Evening star., 1926-05-09

Sure, when you were young man
and bowlers were bowlers," inter
rupted the Kid.
that the civil authorities passed
"A law prohibiting the ninepin game
went on the Old Timer, paying no
attention to the Kids cut in.
But, where does the tenpin game
come ir?" asked the Kid. If the
law prohibited the shooting of nine
pins. it must have cut out tenpins'
too"
Added Pin to Fool Cops.
There was no tenpin game at the
time" explained the Old Timer.
After the excitement died down "a
trifle a clever guy figured way to
get around the law without having 1t
repealed-and ii probably couldn
have been repealed any more than
the Volstead law is likely to be. This
guy invented a new drink mean
q new game. He just added another
pin and spotted the ten in a triangle
instead of the old diamond shape.
Smooth work. exclaimed the Kid.
"But you don't mean to tell me that
the police let him get away with it?'
Sure" said the Old Timer. You
see. they were willing enough to wink
at the violation after the indignation
over the gambling phase of the game
had died down. The law had been
rushed through rather hastily under
pressure from some guys who had
been stung by the pothunters, and
the police figured that alley managers
had been sufficiently frightened to
make sure that they would keep a
II in h0 f1ff1I
And the bowling game was too fine
a sport and exercise to be placed on
the shelf out of reach of the people"
That's right" declared the Kid.
And l guess the ole game is pretty
safe from such criticism now"
Gambling Hits LandIadies.
Yes" conceded the Old Timer.
you can't keep 1t entirely free from
betting and gambling, but you can
reduce the evil to a minimum and
alley owners are doing that. The
advent of the girls on the runWayS
will help tremendously in this. think.
The point to keep in mind is that bowl
ing is a relatively inexpensive sport
and exercise. Unless you carry it to
excess you can scarcely spend more
than a dollar for an evenings play.
When gambling enters, some players
are certain to lose more than they
can afford. This reacts on their
families (or landladiesD and bowling
gets the criticism"
II See." said the Kid. while the
tenpin game may owe its birth to
the gambling fraternity. it is up to
us shooters to see that it does not
owe it's death to the same gang.
"Eggs-actly." agreed the Old Timer.
"And I'm counting on the patronage
of the girls to furnish the insurance
policy. They start the paStime as
an exercise, learn to love it as a
game. and soon appreciate its i'm
mense value to hubby or the boy
friend in promoting good fellowship
and teaching the Importance of CO.
operation-things that help materially
in financial success
Kid Sees "Bulr' i'm Bowling.
"Sav." remarked the Kid on their
way out, the Old Timer having side
stepped a second game land very
likely a second licking) by pleading
an engagement, II can understand
how the game came to be called nine
bins, and later tenpins when an ad-
ditional pin was put on the alleys
And | can also figure out why tney
call those little divils ducks, because
they do look like those animals. But
where does the bowling come in?
Its from the Latin 'bulla' ex-
plained the Old Timer.
''Bull?" asked the Kid. The guy
who named it must have started the
game with one of your ancestors: for
if your distant relative was anything
like YOU. his game was mostly Dun:
'Rula.' my son. not bull saio
the Old Timer, patiently. hs
Latin word that means giope; rounu
bowling ball, you understand II Is
spelled b-u-l-l-a." ..c.e.
"I,atin. eh?" said the Kid. Sounds
like Bowlivian to me.