Duckpin bowling

The maximum possible score of 300 points, which is accomplished by rolling 12 strikes in a row, has never been achieved under official conditions.

A commonly recited assertion is that the sport began in Baltimore around 1900, at a bowling, billiards and pool hall owned by future baseball Hall of Famers John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson,[7] both of the old (1882–1899) Baltimore Orioles.

[8] However, research has since found references to duckpin dating to the early 1890s in New Haven, Boston and Lowell, Mass.

[7] Sherman's refusal to sell his patent to ten-pin competitor Brunswick caused him to lack corporate investment needed to manufacture large numbers of duckpin pinsetters.

[13] The absence of new pinsetter machines is thought to curtail growth of the sport, and spare parts must be scavenged or obtained from alleys that have closed.

[13] In 1982, the Women's National Duckpin Association (WNDA) was formed, conducting tournaments for women to compete professionally,[15] with Ladies Professional Duckpin Tournament (LPDT) events extending back at least as early as 1974.

[10] Barger won nine world championships, and, in 1961, became the second woman to be inducted into the Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame.

The rubber band game is now almost extinct, with most of the lanes located in private clubs, though there is one alley in the U.S. still open to the public in Glassport, Pennsylvania.

[24] Since it is easier to knock down pins in rubber band duckpin, its rules are identical to those of ten-pin bowling.