Duckpin Bowling

[BakeMyFish]

Where can I go in Southern Maryland? I used to bowl at Parkland, Marlow Heights and Suitland? Where now?

[johnycarcinogen]

The closest place I know of is in College Park...I don't know if that is there anymore. I don't think we have any in the tri-county area.

[Black-Francis]

Curly's (RIP)

[greyhound]

I remember the Duck Pin Bowling alley Beside Aunt Jenny's Bar in Huntingtown.
The building is now a Domino's and a collision center.

[jazz lady (Premo)]

They used to have duckpin at Esperanza Lanes but they've been gone for many moons.

Originally Posted by jazz lady

They used to have duckpin at Esperanza Lanes but they've been gone for many moons.

Used to love them duckpins...

[morningbell (Premo)]

Hope this helps

Duckpin Locations - Find Bowling Alleys

THE HISTORY OF DUCKPIN BOWLING

Duckpin bowling was born in Baltimore, Maryland, has been around since 1900. It was one of Babe Ruth's favorite games, besides baseball, of course! Ten-pin bowling used to be strictly a winter sport. Most alleys closed down for the summer, but a few of them remained open so that bowlers could practice with small balls, about 6 inches in diameter. They usually played odd games called "back five," using just the 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10 pins, and "cocked hat," which used only the 1, 7, and 10.

In 1900, summer bowlers at the Diamond Alleys in Baltimore suggested it might be interesting to trim down the standard pins to match the size of the ball. Manager John Van Sant liked the idea. He had a wood turner do the job and many of his customers enjoyed the new bowling game. At first, the rules of ten-pin bowling were used. But, because it's much harder to get strikes and spares, one small rule change was made: A bowler is allowed to use three bowls on each turn. If all ten pins are knocked down with three balls, it simply counts a score of ten.

Van Sant demonstrated the new sport to the owners of the alley, John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson. Though they're much better known as baseball managers, McGraw and Robinson were also avid duck hunters. When they saw the way the small pins flew wildly around the alley, one of them remarked that it looked liked a "flock of flying ducks."

[ShortRound]

For duckpin back in the day Curly's was it!!!! Used to be near the Wal-Mart in Waldorf....

[MrX]

Originally Posted by toppick08

THE HISTORY OF DUCKPIN BOWLING

Pretty interesting