The Bowling Chronicles: Collected Writings of Dr. Jake

by J.R. Schmidt

Overview

Millions of people bowl yet few know much about bowling's rich history. For more than 25 years, J.R. "Dr. Jake" Schmidt has been recounting that history in Bowlers Journal International with vitality and detail. This collection of 90 of his classic articles presents portraits of Dick Weber, Don Carter, Marion Ladewig and other tenpin immortals. Great matches and tournaments are recalled, along with little-known and forgotten stories--the bowling ball that went around the world, the 300 game that took a week to complete, the symphony concert that featured a bowler rolling against pins on stage, the traveling hustler who passed himself off as a German nobleman, the baseball Hall of Famer who won a national bowling championship, and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476628066
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	02/06/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

J.R. Schmidt earned a PhD in history from the University of Chicago and is a regular on-air contributor on Chicago’s public radio station WBEZ.
J.R. Schmidt earned a PhD in history from the University of Chicago and is a regular on-air contributor on Chicago's public radio station WBEZ.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
A (Very) Short History of Bowling
Mort the Moose
Long John Koster
El Zunko
Magnificent Marino
The Perfect Game
Eddie Kawolics and Me
The Old Sarge
Uncanonized Saint
An Interview with Jimmy Blouin
The Prince of Bowlers
Professor Krumske
The Legend of Junie McMahon
Seven Days to 300
The Flying Falstaffs
Bowling’s Cinéma Vérité
That’s Shaul, Folks!
Nobody’s Buddy
Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things
Belle of the Ball
The Joker Is Wild
The Patriotic Bowling Tournament
The Greatest Team Match
Bowling’s Landmark Tour
Don Carter: An Appreciation
A Dream in Detroit
The Original Perfect Man
One Soldier’s Story
Famous Nicknames
The Infamous 5–7–10
Fabulous ­Faetz-Niesen
How Jimmy Smith Became Champ
The Big Three Bowlers Tour
Where Have You Gone, Morrie Oppenheim?
How We Learned to Love the 10-Pin
Weighty Bowlers
More Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things
The First ABC Tournament
Joe Norris, R.I.P.
Style and Substance
Brunswick or AMF?
Billy G.
Jerry Lewis Goes Bowling
Church Alleys
The Stuff of Dreamer
Beware the Count!
The Buds Shoot 3858
Gibby’s Big Jackpot
Bowling’s Defining Moment
Time for a Bowling Postage Stamp?
I Remember Billy Welu
The First National Tournament
Strange Inventions
Dick Weber, R.I.P.
Candy Mac
The ­Baseball-Bowling Connection
The Buzzer
Unusual Injuries
The Quiet Man
Pioneer Don Scott
The Hitchhikers
The Greatest Action Match
The Fred Wolf Story
Big Steve
Johnny Small’s Magic Ball
Two Secure Records
Movie Star Bowler
A Christmas Story
Who Was Ned Day?
Ed Lubanski’s Double 300
Andy Varipapa Stories
Earl Breaks Through
The Petersen Classic Turns 100
All Hail, Lady L!
The Bowling Ball That Went Around the World
Even More Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things
In Search of Johnny King
A Different Path
Uncle Joe
Bowler’s Symphony
Chief Halftown
The Schalk Team Tournament
Billy Hardwick, R.I.P.
The Longest Longshots
The Man in the Picture
Allie and Orf and Allison and Some Others
The National Bowling League
Billy Durant’s Bowling Fling
The Shanghai Bowling Congress
The Pleasure of His Company
Undefeated Champion
Index