John Gorman vs. Wes O'Donnell. John Gorman comes from below to throw one of the most unbelievable strikes I've ever been able to find on video (@ 2:38), and then makes it three strikes in a row to take the game.
You get three throws in duckpins, strike on the first, spare on the second, a flat 10 if you knock them all down on the 3rd. A perfect 300 game has -never- been bowled in duckpins. For more on the sport check my other videos for "300 Ducks"
@@emobassist about the only difference is you have to sweep the wood away each shot if the specialized conveyor belts in the gutters don't do it for you. There's a special pedal or alternate button you press to do that manually. Scoring is identical.
When I was 12 in 1972 this was the game that turned me on to bowling. We played it at a YWCA in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Don't know why this game never caught on as much as regular bowling. You don't see this played very much. Needless to say, I was a lefty. And Earl Anthony was my mentor. Though now I pitch horseshoes like Walter Ray Jr. Every ringer is like a strike to me. Thanks for posting.
Not sure why they weren't included... but before the beginning of this video he converted the 5-9-10 and 2-4-6-10 splits on the second throw. Definitely an amazing comeback especially when you consider he did those two splits in addition to everything shown in this clip.
Love duckpins! What a shame so many alleys have been shuttered to those opening. Why in down county Montgomery Co., Md. alone lanes used to prosper in Bethesda, Silver Spring, Wheaton, Glenmont & Twinbrook. Many of these alleys is where many a youth learned to enhance their hand-eye coordination dropping coins in pinball machines until their turn to roll in the next frame. Many D.C. area natives may also recall one of those "Bowling for Dollars $$" shows hosted on local channel 7 by either Steve Gilmartin or Johnny Batchelder.
There were two shows on Channel 7 in Washington...one for adults and one for teenagers. I appeared on the show for teens, called "Bowling Fun", in December, 1969, when I was 16. Johnny Batchelder was, indeed, the host, and it was aired live on Sunday afternoon. I was fortunate enough to be the big trophy winner that day.
So funny you posted that. I used to bowl duckpins in the 70's over in Wheaton...alley was behind the mall. They gave you a scoresheet when you walked in. Duckpins was hard!
In Super Bowl LI the New England Patriots came back after being 25 points behind. In 2004 the Boston Red Sox were down 3 games to 0 but won 4 in a row to bet the New York Yankees for the American League Pennant. In 2001 Duke was 22 points behind Maryland but came back to win the Final Four. And then there's this incredible come back. Every time I watch this I get the same feeling, like I need to take a huge dump. Then I usually do take a huge dump.
@@exoticcar5482 I'm on the east coast (Pennsylvania), and I have NEVER seen this anywhere. I thought this was more of a Canadian thing, possibly New England.
Eric, if you are a rabid 10 pin bowler, who lives on the east coast, you should have at LEAST HEARD of [ candlepin bowling] which is a tougher version of duck pin, which use tall skinny candle shaped pins, and the balls look same// rules I believe are same, except duck PINS FLY all over AND candlepin are so dead, they hardly do anything!!! Ten PIN BOWLING is much more profitable because of the insane amount OF REVENUE MADE FROM THE WIDE ARAY OF BOWLING BALLS MADE BY THE LEGIONS OF COMPANIES[ STORM/ AMF/ BRUNSWICK/ EBONITE/ GLOBAL 900/ COLUMBIA 300/ VENEZUELA 299/ ARGENTINA 289 ETC.......
Thinking about an old Simpsons episode and how back in the early 90s, my family and I went to St. Louis and at the time it housed the Bowling HOF. We went there and in the basement they had a Duckpin lane. I think we weren't supposed to be there but my brother and I were able to play a round of Duckpin. Also it was a jam packed crowd to watch the Duckpin Bowling World Championship in of a few dozen people. There are dozen of us! DOZENS!
absolutely! I was on a league (in MD) for some time, but now I am based in New York and the closest alley is over 2 hours away in CT! I bowl whenever I'm back down in the DC/MD area, and often in CT when given the opportunity.
I am a former tenpin / legler, and imagine PETE WEBER'S BALL STAYING IN PLAY AND rolling across THE pin deck and making the split???? Or JASON BELMONTE, WHO HAS 600RPM REV RATE THROWING A DUCK PIN GAME??? HIS BALL IS LIABLE TO COME BACK UP ALLEY AND INJURE ANOTHER[ BOWLER] LOL!!!!!!
James “Tiger” Baker set that record at my grandmothers bowling alley, Bowlarama, in Norfolk, Va in I think it 1993 or ‘96. But I believe a new record was set a few years later of 292.
The guy with the mustache has a very short backswing. He seems to get impart most of the momentum into the ball with powering his throwing arm forward. Seems like it would harder to be consistent with such a technique versus the high wind-up like his competitor uses.
Not sure how many left in the US East Coast but there are more Duckpin Bowling Centers here in the Philippines, however its a different environement because no Duckpin centers oil their lanes, no aircondiioning and majority of these places still have pinboys
There's never been a perfect duck pin game. Conversely there are 8 year olds now rolling 300s in regular bowling. The house oil setups might be good for business but it's not good for the game.
Candlepin is generally seen in the New England region. Duckpin seems to be a variation of it (ball size looks the same) but I'm not sure if it's more widespread available than candlepin.
