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Show BOWLING Made Easy By NED DAY National Match Came Champion (This is the seventh of I series of bowling bowl-ing lessons by Ned Day ol Milwaukee. Wis., national match game champion and recognized recog-nized as an outstanding bowling authority.) I i i i i i i HOW TO PLAY ALLEYS. Generally Gen-erally speaking, alleys can be denned as slow or fast. The slow alley is the hook ball bowler's paradise. para-dise. An alley is considered fast when, because of its highly polished surface, the ball will not hook, or, if it does, the bowler has little control con-trol over it In testing out the action of an unfamiliar un-familiar alley, try a hook with a natural delivery. If the alley is too slow, the ball will book too sharply and may cross over in front of the pins. If you are satisfied, then, that you have delivered a natural ball, place your ball a trifle nearer the center of the alley, thus reducing the angle. Further adjustments of this type may be necessary, even to Increasing the speed of the ball in order or-der to keep it on the right side of the head pin. The reverse procedure is resorted to on alleys that are too fast In other words, the bowler releases his ball nearer the right-hand gutter to increase the angle, perhaps even slowing down the speed of the ball to give it a chance to hook on the highly polished surface. A change of speed, however, is not advised unless the bowler finds it absolutely necessary. Remain in your natural grooved delivery, and change your angle on the alley to equalize variable varia-ble alley conditions. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) |