . . 749
1932-33 Adolph Carlson, Chicago . . . . . . 756
1933-34 Otto Stein, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . 725
1934-35 Bill Mattison, Toledo . . . . . . . . . . 744
1935-36 Johnny Crimmins, Detroit . . . . . 721
1936-37 Tom Owen, Louisville . . . . . . . . . 761
1937-38 Charles Kotarski, Detroit . . . . . . 724
1938-39 Mike Siwe, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . 734
1939-40 Art Black, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . 722
1940-41 Joe Puccinelli, Chicago . . . . . . . . . 703
1941-42 Wally Wegener, Flint . . . . . . . . . . 750
1942-43 Steve Nagy, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . 711
1943-44 E.W. Ippel, Saginaw, MI . . . . . . 748
1944-45 Joe Norris, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . 725
1945-46 Johnny Crimmins, Detroit . . . . . . . 674
1946-47 George Sebert, Detroit . . . . . . . . . 709
1947-48 Herman Jubenville, Detroit . . . . 707
1948-49 Rudy Skorepa, Cleveland . . . . . . 704
1949-50 Ed Lubanski, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . 734
1950-51 Johnny Crimmins, Detroit . . . . . . . 694
1951-52 Will Willard, Tiffin, OH . . . . . . . . . . 714
1952-53 Joe Palladino, Cleveland . . . . . . . . 690
1953-54 Bill Steinborn, Michigan City, IN. . . 709
1954-55 Bob Goike, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . 707
1955-56 Joe Norris, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . 724
1956-57 Charles Bedell, Cleveland . . . . . . . 708
1957-58 Don Carter, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . 714
1958-59 Johnny Klares, Cleveland . . . . . . . 781
1959-60 Harry Lippe, Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . 721
1960-61 Junior Powell, Toledo . . . . . . . . . . 734
1961-62 Taft Leszt, Terre Haute . . . . . . . . . 720
1962-63 Jim Schroeder, Toledo . . . . . . . . . . 684
ALL-EVENTS CHAMPIONS
1919-20 Walter English, Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . 1873
1920-21 Johnny Wagner, Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . 1880
1921-22 Harry Miller, Dayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1851
1922-23 Vic Kraut, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1918
1923-24 Maurice Hotchkiss, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . 1883
1924-25 Ernie Hartmann, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . 2024
1925-26 Harry Kaad, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1889
1926-27 Jack Bishop, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985
1927-28 Andy Peterson, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . 2064
1928-29 Johnny Crimmins, Toledo . . . . . . . . . . 2073
1929-30 Ben Bernicchi, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . 2090
1930-31 Bill Heerman, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1929
1931-32 Roy Rice, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2060
1932-33 Frank Benkovic, Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . 2069
1933-34 Chuck Collier, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1948
1934-35 Cass Grygier, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007
1935-36 Johnny Crimmins, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . .
(tie) Walter Ward, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . 1895
1936-37 Fred Mounts, Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . 2073
1937-38 Charley Lausche, Cleveland . . . . . . . . 1998
1938-39 Joe Bodis, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1971
1939-40 Herb Freitag, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983
1940-41 William Stecky, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . 2028
1941-42 Boss Bosco, Akron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1927
1942-43 Al Robinson, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1914
1943-44 Stan Stefancic, Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . 2006
1944-45 Chet Bukowski, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996
1945-46 Buzz Fazio, Akron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1894
1946-47 Joe Papp, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1933
1947-48 Johnny King, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1964
1948-49 Ed Lubanski, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1946
1949-50 Ed Lubanski, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2081
1950-51 George Young, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . 1909
1951-52 Steve Nagy, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1961
1952-53 Buzz Fazio, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981
1953-54 Bill Steinborn, Michigan City, IN . . . . . . 1960
1954-55 Tom Hennessey, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007
1955-56 Tom Hennessey, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . 2035
1956-57 Tom Hennessey, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . 1987
1957-58 Don Carter, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1923
1958-59 Junior Powell, Toledo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2200
1959-60 Andy Rogoznica, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . 1967
1960-61 Emil Joseph, Toledo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2035
1961-62 Nathan Kill, Danville, KY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1947
1962-63 Dave Soutar, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1934
Tournament suspended