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Hoinke center buyer was minor league baseball mogul

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 8/27/2009, 8:20 AM
Tens of thousands of bowlers of all abilities from all over the country have competed at the famed Hoinke Classic in Cincinnati. But the tournament's future was in doubt until a buyer stepped in at the 11th hour to purchase host center Western Bowl from the Hoinke family. The buyer has now been revealed as Nashville entrepreneur Larry Schmittou, who once owned nine minor league baseball franchises, and ...

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