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Not so with string pinsetters, which might even decrease scoring and certainly make the game look and sound different. Some bowlers are angry. Column One: Bowling, that simple game of our youth ...
A 5-pin bowling pinsetter in use at a bowling alley in Toronto Pinsetters in operation at a bowling alley as seen from behind the lanes. In bowling, a pinsetter or pinspotter is an automated mechanical device that sets bowling pins back in their original positions, returns bowling balls to the front of the alley, and clears fallen pins on the pin deck.
Automatic string Pinspotter (Pinsetter) QubicaAMF only string pinsetter EDGE Free fall Automatic Pinspotter (Pinsetter) Similar to EDGE string but uses the sweepbar found on AMF 82-70 (SOME) and AMF 82-90 and is labeled QubicaAMF Fly n ducks Duckpin pins some allies may use Duckpin Bowling the only duckpin bowling that QubicaAMF has.
USBC lab data indicated strike percentage on string pin bowling is 7.1% lower, causing the USBC to plan additional testing to determine whether a scoring conversion should be created between the categories. [34] String pinsetters are less expensive and easier to maintain, motivating bowling centers to phase them in. [35]
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term bowling usually refers to pin bowling, most commonly ten-pin bowling , though in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, bowling may also refer to target bowling, such as lawn bowls .
Inside 1970s computer console apparatus. Automatic equipment is considered a cornerstone of the modern bowling center. The traditional bowling center of the early 20th century was advanced in automation when the pinsetter person ("pin boy"), who set back up by hand the bowled down pins, [1] was replaced by a machine that automatically replaced the pins in their proper play positions.
Scale diagram of bowling pins and balls for several variants of the sport. The horizontal blue lines are 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart vertically. Bowling pins (historically also known as skittles or kegels) are upright elongated solids of rotation with a flat base for setting, usually made of wood (esp. maple) standing between 9 and 16 inches (23 and 41cm) tall.
Back when TV stations produced more local shows, one program in particular stood out —"Bowling for Dollars." The show ran on Channel 13 (then WOKR-TV, now WHAM-TV) during two periods in the ...