This is a1948 short film “Bowling Tricks” featuring the game’s best trick shot artist Andy Varipapa and his array of unbelievable bowling tricks.
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Andrew Varipapa popularized the game of Bowling with his trick shots. He is considered as a top bowler of the twentieth century. Varipapa’s spectacular career included many highlights, as well as a starring role in the first bowling film, Strikes and Spares (1934)
Varipapa averaged 184 points for thirty-eight years in American Bowling Congress tournaments and racked up a Master 54-game, 190-point average. By appearing on television he made the public aware of bowling. He ran international bowling clinics and established successful nationwide tours.
At age seventy-eight Varipapa was plagued by painful wrist and arm problems. So he switched to left-handed bowling and averaged 180 points within eighteen months.
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Amazing tricks! 
The zig zag, deflect and rebound tricks were very impressive - a rare talent! 
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