This week in bowling history: May 22 - May 28

May 22, 1930 - Glenn Richard Allison is born in Whittier, Calif. In the 1962 American Bowling Congress Tournament, Allison bowled 780 in Classic doubles, then the second highest series in ABC Tournament history. Allison bowled with Chicago's Pabst team and St. Louis' Falstaffs. While on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour, he often assisted announcers Chris Shenkel and Billy Welu with statistics and color information on the ABC telecasts. Allison won four ABC titles and six PBA titles and was elected to the ABC Hall of Fame and the PBA Hall of Fame. On July 1, 1982, Allison bowled a 900 series, which would be rejected by ABC on the grounds that the lanes were not compliant.

May 26-28, 1945 - The Women's International Bowling Congress War Conference is held at the Hotel Morrison in Chicago. The 1944 and '45 WIBC War Conferences substituted the WIBC annual meetings that were called off due to World War II. Under stringent wartime travel restrictions, only 15 members of the executive board were invited to attend the '45 conference. Still, two noteworthy pieces of legislation were passed. A mail-in vote of the elected delegates changed "Women's" back to the original "Woman's" in the organization's name. Also, WIBC purchased The Woman Bowler magazine for $7,500.

May 27, 1995 - Nicole Long, Granite City, Ill., becomes the youngest female bowler to roll a perfect game in certified competition at the age of 12 years, 5 months, 0 days. That record would stand for eleven years, until Brandie Reamy, Livonia, Mich., bowled a perfect game in May 2006 at the age of 12 years, 4 months and 11 days.