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Article: Grape or cherry?; Bowling balls now come in a variety of scents
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- March 13, 2005
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - Odors associated with bowling traditionally
include smelly feet, cigarette smoke and beer. But what about grape,
amaretto and cherry?
One bowling ball manufacturer - Storm Products Inc. - is putting
fruit and other popular scents into its mid- to high-end bowling
balls, resulting in a steady increase in sales.
More than half the bowlers on the Professional Bowlers Association
tour last year used them, including four-time PBA champion Ryan
Shafer.
Shafer, who has a contract with Storm, said he may have won a
match two years ago in Kansas City because an opponent was distracted
by his black licorice-scented ball.
"He asked me if I had to use that ball and I said, 'Yes, this ...