The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
BY Al SPHINX

BY Al SPHINX
Contrary to tho old saying, that
there is nothing new under the sun,
there is something startlingly new an
the bowling game.
The genius of electricity, having
tried his magic hand at almost every
thing else, has at last invaded the
bowling alley.
A new machine, electrically operat-
ed ana based upon electro magnetism
now replaces the pins and returns the
ball,
This is an achievement toward
which many inventors have toiled for
years. Like the perpetual motion ma
chine, 1t has always been regarded
with considerable skepticism.
But even the most skeptical bowl
er is auickly convinced by the new
automatic pin setting machine. 1t
does the work of a pin boy and does
II more quickly and accurately. There
is nothing pin boy does on the alley
that this ingenious machine cannot
accomplish. And "SnowbalF and
"Rastus," who rely upon setting up
pins 10 carry them through the win
ter, are likely to find their profe ssion
monopolized by ruthless COM
petitor.
The mechanical difficulties over
come in perfscting this machine can
be easily imagined, Not only must
/ the ball be picked up and placed on
/ the runway, and the pins taken out
| of the pit and replaced, but fallen
| pins must be swept off the alley into
/ tho pit and particular pins must be
occasionally set up.
Requires No Attention
The mechanism is controlled by
| electric buttons mounted on an up
fright at the head Of the alley, within
I hands reach of the bowler after de-
| Illverlng his BALI The machine Op-
suming that the first ball has knock
ed down half the pins, some being
swept into the pit and some remain
| ing on the alley, The bowler pres
ses a button. a device like that Used
/ Ia bOttlng works for filling bottles
descends upon the remaining pins
and lifts them neatly for a few Sec
l Unds while a sweeper, like a street
car fender. descends drom the front
and sweeps the fallen pins into the
/ pit. The carrier" then replaces the
remaining pins, exactly where they
stood before.
This process is repeated until the
/ last pin has been knocked down. The
/ bowler then presses another button
which sweeps the alley clear and this
/ time sets up a complete set OF pins,
ready for tho next ball.
Sets Particular Pins
More than this, there is a set OF
I ten electric buttons on the upright
above mentioned, arranged In a tri-
angle corresponding TO the pin posi-
lions. II, for any reason, II is desired
/ 20 reset one. or two, or three of the
/ pins at a time, the bowler presses the
| corresponding buttons and the ma
/ chine sets the pins as desired.
| Thus this marvellous piece OF me-
| ChaniCal ingenuity can do anything
that pin boy could do and do II with
/ absolute accuracy.
This machine, which was perfected
/ by the Brunswick -Balke-CollendeI
company, can be installed on ans
~standard alley without changing any
equipment, except the placing or a
small metal disc in the top of each
pin, so that the magnets in the car
rler" can take hold OF the pin.
The machine is operated with 2s
pins, so that while one set is being
bowled, another set is in position foI
replacement, and the third set Is or
its way TO the second position, ThI
reason why 20 pins are used instead
l VI thirty " technical one lnvolyin