Y is bowling call bowling ?
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i am new here.......someting strikes me...y bowling is call bowling...Y is bowl ? y nt plate? chopsticks?
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ah ma
u very sian izzit?
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That I am not sure...... anyone have a good background on the history of bowling
Pls enlighten XLN.
maybe the sport can be traced back to your era... in one of the mountain caves
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no mah i realy curious.....cos i like bowling aso....so i wonder lor..then bowling y nt calll balling cos is use ball throw or pining cos is throw the pins??
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maybe they glued 2 bowls last time to form a ball...
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is better to know history of interest....i go find...liaoz nw i know liaozz
Bowling has a long and rich history, and today is one of the most popular sports in the world. A British anthropologist, Sir Flinders Petrie, discovered in the 1930's a collection of objects in a child's grave in Egypt that appeared to him to be used for a crude form of bowling. If he was correct, then bowling traces its ancestry to 3200 BC. A German historian, William Pehle, asserted that bowling began in his country about 300 AD.
There is substantial evidence that a form of bowling was in vogue in England in 1366, when King Edward III allegedly outlawed it to keep his troops focused on archery practice. And it is almost certain that bowling was popular during the reign of Henry VIII.
By this time, too, there were many variations of "pin" games, and also of games where a ball was thrown at objects other than pins. This would seem to imply that the games had developed over time, from an earlier period. -
One of the most eccentric games is still found in Edinburgh. The player swings a fingerless ball between his legs and heaves it at the pins. In doing so, he "flops" onto the lane on his stomach. There were and still are many variations of ninepins in Western Europe. Likely related are the Italian bocce, the French petanque, and British lawn bowling.
Undoubtedly, the English, Dutch and German settlers all imported their own variations of bowling to America. The earliest mention of it in serious American literature is by Washington Irving, when Rip Van Winkle awakens to the sound of "crashing ninepins".
The first permanent American bowling location probably was for lawn bowling, in New York's Battery area. Now the heart of the financial district, New Yorkers still call the small plot Bowling Green.
The game had its ups and downs in America. An 1841 Connecticut law made it illegal to maintain "any ninepin lanes", probably because bowling was the object of much gambling. But the problem, of course, also evidenced its popularity. Also, many captains of industry chose to install a lane in their mansions.
While it is uncertain where the tenpin game evolved, by the late 1800s it was prevalent in many states such as New York, Ohio and as far "west" as Illinois. However, details like ball weights and pin dimensions varied by region. But that changed when restauranteur Joe Thum finally pulled together representatives of the various regional bowling clubs. On September 9, 1895, at Beethoven Hall in New York City, the American Bowling Congress was born. Soon standardization would be established, and major national competitions could be held.
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While women had been bowling in the latter half of the nineteenth century, the American Bowling Congress was for men. It was in 1917 that the Women's International Congress was born in St. Louis. Encouraged by proprietor Dennis Sweeney, women leaders from around the country participating in a tournament decided to form what was then called the Women's National Bowling Association.
Bowling technology took a big step forward about the same time. Balls used to be primarily lignum vitae, a very hard wood. But in 1905 the first rubber ball, the "Evertrue" was introduced, and in 1914 the Brunswick Corporation successfully promoted the Mineralite ball, touting its "mysterious rubber compouund".
Now organized, with agreed upon standards, the game grew in popularity. But another technological breakthrough set the stage for massive growth. Morehead Patterson, a vice president of American Machine and Foundry Company (AMF, then a maker of machinery for the bakery, tobacco and apparel businesses) purchased for the company the patents to Gottfried Schmidt's automatic pinspotter.
The first commercial installation was made in Michigan in 1951, and by late 1952 production model pinspotters were introduced. No longer did a proprietor have to rely on "pinboys"; a few higher-paid mechanics could keep numerous lanes functioning many hours each day.
Television experimented with bowling in the 1950's, and the game's popularity grew exponentially. NBC's broadcast of "Championship Bowling" was the first network coverage of bowling. Coverage proliferated with shows like "Make That Spare", Celebrity Bowling, and "Bowling For Dollars". And in 1961, ABC became the first network to telecast competition of the Pro Bowlers Association. Successful promoter, agent and entrepreneur Eddie Elias founded the PBA, and with his leadership, the Pro Bowlers Tour became a hugely popular stalwart of ABC sports broadcasting. Joined later by telecasts of the Ladies Pro Bowlers Tour, millions of Americans witnessed and became interested in the sport.
Organized, competitive leagues remain the foundation of bowling in the United States. However, more than 70% of leagues today are mixed, with a more relaxed level of competition. Also, "organized open" play -- such as Saturday night "Rock and Bowl" events -- are growing in importance to proprietors throughout the country.
Today, the sport of bowling is enjoyed by 100 million people in more than ninety countries worldwide. The sport has a long and intriguing history, and good prospects for growth around the globe.
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i read before tt it's a "borrowed" word from the sport cricket
in cricket, throwing the ball while keeping ur arm straight throughout is known as "bowl"
sort of the same concept as throwing the ball to sweep the pins (but now got spins) -
u are REALLY bored....
