Roger Dalkin USBC:

Over the last few months I as a member of the Bowling Writer's since 1971 have received notices of adjustments in the bowling ball specifications. I can only hope it may not be too little too late. An uneven playing field and out of line scoring has been going on since the 1970's. Bill Taylor lead the cause in the 70's to the pins and he was not completely wrong as the pins are moving off the pin deck about 15% faster. He and I had plenty to write about the blocking of the lanes which still goes on today and accounts for about 35% of the high scores. I can still remember in 1971 when Ken Hurley was the Executor of the ABC, I introduced a proposal to have the lane tolerance lowered to 30,000ms from 40,000ms producing a flatter lane surface where blocking would not be so effective only to be rejected by the Board along with my effort to get the lane conditioner applied at a 2 to 1 ratio from the 1st 10 boards on each side to the center 20 boards for a distance of 40 ft. in 1994 in Reno, Nevada.

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Robert A. Daubney

September 2001

Dear Mr. President:

Like most God-fearing Americans, no words can describe my feeling about the events that took place on September 11,2001. I feel so helpless, like most. The only thing I can think of doing is writing you, and offering a suggestion concerning security on air planes. This idea may end the possibility of anyone taking control of a plane, at any time. The idea came to me many years ago when the era of hijacking began. I believe that it may be in the best interests of humanity to present this idea to your transportation people and perhaps mandate that all airplane manufacturers comply as soon as possible.

All aircraft should be modified in a way where there are two separate, sealed cabins: one for the passenger and one for the pilots. The only way to enter these two sections is from the outside.

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THE STATE OF BOWLING 1950-2000

BY BOWLING PROFESSOR BOB DAUBNEY 1950-2000

PART I
INTRODUCTION

At present, the game and the business of Bowling are in the intensive care unit.
However, things were not always this way. In fact they were quite the opposite.
To start, the years from 1950 to 1970 saw the development and deployment of the
Automatic Pin Setters. Bowling grew at an unbelievable pace. Bowling Centers were
going up left and right! Centers were being built with 12,16,24, and yes even 50
lanes. During the years from 1950 to 1954 I worked setting pins while attending
LaSalle Military Academy in Troy, New York. In 1954 I had neither the resources
nor the desire to go to college. So I decided to work at a local bowling center
doing lane maintenance. A short time later, I was hired by AMF to travel the
eastern part of the United States to build bowling lanes and to convert existing
lanes from pin boys to automatics. In the Albany area I was considered an up and
coming high average bowler.

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