Table of Contents Acknowledgments xi Preface 1 A (Very) Short History of Bowling 3 Mort the Moose 5 Long John Koster 6 El Zunko 8 Magnificent Marino 10 The Perfect Game 12 Eddie Kawolics and Me 15 The Old Sarge 17 Uncanonized Saint 19 An Interview with Jimmy Blouin 21 The Prince of Bowlers 29 Professor Krumske 33 The Legend of Junie McMahon 34 Seven Days to 300 38 The Flying Falstaffs 40 Bowling's Cinéma Vérité 43 That's Shaul, Folks! 45 Nobody's Buddy 46 Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things 49 Belle of the Ball 50 The Joker Is Wild 53 The Patriotic Bowling Tournament 55 The Greatest Team Match 57 Bowling's Landmark Tour 59 Don Carter: An Appreciation 63 A Dream in Detroit 66 The Original Perfect Man 68 One Soldier's Story 70 Famous Nicknames 72 The Infamous 5-7-10 75 Fabulous ­Faetz-Niesen 77 How Jimmy Smith Became Champ 79 The Big Three Bowlers Tour 81 Where Have You Gone, Morrie Oppenheim? 83 How We Learned to Love the 10-Pin 88 Weighty Bowlers 90 More Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things 92 The First ABC Tournament 94 Joe Norris, R.I.P. 96 Style and Substance 98 Brunswick or AMF? 103 Billy G. 104 Jerry Lewis Goes Bowling 106 Church Alleys 109 The Stuff of Dreamer 110 Beware the Count! 113 The Buds Shoot 3858 116 Gibby's Big Jackpot 120 Bowling's Defining Moment 124 Time for a Bowling Postage Stamp? 130 I Remember Billy Welu 132 The First National Tournament 133 Strange Inventions 138 Dick Weber, R.I.P. 139 Candy Mac 141 The ­Baseball-Bowling Connection 144 The Buzzer 147 Unusual Injuries 150 The Quiet Man 151 Pioneer Don Scott 154 The Hitchhikers 156 The Greatest Action Match 157 The Fred Wolf Story 159 Big Steve 161 Johnny Small's Magic Ball 163 Two Secure Records 164 Movie Star Bowler 166 A Christmas Story 169 Who Was Ned Day? 170 Ed Lubanski's Double 300 174 Andy Varipapa Stories 176 Earl Breaks Through 178 The Petersen Classic Turns 100 181 All Hail, Lady L! 184 The Bowling Ball That Went Around the World 189 Even More Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things 191 In Search of Johnny King 193 A Different Path 196 Uncle Joe 198 Bowler's Symphony 199 Chief Halftown 201 The Schalk Team Tournament 203 Billy Hardwick, R.

I.P. 204 The Longest Longshots 206 The Man in the Picture 208 Allie and Orf and Allison and Some Others 210 The National Bowling League 212 Billy Durant's Bowling Fling 219 The Shanghai Bowling Congress 221 The Pleasure of His Company 222 Undefeated Champion 225 Index 227.