The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-01
BOW LING.
How 9-BaMIs
Played.
TOLD BY AN EXERT
!" Jack Munsey Eplains
1t to Uhiniatet y

Ae0ofu-oreaking .tota which
nave oeen made at what is Town q,
the nlne-pall game, during l. mast
"eeh' nave attracted the attttion Of
oo"'ers throughout the city al state.
10 Fhat is destined to become yor,,
popular form Of bowling
lie game is distinctivelv a Wtoos =.
invention, and was first introcln{s 80
relaxation from the regular ca,5
game by Mr.. White on his PearIh,set
alleys two years ago. For a III, i
was played quite extensively on II 1o-s
cal alleys, and then, in the heat d.,
tef-(Iiey matches and the ten-bour,,,
tests Oh that year, it was temporary
dfop>ed' but has been revived this /,
ter With renewed zeal
1m' game has been played upon he
alleys in and around Boston RI sor,at
tent, but on the smaller alleys +bro,,
out Worcester county, it has na,.
oeen tried. and in many cases the
pert ooWlers of those alleys have ill
conception of the method of play Ill
lGelrous manner in which tbraa ~,
IN olenoer scored such a game is prd
positive of this They annonncad ~.
ope2er' not Worcester. betd ~
moIh record. only to find upon invest
sdtph, that they had been decai1-at
ali. champions a
=, Snce the nine ball game has com.
how ~ ~ oii s Ii by the very creditabIs
per II letters have been receiya5 II
toca DoWlers and by local bowling al1 oy
~ ~ " IetoTs' asking for inforrnatfo5 -
ht"iths Ihe manner in which the -
10 p'yeu- 1t is for those who al 80
hno' as Well as those who tbinI- not
klo', but really do not. thai IN f ne;
lo"Ig explanation is intended t u
as know, this is the first tin,a yh lar
f tIlS Tempt has been made to dts,rib ae
tIle anne on paper. Nl'frloe
o, III . me nlne-ball game three bt,.,o
are equired. For The sai[a &c pNlers
and conciseness. We will o o Nsvlty
bowers A, B and c. aII',a,,5 9ese
l stle oreaklng-that is, when If ICES
ms urn to bowl-each man 'iies
uurt pals in turn-the pins arals
gp new and his first BAH is set
9 low the alley at the full frame Seo
hott proceeding further it rieb+,
we, wei 10 state that the words strike
IN III USED IN connection with the mi,
20 Jaii dIle' Tor lack of better won.
49, mean that any pins are count
spae is made in STRAIGHT go
, Zen pms. 1t means simply fbat ~
lover got whatever pins were rar,.i,l{
t ti,IsStandlng with one or two halls II
me case might be- 1t was nv ,,,is
eoi trulng the words strike ana sna,'o,
90 ppl1ed to the nine-bal1 pa,ne ~
a. .iteopencer bowlers went so astreIJ -
me system of scoring. They counted
g." q over the number of pins result
,is,toll strike or spare. which is in
vidtlon to the rules Of the game &C
pied in this city. as
he game can be best exnIai,a4 g.,
s sM unlnitiated by taking a san,nie
LFtae or two. A bowls first al fba "a,
PIE he gets, for instance, WITH bis
= ~ pali' and the second ball he rolls
AZ the alley tumbles over the other
IRE A has made a spare in ona
'e5s or the word. He has rolled his
M pan at a new frame of pins and
81 more He has rolled his TIRES
, ,9 ana has made 16 pins. When his
IN comes again he will start wifi,
q frame. The spare he made n tbe
~ ISaLle N no way figures in tha
OIL for the second. ''i0
having rolled his three halls D
a9s ms turn. He. too, is allowed
Zee balls, but instead of getting
rsh break, must first pick Up," as If
scaled, the four that A has lem
molng: fails to hit pin with his
~ pail His second ball nets hI1r3
zee but on the third ball he misses
pm ne has left standing. B has
7" rolled oil three of his balls and
~ made total Of
lB's Is makes 10 in an.
who is also engaged in the "pick-
up process, now takes his hand.
g pm left standing by B., we will say,
a corner pin, one hard to get, and
misses it on his first ball. Ball No.
eaving C.'s hand, rolls down to the
ana knocks it over. c. has made
pare. With one remaining ball, he
IS Gown TO a fresh set-up, and gets
en- pms. G's total is eight. A, B.
I G. have together rolled a frame
It figures up to 81.
is now AS turn to bowl again. C..
three pins standing, but A. does not
Iof those three. He has a fresh
me TO begin with each time. and
er c. has rolled his third ball. thew
always set up again. When this
continued until each man has rolled
oaIs' the game is over. If it beats
existing record, so much the bet
can readily be seen that to Nuke
GOD score there must be three eood
'lers. If one of the mon is weaker
n the other two, he should be rolla6
t, as a general rule. The two mey
t follow him, having the picking
TO do, and very often rolling at oni4
or two balls, must be bowlers OF
e than the average. They should
NrrI,n i'll
though it was easy and co,1id ha
G nine times out Of ten. Fai1nre
ait single pin left standing Wiz
first or second ball on the nsrt -
II c. always results disastroi1et,- ~ ~
big score 10
j. j. MUNSEY.