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Article: Massachusetts crew digs up oldest bowling ball
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 12, 1998
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Massachusetts boasts a long list of the nation's firsts and
oldest. It has the oldest constitution in the nation, the oldest
commissioned warship, the oldest subway.
And now, it has the oldest bowling ball.
Massachusetts archeologists are beaming over the quirky fact that
they have discovered the oldest bowling ball in America. It is
estimated to have been used sometime between 1660 and 1716, and
sports experts said it's the oldest by at least 100 years.
Roughly the size of a grapefruit, the oak ball shaped more like
a wheel was discovered in 1992 during an archeological dig in the
North End near the Haymarket MBTA station.
Experts said the bowling ball was probably used in a game of ...