Historical Database
Below is a link to an Excel Historical Database file. This file has a list of dates and content summary for mostly newspaper articles about bowling.
This information can be used in a number of different ways.
1) You can read the file from top to bottom to better understand the bowling happenings covering over 130 years up through 2020.
2) If you are considering nominating someone for the Hall of Fame, this can be a reference to major items about a given person. You would also want to check the Men's 700 menu, Women's 275s and 700s, Past 300s and 800s as well as the past City Tournament champions. If you would like a copy of a given article, you can go to the library or contact Jon Kelley who has a copy of the items with a Y in the third column.
The best way to find the items with a reference to a person is to use the AutoFilter (click the pull down arrow in the first row) in the Topic column and select Contains and enter the last name. You will then see all rows with that persons name.
Link to Excel Historical Database file: LINK
Men's 700 Series
For a listing of men's 700 series after 1960, please click HERE.
Early 700 series are shown below. * = Record
Name | Score | Newspaper Date |
Harrison "Hack" Thompson | 704* | 4/13/1929 |
Bobby Overton | 700 | 11/26/1929 |
Joe Fohn | 717* | 1/23/1930 |
George Elliott | 708 | 1/24/1930 |
Schneiderman | 710 | 1/27/1932 |
Harold Schrader | 703 | 4/19/1935 |
Joe Jansen | 716 | 1/26/1935 |
Fred Hurstel | 721* | 2/3/1936 |
George Haseltine | 739* | 12/4/1936 |
Walter Crumley | 726 | 11/27/1937 |
George Haseltine | 704 | 2/11/1938 |
Henry "Lefty" Willer | 748* | 3/28/1938 |
Joe Jansen | 727 | 5/13/1938 |
Fred Hurstel | 702 | 12/30/1938 |
Fred Hurstel | 710 | 1/24/1939 |
Everette Quinnette | 705 | 3/2/1939 |
Don Lowry | 702 | 4/27/1939 |
Fred Hurstel | 704 | 4/27/1939 |
Fred Hurstel | 702 | 4/28/1939 |
Hap Land | 715 | 10/20/1939 |
Larry Hintz | 700 | 11/3/1939 |
Frank Bell | 722 | 12/27/1939 |
Fred Hurstel | 703 | 3/23/1940 |
Fred Hurstel | 729 | 4/23/1940 |
Fred Hurstel | 744 | 4/26/1940 |
Fred Hurstel | 713 | 11/1/1940 |
Ronnie Wray | 752* | 12/24/1940 |
Don Lowry | 704 | 1/18/1941 |
Don Sellers | 701 | 1/17/1941 |
Don Lowry | 704 | 1/20/1941 |
Don Sellers | 722 | 2/7/1941 |
Ralph Myers | 705 | 5/8/1941 |
Fred Hurstel | 718 | 10/17/1941 |
Bobby Resener | 712 | 1/16/1942 |
Fred Hurstel | 726 | 2/6/1942 |
Walt McFatridge | 704 | 2/16/1942 |
Eddie Schupp | 721 | 3/11/1942 |
Harrison | 700 | 4/1/1942 |
Bobby Resener | 711 | 4/7/1942 |
Don Baker | 747 | 1/18/1943 |
Fred Hurstel | 723 | 1/18/1943 |
Jim Devinney | 704 | 3/24/1943 |
