Jimmy Schroeder of the Town of Tonawanda just keeps on rolling. The record for competing in the most U.S. Bowling Congress Open championships (formerly known as the American Bowling Congress) is shared by Joe Norris and Bill Doerman. Each bowled in 71 national tournaments.
The annual United States Bowling Congress Open tournament started in 1901, a promotion of the then six-year-old American Bowling Congress, and has been an annual fixture except for World War II years. The 2012 edition is well underway in Boca Raton, La., and will continue into July. The 2013 will be hosted by the National Stadium in Reno, Nev.
Though bowling was a popular and thriving activity long before it established and solidified rules regarding the game and equipment with the formation of the American Bowling Congress in 1895, there still remained areas of confusion, and some of them linger. Scoring is one.
Bowling has been around for a long time, and it took an even longer time for the rules to catch up with the game, particularly when it comes to bowling balls. Prior to the founding of the American Bowling Congress in 1895, bowling balls were made of wood, mixtures of wood and other materials with maybe a little sand or cement mixed in. They ranged from softball to beach ball sizes and about the only rule followed by all groups was not using metals of any kind.
In the days before the merger of the American Bowling Congress and the Women's International Bowling Congress formed the United States Bowling Congress, ascending to the presidency of either group was a long journey. Typically, a person would become involved with administrative offices on the local association level, then to the state positions before becoming a national director. From the national directors, vice presidents were chosen and given numbers, as high 10. After years of moving up the ladder, the coveted post could be attained.
God bless the child that's got his own. That line from Billie Holiday has special meaning for me. I learned from my mother that when the world doesn't give you something, you can make it for yourself. Growing up in Buffalo in the 1940s, my parents owned a bowling alley. As African-Americans, they were excluded from the all-white American Bowling Congress. Instead of bowing to the status quo, they were among the founders of the National Bowling Association, then the National Negro Bowling Association. They made their own. This effort ultimately led to the removal of racial barriers in the ABC, and the diversification of the TNBA.
Frances Burns of LeRoy has been selected 2012 Member of the Year for Illinois' United States Bowling Congress Women's Bowling Association and will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Saturday during the annual meeting in Rockford. Burns, a member of the Greater Bloomington USBC, has been a member of the Illinois USBC WBA for 51 years. Her state services include assistant sergeant-at-arms in Bloomington, certified American Junior Bowling Congress and youth leader at Mustang Sally's in LeRoy.
The New Jersey State Bowling Association consists of 15 local bowling associations. Major decisions in bowling come slowly. The men, as the American Bowling Congress, organized in 1895. The women formed the Women's International Bowling Congress in 1916. Both were interested in the same goals: universal rules, standardization of equipment, sanctioning of leagues and tournaments, award programs for performances of bowlers of all abilities, handicap possibilities, international cooperation and championship tournaments with the input of 116 bowling federations around the world.
According to , the IRS has revoked its determination that Homes for All Inc., of Fort Myers, FL; H & H Housing Inc., of Los Angeles, CA; Family Home Providers Inc., of Cumming, GA; Miller County New Vision Coalition Inc., of Colquitt, GA; Buyer's Dream Fund of Cleveland Heights, OH; American Bowling Congress of Wyoming, MI; Accelerated Trust Inc., of Boca Raton, FL; National Home Charities Inc., of Westminster CO; Independent Group Inc., of Covington, KY; and Shepherd Hills Development Corp. of Las Vegas, NV, qualify as organizations described in Sections 501(c)(3) and 170(c)(2).
The merger of the American Bowling Congress, Women's International Bowling Congress, Young American Bowling Congress and USA Bowling to form the United States Bowling Congress became complete and official starting January 2005. It took more than 20 years to put it together and smooth sailing for all the groups involved might take another decade.
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