Wickedpedia Why is candlepin bowling mostly played in New England? “You can pick up 2 pounds, 5 ounces and roll it, you can bowl.” Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff, File ...

A pinsetter works at a D.C. duckpin bowling alley in 1943. Before automation, bowling pins were set by hand. During World War II, bowling alley owners bemoaned manpower shortages.

For the uninitiated, 10-pin bowling — the sport’s most popular variant in the United States — involves rolling a heavy bowling ball down a 60-foot lane to knock down as many of the 10 pins ...

Pins Mechanical Company. Duckpin bowling is just one of many activities you can play at Pins Mechanical Co., including foosball, pinball, ping pong, and bocce ball.

Candlepin bowling was invented in 1880 in Worcester. ... "My buddies and I would go downtown and bowl one string at every single alley." Those alleys are long gone.

United States Bowling Congress Hall of Famer Bill Spigner became the fourth bowler to reach 100,000 pins in a record-setting year for pinfall at the 2023 USBC Open Championships, as he added ...

There is a magical sound a perfect strike makes as the 30 pounds of bowling pins explode into each other, and 10-year-old Gleason Garske’s throws have it.