Bowling kitty

[J Anderson]

Haven't seen a team that runs a kitty in years, and never bowled on one. All I remember is that it was all nickels and dimes and you paid for open frames that weren't splits and if someone made a split or had a double the others had to put in.

[Mudpuppy]

I am curious as to how you guys and if you guys collect a kitty in your leagues?
on one of my leagues, 5 man men we take all out kitty 'aka: miss money' and goto florida together at the end of the season for a week of golf. we bundle our frequent flier miles and one teammate has a house down there so its relatively cheap.

our max per person if $15 a week for miss money.
here are some that I recall off the top of my head (we usually have a spreadsheet with all the catagories)
split miss - 50c - when you get a split, you have to get at least 50% of the pins left or pay
clean game - $1 - if one person gets a clean game, everyone else on the team has to pay one dollar
quarters - 25c - once someone gets a 4th strike in a row, everyone has to pay a quarter, and a quarter for 5th, 6th etc etc...
9/10 open - $1 - open in the 9th frame or 10th frame costs you a dollar
cousins - 50c - if you are a cousin (2 people on a 5 man team did not strike) then the cousins pay
beer frame - 2$ - 5th frame lowest rolled ball pays.
hanging - $1 - everyone strikes but you, you pay.
6 or under - 50c - if you throw a ball and get 6 or less, you pay 50cents.
single pin miss - $1 - miss a 10 pin, that's a dollar.
there are a few other catagories as well.

and these are compoundable too... for example.
5th frame, you get hung, you roll a split and leave the 4,6,7,10, only make the 10 pin : you would pay: 4 dollars on that one frame alone.

we make the rules with the intent to get as much miss money as we can while having fun doing it,

That's a great idea (all except the "golf" part). We used to put $5 in if everyone on the team threw a strike in 1 frame. Last one to strike takes the pot.