Fred Hurstel | 706 | 1/4/1944 |
Joe Jansen | 712 | 1/24/1944 |
Brownie Hall | 714 | 2/13/1945 |
Jim Devinney | 718 | 2/13/1945 |
Cecil Symons | 715 | 10/15/1945 |
Walt McFatridge | 710 | 11/14/1945 |
Fred Hurstel | 717 | 12/27/1945 |
Earl Brown | 708 | 12/28/1945 |
Elmer Cook | 733 | 1/30/1946 |
Odee Snyder | 710 | 1/30/1946 |
Harrison "Hack" Thompson | 706 | 2/27/1946 |
Ray Newlon | 712 | 4/2/1946 |
Velice "Peck" Bratton | 709 | 4/24/1946 |
Tommy Oaks | 712 | 5/2/1946 |
Velice "Peck" Bratton | 705 | 9/13/1946 |
Art Baer | 708 | 9/27/1946 |
Jack Currens | 718 | 12/27/1946 |
Velice "Peck" Bratton | 706 | 1/17/1947 |
Larry Hubert | 742 | 2/14/1947 |
Carl Foust | 708 | 3/11/1947 |
Fred Hurstel | 701 | 4/11/1947 |
Don Lowry | 759* | 10/17/1947 |
Carl Foust | 704 | 11/7/1947 |
Jim Devinney | 714 | 11/12/1947 |
Don Lowry | 733 | 12/5/1947 |
Harrison "Hack" Thompson | 739 | 12/17/1947 |
Carl Foust | 746 | 1/14/1948 |
Walt McFatridge | 714 | 1/26/1948 |
Luther Dishon | 713 | 3/5/1948 |
Elmer Cook | 701 | 3/22/1948 |
Harold "Shorty" Hall | 717 | 3/25/1948 |
Tom Minor | 712 | 5/9/1948 |
Don Lowry | 702 | 12/3/1948 |
Don Lowry | 700 | 1/28/1949 |
Clyde Myer | 718 | 1/28/1949 |
Harold "Shorty" Hall | 717 | 3/28/1949 |
Cloyd Long | 715 | 11/18/1949 |
Carl Daulton | 735 | 12/16/1949 |
Fred Hurstel | 749 | 1/25/1950 |
Haven Peterson | 713 | 1/25/1950 |
John Ladow | 707 | 2/10/1950 |
Don Lowry | 707 | 3/3/1950 |
Jim Huth | 718 | 12/26/1950 |
Marshall Abersol | 707 | 1/22/1951 |
Jim Huth | 744 | 2/28/1951 |
Larry Hubert | 763* | 10/17/1951 |
Fred Hurstel | 708 | 10/24/1951 |
Jim Devinney | 713 | 10/31/1951 |
Cloyd Long | 704 | 11/5/1951 |
Fred Hurstel | 711 | 11/19/1951 |
Gib Morrow | 700 | 1/7/1952 |
Elmer Cook | 708 | 4/14/1952 |
Elmer Cook | 713 | 10/1/1952 |
Larry Hubert | 703 | 1/26/1953 |
Elmer Cook | 707 | 2/23/1953 |
Jim Davies | 705 | 2/12/1954 |
Waldo Finley | 702 | 2/16/1954 |
Elmer Cook | 710 | 2/24/1954 |
Velice "Peck" Bratton | 729 | 4/21/1954 |
Jim Huth | 709 | 10/5/1954 |
Velice "Peck" Bratton | 705 | 11/2/1954 |
O. D. Snyder | 706 | 12/8/1954 |
Elmer Cook | 709 | 1/12/1955 |
Lynn Holtgren | 706 | 3/1/1955 |
Junior Abresch | 712 | 3/15/1955 |
Norm Allen | 700 | 1/25/1956 |
Floyd Wooley | 702 | 2/14/1956 |
Elmer Cook | 717 | 3/6/1956 |
George Eckert | 701 | 3/13/1956 |
George McCarter | 705 | 9/26/1956 |
Mike Wikel | 768* | 3/28/1957 |
John Cox | 717 | 4/9/1957 |
George Pickering | 702 | 5/8/1957 |
Everette Quinnette | 748 | 12/9/1957 |
Francis Fisher | 709 | 3/16/1958 |
Tom Dinwiddie | 708 | 10/13/1958 |
John Cox | 703 | 10/13/1958 |
Fred Hurstel | 710 | 1/20/1959 |
