2006mar24. Mail.
Have you ever heard of a bowling game called ROTO-BOWLING?
I have stories of a Roto bowling alley building that was going to be built in Rochester, NY in 1947 (it was never built but the stories state that there was one in Buffalo and one in Florida).
The game was on a carpeted alley and the player used some kind of device to propel the ball down the alley.
I can find no information on the internet or other bowling history books and have found nothing in US patent office.
But I have heard of some old timers that said the game did exist.
The bowling hall of fame
and museum wants $40.00 per hour to research the story.
Too
much $$ for me ... ..Any help would be appreciated.
- Bill
Bill, this is exactly the sort of thing that I will pursue to the ends of the earth to uncover. Perhaps one of our lovely readers knows more about this bizarre fragment of bowling lore. In a weird way it sounds sort of familiar, but I trust my memory as far as I can throw it these days, with or without a helpful device.