When I was 12 in 1972 this was the game that turned me on to bowling. We played it at a YWCA in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Don't know why this game never caught on as much as regular bowling. You don't see this played very much. Needless to say, I was a lefty. And Earl Anthony was my mentor. Though now I pitch horseshoes like Walter Ray Jr. Every ringer is like a strike to me. Thanks for posting.
You get three throws in duckpins, strike on the first, spare on the second, a flat 10 if you knock them all down on the 3rd. A perfect 300 game has -never- been bowled in duckpins. For more on the sport check my other videos for "300 Ducks"
@@emobassist about the only difference is you have to sweep the wood away each shot if the specialized conveyor belts in the gutters don't do it for you. There's a special pedal or alternate button you press to do that manually. Scoring is identical.
Not sure why they weren't included... but before the beginning of this video he converted the 5-9-10 and 2-4-6-10 splits on the second throw. Definitely an amazing comeback especially when you consider he did those two splits in addition to everything shown in this clip.
Love duckpins! What a shame so many alleys have been shuttered to those opening. Why in down county Montgomery Co., Md. alone lanes used to prosper in Bethesda, Silver Spring, Wheaton, Glenmont & Twinbrook. Many of these alleys is where many a youth learned to enhance their hand-eye coordination dropping coins in pinball machines until their turn to roll in the next frame. Many D.C. area natives may also recall one of those "Bowling for Dollars $$" shows hosted on local channel 7 by either Steve Gilmartin or Johnny Batchelder.
There were two shows on Channel 7 in Washington...one for adults and one for teenagers. I appeared on the show for teens, called "Bowling Fun", in December, 1969, when I was 16. Johnny Batchelder was, indeed, the host, and it was aired live on Sunday afternoon. I was fortunate enough to be the big trophy winner that day.
So funny you posted that. I used to bowl duckpins in the 70's over in Wheaton...alley was behind the mall. They gave you a scoresheet when you walked in. Duckpins was hard!
In Super Bowl LI the New England Patriots came back after being 25 points behind. In 2004 the Boston Red Sox were down 3 games to 0 but won 4 in a row to bet the New York Yankees for the American League Pennant. In 2001 Duke was 22 points behind Maryland but came back to win the Final Four. And then there's this incredible come back. Every time I watch this I get the same feeling, like I need to take a huge dump. Then I usually do take a huge dump.
absolutely! I was on a league (in MD) for some time, but now I am based in New York and the closest alley is over 2 hours away in CT! I bowl whenever I'm back down in the DC/MD area, and often in CT when given the opportunity.
Thinking about an old Simpsons episode and how back in the early 90s, my family and I went to St. Louis and at the time it housed the Bowling HOF. We went there and in the basement they had a Duckpin lane. I think we weren't supposed to be there but my brother and I were able to play a round of Duckpin. Also it was a jam packed crowd to watch the Duckpin Bowling World Championship in of a few dozen people. There are dozen of us! DOZENS!
Not sure how many left in the US East Coast but there are more Duckpin Bowling Centers here in the Philippines, however its a different environement because no Duckpin centers oil their lanes, no aircondiioning and majority of these places still have pinboys
@@exoticcar5482 I'm on the east coast (Pennsylvania), and I have NEVER seen this anywhere. I thought this was more of a Canadian thing, possibly New England.
Eric, if you are a rabid 10 pin bowler, who lives on the east coast, you should have at LEAST HEARD of [ candlepin bowling] which is a tougher version of duck pin, which use tall skinny candle shaped pins, and the balls look same// rules I believe are same, except duck PINS FLY all over AND candlepin are so dead, they hardly do anything!!! Ten PIN BOWLING is much more profitable because of the insane amount OF REVENUE MADE FROM THE WIDE ARAY OF BOWLING BALLS MADE BY THE LEGIONS OF COMPANIES[ STORM/ AMF/ BRUNSWICK/ EBONITE/ GLOBAL 900/ COLUMBIA 300/ VENEZUELA 299/ ARGENTINA 289 ETC.......
+Nicholas Lloyd Maybe this is a bit late and random but I just digitized a bunch of old tapes of Duckpin tournaments from '92, this match included, announcers said they were at Fair Lanes Middlesex in Baltimore Maryland.
