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Street . boys . are busIer than ever WIth the thegame thegame lyn lyu to w j.viam jviam ui.Lt-i-v ui.Ltiv ui.Lt uiLt i v ' - - pm pin A * * " .j j " - - - - - game that changed America fiom flom a country of spectators spectatorsto to one of partIcIpantsForgotten participantsForgotten participants participantsForgotten that once made madebowlmg madebowling madebowling Forgotten ] is S the unsavory reputation bowlmg bowling the sport of saloon hangers on As early as 1900 the themore themore themore more genteel folk fol1 . began keghng J.eglmg Jeglmg kegling . and by 1905 women were wereactIve wereactive wereactive actIve participants Subsequent development was slow untIl untIlfive untilfive untilfive five or six years ago when bowling zoomed to ace hIghpopularIty highpopularity high highpopularity popularity popularityClimaxing popularItyClImaxmg Climaxing ClImaxmg the current season are two nation wide tourna tourna- tournaments tournaments tournaments - ments drawing 250 OO 000 part participants cpants ] , the $34000 34000 $34 34 $ 000 Red Crown I I i 1 | , I I I sweepstakes and the thIrtIeth thlrtletn thIrtIethannual thlrtletnannual annual tournament of the theAmerICan theAmerican theAmerican AmerICan Bowhng Bowlmg Congress Congressgoverning , goverrung govermng body of bowlmg bowling bowlmgThe bowlingThe bowlingThe The sweepstakes , with week weekly weekly weekly ly prizes totaling totalmg $24 24 $ 600 and andgrand andgrand andgrand grand prizes of $9,400 9400 $ , , has hasbrought hasbrought hasbrought brought out 232 000 enthusi enthusI- enthusIasts enthusiasts enthusiasts - asts , a world record for any anysports anysports anysports sports event These people are now nowchalkmg nowchalking nowchalking chalkmg chalking up competitve scores m in in1 1 500 towns all over the country countryWinners countryWinners countryWinners Winners of grand prizes will be an announced anpounced announced nounced pounced shortly after March 6 6Competlhon 6Competition 6Competition Competlhon Competition GrowsFive GrowsFive Grows GrowsFive Five thousand teams will enter enterthe enterthe enterthe the ABC tourney at Chicago dunng during dunngMarch duringMarch duringMarch March and April Something Somethmg hke like like$200 like200 $200 200 $ 000 in m prizes furnishes furmshes mcenhve incentive mcenhvehere incentivehere incentivehere here Figures may bore you but butABC butABC butABC ABC membership spurted from 10 10000 000 teams in m 1936 to 60 000 in m 1937 1937a 1937a a pretty good indication mdlcatlon of the trendWhy trendWhy trend trendWhy Why this popularity7 populanty popularity popularity7One ? ' One of the best reasons for en enJoymg entoying enjoying Joymg toying the game was given glven by Jack JackDempsey JackDempsey JackDempsey Dempsey once prominent promment in m anoth another anothem another er em field of sports Sa d Mr Demp Dempsey Dempsey Dempsey sey The main mam thing thmg lIke I 1 ke about aboutbowlmg aboutbowling aboutbowling bowlmg bowling is that when you Knock the thepms thepins thepins pms pins down they stay downDempsey downDempsey down downDempsey Dempsey you may recall had a ahttle alittle alittle httle little trouble keeping keepmg a fellow named namedTunney namedTunney namedTunney Tunney down in a Ch cago eago ring rmg a aI afew afew few years backI backThe back backThe The sat staction sfacbon sfaction of knocking knockmg the thei thestuffings thestuffings stuffings out of ten innocent mnocent pms pins at atthe atthe 1the the other end of the alley undoubted undoubtedly undoubtedy ly ) y accounts for much of o1 bowling bowlmg s spopulanty spopularity spopularity populanty popularity Unl ke other sports any body anybody can be nom nally successful on onthe onthe onthe the helpsWomen hepsWomen alleys