HIGH-TECH BOWLING BALLS HAVE TO MEET RIGID SPECS

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  July 26, 1992 ;   CHUCK PEZZANO;   728 words ......Bergen County, NJ) 07-26-1992 HIGH-TECH BOWLING BALLS HAVE TO MEET RIGID SPECS By CHUCK...come in the steady stream of powerful bowling balls. Prior to the turn of the century, wooden bowling balls wiggled and wavered down the lanes...

BOWLING BALLS PUT GARDENS ON A ROLL.(At Home)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  September 27, 2003 ;     528 words ......on DIY), I became rather preoccupied with bowling balls. I've seen bowling balls used in a most appealing garden setting...gazing balls with their unforgiving fragility, bowling balls are next to cannon balls in their resistance...

Ball Expert for Richmond, Va., Bowling Firm Has Ardor to Spare.(Knight...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 14, 2000 ;   Blackwell, John Reid;   787 words ......does someone get into a job designing bowling balls? How much work does it take to improve...sport and his years of tinkering with bowling balls to make them perform better. He found...fishing enthusiast, Warren even drilled bowling balls and put lead sinkers in them to see...

Keeping an eye on the ball

The Boston Globe;  February 3, 1991 ;   Keith R. Yocum, Globe Staff;   393 words ......roll along manufacturing and supplying bowling balls and other supplies to enthusiasts throughout...alleys with their duckpin and candlepin bowling balls. The Globe's Keith Yocum, a bowling...rolls for textile makers and Ebonite bowling balls. He invented a method for refinishing...

New applications for plastic ball bearings.

Machine Design;  April 20, 2000 ;     221 words ...Corrosion-resistant plastic ball bearings reduce system cost, enhance...environments. So it's no surprise that the plastic-ball-bearing industry has recently expanded...Growing application areas for plastic ball bearings include disposable medical...

JIM STINGL IN MY OPINION Bowled over by scented balls

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 2, 2005 ;   JIM STINGL;   581 words ......you have to get out there and smell bowling balls. "I'll let you get that initial whiff...absurd to be true: You can buy scented bowling balls now. I don't mean the usual smells picked up by bowling balls cigarette smoke, beer, gutter gunk...

Bowling devotee's landscaping idea is right up his alley

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 13, 2002 ;   CROCKER STEPHENSON;   479 words ......the idea of landscaping his yard with bowling balls hit Glenn Zellmer like a Brooklyn strike...ll do. I'll landscape my yard with bowling balls. Zellmer, who is 42, loves to bowl...And second, Zellmer owned but two bowling balls, one of which -- a 16-pound urethane...

Brigham City bowling ball maker eyeing $23 million revenues

The Enterprise;  September 30, 2002 ;   Olsen, Jaclyn;   496 words ......the company was manufacturing 400-600 bowling balls per day, numbers that have nearly tripled...manufactures and distributes high-performance bowling balls, but it also deals in bowling bags...pro shops." Most of Storm Products' bowling balls are manufactured with the intention...

Bowlers in N.O. find high-tech bowling balls strike higher scores

The Journal : the Community News of Jefferson Parish;  June 22, 2007 ;   Tommy Santora;   621 words ......at Colonial Lanes. He carries three bowling balls. There are about 10 bowling ball manufacturers...introduce 50 to 75 new reactive resin bowling balls a year. The average bowling ball costs...300. In the 1960s and early '70s, bowling balls were made out of rubber and plastic...

Bowling balls can add a striking element to your garden setting

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 8, 2003 ;   Maureen Gilmer;   446 words ......Network, I became rather preoccupied with bowling balls. Weird, huh? I've seen them used in...balls with their unforgiving fragility, bowling balls are next to cannon balls in their resistance...floored to discover there were no more bowling balls! One clerk explained that someone ...

PROACTIVE BALLS OFFER BOWLERS BETTER CONTROL.(SPORTS)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  February 24, 2000 ;     125 words ...Brunswick bowling balls can now be made with a new coating...using with a resin base to coat bowling balls,'' said Mike Brefeld, pro shop manager...lot of the Ebonite and Columbia bowling balls, which have a type of particle covering...

Interview: Bill Chrisman discusses his scented bowling balls

NPR Special;  June 27, 2005 ;   MADELEINE BRAND;   369 words ......Interview: Bill Chrisman discusses his scented bowling balls Host: MADELEINE BRAND Time: 4:00-5:00 PM MADELEINE...CHRISMAN: My name is Bill Chrisman. We manufacture bowling balls. The bowling balls we make that have scent, fragrances in them...

BOWLING BALLS CHANGE WITH TIMES

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  August 27, 2000 ;   CHUCK PEZZANO;   666 words ......Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-27-2000 BOWLING BALLS CHANGE WITH TIMES By CHUCK PEZZANO...Sunday Column: BOWLING The first bowling balls were constructed of lignum vitae, a...called ironwood. It didn't float. Wooden bowling balls were used through the entire 1800s...

BOWLING BALLS ARE A HI-TECH BUSINESS

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 1, 1995 ;   CHUCK PEZZANO;   760 words ......Record (Bergen County, NJ) 10-01-1995 BOWLING BALLS ARE A HI-TECH BUSINESS By CHUCK PEZZANO...Editions -- Sunday Column: BOWLING Bowling balls have become as sophisticated as any...conditions. Most top pros use from 20 to 100 bowling balls per year.They are restricted to eight...

Bounce the new basketball?(Brief article)

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance;  January 1, 2007 ;     236 words ......Association (NBA) introduced a new, plastic ball. The new ball is widely disliked by...very slippery when wet. Although the plastic ball is easier to grip when dry (by a factor...moisture equivalent to sweat make the plastic ball 30 percent more slippery than the old...