The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-26
Crooked Bowling Came Shown UD How A Sharper Got Away With
 The Goods Green Pin Boy Accidentally Dis covers Trick and Player is Suspended and His
 Tools ConfiScated

Thanks to a bit of carelessness on the part of a green pin boy one of the most colIosal schemes probably ever devised for turning bowling in to sure thing sport came to light in a Northern New Jersey bowling alley the other day.
 For the best interest of the sport the names and dates in connection with this frame up are kept sup pressed, but the information is in the hand of President Kirk, and the scheme itself is well worth exploiting in the hope that it may save other suckers from falling for the same game.
 Bowlers will perhaps recolIect that a few seasons ago William Cordes was instrumental in an effort to in troduce steel as substitute for wood In the manufacture of bowling balls A company was formed to promote the construction of these new spheres and Cordes organized an all star team and toured the country demon strating the possibilities in his inVen- tion. For a short time the novelty made quite hit, but the ball was never perfected to such an extent project was finally dropped.
 However, a good many balls were sold during the boom days of the scheme, and they may still be found in the junk rooms of most alleys One house bowler found a method to turn these steel balls into sure money winners.
 Loaded balls have long been re- cOgnized as legitimate feature of the ancient game of bowls, but outside of this single occasion it is believed the ten pin artists. This North Jer- sey house bowler devised a scheme 10 have a special metal pin manufac- tured, and magn etized in such a man n attract the steel hall
 This pin was marked, and the pin boys were instructed to place It No. on the alley. Consequently if a man rolled with the steel bowl from the side of the alley, he could not help securing a sharp breaking hook which would carry the sphere fairly between the l and pins for a per feet pocket hit
 The afore mentioned house bowler used his steel ball, and pounded his home alleys in brutal shape. He was cleaning up everyone that came along. and there is no telling how far he might have gone, if it had not been for a green pin boy. Long i'm munity had made him careless and one night not so very long ago, while rolling a special match the regular pin boy had occasion to leave the all ley for a few moments, and a volun- teer young5ter set up the wood, and as luck would have it placed the magnetized pin on the No 10 spot. The ball travelled down the alley as usual, but instead of turning in to- wards the pocket shot off to the cor ner, and carried off the 10 pin. His adversaries suspicious were quickly aroused, and an investigation follow ed which resulted in the unraveling of the whole story.
 President Kirk was communicated with and both the ball and the pin were confScated- They will form a part of the exhibition of illegal bowl ing devices, which will be displayed at the sixth annual tournament of the National Bowling Association in Pat erson next March. Champion Jimmy stration with this pin and ball, and expects to roll a three hundred aver age after he gets the mack of using it.