2009
SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE
50 years sanctioned/certified competition in MN
High game is 300 and his high series is 836 rolled in a 2000
PBA tournament in Chicago.
Some accomplishments include: One Minnesota State Team
championship;
All Events champion in the military 1n 1964-
65;
Represented Minnesota in U.S. Open in 1970, 1972 and
1974;
Peterson Classic Doubles champion with Tom Berken;
Peterson Classic Team champion twice;
High Average in Baltimore
Masters in 1967 and 1968; member of a l0 man squad
that won the Hoinke Classic in 1983 and Chippewa Valley
Match Game champion.
City accomplishments:
Minneapolis All Events champion and
Team champion;
St Paul Team champion in 1974,1977 and
1979;
Singles Actual and Handicap champion in 1974;
Doubles
Acfual and Handicap champion with Charlie Tapp in
1978;
St. Paul All-City team 4 times;
King of the All City
team in 1978-791.
700 Club champion;
Minnehaha Doubles
champion with Tom Berken.
Jim has also had 3 CBA titles including the very lst one,
l Midwest
Seniors champion;
Heartland Classic champion;
Northem
Minnesota Match Game champion in 1965;
Sunset Lanes
Singles champion in Moorhead and Kiel Speil Team champion
in Hibbing.
Jim was a Minnesota State Bolvling Assn. Director for 2
years; wrote a daily bowling column for 15 years, a member
of the Bowling Writers Association of America; City Association
Secretary for 2 years; League secretary for over 10 years;
and one of the original directors of the CBA and the MSC.
