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‘people
Canada take it for granted

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British Columbia.”

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/ bout'90 per cent- of the”

bowling iin this province | is
five ‘pin yet you can’t: even.
take a five pin ball across the
border into’ the United
States,” he adds.

That statement partially
explains why the popular
sport is unique to Canada,
When Americans bowl they

bow! 10 pins. They use a

larger ball to knock down
larger and heavier pins on an
alley that operates solely
with equipment designed for
the 10 pin game. Since the
businessmen who manv-
facture 10 pin equipment
don't want to allow any
competition from some
upstart from north of the
border, strict rules prohibit
the operation of five pin
centres in the U.S.

Five pin  bowling's
Canadian roots can be
traced back to the turn of the
century and Toronto where
the game was actually in-
vented. ‘

Until 1910 the popular
sport in Cnaada was 10 pin
bowling, just like — their
American counterparts. the
game had developed as a
nine pin game and flourished
in the United States. But at
the turn of the century the
U.S. government banned the
game as part of crackdown
on gambling.

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n.

- But then Tommy Ryan, a
bowling centre: ‘proprietor in

downtown Toronto” got an

idea, - .

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clientele .were Pp
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 “Pmmy's
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easier. And proprietors
around the country could
see the financial advantage
of converting to five pins. So
the conversion was made,

Now the small ball game is
played across Canada with
little variation from province
to province.

In the Maritimes there is a
game called candlepin.
There the small ball is used
‘to knock down 10 pins that

are taller-and thinner than.

the normal 10 pin. Quebec is
famous for its duck pin game
which uses a shorter pin but
employs the same small ball
as itg other Canadian
cousins.

Now, as we. enter the
1980's the gauntlet has been
picked up and the challenge
of getting the small ball
game recognized around the
world has been accepted.

In August of 1980 the
International’ Bowling
Association will hold its first
“small ball competition” in

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