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