Common Bowling Terms

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Across
  1. 3. Organization founded in 1895 for male bowlers in the United States.
  2. 5. The score used off of a bowlers average when they are unable to make thier league for a round of bowling.
  3. 6. The spin on the ball and the movement of the pins caused by that spin usually causing the pins to fly and mix ending with a good makeable leave.
  4. 7. The space extending back fromt eh foul line used to make the steps and delivery of throwing the ball at the pins.
  5. 8. The front pin also known as the 1 pin.
  6. 9. Strips on the lanes used as targets for aiming the ball at the pins.
  7. 11. When a rear pin is not easily seen because of a pin directly in front of it.
  8. 13. Physical part of equipment upon which the ball sets after being sent back to the bowler after delivery.
Down
  1. 1. A ball that curves left to right for right handed bowlers.
  2. 2. Area on which pins are set.
  3. 4. A game with no open frames.
  4. 5. When a ball crosses over to the other side of the head pin opposite it was thrown at and results in a strike.
  5. 6. Traingles embedded on teh lane used in aiming the bowlers throw.
  6. 10. 2 different sets one is the markers ont eh runway that guides the bowlers approach and the others are a series of 7 spots on the lanes past the foul line but before the arrows used to assist in targeting and alignment.
  7. 12. 3 strikes in a row.