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Show Orchard Lanes will soon introduce 'foofbowiing' to sports enthusiasts found out about the new leagues through one of the national bowling journals and called for more information. infor-mation. They presented the idea to Orchard Or-chard Lanes' manager Rusty Jen-son, Jen-son, who was hesitant at first according accor-ding to Page. "Rusty had to mull it around for a while," said Page. "But, when he realized how excited everyone was about the new league, and that it really would work, he changed his mind." Footbowling will be part of the fall bowling leagues and is approved approv-ed by the American Bowling Congress Con-gress and the Women's International Interna-tional Bowling Congress. a r The sport is also sanctioned by the National Football League which approved the use of team logos. The footbowling entry fee is $140 per team which pays for the NFL team shirts. Monies not used to purchase shirts are pooled to fund league awards at the end of the season. League play begins Sept. 10 and runs through the end of April. Ac cording to Dave Jenson, Orchard Lanes' assistant manager, there are currently six teams registered to participate in footbowling. Jenson said, "It takes time for any new league to get started. "We really think this is a good idea, and once people understand what the league's all about, they'll get excited, too. " Jenson said that the optimum number of teams involved in a league ranges from 10 to 14, but that leagues could have as many as 18 teams, the number of lanes available. By G.BRETT HART NORTH SALT LAKE-Monday Night Football fans who love bowling will have the best of both worlds this season. Orchard Lanes, located at 30 S. 130 E., North Salt Lake, will be sponsoring one of Utah's first footbowling foot-bowling leagues. Footbowling was the sports innovation in-novation brain child of the shirt and uniform manufacturer, King Louis. Footbowling combines traditional tradi-tional bowling with the flavor of football. Leagues bowl the normal three, 10-frame games which are scored traditionally; however, the winning team receives seven points. At the end of the match, the three games are totaled, and the total is counted as a fourth game. The high bowler in each game also score three points, or a "field goal," which is added to hisher team's score. At the end of the season, the league will hold playoffs similar to those held in the National Football League with wild card births, division divi-sion and conference playoffs and a super footbowling championship. Bowlers of all skill levels can compete because competition is held on a handicap basis of 80 percent per-cent of 200. In other words, if a bowler's average score is 120, that score is subtracted from 200 and multiplied by 80 percent. In this particular case, the bowler would receive 64 additional pins added to hisher score each game. League play is held on Monday nights, and football fanatics will be able to watch Monday Night Football Foot-ball on one of the unused scoring monitors located above the lane where they are bowling. According to Wally Page, an instructor in-structor at Orchard Lanes who helped organize the new league, footbowling gives a new twist to bowling leagues and has begun to catch on around the country. "After you bowl in leagues for so long, it starts to become a little old. This puts back a little of the excitement ex-citement People who are tired of the same leagues will have something new. "This gives people the chance to get out of the house and still watch football." Page, who has bowled for three years, said that he and his wife |
