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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: xxZonexx on October 05, 2006, 05:36:41 AM
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For my Ist class at school we had to make a video on a form of technology, we decided to do it on electronic score keepers in bowling. Im only 19 never experienced hand score keeping. Can any one inform me how what it was like in league play, Roll offs, time it took to bowl ? longer or shoter ??.
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Purple Quantum
Threshold
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the are many oldtimers who miss the days of handscoring. It was also a chance for opponets to get to know each other better as members from both teams oversaw the scoring, the guys from each team sitting at the table normally had the chance to talk and throughout the night, just about everybody would get their turn, although some teams had one or two people do it more often. However, it built it friendlier rivalries and a lot more respect between opponets. Not only were you competing, the scoring encouraged socialization between teams, something you don't see as much of today.
Grumpapotamus nailed it, there really wasn't any difference other than the fact we didn't have to do it, and I personally think bowling is worse off because of it. It's great for open bowlers, but a negative for leagues.
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Everything Grumpapotamus says is correct.
I would also add that as well as filling in the square for a strike, a lot of people would fill in half of the square as a triangle for a spare. So basically draw the spare virgule but fill it in to make a black triangle.
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Where I bowl we still use hand scoring. If there is anything you need to know specifically, just send me a message and I will try to reply a.s.a.p. I'm in college too and I have a lot to do for classes, but I'm always on here in my spare time so if I can help another student out it would be my pleasure.
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Matthew R. Adams
Current Line-up: Action, Action Packed, Enriched Uranium, The Thing Returns, Vendetta Sniper, Apex Agression, Pure Energy, XXXtreme, and Tropical Storm
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I could also note that usually "score" was kept by estimate, or at least quickly referenced. So a team would add up marks and subtract opens to come to a number and judge who won this way. It works rather well actually.
I think it went something like +1 for a strike, 0 for a spare and -1 for an open.
I could be wrong and would research this or hopefully someone here can add to it.
Anyways, this method allowed for very rapid score comparison and also allowed for a bowler to know what they needed to do late in a game.
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The lost art of counting marks or all most lost.
You got one for a spare, one for a strike, 2 for a double, zero for a open.
some of the pay enevlopes still have a chart showing the marks for a blind on them.
here was another way.
In team competition, it is common to total the number of marks per frame as the frame is completed. A spare or strike is one mark; a double is two marks, a turkey is three. See also 'take off a mark.
Take off a mark
When counting marks (see counting marks), removing or not adding a mark because a bowler scored five or less on a spare or double.
Edited on 10/5/2006 6:32 PM
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Some automatic score keepers keep track of marks on the bottom. At least a few houses around me do. I was only a little shaver when score was kept by hand. A few months ago we cleaned the basement and found a bunch of the old clear plastic films haha. Brought back some youthful memories.
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Just another bowling fool
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I think it went something like +1 for a strike, 0 for a spare and -1 for an open.
When scoring marks,
+1 for spare or strike,
+2 for double, +2 for each consecutive strike after double
0 for open frame,
-1 for less than 4 for fill or frame.
When figuring in handicap +1 mark for each ten pins of handicap received.
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Enjoy,
Bob