Background Bowling has been around in one form or another for seven thousand years. Since its very beginning it has continually evolved and it will continue to evolve for years to come. Modern bowling began in the 1840s with wooden pins and balls. In 1895 bowling saw its first big boom in popularity when the Brunswick Billiards Company started the American Bowling Congress and joined bowling proprietors in marketing bowling to the public. It was not …showed first 75 words of 2507 total…

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