Used to be 40 lane duckpin centers all over Baltimore. I think most are gone or combined with local 10 pin lanes, 20 of each type split. Eastpoint, Middlesex, and Reisterstown are all gone. Eastpoint was merged with the Dundalk (old Johnny Unites owned) 10 pin lanes.
The guy with the mustache has a very short backswing. He seems to get impart most of the momentum into the ball with powering his throwing arm forward. Seems like it would harder to be consistent with such a technique versus the high wind-up like his competitor uses.
Candlepin is generally seen in the New England region. Duckpin seems to be a variation of it (ball size looks the same) but I'm not sure if it's more widespread available than candlepin.
James “Tiger” Baker set that record at my grandmothers bowling alley, Bowlarama, in Norfolk, Va in I think it 1993 or ‘96. But I believe a new record was set a few years later of 292.
I am a former tenpin / legler, and imagine PETE WEBER'S BALL STAYING IN PLAY AND rolling across THE pin deck and making the split???? Or JASON BELMONTE, WHO HAS 600RPM REV RATE THROWING A DUCK PIN GAME??? HIS BALL IS LIABLE TO COME BACK UP ALLEY AND INJURE ANOTHER[ BOWLER] LOL!!!!!!
I know, but it's just like regular bowling, if you hit the center your more than likely to knock them all down. And like I said, the pins do fly around more therefore knocking any left over on first try
@@russellwarner363 Looks like pro duck pin and candlepin players throw it hard and straight, so they won't have a ball reaction to stay in the pocket if they miss a little.
There's never been a perfect duck pin game. Conversely there are 8 year olds now rolling 300s in regular bowling. The house oil setups might be good for business but it's not good for the game.
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TurboSupra91 hella underrated comment 😂
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Most amazing comment ever
@@thomasturner3583 sex
That’s for uploading. My Grand PaPa told me the legend of John Gorman. I never believed him until I saw this. 😲
My grandparents used to bowl duckpins in the 1940s and 50s, but this is the first time I've ever actually seen it done. How cool!
Bowled duckpins in Burlington, Vermont back in the 70s, and I really enjoyed it. Fun game, lots of good people to play with.
John is our mechanic now at Ducks on the Ave. Great mechanic, great bowler, great guy
Wait there is still duckpin around!??? 😮
@@jamalydude you betcha
@@jamalydudeYes, the US East Coast still has them and my home country the Philippines still had a ton of Duckpin Bowling Centers around til this day
What an unbelievable strike with the spinning ball!
Duckpin looks extremely fun!!! I wish there was an alley near where I live!!
Me too.
there’s lots in Montréal if you ever go there!
There are like 30 in the US
@@aaronwinfree8662 and a lot more in the Philippines
Thanks for posting this. My family bowled duckpins when I was a kid. I like tenpins too, but the ducks are fun and challenging.
When I was 12 in 1972 this was the game that turned me on to bowling. We played it at a YWCA in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Don't know why this game never caught on as much as regular bowling. You don't see this played very much. Needless to say, I was a lefty. And Earl Anthony was my mentor. Though now I pitch horseshoes like Walter Ray Jr. Every ringer is like a strike to me. Thanks for posting.
psst.... this requires skill & aim. therefore.....
I have NEVER seen this sort of bowling.
Riight? I'm nearly 60 and have never heard of this either😨
I think I've heard the term but never knew. 56yo.
flewggle It's known on the east coast. Used to live there and bowled duck pins weekly.
It’s only in a small area on the east coast
I remember a dim sum and duckpin bowling place I used to go to when I was very little in Toronto.
These pins can sure fly and would love to play Duckpins.
The Bal'mer/Maryland accents are *strong* in this video. I love it.
TV stations in DC and Baltimore used to have Bowling for Dollars
My grandad Ben Skruch was from Baltimore , and he was a phenomenal duckpin bowler !
@@matthewgray469 Believe WMAL TV (now WJLA) had lanes at their studio for their broadcasts & recall hosts being Steve Gilmartin & John Batchelder.
Yea & as the old Bal'mer radio & tv personality Charlie Eckman would say "we're goin' down 'e ocean hun'."
2:54 the shot of the fuckin century!
