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LOUIS
STEIN
Country: United States
Born: 1858, in Winstorten, Holland
Died: October 3, 1949
New York tenpin bowling champion Louis Stein attended a meeting of the
New York Bowlers Association on September 9, 1895, that laid the foundation
for what was to become the American Bowling Congress.
At that meeting, Stein proposed that bowling be scored on a 300-
points system instead of the then-popular 200-points system. He also
proposed that 16 pounds be the maximum legal weight of a bowling
ball. Both proposals were accepted and remain in effect worldwide to
this day.
At the time of his death in October 1949, Stein was the last
surviving
charter member of the American Bowling Congress, the governing authority
of American tenpin bowling. |
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