No bowling tournament was as grueling as the BPAA All-Star, which became the U.S. Open in 1971. And no two bowlers knew more of its unique challenge than Don Carter and Dick Weber. The event was famous as one in which the winner will have bowled no less than 100 games by the time he claimed the trophy. And when the sun set on the competitive careers of Carter and Weber, teammates on the famed Budweiser bowling team of St. Louis, they could boast a total of eight All-Star titles between them. Carter won back-to-back titles in 1953-54 and 1957-58, while Weber won the tournament back-to-back in 1962-63 and again in 1965-66.

The dominance these players enjoyed in their prime is the stuff of legend now, but when the two titans clashed for the All-Star title in 1957, much more remained to be written in the stories of their hall-of-fame careers. Click below to see how history unfolded that day, as a young Dick Weber, then at the dawn of his career, gives the great Don Carter all he can handle.