Eddie Parks | 724 | 2/9/1959 |
Wayne Kitts | 716 | 11/3/1959 |
Kokomo's Team Game and Series Record Progression - Women
Go's Girls | ||
April 27, 1998 | Don Lowry Lanes West | |
Names | 3210 | 1155 |
Colleen Holaday | 707 | 300 |
Beth Stanley | 738 | 245 |
Lois Kelley | 586 | 197 |
LaDonna Ogle | 525 | 187 |
Tammy Burge | 654 | 226 |
Runway 23 Pizza & Ice Cream | ||
February 8, 1998 | Don Lowry Lanes West | |
Names | 3049 | |
Colleen Holaday | 660 | |
Janet Carnall | 580 | |
Pam Wise | 513 | |
LaDonna Ogle | 579 | |
Deb Stewart | 717 |
Barb's Unisex | ||
March 23, 1991' | Don Lowry Lanes West | |
Names | 1042 | |
Barb Dowden | 191 | |
Ruth Hoban | 182 | |
Colleen Holaday | 225 | |
Jan Turner | 212 | |
Eva Wilson | 232 |
Shearer Printing | ||
March 8, 1979 | Astro Bowl | |
Names | 1035 | |
Peg Hawkins | 248 | |
Rosie Currens | 217 | |
Betty Malson | 215 | |
Duggie McCoy | 186 | |
Jeniece Kasey | 169 |
Bowden's Flowers | ||
March 5, 1979 | Astro Bowl | |
Names | 2967 | |
Judy Belt | 534 | |
Rosie Currens | 558 | |
Betty Malson | 652 | |
Sandy Shuck | 601 | |
Jeniece Kasey | 622 |
Bowden's Flowers | ||
February 26, 1979 | Astro Bowl | |
Names | 2873 |
|
Judy Belt | 658 | |
Rosie Currens | 582 | |
Betty Malson | 576 | |
Sandy Shuck | 540 | |
Jeniece Kasey | 517 |
Wholesale Electric | ||
~August 31, 1978 | Cedar Crest | |
Names | 2867 | |
Rosie Currens | 668 | |
Barbara Brown | 544 | |
Joyce Higginbottom | 490 | |
Peg Hawkins | 575 | |
Jeniece Kasey | 590 |
McGonigal Buick | ||
1956-1957 | Sycamore Lanes | |
Names | 982 | |
Betty "Tommy" Thompson | ||
Lucille Chick | ||
Peg Hawkins | ||
Jeniece Kasey | ||
Ann Kleiber |
Paul J. Mills | ||
March 10, 1952 | Recreation Alleys | |
Names | 967 | |
Moose No. 179 | ||
1951 | Recreation Alleys | |
Names | 2756 | |
Rosie Currens | 644 | |
Elsie Pettay | 566 | |
Gladys Quinnette | 552 | |
Mae Cooprider | 506 | |
Betty Ewing | 488 |
Dietzen's Corntoppers | ||
~May 2, 1948 | ?? | |
Names | 941 | |
Dietzen's Corntoppers | ||
1941 | ?? | |
Names | 2633 | 922 |
Thelma Thompson | ||
Martha Mikels | ||
Wilma Moore | ||
Virginia Scott | ||
Elsie Pettay |
Patrick Henry | ||
February 20, 1938 | Recreation Alleys | |
Names | 2614 | 918 |
Thelma Thompson | 541 | 190 |
Minnie Harper | 466 | 157 |
Lois Elvin | 497 | 143 |
Mildred Stratford | 568 | 214 |
Gwen Winch | 542 | 214 |
Frank's | ||
May 13, 1937 | Recreation Alleys | |
Names | 2438 | |
Perkins | 473 | |
Lu Deal | 551 | |
Pauline Todd | 508 | |
Pearl Cornthwaite | 498 | |
Nell LaRue | 398 |
Although not recognized above, there was another notable score rolled in a match against the guys as shown below.
