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The first inter-city bowling match took place in November 1901, when a team from the New York City Drug League met a team from the Philadelphia Drug League in home-and-home competition. The New Yorkers won.
 

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Tom Haley of Detroit
In 1910, Tom Haley of Detroit rolls the Tournament's first 700 series, a 705 (236, 268, 201), to win singles. He also wins all-events with a record 1,961 and is carried off the lanes on the shoulders of a jubilant crowd.