which also helps heps ) Women hke like it tor for several reasons reasonsThey reasonsThey reasonsThey They re desert ng rig br hr dge clubs be because because because cause one can make more social socialcontacts socialcontacts socialcontacts contacts on the alleys They find t findt the findthe game fascinating fascmatmg and it s slone sone sone one of the few lone winter wmter sports open to opento bemgdone beingdone women v.omen vomen . . . . Anyway it s being bemg i done nowadays so why not JOlD join the jointhe JOlDthe crowd erowd ' ? RelaxationMen RcaahonMen Exercise and Relaxation Rcaahon ) " , Men also 1 ke he the social contacts they contactsthey make at the alleys but there s san san san an even more important factor for fortired tired business men who can t lD in dulge indulge lDdulge in strenuous athletics athletIes athleticsHistorians athletIesHlstonans theworld Historians Hlstonans tell us bowling bowllng is the world s oldest todinosaur todmosaur sport dating datmg back to periodStone penodStone dmosaur dinosaur days In that m sty penod period Stone age sportsmen heavinground heavmground were heavmg heaving round boulders a at t piles of rod rocl rodl the purpose thepurpose being bemg to sharpen one s aim before aimbefore going gomg hunting huntmg A few cen een centunes eentunes tunes later Sir Francis Drake IS supposed issupposed to have defeated the Span Spanish Ish because Armada and saved England be cause he was filled with confidence confidence- - _ confidence-confidence confidence confidenceconfidence confidence instilled l11shlled by a Successful game successfulgame of bo tookto vling vlmg just before he took to sea seaThe The modern game is related to tonine tonme Dutchi nme rime Dutchand pins ong orig nated mated by the Dutch and brought by them to Manhattan ManhattanI ManhattanIsland famousBo island in m 1623 New Yorks York s famous Bo vling vhng Green was their first rendez rendezvous vous before nine pins became a year ayear round game and Ind h'ld hld hid ' to be moved bemoved IndoorsParadoxically indoorsParadoxically indoors indoorsParadoxically Paradoxically bowling took a new newlease lease on life Lte through legislat leglslat legisiat on aimed onaimed to stamp it out Seventeenth In the Sev Set ' enteenth century New England PH Pil Pilgrim PHgrim grim fathers banned because nine pins pms be cause it wasn wash t clevat elevat ng rig So the th < boys decided to add another p nand n and ambeat andbeat beat the law lawToss MaltThe allThe Toss It and Vait \ all The game is really s mple mpJe mpe ] and you andyou can leave your interior Intenor inferior ty Com eom plex at home It s merely a matter mat ter of toss ng rig a 16 pound mini.ral miniral mInLral mineral . ball l lall all down rfAa r - i- i i.n - te to a gl&ss glss glass & smooth smoothalley alley at t"n tn tin attin " neatly arranged pms pins that , uSt areust walt wait ng rig to be knocked . . . are ? - > > > .n n .nu > --u u - - down oown the gutter , thegutter Your first toss may very VLry < , ) possibly poss1by ) be as successful as that of ofa ofa ofa a seasoned playerThere playerThere player playerThere There is no physical p'1yslcal p1yslcal ' hazard Bar Barrmg Barring Barring rmg ring persons with ailments prohibit prohibitmg prohibiting prohibiting mg ing any exertion there is no muscu musiu muscular musiujar muscular lar jar prerequisite Often people wIth wIthphysical withphysical withphysical physical handicaps become beeome amaz amazmgly amazingly amazingly mgly ingly proficient and blind blmd bowlers bowlersare bowlersare bowlersare are far tar from uncommon In a re recent recent recent cent New York match between a ablmd ablind ablind blmd blind team and another group With Withnorma withnormal withnormal norma normal ) vision V1SIon the blind blmd bowlers lost