


The Automobowl Classic was a five-game individual sweeper based in Detroit. The first Automobowl was staged in 1948 at State Fair Recreation, while the ABC Tournament was in session at the nearby State Fair Coliseum. After the ABC left, the tournament continued on as an annual event, drawing an entry of top bowlers from throughout the Midwest. In 1956 it moved to Hall’s Recreation. The last Automobowl was bowled in 1961—the same year the ABC returned to Detroit.
1948 Johnny Crimmins, Detroit . . . . . . . . . 1127
1949 Paul Cito, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1096
1950 Rudy Walby, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1115
1951 Dick Hoover, Akron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030
1952 Lou Farkas, Toledo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1082
1953 Bill Gerlach, Lapeer, MI . . . . . . . . . . . 1102
1954 Harry Smith, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . 1122
1955 Greg Demres, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089
1956 Stanley Pitera, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . 1073
1957 Harry Smith. Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1114
1958 Billy Golembiewski, Detroit . . . . . . . . . 1088
1959 Jack Curry, Lansing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1084
1960 Don Glyinski, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1084
1961 Dale Seavoy, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1103
Tournament suspended
In 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
The 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
The Landgraf Classic was a four-game scratch tournament held at Bowlmor Recreation in New York City. Founded by tenpin impresario Bill Landgraf, the event soon became a regular stop on the informal circuit of elite tournaments. Landgraf died in 1964, but the tournament continued on. Though most of the later winners were league bowlers on a roll, until the end the classic always attracted a certain number of PBA members.
1943 Andy Varipapa, Brooklyn. . . . . . . . . . . . . 877
1944 Steve Nagy, Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923
1945 Mike Petito, Brooklyn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877
1946 Chic Chicarelli, Elizabeth, NJ . . . . . . . . . . . 877
1947 Lou Campi, Dumont, NJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890
1948 Marty Cassio, Rahway, NJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973
1949 Eddie Moore, New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879
1950 Tony Sparando, Rego Park, NY . . . . . . . . . 906
1951 William Luzzi, Jersey City . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885
1952 Eddie Niederhaus, New York . . . . . . . . . . . 908
1953 Julius Grosso, Allentown, PA . . . . . . . . . . . 859
1954 Clyde Soravilla, Tarrytown, NY . . . . . . . . . . 906
1955 Joe Brown, Jersey City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911
1956 Francis McHugh, Tamaqua, PA . . . . . . . . . . 898
1957 Lindy Faragalli, Paterson, NJ . . . . . . . . . . . 937
1958 John Massero, New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930
1959 Dick Weber, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879
1960 Billy Welu, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915
1961 John Wisniewski, Floral Park, NY . . . . . . . . 862
1962 Sis Mantovani, Hewlett, NY . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
1963 Floyd Page, Yonkers, NY
(tie) Frank Pinciaro, White Plains, NY . . . . . . . . . 871
1964 Craig Mueller, Union, NJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882
1965 Joe Tusa, Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916
1966 Tom Montalbano, Deer Park, NY . . . . . . . . . 888
1967 Dave Leverich, Mount Holly, NJ . . . . . . . . . 880
1968 Joe Ostroski, Philadehiia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887
1969 Henry Krysa, Princeton, NJ . . . . . . . . . . . . 869
1970 Lou Scrimale, Solvay, NY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907
1971 Larry Lichstein, Windsor Locks, CT . . . . . . . 918
1972 Fred Lening, Yardley, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926
1973 Ralph Hartmann, New Hyde Park, NY . . . . . 910
1974 Al Pujol, The Bronx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921
1975 Jay Tartaglia, Fort Chester, NY . . . . . . . . . . 873
1976 Ed Davis, Jr., Havre de Grace, MD . . . . . . . . 907
1977 Bob Delissio, Levittown, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . 891
1978 Nick Librandi, North White Plains, NY . . . . . . 894
1979 Nunzio Morra, Glen Cove, NY . . . . . . . . . . . 957
1980 Ed Walsh, Perth Amboy, NJ . . . . . . . . . . . . 916
1981 Marty Letscher, Darlington, MD . . . . . . . . . . 978
1982 Jay Stout, Levittown, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905
1983 Bob Materasso, The Bronx . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923
1984 Jim Earle, Levittown, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920
1985 Ron Gondek, King of Prussia, PA . . . . . . . . . 915
Tournament suspended
The Middle-West Bowling Association was formed in 1908 to promote tenpins in the states of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. The association held its first tournament March 13-16 that year at St. Joseph, Missouri. Soon the tournament was attracting entries from as far away as Denver and Detroit, and had become one of the country’s top regional events. Commonly known as the Midwest Tournament, operations were temporarily suspended during the 1918-19 season because of World War I. World War II caused the tournament to again be suspended after the 1941-42 event. However, it was never resumed thereafter.