You get three throws in duckpins, strike on the first, spare on the second, a flat 10 if you knock them all down on the 3rd. A perfect 300 game has -never- been bowled in duckpins. For more on the sport check my other videos for "300 Ducks"
Challenge accepted ! ! !
@First Last good one 😂
@First Last youtube algorithm at it's finest I see.
Are the rules the same as Candlepin?
@@emobassist about the only difference is you have to sweep the wood away each shot if the specialized conveyor belts in the gutters don't do it for you. There's a special pedal or alternate button you press to do that manually. Scoring is identical.
I used to do this back in Baltimore when I was much younger. I wish they had these everywhere.
I remember Bowling for Dollars on Channel 7 in DC with Johnny Batchelder & in Baltimore I think it was on Channel 11 or 13 with Ron Riley
They may have been everyone if only Ken Sherman, the inventor of the Duckpin pinsetter, took the deal to sell his company to Brunswick
I used to bowl at Fair Lanes when I was a kid.
Almost as impressive as that turkey is that the other guy managed two perfectly placed field goals in the first frame in this clip.
Not sure why they weren't included... but before the beginning of this video he converted the 5-9-10 and 2-4-6-10 splits on the second throw. Definitely an amazing comeback especially when you consider he did those two splits in addition to everything shown in this clip.
OMG OMG OMG!!!!! you made the second duckpin bowling video i have watched probenly the best thanx.
It has been very good checking out your youtube channel. There is heaps of really great stuff here. Keep up the fantastic effort.
Love duckpins! What a shame so many alleys have been shuttered to those opening. Why in down county Montgomery Co., Md. alone lanes used to prosper in Bethesda, Silver Spring, Wheaton, Glenmont & Twinbrook. Many of these alleys is where many a youth learned to enhance their hand-eye coordination dropping coins in pinball machines until their turn to roll in the next frame. Many D.C. area natives may also recall one of those "Bowling for Dollars $$" shows hosted on local channel 7 by either Steve Gilmartin or Johnny Batchelder.
There were two shows on Channel 7 in Washington...one for adults and one for teenagers. I appeared on the show for teens, called "Bowling Fun", in December, 1969, when I was 16. Johnny Batchelder was, indeed, the host, and it was aired live on Sunday afternoon. I was fortunate enough to be the big trophy winner that day.
So funny you posted that. I used to bowl duckpins in the 70's over in Wheaton...alley was behind the mall. They gave you a scoresheet when you walked in. Duckpins was hard!
Johnny "Crash" Gorman has been winning tournaments since he was 16 years old
In Super Bowl LI the New England Patriots came back after being 25 points behind. In 2004 the Boston Red Sox were down 3 games to 0 but won 4 in a row to bet the New York Yankees for the American League Pennant. In 2001 Duke was 22 points behind Maryland but came back to win the Final Four.
And then there's this incredible come back. Every time I watch this I get the same feeling, like I need to take a huge dump. Then I usually do take a huge dump.
I miss these old days
I bowled this in the late 50' s and early 60's.. Western Pa.... Great fun
absolutely! I was on a league (in MD) for some time, but now I am based in New York and the closest alley is over 2 hours away in CT! I bowl whenever I'm back down in the DC/MD area, and often in CT when given the opportunity.
damn that ball had alot of english on it in order for that to bounce back to hit the other 2 pins.
you forgot to time stamp
The best thing about duckpins is the physics when they are hit by the ball. They bounce alot.
Looks like Middlesex. That place always hit good.
The Chyron graphics are in the Korinna font, also famously used on 'Jeopardy!'
I used to set pins when I was a kid. The pins were the ones with the rubber around the mettle.
Rubber band duck pins... bowls like ten pin
There is only one alley in the US that still does that and it's in PA
Thinking about an old Simpsons episode and how back in the early 90s, my family and I went to St. Louis and at the time it housed the Bowling HOF. We went there and in the basement they had a Duckpin lane. I think we weren't supposed to be there but my brother and I were able to play a round of Duckpin. Also it was a jam packed crowd to watch the Duckpin Bowling World Championship in of a few dozen people. There are dozen of us! DOZENS!
Awesome! More duckpin shows please.