lostby ) lostby ost ostby by a mere 16 pomtsBalls pointsBails pomts points pomtsBalls Balls Bails are fashioned to fit anyhand anyhand any anyhand hand The usua usual ) type is bored WIth witha a thumb hole and two finger grips gripsPrImo gripsPrima gripsPnmo PrImo Prima Camera Carnera s ball carries carnes the thelargest thelargest thelargest largest grip ever made the finger finger.pan fingerspan finger'pan fingerpan .pan pan span ' . is five and one eighth inchesA inches inchesA A perfect score is 300 points pomts re reqUlnng requiring requiring qUlnng quiring 12 successive strikes stnkes Astnke Astrike A Astrike strike stnke is made by knocking knockmg al1 all al1ten allten allten ten pins pms down with the first ban ball banthrown ballthrown ballthrown thrown in m each frame Try tt It 0 ] Comey Comely ) Allce Alice Faye Is repnted reputed to tobe be one ot of HOllywood s most cnthu,51 cnthu51 cnthu,51astIe enths , si siaslic astIe aslic bowlers but the press agent agentwho agentwho who arranged thIs pIcture neglect neglectcd neglected cd ed to remind Ahce Alice that she should.n shouldn shoulder . t tstep tstep step BelowlIont belowMont over the black line Below l\Iont l Iont Mont \ Lindsey of New Haven Conn . , x one of the all time hJgh high ABC bowl bowlers ers Dempsey talks It over with Jack Demp- Demp - . sey of heavyweight fame also a trundhng trundling atrundhng atrundling expert ( w ws ws s " ' 01 01if \s s \ , , J 0 0I I ' if s sua M \ 'I I ' 'IM 'Ir ua M Ma Mz r a t tp z 'to to ' p x l lwV wV k kau ' , au auoQuy oQuy $ : 4 _ . _ . , , . some t me-or me or me - or try suecessive getting gcttlng ten tcn suc 1 cesslve cessive holes in m one on the golfCOUfKP goofcourse eourse course COUfKPTA Less T-A T A - JAt * At-- At At"A - - - - "Ay " - golf goof I than , 20 , . , . America Amenca - per y ccnt cent t.vJU tvJU of 01 s good bowlers boastan can boast an average score of more than 180 It If you don t make a strike stnke get youget another anothershn shn you shot - a at * - the " - remaIn - - - pms pins pins const eonst tut ng rig ng rig a spare if Succeed yousucceed in knocking you two rolls them down The const lute tute a frame a Ona strike-thAi-A-i strike thAi A i On strike - the total totalof - - of - " the - two rolls IS SuCceedmg succeeding added to the ten for the strike . . scored < ; on un a a spare the felled pinsfelled on the PinS added arcadded next s ngle rollarc roll roil arc are addedStay arcaddedStay Stay Away Awa > From "rom rom I [ " rom Splits Sphts ' ' SplitsFailure Failure to get all a11 ten p ns rolls tworolls const lutes tutes with two spht split asplit an error unless a occurred occurrcd occurrcdon occurredon on the first spHt split Asplit roll A is the sad fate ( ate of leaves wholeaves two or a man who more p ns standing tandlng with the intervening mtervemng pins pms knockeddown knockeddown knocked knockeddown down downYou You needn t develop a form to toQok t tlook tolook o look ) Qok at home on the alleys al1eys Some Somepeople Somepeople Somepeople people walk up to the line hne takecouple take a acouple acouple couple of weak swings swmgs and let Jet their theirball thei theiball theirball r ball roll slowly down the alley oth 0th othersthe 0thersthe others ers-the ers the - the more deliberate deUberate bowlers- bowlers bowlersget bowlers bowlersget bowlers-get bowlers get - get as long a running runnmg start as pos possible possable possible sible sable then try to slam the baU baUthrough ba ballthrough ] 1 through the opposite end of the thebuild th thbuild thebuild e build ng rig ngKarl rigKarl ngKarl Karl Keyerleber KeyerIeber of the Cleveland Clevelan ClevelandPlam ClevelanPlain ClevelandPlain d Plam Plain Dealer recently visited a bow bowl bowlmg bowling ) mg alley aUey and returned to compile compilethe compilethe