TEAM CHAMPIONS
1907-08 DeSota, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2791
1908-09 Kid Nichols, Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2831
1909-10 Brunswick-B-C, Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . . 2909
1910-11 Duffy’s, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2909
1911-12 Schmidts, St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2825
1912-13 Old Saxon Brau, Omaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2825
1913-14 O’Leary’s, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2843
1914-15 Alpen Brau, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2853
1915-16 Bowlers Journal No. 1, Chicago . . . . . . . . . 2812
1916-17 Rubini, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2955
1917-18 Alvarez, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2920
1918-19 No tournament
1919-20 St. Francis Hotel, St Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2936
1920-21 A.H. Arnold, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2822
1921-22 Hutchinson Ice Cream, Des Moines . . . . . . 3017
1922-23 Ziegler Chocolates, Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . 3055
1923-24 Bowlers Journal No. 1, Chicago . . . . . . . . . 3071
1924-25 Oh Henrys, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3030
1925-26 Jed Durkee Flint, Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . 2940
1926-27 L. Jordans, St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3087
1927-28 T.J. Crowes, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3024
1928-29 Oh Henrys, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3222
1929-30 Shell Gas and Oil, Omaha . . . . . . . . . . . . 3009
1930-31 Alaska Gold Mines, Denver . . . . . . . . . . . 2820
1931-32 Brennan Groceries, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . 3075
1932-33 Charles J. Krons, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . 3320
1933-34 Silver Seals, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3164
1934-35 Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, Chicago . . . . . . . . 3279
1935-36 Budweiser Beer, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3083
1936-37 Arrowhead Steel Products, Minneapolis . . . 3102
1937-38 Barbasol, Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3087
1938-39 Baby Ruth Candy, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . 3105
1939-40 Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, Chicago . . . . . . . . 3129
1940-41 Dean Rubber, Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . 3157
1941-42 Gateway Sporting Goods, Kansas City . . . . 3178
DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
1907-08 Donovan-Wilson, Excelsior Springs, MO . . . . . . . . 1171
1908-09 J.C. Ameling-Con Fuerman, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . 1242
1909-10 King Spellman-Ed Gorman, Kansas City . . . . . . . . . 1159
1910-11 Chuck Collier-W.S. Flenner, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . 1220
1911-12 Fred Fenton-Heinie Hoyer, Sioux City . . . . . . . . . . 1210
1912-13 J. Kral-W. Bush, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1253
1913-14 Louis Levine-Fred Bliss, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1232
1914-15 Crinigan-Frost, Fort Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1207
1915-16 Jimmy Blouin-Billy Metcalf, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . 1225
1916-17 Henry Ehlman-Al Lea, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1269
1917-18 L. Mackin-N. Welu, Dubuque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1223
1918-19 No tournament
1919-20 Eddie Krems-Al Bugenhagen, Chicago . . . . . . . . . 1244
1920-21 J. Wilson-Frank Kastner, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . 1319
1921-22 J. Dancke-Joe Hradek, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1351
1922-23 Lorenz-Smith, Dubuque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1346
1923-24 Eddie Krems-Herb Freitag, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . .1304
1924-25 E. Davis-L. Wolsiefer, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1253
1925-26 L. Trege-A. Nelson, Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1211
1926-27 Sykes Thoma-Frank Kartheiser, Chicago . . . . . . . . 1294
1927-28 Dick Montgomery-George Falkenbach, St. Louis . . . 1284
1928-29 Otto Stein-R. Nelson, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1393
1929-30 J. Wilson-Frank Kastner, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1319
1930-31 Gerney-Jarosh, Omaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1252
1931-32 W.R. Learn-Joe Koran, Omaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1333
1932-33 Ervin Brunsman-Frank Kastner, St. Louis . . . . . . . . 1386
1933-34 Ned Day-Frank Smith, Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1347
1934-35 Cone Hermann-Mitzi Weinstein, St. Louis . . . . . . . 1389
1935-36 Bill Heerman-Kurt Pagel, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1352
1936-37 Fred Daniels-Buck Sonner, Des Moines . . . . . . . . . 1352
1937-38 Ned Day-Gil Zunker, Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1345
1938-39 Joe Burke-Babe Bunning, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1341
1939-40 Walter Reppenhagen-Phil Bauman, Detroit . . . . . . 1321
1940-41 Don Pinc-C.B. Jackson, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368
1941-42 Johnny Small-Joe Traubenik, Chicago . . . . . . . . . 1264
