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Details on Fritzie Rahn a highlight of USBC Hall of Fame inductions

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 10:00 pm
Details on Fritzie Rahn a highlight of USBC Hall of Fame inductions
The USBC Hall of Fame 2015 inductees, left to right: Sam Lantto, Gus Yannaras, Liz Johnson, Fritzie Rahn's great nephew, and Larry Laub. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
As I have chronicled in several stories in the past couple of years (most recently here), Fritzie Rahn is one of the greatest mystery cases in bowling history. A winner of eight WIBC Tournament championships in the 1920s, 1930s and  1940s, Rahn somehow never was inducted into the WIBC Hall of Fame. Eight titles is the third most in history behind Rahn's teammate Dorothy Miller at 10, and Emma Jaeger at 9. Bowlers Journal editor and USBC Hall of Fame Committee member Gianmarc...