when did bowlers first start hooking the ball?

[wes909]

just curious. i imagine it wasnt around during the time of wood balls so when is the earliest time before rubber balls?


this question excludes the obvious 80-90's process of plastic to resin. i mean the dead earliest.

[Zothen]

I would say probaly sometime in the 70's!

Zothen

[bowl1820]

I would say probaly sometime in the 70's!

Zothen

Balls were hooked (meaning curved into the pocket) long before that at least in the 50's.

Here's a video from 1955 and they talk about hooking the ball.
Part 1
http://archive.org/details/LetsGoBo1955

Part 2
http://archive.org/details/LetsGoBo1955_2

[billf]

I imagine it started the first time a smart *** young male grabbed a ball and spun the crap out of it. After seeing the pin action others soon quickly followed.

[J Anderson]

Balls were hooked (meaning curved into the pocket) long before that at least in the 50's.

Here's a video from 1955 and they talk about hooking the ball.
Part 1
http://archive.org/details/LetsGoBo1955

Part 2
http://archive.org/details/LetsGoBo1955_2

How about the 30's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK8hkWRnhD8