Originally from Baltimore, Abel now lives in Sunrise. He has to drive more than 40 miles to do his duckpin bowling at Fair Lanes Palm Springs in Lake Worth. Eight of the 40 lanes there are for ...

That stands in stark contrast with mini duckpin bowling, where a 300 game is so common that many first-timers players brag about joining the 300-club at Koz’s Mini Bowl in Milwaukee.

Duckpin bowling, a smaller version of traditional bowling, is gaining popularity thanks to a Beloit pub and entertainment ...

Duckpin bowling uses 9.5-inch pins and bowling balls that are five inches in diameter with no holes. Play the game. In duckpin bowling, you get three rolls per frame.

But regardless, duckpin bowling, with smaller pins and balls than the more traditional tenpins, was a regional obsession, played by thousands who flocked to their neighborhood lanes at seemingly ...

The game is much more challenging than traditional bowling—according to the National Duckpin Bowling Congress, the all-time men’s high score, set in 1992, is 279 points of a possible 300.

Duckpin bowling and Baltimore have gone hand-in-hand for more than 100 years. Prior to that, bowling was primarily a winter sport, with most centers closing down during the summer months.

Ms. SUE BURUCKER (President, National Duckpin Bowling Congress): The lanes they used to have people bowl, like, at 6:00 and then they'd have another league come in at 9:30, and the houses would be ...

The business, first announced in January, has been under construction for several months off East Michigan Avenue. It opens ...