Archive for July, 2020
AMF Bowling Clinics—Philadelphia (1961)
July 30, 2020Balancer Glove—Fort Worth (1967)
July 28, 2020Ken-Master Bowling Dress (1943)
July 26, 2020Billy Welu Instructional Record (1959)
July 24, 2020Vallos Classic
July 23, 2020In 1940 George Vallos staged his first five-game sweeper at Champion Recreation in Youngstown, Ohio. World War II cancelled the 1943 classic, but the tournament was back the next year as a six game event. For many years in the pre-PBA era, it was part of the select group of elite singles events. George Vallos died in 1962—while bowling. His classic died two years later.
1940 Joe Bodis, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904 (5 g)
1941 Fritz Flanhafer, Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894 (5 g)
1942 Lou Strizzi, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885 (5 g)
1943 Not held
1944 Ernie Tripodi, Niles, OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300
1945 W.O. Zehm, Cuyahoga Falls, OH . . . . . . . . . . 1297
1946 Buzz Fazio, Akron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1331
1947 Ned Day, Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1338
1948 Ned Day, Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1308
1949 Jack Scott, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1342
1950 John Hunt, Canton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1315
1951 Eddie Koepp, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1329
1952 Pat Patterson, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1321
1953 Chuck Hamilton, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1336
1954 Vic Battista, Canton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1342
1955 Buzz Fazio, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1336
1956 Frank Sospirato. Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1302
1957 Jim Schroeder, Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1345
1958 Joe Joseph, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1254
1959 John LoCascio, Port Clinton, OH . . . . . . . . . . . 1309
1960 Tom Kirol, New Castle, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1269
1961 Tony Lindemann, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1296
1962 Dave Soutar, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1297
1963 Joe Cosentino, Canton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1320
1964 Gordon McMahon, Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1253
Tournament suspended