Stephanie Quiroz
The Bowling Classic finals at North End Alleys, sponsored by The Tacoma Times, Feb. 26, 1945. Photo courtesy of Northwest Room at The Tacoma Public Library, (Richards Studio D18980-1)
Bowling has been a key facet of American life for ages. Though the sport has been around since before the Revolution, with evidence of variations of the sport brought to the states by Dutch settlers in the 17th century, it wasn’t until the late 1950s and early 1960s that bowling really blossomed in the United States.
It was around then that the automatic pinsetter — a tool that helped attract community members to the bowling centers that suddenly were cropping up — was invented.
For Reggie Frederick, nostalgic memories around the sport begin during that 1960s boom time, when he was in elementary school. He is quick to recall rolling his first ball at Chalet Bowl —…
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