Ancient Egyptians were also the first to show evidence of using indoor bowling alleys to play their games. Lanes that were used for both the two-person ball game and the early bowling game have been unearthed in different locations, with evidence of these games slowly traveling into the surrounding cultures around Egypt.
After the ancient Egyptians, the next modern relative of our favorite sport can be found in Germany. Sometime around AD pins were officially introduced through the use of kegels, pin-like structures that Germans carried around for sports and protection. The players would set up the kegels and take turns rolling rocks towards the upright pins.
If yours was knocked down your sins were forgiven! During his reign bowling was seen as a symbol of status and nobility and many variations of the game were born during this time. It is believed that the first official bowling balls were created in Hunan China and were made out of wood. The wooden balls endured for many years until , where the world of bowling balls was rocked with the introduction of the first bowling ball made out of rubber. These rubberized balls were then used until the s, which is when bowling balls with plastic and polyester coverstocks were introduced.
Over the course of the past fifty years, the use of technology has caused bowling balls to evolve even more, with high-grade coverstocks, drill holes, cores, and weight plates coming in to play. While there are many theories on how bowling received its name; such as deriving from Saxon, Old French or Latin words, the word can be traced back to German roots.
This makes sense due to the evolution of modern-day bowling being thought to start in the German religious custom involving kegels. There is evidence of British settlers bringing lawn bowl to the US as a game to play since the sport was very popular in England at the time. Another party of interest would be those found in the employment of Dutch explorer, Henry Hudson. Hudson and his crew were said to have brought over a form of the game that included pins. The history of bowling is long, interesting, and full of amazing twists and turns.
From Ancient Egypt through the Roman Empire, and withstanding the ire of King Henry III on its way to becoming one of the most played sports in the world today, bowling has taken a turbulent road over thousands of years to get here. Hieroglyphics and art pieces have been discovered which depict early bowling games played by the people of Egypt.
But, the invention of bowling likely had a simple aim that we all can relate with — to simply have fun knocking things down with friends. Rather than a ball, most Germans used a rock to knock down kegels wooden pins used to protect themselves and play with in hopes of absolving their sins. Of all the ways to find salvation, a bowling competition sure does seem like the way to go! However, the going theory is that the word is German in origin. Knowing where the history of the modern sport got its start, that makes perfect sense!
As time went on, new categories of the sport of bowling began to crop up in other parts of Europe. While the introduction of bowling to English shores is a topic of much debate the first evidence of lawn bowling lanes dates all the way back to in Southhampton.
Well, bowling distracted his soldiers from their archery practice! Bowling pins were cooler than arrows, it appears. It still had a long way to go towards becoming the tenpin game we know and love, and there were plenty more royal obstacles to come. However, details like ball weights and pin dimensions varied by region. But that changed when restauratnteur Joe Thum finally pulled together representatives of the various regional bowling clubs.
Soon, standardization would be established, and major national competitions could be held. While women had been bowling in the latter half of the nineteenth century, the American Bowling Congress was for men. Encouraged by proprietor Dennis Sweeney, women leaders from around the country participating in a tournament decided to form what was then called the Women's National Bowling Association. Bowling technology took a big step forward about the same time. Balls used to be primarily lignum vitae, a very hard wood.
But in , the first rubber ball, the "Evertrue" was introduced;, and in the Brunswick Corporation successfully promoted the Mineralite ball, touting its "mysterious rubber compound.
Now organized, with agreed-upon standards, the game grew in popularity. Bowling was still not a sport at the time, but rather a ceremonial ritual. Pins, which were seen as evil spirits or demons, were toppled by stone objects so that participants would cleanse their spirits and free their souls.
As centuries were passing by, stone materials were switched for wooden to create balls and pins. William Pehle, a medieval historian, had claimed that there was an evidence of bowling in Germany around AD. The game was played in cloisters of cathedrals where there was a custom of having parishioners, according to the ancient chronicles of Paderborn.
In the case of a hit, the thrower is considered not to be a sinner. If the outcome is opposite, then the parishioner is supposed to attend services more often. In the centuries to follow, there were no records of significant changes in bowling.
During the s only three pins were used is some German regions, while in others it was common to have 17 pins in the game. It also became a popular sport in Great Britain. According to some sources, the game started being played indoors in England in the 15 th century.
However, the game began to gain bad reputation due to the associations with gambling and drinking. Those skills were apparently essential to the national defense during the Years War.
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