Order Now Free Shipping Details Bowling. Shop More Brands. Forgot Your Password? Need More Help? Site Map. CART 0. There were and still are many variations of ninepins in Western Europe. Likely related are the Italian bocce, the French petanque and British lawn bowling.
Undoubtedly, the English, Dutch and German settlers all imported their own variations of bowling to America. The earliest mention of it in serious American literature is by Washington Irving, when Rip Van Winkle awakens to the sound of "crashing ninepins. The first permanent American bowling location probably was for lawn bowling, in New York's Battery area.
Now the heart of the financial district, New Yorkers still call the small plot Bowling Green. The game had its ups and downs in America. An Connecticut law made it illegal to maintain "any ninepin lanes,", probably because bowling was the object of much gambling. But the problem, of course, also evidenced its popularity. Whilst the game, through its different forms, continued to be developed in many in many countries the first evidence of bowling in the Americas is c by the findings of a reproduction of a painting in the Bettimann Archives in New York City which depicts the Dutch bowling at pins on Bowling Green, New York.
In an enclosure was reserved as a green for the officers if the garrison of Annapolis Port Royal. The first appearance of ninepins in America is unknown but by about it had become generally acceptable to those who were interested in bowling.
According to sports writers and sports historians, gamblers had control of the game by about Before this, in , ninepin was banned by the state of Connecticut and this action also followed in many states until ninepin was illegal everywhere in the United States.
The actual origins of Tenpin are unknown, although it is thought to have come into being between and The legislators of Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, for some reason permitted, Tenpin to grow. First uniform specifications and rules were attempted in when 27 delegates. This body realised the necessity for a revision of the rules of the game of bowling and immediately appointed three of their number, gentlemen who were considered expert bowlers of that time, and who were known as great jurists of the laws of the game.
Great vredit is due to this first Association: the revision of rules and specifications are responsible for the advancement and popularity of American Tenpins. The National Bowling Association was limited in scope, lacked appeal and failed to make good. This organisation likewise soon disintegrated because of limitations, lack of initiative and foresight.
Despite the dissolution of the National Bowling Association and the American Amateur Bowling Union, there remained a definite need for a governing organisation for the bowling game known then as American Tenpins.
Having established rules for Tenpins, these men remained firm in seeing that these rules were enforced. The first modern bowling ball was not introduced until However, wooden bowling balls did not have as much spring or bounce as the materials we use today. The first rubber bowling ball hit the market in , and was immediately popular. By a new rubberized plastic compound was created specifically for use in bowling balls. This compound was known as Mineralite and its use transformed the game, enabling faster rolling speeds and greater precision.
This created whole new styles of bowling techniques, many of which are still in use today by both top bowlers and by young children who are just starting out. Gray Rollins is a featured writer for Bowling Success.
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