| "Let's go bowling!" That's become the | | | | |
| rallying cry of almost thirty million | | | | Here are ten of the most important ones: |
| Americans throughout the United States who | | | | |
| take their exercise in extremely palatable | | | | DO yield the "right of way." When two bowlers |
| form: rolling a hard rubber ball down sixty | | | | are on adjacent lanes, and simultaneously |
| feet of maple and pine toward ten standing | | | | ready to bowl, the bowler on the right |
| pins. Today nearly everybody bowls - mother, | | | | delivers first. The other bowler ought to |
| dad, the kids - the whole family. | | | | remain off or to the rear of the approach |
| | | | area. This rule doesn't apply if the bowler |
| Though bowling can trace its beginnings in | | | | on the left is shooting for a spare. |
| this country to the time of the earliest | | | | |
| colonists in Massachusetts, it wasn't until | | | | DON'T take a practice swing with your bowling |
| the last decade that the sport began to boom. | | | | ball on the concourse or behind the approach. |
| A number of events triggered its rebirth. The | | | | Wait until you are up on the approach itself |
| first was the introduction, in 1952, of the | | | | before doing any practice exercises. |
| American Machine & Foundry Company's | | | | |
| Automatic Pinspotter - the remarkable device | | | | DO be ready when it's your turn to bowl. |
| that resets the pins, announces which ones | | | | Remain in your lane area while your teammates |
| are knocked down and returns the ball - all | | | | are bowling; don't wander off. |
| automatically. | | | | |
| | | | DON'T use an excessive amount of body |
| By replacing the often unreliable pinboy, it | | | | gyrations at the foul line after delivering |
| thereby made bowling an attractive investment | | | | the ball. Confine your body "English" to your |
| for the entrepreneur. Million dollar bowling | | | | own lane. |
| centers began to spring up in every section | | | | |
| of the country. | | | | DO bowl immediately when it is your turn. |
| | | | Once you have your ball, assume your stance |
| And people were waiting for these centers | | | | and start your delivery; it isn't necessary |
| because another factor had whetted their | | | | to wait for lanes on either side of you to be |
| appetite for the sport. That was television. | | | | cleared before you bowl - just observe the |
| The type of competition bowling offers lends | | | | "right of way" rule. |
| itself remarkably well to TV. Scores and | | | | |
| scores of locally originated television | | | | DON'T bring food or drink into the settee or |
| programs as well as several full network | | | | bowlers' area. A drop of liquid or any type |
| productions introduced bowling to millions | | | | of foreign substance spilled on the approach |
| upon millions of Americans who had never been | | | | could cause a slip and serious injury. |
| exposed to the fun of knocking down the | | | | |
| stubborn tenpins. | | | | DO wait until you have completed the frame |
| | | | before checking your score. Don't come back |
| Today, nearly thirty million Americans bowl | | | | to the scorekeeper after the first ball has |
| regularly. Of these, approximately ten | | | | been rolled. |
| million are women; one and a half million are | | | | |
| children. And there are more than a million | | | | DON'T bench jockey while others are bowling. |
| new bowlers who take up the sport each year. | | | | Friendly bantering is an accepted part of the |
| | | | sport, but don't overdo it. Be a good |
| Bowling knows no bounds; anyone, at any stage | | | | competitor. |
| of life, can become its devotee. The | | | | |
| handicapped, sometimes even the blind, find | | | | DO return your bowling shoes to the counter |
| fun in the sport. It can be played at any | | | | control desk after bowling, and if you've |
| time of the day or night, at any time of the | | | | borrowed a "house ball," return it to the |
| year, and in every section of the country. No | | | | storage rack. |
| other sport qualifies as well for a claim to | | | | |
| the title of "national pastime." | | | | DON'T linger at the foul line after releasing |
| | | | the ball. As soon as your ball hits the pins |
| Bowling, like any other sport, has a set of | | | | return to your seat. |
| do's and don'ts that must be followed so that | | | | |
| all can enjoy the game. The rules are based | | | | Now you know the etiquette, you will be |
| on common sense, and express courtesy and | | | | welcome in any game. |
| good sportsmanship. | | | | |