compilethe the follow fol1ow ng classification of bowl bowlmg bowling bowling mg ing forms They formsThey include mclude the dying dymg swans swansho swan swansho swansvho s \\ho ho sho \ \ , collapse on the alley after each eachroll eachroll eachroll roll the kickers k1ckers who almost loseshoe lose a ashoe ashoe shoe as one foot goes after the ball ballthe ballthe ballthe the bouncers who make alley own owners owners owners ers tear their thelr hair by dropping droppmg the theball th thball theball e ball on the middle of the alley the themowers th thmowers themowers e mowers who try to sweep the pms pmsover pin pinover pinsover s over by remote control withmighty with wlth a am1ghty amighty m1ghty mighty thrashing thrashmg of the arms after afterdel1vermg afterdelivering afterdelivering del1vermg delivering the ball the wavers who whoblow wh whblow whoblow blow them down with wl1h their hands handsthe handsthe handsthe the straight ball addicts the boys boyswho boy boywho boyswho s who bend them and those who back backthem bac bacthem backthem k them upCleveland upCleveland up upCleveland Cleveland incidentally is among amongAmerica amon amonAmerica amongAmerica g America s top rank bowling bowhng cIties cItiesboastmg citiesboasting citiesboasting boastmg boasting Harvey Braatz and Mrs MrsJoan MrsJoan MrsJoan Joan Radtkin Radtkm holders respectIvely respectivelyof of men s and women s world eham cham ehamplOnshlps championships championships plOnshlps pionships for three gamesPressure gamesPressure games gamesPressure Pressure Is Heavy HeavyBraatz HeavyBraatz HeavyBraatz Braatz made his hlS record by roll rollmg rolling rolling mg ing 276 300 and 288 the hottest hottes hottestthree hottesthree hottestthree t tn three game stretch ever recorded 1D 1Dleague s sleague inleague n league competition under ABC ABCstandards AB ABstandards ABCstandards C standards We mentioned awhl1e awhil awhl1eback awhilback awhileback e back how unusua unusual ) a 300 score IS ISThe isThe isThe The perfect score is par tobowler to a abowler bowler but it s much harder than thanpar thanpar par in 111 golf On the links lmks you ean eanshp ca caslip canslip n shp slip now and then recouping recoupmg your yourlosses you youlosses yourlosses nr r losses with a few exceptional excepbonal shots shotsBut shotsBut shotsBut But par bowling bowhng must be per perfeet perfeet perfeet feet bowling bowmg ) from start to fimsh finish fimshthe finishthe finishthe the straightballs straightbal1s straighballs kegler must toss 12 straight straigh t bal1s balls correctly and the pressure pressuregets pressuregets pressuregets gets pretty strong about the nmlh ninth nmlhor ninthor ninthor or tenth ball baU I ' IBowlmg Bowling Bowlmg is much like hke golf in ItS ItSappea it itappeal itsappeal s appea appeal ) to your never say die 111 in 111stmcts instincts instincts stmcts stincts After a few weeks of poor trundlmg trundling poortrundling poortrundlmg you may throw five or SIX SIXstralght si sistraight sixstraight x stralght straight strikes stnkes Or you may fal fa faagain failagain it ! again but where there s life l1fe there s hope so you 11 be back tomassacre next11me next time 11me to massacre those _ elusIVe elusiww w else- else . pms pins or - elseThe > - The me gods of o1 alleys al1eys luckrule luck rule the and they play no favorites tavontes MaYbe Mat , ) - " - _ down vorite your way the fa farobust IS robust than candle the thee theeregular regular pins tall talland and less lesswhich which whicha a smaller ten pin pinless for ball Is Used maYbe It s duck Or South Southand and Southeast pins ChOIce of the outdoor where much bowrmg bowling IS done stlll still bowIlng bowling But it its s the favonte favorite AmericansI AmericansYou 10 000 0o0 000 oo0 Americans sport ot of I You 11never 11 never |