A spare is a term used in bowling to indicate that all of the pins have been knocked down after the infinity ball of a frame. The symbol for a spare is a forward slash mark.
A "spare" is awarded when no pins are left standing after the second ball of a frame; i.e., a player uses both balls of a frame to clear all ten pins. A player achieving a spare is awarded ten points, plus a bonus of whatever is scored with the next ball (only the first ball is counted). It is typically rendered as a slash on score sheets in place of the second pin count for a frame. A player who bowls a spare in the tenth (final) frame is awarded one extra ball to allow for the bonus points.
The term "hard spare" refers when no pins are knocked down on the first ball, due to a foot foul or a ball thrown into the gutter, and then a spare is converted with all ten pins remaining with the second ball. This is sometimes mocked as throwing a strike one ball too late.
Since throwing three strikes in a row is referred to as a "turkey," novices who have three spares in a row usually use terms related to birds such as a "sparrow" to celebrate this achievement.
Looking for a small camoed tube hidden within a larger host.
Please replace as found for the next Geocachers.
BYOP and maybe tweezers, only room for the log sheet.
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This is our second "Spare" Geocache. The first one has been archived. Thank you to those Cachers that found the original. And we want to recognize:
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