SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 CALIFORNIA B7502 Florence Ave,OWLING Downey, CA 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email:
[email protected] NEWS • Temporary Office # (626) 252-2985 Hall Of Famer Dickby Lucas Wiseman Ritger Dies At 81 Dick Ritger, who had a highly successful career on the PBA Tour in the 1960s and 70s and went on to USBC PURCHASES BOWLERS teach thousands of bowlers the game, died at his home JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL in River Falls, Wisconsin, on Thursday. He was 81. A 20-time PBA Tour BRAND ASSETS champion, Ritger ranks ARLINGTON, TX - Melissa McDaniel said. among the most successful The United States Bowling "The USBC Promise is players in PBA Tour his- Congress has purchased the about celebrating the past tory. Only 12 players have rights to Bowlers Journal and ensuring the future. By won more titles than Rit- International magazine and acquiring Bowlers Journal, ger, whose last win came at the Bowlers Journal Cham- USBC will be the custodian the 1979 AMF Magicscore pionships tournament from of the magazine's rich his- Open in 1979. Chicago-based Luby Pub- tory, while ensuring bowl- Inducted into the PBA championship match of the establishment owned by his obituary it said, “Dick lishing, Inc. ing's stories continue to be Hall of Fame in 1978, Rit- 1970 Firestone Tournament his parents, and he took full estimates that he taught Bowlers Journal Inter- showcased and chronicled ger won multiple titles in a of Champions, he defeat- advantage of those lanes to 25,000 bowlers how to im- national magazine is the for decades to come." season five times and won ed Ritger, who had a 268 develop exceptional bowl- prove their bowling skills.” most iconic media brand The Luby family, which the Steve Nagy Sportsman- game.