Brownswick Bowling - DJ bowls in the garage, 1981

This is how it usually worked. One kid would bowl, while another set pins. This was before we finished building the "masking unit" for the lane (seen in other Brownswick Bowling clips). Here's my son DJ bowling a 157. Y'know, this lane was surprisingly tricky. Single pin spares were incredibly difficult. Well, they were for grown-ups anyway. Trust me, we tried. Arlington, TX. 1981.

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Sports

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• bowling
• bowler
• garage bowling
• homemade bowling lane
• kiddie bowling

[ndafastlane9891]

i just realized he's using a softball to bowl, lol

[BowlingOldies]

Yes, a softball. There were also croquet balls and the very lightweight plastic (hollow) balls that came with the set of pins.  The softball got the most realistic reaction, except that it tended to bounce due to the stitching. The hollow plastic balls that came with the toy pins were just too light and deflected way too much. The croquet balls didn't deflect at all, and were a little too small. The size and weight of the softball made it the best choice. Too bad it bounced so much.

[jaydy11]

Nice! It looks like it's from the 80's or something though!

[BowlingOldies]

Well, yeah. If you'd read the info about the clip, you'd have seen that it was, indeed, shot in 1981.

[BowlingOldies]

What do you mean "how?" With paint and a paint brush. The family's last name is Brown. Get it? ;-)

[zatch914]

how can u change brunswick to brownswick ?????

[narutolegend09]

nice hook

[11Gamer4life11]

can u show how to make the lane

[DSnWiiRocks]

i like the hook balls he sometimes make! did he add some spin on it?

[Thecuponkkid11]

@zatch914 i guess there last name is brown

[bowlerboy900]

ugh, i leave that too at 4:56 but without the 7

[SuburbAllied]

His armswing is so clean and neat! :D

Reminds me a lill bit about Chris Barnes :P

[HmongZboy]

STRRRRRRRRRIKKKE 

[hmng2piano]

first i though it was a machine behind a pin but i guess it was a kid

[djm50able]

how old are you now

[domirules28]

back when i was about this age, we set up a similiar lane in our basement....i practiced for my saturday afternoon league at least 3 times a week even using the scoring sheets we used in the era prior to automatic scoring...