Boh and Birds - Baltimore Duckpin Bowling
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
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A Baltimore local Meet and Greet. - Location will move monthly.
Come out and say hi.
Only in Baltimore (mostly).
When I moved to Baltimore I was introduced to Duckpin Bowling -- I had never seen anything like it. Little short stubby pins and a ball that will fit in the palm of your hand. (About the size of a softball.) Duckpin bowling has rules similar to ten-pin bowling. In a 10-frame game, bowlers try to knock down pins in the fewest rolls per frame. Bowlers have three balls per frame, instead of two in ten-pin bowling, to knock over a set of 10 pins. If a bowler knocks down all 10 pins with their first roll in a frame, it is scored as a strike. If all the pins are knocked down in two rolls, the bowler has made a spare. If all the pins are knocked down in three rolls, the bowler gets 10 points, with no bonus. If pins are still standing after the third ball, the bowler gets one point for each pin knocked down.
Duckpin bowling began in Baltimore around 1900, at a bowling, billiards and pool hall owned by future baseball Hall of Famers John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson, both of the Baltimore Orioles.
Patterson Bowling Center opened in 1927, this two-story bowling center has 12 lanes. It is the oldest operating duckpin bowling alley in the country.
What: Geocachers Duckpin Bowling, Swap Stories, Trade Trackables, Meet Other Geocachers, Explore Baltimore.
When: Wednesday July 17, 7 PM.
Where: Patterson Bowling Center, 2105 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore MD, 21231.
Who: Anyone and everyone - you don't have to bowl to meet.
How: Just show up, sign the log, and the social event begins. I will reserve and pay for up to 6 lanes for 2 hours. BYOF (Bring your own food and soda.) BYOB if you want some Mr. BOH (Beer or wine only, must be legal age). Additional lanes/hours can be rented at $12 per person per hour. You must rent your own bowling shoes.
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