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TIMELINE
TIMELINE

1949 Walt Disney Studios Orchestra for annually to visually chronicle Interna-
tional Bowl Expo.
many years.
SEVENTY FIVE YEARS AGO 1999 n Steve Smink, convicted of orches-
n Members of the Billiard and Bowl- trating the re that destroyed Loyle
ing Institute of America convene in TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO Lanes in Vineland, New Jersey, in
Colorado Springs, Colorado, for their 2010, is sentenced to 15 years in
rst-ever meeting west of the Missis- n ere are big di erences between prison. Smink owned a nearby center
sippi River. the original agreement bowling and allegedly hired two Philadelphia
struck with Reno to build the National men to set the re.
1974 Bowling Stadium and the ongoing n e Macon campus of Middle
negotiations with Osceola County to
bring a Bowling Inc. headquarters George State College gets a new
FIFTY YEARS AGO
and competition arena to the Orlando 82,500-square-foot student center that
n Nielsen ratings indicate that the area. First, the original Reno contract includes an indoor “lazy river,” four
recent telecast of the PBA Lincoln spanned 15 years, while the Orlando bowling lanes and numerous other
Mercury Open broke the all-time “Pro deal is pegged at 20 years. Second, to attractions.
Bowlers Tour” record with 7.36 million protect local proprietors, no public
households and 21,344,000 individuals bowling was allowed at the Reno sta- n e former Woodhaven Lanes in
turned in. dium, whereas it would be permitted San Bruno, California, shuttered for
at the Orlando venue. Talks continue. two years, is revitalized and reopened
n e 13th annual Beat the Champi- by Salvatore Muzzi, who incorporates
ons contest, sponsored by the Chicago n A new PBA Pro-Am format will be red, green and white into the color
Sun-Times, generates 202,556 entries utilized at the ACDelco Challenge in scheme as a nod to his Italian heritage.
as area bowlers use their league scores October. Instead of enticing amateurs One thing that has not changed at the
(with handicap) to try to beat the with high-end bowling balls or a prize newly christened San Bruno Bowl-
target scores of Dave Soutar (663) and fund, with no guarantee of bowling ing Center is the venue’s foodservice.
Dotty Fothergill (587). with “name” players, the ACDelco Charlie Chu, who continued to oper-
Pro-Am will feature the top 16 players ate his Corkwood Restaurant at the
n e Odin automatic pinsetter, in the world and entrants will roll 16 site after Woodhaven closed, will now
manufactured by Furukawa Company Baker games — one with each pro. build upon his 32-year run.
Ltd., is being imported into the United
States by Nisshoiwai American Corp. n It’s decided that the ABC Masters n Bowling has come to California’s
will no longer necessarily be held in the Mammoth Ski Resort with the open-
n Despite the protests of local schools arena that hosts the ABC Tournament ing of Mammoth Rock ’n Bowl, which
and clergymen, citing the center’s ben- proper, a move that will potentially features an elevated dining experience
e t to the community, Lincoln Bowl enable it to be included in the PBA’s among its draws.
in San Francisco will be torn down to TV package.
make way for an apartment complex. n In the 33rd annual “Best of Las
n An investor is looking to open a Vegas” voting conducted by the Las
n Brunswick will build the rst mod- six- or eight-lane bowling center in Vegas Review-Journal, Red Rock Lanes
ern bowling center in Sao Paulo, Brazil Kazakstan. is named “best bowling alley.” e
(population: 8 million), and also will editors’ pick in that category is South
run it. n A study reveals that bowlers donated Point Bowling Center.
$73.5 million to various charitable
n Georgia Veatch, founder of the Pro- causes in 1988. n Speaking of South Point, work on
fessional Women Bowlers Association, the new bowling stadium that will host
passes away. She was scheduled to be 2014 multiple USBC national championship
inducted into the WIBC Hall of Fame events in coming years is six months
19 days later. ahead of schedule. Director of Bowling
TEN YEARS AGO
Mike Monyak describes the venue as
n Ken Lowman is named general n e International Bowling Media “a serious facility. ere are not going
manager of the California Bowling Association bestows its Luby Hall to be tables to set pizzas on. is is
News. He’s a member of the Songwrit- of Fame Award on Hero Noda, the where you go to bowl. You don’t play
ers Hall of Fame and played in the proprietor from Japan who volunteers softball at Yankee Stadium.”

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