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Article: Reactives: Who Have They Helped?(effects on bowlers' performance of use of urethane bowling balls)
- Article from:
- Bowling Digest
- Article date:
- August 1, 2001
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Some bowlers--Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Norm Duke, in particular--would stake their careers on urethane, the ultimate power equalizer
THE DOMINANCE OF TODAY'S power players might lead you to believe that this has always been thus, that inflated scores and drastic hooking forever have been a major aspect of bowling. However, that's simply not the case. In fact, the hook-shot artists of yesterday may well be seen on grainy tape today as straight-ball artists. The development of reactive technology in the early '90s changed the landscape of bowling more dramatically than any breakthrough that came before it.
Reactive bowling balls have enhanced the ...