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Terrace Bay News, 27 Sep 1956, p. 7

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LADIES TEN PIN eon J) * Be ee ree Novices oe aces ve. ED Capt. 0. Harigon "Gate Veehanna te A My Simmer' ~~ De Ghopty: : F, Knight > Po, Re Burfett | . Begin ners ae ag fo * Gapt. B. Haughn « , Mila, Dec ae *B, Begin o.oo $6.) Freewan . R. Shirriff ms) * "8, Sievers: " I. Goodfellow teamers HI/FI/4 Capt. Kay Weppler Grace Banks Capt. L, Haviland , R. Cavanaugh B, Ollen-Bittle D,. onrier Irene Edmond o-0-0 MIXED' FIVE PIN Anyone wishing to bowl mixed 5 pin please contact F, Whitfield phone 268 as we would like to get cracking on a good season of bowling. We also need team captains, o-0-0 _ MIXED TEN PIN BOWLING . "« Mixed Ten Pin bowling will start October ist at 8:00 p.m. o-0-0 THE STORY OF BOWLING Article II - The ones: Five-Pins Maximum size and weight ie ball, 5 inches, 3 lbs, 8 ozs. There are 10 frames to a game, three balls are allowed to each frame. One of the five pins is know as the "counter" pin, When this pin remains standing after three balls, no score is allowed for that frame and it is known as a "blow, In the Eastern (old) count, the "Counter" pin for either right or left- handed bowlers is generally the left-hand corner pin. In the Western (old) count, the "Counter" pin for right-handed bowlers is the left-hand corner pin. 'For left- handed bowlers the value of the pins is reversed, that is, the No, 1 and 4 will be at the' right instead of the left side of the-No, 5 pin. In the National (new) count a left handed bowler has the option of declaring which < be the "Counter" pin. All pins down with one ball, known as a "strike" counts for 15 plus the total value of pins accounted for with the next two balls rolled, All pine down with two balls is known as a "spare" and counts for 15 plus the total value of pins (Cont. on next col.) "athe case may be, for his bonus, "value of pins knocked down by the three balls, Grace Brearley | Page 7 "THR STORY OF BOWLING (Cont.) LENT le Y@laimed by the next ball rolled. Should a strike or: spare be score. in the tenth frame the . -bowler rolls two or one additional balls, as The total provided one of these is the "counter" pin, is the score for each framé when a strike or a spareis not involved, The values of the 'five pins for the old and new cots is as follows: Hastern (Old) Count National eu Count 4 ee. ae e 2 ar 3 3 Western (Old) Coumt - x 2 s 3 5 4 It will be noted that scoring in the Canadian, or five-pin, game is more complic- ated than in the other three games bowled in Canada. This, however, according to its many thousands of adherents, adds zest - fo the game and makes possible the highest perfect score of any, 450, TEN-PINS . Maximum circumference and weight cf ball 27 inches, 16 lbs, (Ladies 14 lbs.) There are 1O frames to a game. Only two balls are allowed to each frame. Each pin has the value of "one" There is no "counter" pin so that if eight pins are down after two balls are rolled, the score for the frame would be "eight", All pins down with the first ball is a strike for a count of ten plus one for each pin knocked down with the next two balls, All pins down with two balls is a spare for a cout of ten plus one for each pin take-out by. the next ball rolled. In the event of a strike or spare in the tenth frame the bonus of two or one extra balls is played out. Ten-pins differs in respect to others in that the majority of bowlers prefer a four or five step approach prior to delivery and that the larger and heavier balls are provided with a hole for thumb and for one or two fingers giving max- imum delivery control. A perfect score is 300,

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