20th Century Girls | ||
December 5, 1937 | Recreation Alleys | |
Names | 2810 | 965 |
Pearl Cornthwaite | 562 | 187 |
Lu Deal | 555 | 213 |
Alice Bauer | 646 | 245 |
Gwen Winch | 488 | 166 |
Mildred Stratford | 559 | 154 |
Kokomo's Individual Series Record Progression - Women
Name | Score | Date | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Location |
Emma Gumpp |
455 | 11/7/1934 | 142 | 122 | 191 | Recreation Alleys |
Katherine Schwenger |
536 | 1934-1935 | Recreation Alleys | |||
Nell LaRue |
576 | 1936-1937 | Recreation Alleys | |||
Pearl Cornthwaite |
582 | 10/14/1937 | 245 | 183 | 154 | Recreation Alleys |
Mildred Stratford |
586 | 5/1938 | At Nationals | |||
Gwen Winch |
595 | 3/12/1939 | At State | |||
Wilma Long |
634 | 1942 | ||||
Rosie Currens |
646 | 11/2/1949 | 217 | 203 | 226 | Evans Bowling Academy |
Lucille Chick - tie |
646 | 9/28/1953 | ||||
Peg Hawkins | 718 | 3/5/1959 | 215 | 205 |
298 |
Play Bowl |
Betty Malson |
725 | 2/7/1980 | 227 | 255 | 243 | Astro Bowl |
Judy Belt | 726 | 3/4/1980 | 228 | 231 |
267 |
Astro Bowl |
Lynn Harbaugh | 743 | 10/25/1995 | 252 | 279 |
212 |
Cedar Crest |
Beth Stanley | 748 | 3/4/1996 | 255 | 236 |
257 |
Don Lowry Lanes West |
Lisa Graham | 762 | 2/27/1997 | 279 | 238 |
245 |
Cedar Crest |
Beth Stanley | 770 | 9/25/1998 | 236 | 279 |
255 |
Don Lowry Lanes |
Beth Stanley | 835 | 10/15/2003 | 278 | 269 |
288 |
Don Lowry Lanes |
Kokomo's Individual Game Record Progression - Men
Name | Score | Date | Location |
Linder |
245 | ~11/3/1916 | Menig Alleys |
Anderson |
255 | ~11/24/1916 | Menig Alleys |
Rolfe |
258 | ~12/11/1916 | Menig Alleys |
J. Cornwell |
267 | ~3/3/1921 | ?? |
Bobby Overton |
276 | ~1/3/1922 | ?? |
Albert Cryer |
288 | ~3/2/1922 | ?? |
Harry Schneiderman |
289 | ~9/29/1927 | Recreation Alleys |
Dr. Walter Gipe |
298 | 11/17/1928 | Recreation Alleys |
Fred Hurstel | 300 | 12/22/1937 | Recreation Alleys |
Note: Bob Leffert rolled a 296 in a match march 3, 1923 and a 300 in a match on December 20, 1924. These were not in sanctioned play.
Then on October 5, 1929 Joe Fohn rolled a 300 game in a match in Indianapolis.
Kokomo's Individual Game Record Progression - Women
Name | Score | Date | Location |
Emma Gumpp | 191 | 11/7/1934 | Recreation Alleys |
Katherine Schwenger | 204 | 1934-1935 | Recreation Alleys |
Emma Gumpp | 204 | 1934-1935 | Recreation Alleys |
Mildred Stratford | 240 | 4/1/1937 | Recreation Alleys |
Pearl Cornthwaite | 245 | 10/14/1937 | Recreation Alleys |
Elsie Pettay |
266 | 2/??/1944 | ?? |
Lucille Chick |
278 | 1/23/1955 | Play Bowl |
Peg Hawkins |
298 | 3/5/1959 | Play Bowl |
Colleen Holaday |
300 | 4/27/1998 | Don Lowry Lanes West |
NOTE: Peg Hawkins also had a 289 game in the State Tournament on March 9, 1947.