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"bowling pin" - 51 Total Result(s)
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SPOTTING A PROBLEM
Part of the beauty of the AMF Pinspotter was providing easy access should repairs be needed. Proprietors often recruited maintenance workers to learn the ins and outs of the machinery, but if a pin or ...
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SUPREME REGULATION
The American Bowling Congress (ABC) was responsible for maintaining bowling pin regulations and ensuring that all pins used were of equal size and shape. When a bowling pin manufacturer was cleared fo ...
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SYNTHETIC PINS ON THE LANES
The Magna-Pin was the first synthetic bowling pin to be approved by the American Bowling Congress (ABC). These pins had a magnesium shell, a foam filling and were coated with plastic, making them quit ...
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TARGET BOWLING
Modern American bowling is a form of “pin bowling,” meaning the objective is to knock down a certain number of pins. Other forms are known as “target bowling,” the goal of which is to get the ball as ...
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THE NINE PINS
Bowling has roots in Germany going back centuries. As is true today, bowling has long been among the most accessible sports for people of all ages and abilities. It is no surprise, then, that bowling ...
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THIS PIN KEEPS TRACK
The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company has long been a major name in bowling. If nothing else, the company’s success is evident in the vast number of Brunswick King Pins in existence. Just as bowling p ...
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TOY PINS
If wear and tear are telltale signs of how much children love and play with their favorite toys, these bowling pins were much-loved. Aside from the pedestrian dings and dents, the crack in the rightmo ...
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UNDER THE HOOD OF THE PINSPOTTER
The AMF Pinspotter transformed the bowling industry. While the exterior of a lane equipped with the Pinspotter displayed the AMF logo or Magic Triangle Pindicator, the interior held a complicated maze ...
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UNTOUCHED PIN
Not only is this pin intricately crafted, it looks almost brand new. Likely a “king pin” from the game ninepin, it’s possible that this example saw gameplay but was never felled. The king pin is place ...
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VULCAN’S GIFT FOR THE BPAA
The Bowling Proprietor’s Association of America (BPAA) held their 51st annual convention in Miami, Florida. Vulcan Corporation, a manufacturer of bowling equipment, gifted attendees a commemorative pi ...
