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Y . 5 , , mzwsm) E D IT IONIS S "E D IN 1 963 l A cknowle d m e nt is m e to S or ts Illus trated in g ad p , wh i ch a sh or te r ve r si dn of this b ook ori ginally ap - e ar e d n a nu mb e r of th e illu stfati ons . p , i cluding L IB R AR Y OF CONG R E S S CA T A L OG"E CAR D N"M B E R 5842376 P R IN T E D IN T HE "NIT E D S T A T E S OF ANIE R ICA AC"N OW L E D G ME N T I am gr ate fu l to the Bru nswick Corporation for their cooperation in th e preparation of this book and for supplying inform ation about the history and the equipment of D ON C AR T E R Contents The Story of Bowling Th e Se cre ts of Bowling The Grip The Stance The Address The First Step The Second Step The Third Step The Fourth Step Slide and Stop The Rel e as e The Follow-Thr ough S u mmary The Strike ‘ The Second BaII Things to Remember Equ ipment The Etiqu e tte of Bowling Tou rnament Victor les and Won by Don Carter 8 Foreword A 1957 ar t of o ts In ugust when Jerome Snyder , the editor Sp r Illu s t a te d a to a an a a D on a and r , sked me illustr te rticle bout C rter fu a a of o I t u a the nd ment ls b wling , ho ght it would be simple W a to sa I a f a a a a nm . ssig ent h t is there y , sked mysel , th t the ver ge bowler does not alr eady know" D on and I at R a R met the oselle bowling l nes in oselle, a A s I to to ou t th e . New Jersey , work det ils drove New Jersey , a - a a and i a d I rmed with high speed c mer s , sketchbook , writ ng p , fu lly expected to be back at my studio in two or three hou rs with ll f I orts Illu s t ated h ad a l u a the in orm ation needed . Sp r l otted mefo r pages for th e a rticle and I su spected that I would ha ve to d o con s i d e r able n fi a paddi g to ll this sp ce . D on W e Carter qui ckly dispelled these nai ve notions . worked continuously for ten hou r s at the R oselle bowling lanes plu s an a i i a u at R a D on t e dd t on l five ho rs the oxy l nes in New York City . pe ate d his delivery several hu ndr ed times while I m ade notes and 9 a a and - di gr ms , drew rough sketches , took countless high speed a a I h ad n photogr phs to m ke sure a accurate record ofevery phase . ’ wa s a a a There not motion in Don s delivery , from st nce to rele se , a a a a u al a . i th t did not h ve definite , c ref lly c cul ted purpose L stening to his explanations was like listeningto a rocket scientist explai ning the workings of a guide d missile . " a a a a a or ts Illu s Andr L guerre , ssist nt m n ging editor of Sp ’ tr a te d was i a a to , so impressed w th Don s scientific ppro ch bowling a a a a and th t he g ve me seventeen p ges inste d of four , even then the space was not sufficient . This book is an attempt to do fu ll ’ justice for the first time to Don s revolutionary bowling tech nique . It is the only complete and authoritative exposition th at h as a a ai a a ar Don m de v l ble p t from personal instruction . ’ Don C ar ter s delivery departs in so many ways from accepted methods that many expe rts first dismissed it as a whimsical e c a a . centricity , f iling completely to comprehend its scientific b sis all a a h ad a ai n a Like gre t innov tors , Don to steel himself g st e rly d and ri icule prove his principles by perform ance . His record 1950 h as speaks for itself. Since he won every important bowling a a a title , including the first world invit tion m tch ch mpionship , held in Chicago in 1957 . ’ a al a a To tr dition ists , Don s delivery seems str nge , but in f ct it a a the a is simply stre mlined version of cl ssic bowling style . Much a as a ofthe violent ction in bowling methods developed in p t dec des , h as h as a a a u and Don discovered , tendency to incre se f tig e lessen fi . a a a a ef ciency The ccur te , highly polished l nes of tod y do not a a and s ff a require f stb lls stronghooks . Don hu les c sually toward the . a a a and ff a and foul line He pl ces the b ll e sily e ortlessly on the l ne , o a ar . a it r lls with moder te speed tow d the pins Then , mir culously , all the pins fal l over" i as and I can a This book w ll tell you , best Don , ex ctly how to do it and why it happens . — AN T HON Y R A V IE L ‘L I 10 ’ B o n i s one f h B e for e wli g o t e olde s t of m an s pastim e s . th e n of h s or e m e n r o r e to o daw i t y , cav p bably t i d b wl o e r r o s of o n r n v w p i te d ocks with r ou nde d s to e s . Th e Story of Bowling a al a a a a The rolling of b l tow rd st nding object , with the vowed ’ a as intention of bowling it over , is one of the oldest of m n s p a a a times . Before the d wn ofhistory , c ve men prob bly set up rows of pointed stones and tried to bowl them over with rounded rocks . There is a gruesome legend that ancient s avage tribes bowled at a upright thigh bones with the skulls ofv nquished enemies , using i and . the eye sockets for thumb finger grips Sir Fl nders Petrie , the a ri a a i a a gre t B tish rch eolog st , found the implements for g me very ’ similar to modern tenpins in an Egyptian child s gr ave which he dated 5200 B . C . The E nglish ga me of bowling on the green originated in h as a a the thirteenth century , but it more in common with the It li n a b occi e a . ar a ar e g me of th n with modern bowling True , l ge b lls “ " l a a a a a a rol ed down l nes of gr ss tow rd the j ck ( peg, cone , or sm ller a as a as b ll), but the purpose is to bowl close to the j ck possible a rather th an to knock it over . This form of bowling bec me enor 13 m o u s ly popular in E ngland during th e fou rteenth century""ing a was af ai a ar h ad Edw rd III so r d it might suppl nt chery , which an a a t a a con import t milit ry v lue , h t he forb de the sport , but it tinu ed to flou rish on a kind of bootleg bas is as a popu lar form of a a a gambling. Public l ws g inst it continu ed long after the bow and . a h ad a rrow been m de obsolete by the invention of gu npowder . Today bowling on the green is the nati onal warm -weather sport of ’ Scotland and continues to be one ofEnglan d s most wi dely played ou tdoor games . or h ad a o Modern bowling, tenpins , its origin four centuries g a in G ermany and Holland . M rtin Lu ther was so fond of the game a ai u a a a for and th t, it is s d , he b ilt priv te bowling lley himself his a w family .