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BOWLING (continued): • Gobble, gobble! Three strikes in a row in the game of bowling are called a turkey. Don’t confuse a turkey with a triplicate, which is the term for three identical scores in a three-game series. • If three strikes in a row are a turkey, three consecutive open frames (those without a strike or spare) constitute a “buzzard.” Four consecutive strikes are called a four-bagger, five are called a five-bagger, and six in a row are referred to as a six-pack. • It takes 12 strikes in a row to score that perfect 300 game, which includes three in the tenth frame. • Most folks think of Brooklyn as a borough of New York City, but to a bowler, a Brooklyn occurs when a right-handed bowler’s ball strikes the left side of the head pin or when a left-hander’s ball strikes the right side of the head pin. • The “pocket” for a right-handed bowler is that space between the 1 and 3 pins. The lefthander’s pocket is between the 1 and 2. • Bowlers say they’ve been robbed when a “tap” occurs. That’s when a pin stubbornly remains standing following a seemingly perfect hit. • If you keep your eyes on the pins during your entire approach and delivery and aim directly at those pins, you are a “pin bowler.” A “spot bowler” picks a spot on the lane over which his ball must pass, and aims the ball at the spot and not at the pins. • Every bowler’s nightmare, the split, is also called a “railroad.” Bowlers call a narrow split, such as the 2-7 or the 3-10, a “baby split” or a “Murphy.” A wide split, such as the 7-10, is called “bedposts” or “mule ears.” Bowling borrows a term from football to denote a missed split. When the ball rolls between a split without touching a pin, it’s known as a field goal. • In bowling jargon, a “barmaid” isn’t the lady serving drinks, but rather one pin hidden behind another pin. Other terms for the same thing are “double wood,” “one in the dark” and “sleeper.” When a bowler talks about the “maples” or the “wooden bottles,” he’s referring to the pins.

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• It was French poet, journalist and novelist Anatole France who made the following sage observation: “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.” • Those who study such things claim that baby girls smile more than baby boys. • While in space, astronauts can’t use traditional salt and pepper. If they tried to sprinkle the condiment on food, it would just float away, possibly clogging air vents and otherwise wreaking havoc. So some bright person came up with liquid forms of the seasonings. • The English word for the fruit “squash” comes from the language of the Native American Narragansett tribe. It means “something eaten green.” • If you ever decide to participate in a public protest in Greece, remember not to wear sunglasses. Since shades can hide your face, wearing them is illegal during demonstrations there. • The Oldsmobile motor company also made early gasoline-powered lawnmowers. • Wilhelm Rontgen discovered X-rays in 1895, and his work earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics. His work also set off a fad among many women, who refused to undress even behind closed doors. They feared that X-rays could be used to see through walls to spy on intimate moments. • The famed Pony Express didn’t actually use ponies -- just horses. *** Thought for the Day: “Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.” -- William Hazlitt (c) 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.

• Don Carter, a bowling great of the 1950s and 1960s, has earned the title “Mr. Bowling.” This six-time Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) “Bowler of the Year” was the first professional bowler to reach a six-figure annual income. In his younger years, he played on a professional baseball minor league farm team but asked to be released from his contract after a year because he felt he wasn’t major league material. As a teen, he had played legion baseball with Yogi Berra and Joe Garagiola. • Bowling legend Earl Anthony was the 1970s “Bowler of the Decade” and “Master of the Millennium” and was the first bowler to break the $1 million mark in earnings. He racked up 41 career PBA titles and 42 second-place finishes and was in the top five finishers 144 times, as well as being named the PBA’s “Player of the Year” six times. • Dick Weber has the distinction of being the first bowler to win a PBA title in five different decades, including two out of the first three PBA tournaments ever held.

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