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no lar...if u like someting u mus know abt the history mah.......like u name jo...y r u name jo??Originally posted by jOhO:u are REALLY bored.... -
it started off with a person named ling.
he was a blacksmith who specialised in producing those metal balls (dont know what's the exact term) which normally used to chain the prisoners.
he was bored one afternoon and noticed a stack of logs brought home by his brother. somehow inspired, he aims and throws one of his metal ball at those wooden logs.
*whamp!!*
"that's kinda fun", he said.
thus, he have those logs stacked into pins of ten and try to knock all of them down when he is taking his afternoon break.
all these noises attracted the fellow villagers to watch him play.
at first, people are shouting "throw, ling!", but his aiming sucks and required more than one throw to knock all the pins down.
thus, one of his friends said, "hey, why dont you bend your body forward, i think that could be more effective."
and so he tried. and it works wonder.
even so, he tend to forget about the body-bending part. thus, the crowd will always shout "bow, ling!" to remind him.
ladies and gentlemen, this is how the term bowling came about.
just in case you wonder how true is this story... it's all bullshit HAHHAHA. i just made it up. -
Originally posted by www:
it started off with a person named [b]ling.
he was a blacksmith who specialised in producing those metal balls (dont know what's the exact term) which normally used to chain the prisoners.
he was bored one afternoon and noticed a stack of logs brought home by his brother. somehow inspired, he aims and throws one of his metal ball at those wooden logs.
*whamp!!*
"that's kinda fun", he said.
thus, he have those logs stacked into pins of ten and try to knock all of them down when he is taking his afternoon break.
all these noises attracted the fellow villagers to watch him play.
at first, people are shouting "throw, ling!", but his aiming sucks and required more than one throw to knock all the pins down.
thus, one of his friends said, "hey, why dont you bend your body forward, i think that could be more effective."
and so he tried. and it works wonder.
even so, he tend to forget about the body-bending part. thus, the crowd will always shout "bow, ling!" to remind him.
ladies and gentlemen, this is how the term bowling came about.
just in case you wonder how true is this story... it's all bullshit HAHHAHA. i just made it up.[/b]
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Originally posted by www:
it started off with a person named [b]ling.
he was a blacksmith who specialised in producing those metal balls (dont know what's the exact term) which normally used to chain the prisoners.
he was bored one afternoon and noticed a stack of logs brought home by his brother. somehow inspired, he aims and throws one of his metal ball at those wooden logs.
*whamp!!*
"that's kinda fun", he said.
thus, he have those logs stacked into pins of ten and try to knock all of them down when he is taking his afternoon break.
all these noises attracted the fellow villagers to watch him play.
at first, people are shouting "throw, ling!", but his aiming sucks and required more than one throw to knock all the pins down.
thus, one of his friends said, "hey, why dont you bend your body forward, i think that could be more effective."
and so he tried. and it works wonder.
even so, he tend to forget about the body-bending part. thus, the crowd will always shout "bow, ling!" to remind him.
ladies and gentlemen, this is how the term bowling came about.
just in case you wonder how true is this story... it's all bullshit HAHHAHA. i just made it up.[/b] -
wat a gd story teller
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Originally posted by Xiao Long Nu:
XLN, u & I are part of the >100million people
Today, the sport of bowling is enjoyed by 100 million people in more than ninety countries worldwide. The sport has a long and intriguing history, and good prospects for growth around the globe.
http://www.bowlingmuseum.com/history.html[/color][/size][/b]
So are all of ya. cheers -
www... u muz be bored too!!
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bery farnie.....
i rber last time in sec sch my gymnastics team go bowling....
and the next lane was occpuied by ACS swim team (Sng Ju Wei tt lot)
gymnasts and swimmers got acquainted at bowling alley!
now when i meet up with Ju Wei we still joke about this..... -
yum seng!!!Originally posted by Ding:XLN, u & I are part of the >100million people
So are all of ya. cheers 
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nice....eerrrmmm.........ladies....
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then u took part in competitions??gymnastic??i admire the korkina and gt one china one..forgt the name........rely beautiful when they performOriginally posted by FireIce:bery farnie.....
i rber last time in sec sch my gymnastics team go bowling....
and the next lane was occpuied by ACS swim team (Sng Ju Wei tt lot)
gymnasts and swimmers got acquainted at bowling alley!
now when i meet up with Ju Wei we still joke about this..... -
XLN, if u r 70 yrs old, u'll be the one in the middle wouldn't u
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yah lor u nv see my hm page meh my picOriginally posted by Ding:XLN, if u r 70 yrs old, u'll be the one in the middle wouldn't u -
Svetlana Khorkina from RussiaOriginally posted by Xiao Long Nu:then u took part in competitions??gymnastic??i admire the korkina and gt one china one..forgt the name........rely beautiful when they perform
She is known as the "queen of bars"
which china one u toking about?
during which game/competition.....china has too many top gymnasts to mention...... -
Originally posted by jOhO:maybe they glued 2 bowls last time to form a ball...
