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...said Jeff D. Nanney ’10, a Crimson Editorial editor. Nanney and Peter G. Salas ’10, Andrew O. Okuyiga ’10, and Michael Y. Mi ’10 came out to compete as the team “Candlepin Slampiece”. They maintained that despite their estimated 12 hours a week of practice this year, they were still far from...

Author: By ALEXANDER J. RATNER, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: “Rock Bands” Do “Battle” | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...Candlepin bowling is similar to ordinary ten-pin bowling but uses smaller balls and miniscule pins—in return for which one gets three shots per frame. Candlepin bowling has never expanded far beyond New England, and for good reason: it’s excessively difficult and remarkably unrewarding...

Author: By Anthony S. A. freinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Night Out | 2/28/2002 | See Source »

...architectural inspiration from the proposals for the Science Center that were turned down for being too gray and depressing, one can find the perfect antidote to the pretension of Harvard Square. A 10-minute drive from Harvard is Lanes and Games (195 Concord Turnpike, Route 2 East), a deluxe candlepin bowling alley that provides jaded, cynical students the ultimate night...

Author: By Anthony S. A. freinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Night Out | 2/28/2002 | See Source »

...Harvard students tend to be rather competitive. And so it should come as little surprise that our friendly evening of candlepin bowling rapidly degenerated into a gladiatorial fight to the death. One player tried to call a foot fault on another to invalidate her final frame. “She’ll find it really funny,” he lied. Another threw a temper tantrum after two successive balls landed in the gutter. Enraged, she flung her next four shots down the lane without even looking. This might have been less upsetting if she had not scored higher...

Author: By Anthony S. A. freinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Night Out | 2/28/2002 | See Source »

...come from the Midwest, and in the Midwest you play regular ball. With candlepin, it feels like you're playing a kids game. And then they don't even fall down...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo, Sarah L. Gore, and Samuel Hornblower, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Putnam Uncut and In the Lane | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

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