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187 - The History of Bowling in America

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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Tommy Side Weight Bowling Balls

There were also cheating bowlers like gold finger, tommy side weight and one finger. Goldfinger would put lead in their bowling balls to give it more of a side weight. One night he won forking set consecutive matches with his loaded ball before gangsters in back realized what was going on. Steve harris said he would drill a hole in a ball, pour mercury in it, then pluge the hole with a liquid that hardened overnight. As the ball rolled, the mercury would shift in the ball, and it would go sideways and kill the pins.

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