In the thirty-ninth annual American Bowling Congress's classic championship exhibitions, held in Chicago from March 3 to April 19, nearly 25,000 bowlers representing almost every section of the United States as well as Canada and Hawaii gathered to compete for the American Bowling titles, $198,000 and diamond medals.
The outstanding bowlers of the tournament were the five-man team winners, the Birk Brothers Brewing Company team of Chicago, composed of George Geiser, Jules Lellinger, Leo Krisch, George Notz and Joseph Traubenik. This team captured the five-man team championship, a $1,000 prize, diamond medals and the all-time high point total of 3,234, thirty-five points higher than the former record posted by the Tea Shops team of Milwaukee eleven years earlier.
In the doubles competition, Donald Johnson and Fonnie Snyder of Indianapolis won the championship and a $500 prize with a score of 1,337 points. The Singles event (a total of three games) was captured by Knute Anderson of Moline, Ill. with a score of 746 points. Anderson received $300 prize money. In the All-events total, Donald Beatty of Jackson, Mich., scored 1,948 points to win the title and a $200 prize. The high score for a single game was achieved by Michael Blazek with a perfect score of 300 points. This score has only been achieved five times in all the thirty-eight years and 2,000,000 games of the American Bowling Congress Championships.
The American Bowling Congress announced that next year's tournament would be held in Cleveland, Ohio.
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