SINGLES CHAMPIONS
1907-08 Martin Kern, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .639
1908-09 Jack Heibert, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648
1909-10 H.F. Siemens, St. Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
1910-11 C.W. Ashley. Sioux City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
1911-12 August Schmidt, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686
1912-13 D.A. Wolf, Topeka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
1913-14 Harry Steers, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649
1914-15 Nick Bruck, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647
1915-16 Fred Reimer, Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666
1916-17 Guy Sellers, Des Moines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673
1917-18 Al Toemmel, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
1918-19 No tournament
1919-20 Forrest Luby, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
1920-21 Con Maloney, Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
1921-22 George Falkenbach, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . 736
1922-23 Chuck Collier, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674
1923-24 Jess Pritchett, Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . 726
1924-25 Herman Roloff, Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698
1925-26 W. Anderson, Sioux City, SD . . . . . . . . . . . 668
1926-27 H. Everett, Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
1927-28 Wally Lundgren, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
1928-29 C. Snyder, Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757
1929-30 Con Maloney, Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
1930-31 Pat Sheridan, Pratt, KS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
1931-32 C. Stoff, Des Moines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
1932-33 Jess Pritchett, Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778
1933-34 Hank Summers, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705
1934-35 Mitzi Weinstein, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715
1935-36 Louis Levine, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686
1936-37 Burt Barkow, Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736
1937-38 Gil Zunker, Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
1938-39 Don Pinc, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749
1939-40 Johhny Crimmins, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
1940-41 Johnny Small, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716
1941-42 Joe Wilman, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690
ALL-EVENTS CHAMPIONS
1907-08 Henry Clay, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1824
1908-09 Tom Brainard, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1824
1909-10 John Soasom, Chicago . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 1822
1910-11 Chuck Collier, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1885
1911-12 M.J. Locker, Des Moines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1841
1912-13 Tony Karlicek, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1816
1913-14 H.C. Kohl, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1819
1914-15 Heinie Hoyer, Sioux City. . . .. . . . . . . . . . 1840
1915-16 Glen Fisher, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1818
1916-17 Joe Shaw, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1852
1917-18 George Wilke, Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . 1852
1918-19 No tournament
1919-20 Eddie Krems, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1776
1920-21 Frank Kartheiser, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . 1924
1921-22 Runt Gable, Des Moines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1911
1922-23 George Geiser, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1946
1923-24 Jess Pritchett, Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972
1924-25 Clarence Kaley, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1920
1925-26 John Looney, Omaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1840
1926-27 Dom DeVito, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1917
1927-28 Wally Lundgren, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1939
1928-29 Ernie Schanz, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2035
1929-30 Frank Kartheiser, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . 1929
1930-31 F. Jewell, Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1797
1931-32 Sky Halloran, Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013
1932-33 Ervin Brunsman, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . 2123
1933-34 Adolph Carlson, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004
1934-35 Arthur Scheer, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2071
1935-36 Gil Zunker, Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972
1936-37 Burt Barkow, Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2076
1937-38 Gil Zunker, Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2020
1938-39 Babe Bunning, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2054
1939-40 Johnny Crimmins, Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991
1940-41 Bernie Drees, Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . 2032
1941-42 Joe Wilman, Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1955
Tournament suspended