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Show BOWLING Made Easy By NED DAY National Mutch Game Champion (TAi If the first of M series ot bowline, lessons by Ned Day of Milwaukee, Wis., national match game champion and tecog, mied s an outstanding bownng authority.) BOWLING is the oldest of all competitive com-petitive pastimes with the possible pos-sible exception of foot racing. There is evidence that the cave man played the game with rounded stones and we know it was played in ancient and medieval times. Rip Van Winkle helped popularize the sport in America. Now about 12,000,000 men, women and youngsters young-sters make regular visits to their favorite mapleways each season. The object of the game, mechanically, mechani-cally, is to knock down 10 maple pins, arranged in a triangle and weighing about 34 pounds, with a 16-pound ball, 27 inches in circumference, circum-ference, at a distance of 60 feet. The right amount of speed, the proper prop-er angle, and good control of the ball are important factors in knocking knock-ing down all the pins. Bowling is a game anyone can play with satisfaction the first time on the alleys. It offers mild but enervating physical exercise, relaxation relax-ation from business cares, and the finest sort of good fellowship. Practice, Prac-tice, of course, makes for bowling skill. The purpose of these bowling articles arti-cles is to guide new bowlers along the road to pin-spilling accomplishment accomplish-ment and help veteran pinmen uncover un-cover faults in their game. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) |