The way those pins fly that's how they got their name
2:38 Gorman: Take out those 2 pins!
Ball: *kicks off wall and makes some nast english*
As we seen at 2:55, I wonder if that happens in ten pin bowling, it counts?
Where was this? Because I see Fairlanes. The only fairlanes I know is in grandville,mi
where do you find a house like this? do any exist anymore?
Not sure how many left in the US East Coast but there are more Duckpin Bowling Centers here in the Philippines, however its a different environement because no Duckpin centers oil their lanes, no aircondiioning and majority of these places still have pinboys
Name of the show/network?
This has got to be some Mandala effect shit here. How do I not know about this bowling? I'm 43.
You probably don't live on the US east coast, the only area where this form of bowling gained any sort of traction
@@exoticcar5482 I'm on the east coast (Pennsylvania), and I have NEVER seen this anywhere. I thought this was more of a Canadian thing, possibly New England.
Eric, if you are a rabid 10 pin bowler, who lives on the east coast, you should have at LEAST HEARD of [ candlepin bowling] which is a tougher version of duck pin, which use tall skinny candle shaped pins, and the balls look same// rules I believe are same, except duck PINS FLY all over AND candlepin are so dead, they hardly do anything!!! Ten PIN BOWLING is much more profitable because of the insane amount OF REVENUE MADE FROM THE WIDE ARAY OF BOWLING BALLS MADE BY THE LEGIONS OF COMPANIES[ STORM/ AMF/ BRUNSWICK/ EBONITE/ GLOBAL 900/ COLUMBIA 300/ VENEZUELA 299/ ARGENTINA 289 ETC.......
@@mournblade1066 I believe [ New England] Massachusetts, Maine
I live in Oklahoma. We have only 10 pin bowling apparently lol
"I dont believe what I just saw!!!" 😲
Now that’s what you call finishing up cold turkey!
Incredible athletes.
Also was a pin setter for this game.. Dangerous
So my friends and I LOVE bumper pool. It makes sense then that when I showed them this we all want to go duckpinning too!
What year is this?
Looks like a pretty tough game!
This looks fun but to similar to regular bowling. I would like to try candlestick bowling it's got a bit more differences to it.
Did this once over 40 years ago when I was a kid
JOHN GORMAN DUCKPIN SPARE STRIKE TRIPLE STRIKE AND INCREDIBLE MATCH 0:13 0:34 2:53 2:54 3:32 3:33 4:04
JOHN GORMAN DUCKPIN SPARE STRIKE TRIPLE STRIKE AND INCREDIBLE MATCH 0:13 0:34 2:53 2:54 3:32 3:33 4:04
Does anyone know which Fair Lanes this was at?
+Nicholas Lloyd Maybe this is a bit late and random but I just digitized a bunch of old tapes of Duckpin tournaments from '92, this match included, announcers said they were at Fair Lanes Middlesex in Baltimore Maryland.
Used to be 40 lane duckpin centers all over Baltimore. I think most are gone or combined with local 10 pin lanes, 20 of each type split. Eastpoint, Middlesex, and Reisterstown are all gone. Eastpoint was merged with the Dundalk (old Johnny Unites owned) 10 pin lanes.
Steel plate where pins rest, flat gutters at the end, rubber sides all help the pin action.
@@KeeperKen30 thanks. Now know this was middlesex
That's something you don't see in ten pin bowling 2:54.
@sjaffe what ally did u shoot at in md cuz i bowl at suitland
So old school :D
What year was that filmed? I thought Fairlanes went out of business years ago.
1980s
2:50 folks. You're welcome.
Looks like he has the pressure of liberating the free world right in his hands!
And now I find out there's even a bowling game with "candle-pins." ???
Don’t forget rubberduck!
@@bskee001 same as this, but with a thick rubberband around each pin and one less chance per frame because of the band
Massachusetts up to Maine and the Eastern Provinces of 🇨🇦. That's it.
The guy with the mustache has a very short backswing. He seems to get impart most of the momentum into the ball with powering his throwing arm forward. Seems like it would harder to be consistent with such a technique versus the high wind-up like his competitor uses.
wow! mad skills here!
