Because an Ashtabula bowler was kept at home by his wife's illness last week, one Mike Blazek of nearby Conneaut, Ohio, was recruited to substitute for him in the American Bowling Congress tournament, which was last week entering its seventh and final week in Chicago's huge Coliseum (TIME, April 18).
A factory worker who bowls thrice a week and averages 200, Mike Blazek was no blazing ball of fire on the Ashtabula team. In the five-man event, he bowled a creditable enough 610 (for three games), in the doubles he posted 614. In the...
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