![]() During the 1920s, duckpin bowling spread along the east coast, from New England to Georgia. Originally a summer sport, it became so popular in the area that winter leagues were organized in Baltimore in 1903 and in That was the beginning of duckpin bowling. One of them remarked that it looked liked a "flock of flying ducks." When they saw the way the small pins flew wildly around the alley, Managers, McGraw and Robinson were also avid duck hunters. Though they're much better known as baseball The new sport to the owners of the alley, John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson. If all ten pins are knocked down with three balls, it simply counts a score of ten. It's much harder to get strikes and spares, one small rule change was made: A bowler is allowed to use three bowls onÄ®ach turn. At first, the rules of ten-pin bowling were used. The job and many of his customers enjoyed the new bowling game. To trim down the standard pins to match the size of the ball. In 1900, summer bowlers at the Diamond Alleys in Baltimore suggested it might be interesting They usually played odd games called "back five," using just the 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10 pins, and "cocked hat," ![]() Most alleys closedÄown for the summer, but a few of them remained open so that bowlers could practice with small balls, about 6 inches in diameter. It was one of Babe Ruth's favorite games, besides baseball, of course! Ten-pin bowling used to be strictly a winter sport. ![]() Was born in Baltimore, Maryland, has been around since 1900. ![]()
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