Where can I try this kind of bowling? I've only done traditional 10 pin bowling I would love to try this and Candlepin bowling
Candlepin is generally seen in the New England region. Duckpin seems to be a variation of it (ball size looks the same) but I'm not sure if it's more widespread available than candlepin.
There is a duckpin alley probably 20 minutes away from me in Pennsylvania
Where did you get this footage?
+surfinbird208 this was also part of the NDBC archive
I bowl at Barmun Recreation in Stratford, CT...
Hard to believe the world record score is 279 for duckpins.
James “Tiger” Baker set that record at my grandmothers bowling alley, Bowlarama, in Norfolk, Va in I think it 1993 or ‘96. But I believe a new record was set a few years later of 292.
What the heck kinda bowling balls are those? Looks like there bowling with a shot put
Duck pin bowling balls
BIG ERN !
Mckracken
never saw duck bowl before. Bowling can be versatile.
what year is this from? thanks C:
One of those announcers sounds like Dan Castellaneta.
I am so 🔥 up to punch into work after seeing this............thanks RUclips!
NICE VIDEO!!!
Where am I
Duckpin?!?!? I just saw the other pin one for the first time.....
I am a former tenpin / legler, and imagine PETE WEBER'S BALL STAYING IN PLAY AND rolling across THE pin deck and making the split???? Or JASON BELMONTE, WHO HAS 600RPM REV RATE THROWING A DUCK PIN GAME??? HIS BALL IS LIABLE TO COME BACK UP ALLEY AND INJURE ANOTHER[ BOWLER] LOL!!!!!!
John Gorman, IMMORTAL, but try getting a 16 pounder to do that!! Lol.. [ all joking aside, great stuff👍👍👍]
here it is 2020 no one has ever threw a 300 in duck pin bowling
william straughan it's only 2019.
@@Cole-ek7fh it's a bold prediction, lol
How can a 300 not be done in duckpins? Especially when they fly around and are knocking all the pins down
Because the ball weighs less than a quarter of what heavy ten pin balls do.
I know, but it's just like regular bowling, if you hit the center your more than likely to knock them all down. And like I said, the pins do fly around more therefore knocking any left over on first try
@@russellwarner363 Looks like pro duck pin and candlepin players throw it hard and straight, so they won't have a ball reaction to stay in the pocket if they miss a little.
The size of the ball vs. pins is different from ten pin. Rubber band duck pin bowling has had 300s. Much more difficult to achieve however
They may have been done, but never in a league or tournament.
where are duckpin lanes found?
Streetsurfer212 there's one in New York somewhere
One here in Indianapolis.
Mostly around Baltimore and DC, also in VA CT and RI
Some in PA too
Mostly in the mid-Atlantic area and in southern New England.
Gotcha, thanks.
Where are the ducks?
I have no idea what I'm looking at.. I'm blank! And that's why I only bowl on birthdays
Toke it, toke it
Duck pin bowling
2:39 looks like hunter s thompson in the stands
sidejunk Lol.
I can see now why they have the sweep that way. A normal 10 pin sweeper would never work (pins seem to fly all over and would be missed)
0:09 split hitter
2:54 critical spin ball
2:52
From the side the second guy looks like one of the monty pythons
Terry Jones?
1:01 super nasty messager
But you should feel proud. That is an excellent score (:
that's called taking advantage of your lucky shots
I was a professional duck pin bowler in Baltimore, Maryland in the late 1965 can you help me to my name Ethel Quickley
I have done that a lot 3 strikes duck pins
In this day and age I don't of any Bowling alley that offer Duck pins!
They're almost exclusive to the US east coast
There is on in Dundalk MD. Martinsburg WV that I know are still open.
I believe it scores the same as candlepin
No about 10 or 20 more than candlepin
Johnny is the most luckiest bowler to live
@KidODeath500 The only one I ever knew of was in Jeannette Pa. in the early 60's
That is where I set pins. It was Tim's 19 lanes on fifth street. Did you set pins there?
How
Did I get here
Damn since the ball is that small I should bowl alot of strikes then. One of them pins is going to crack!
Pins are shorter and wider. Its harder than regular bowling
Wes blew it!!!
There's never been a perfect duck pin game. Conversely there are 8 year olds now rolling 300s in regular bowling. The house oil setups might be good for business but it's not good for the game.