after a second ball has been thrown, the camera may inform the controller whether or not upright or fallen pins remain on the bowling alley and the sweeping mechanism is operated accordingly. Still further, when a "strike" is thrown by the bowler, the controller is so advised and operates ...
Bowling, game in which a heavy ball is rolled down a long, narrow lane toward a group of objects known as pins, the aim being to knock down more pins than an opponent. The game is quite different from the sport of bowls, or lawn bowls, in which the aim i
The lane surface must be relatively hard and unyielding since, if the lane surface allowed the ball to sink significantly into it, such ball would always be trying to climb out of a hole or depressed portion in the surface with a considerable waste of energy as well as possible deviation ...
A split can occur on the first ball when two or more pins are left standing, separated by at least one fallen pin. Stepping over the foul line is a foul and results in loss of all pins knocked down on that delivery. There are depressed troughs on each side of the lane; a ball ...