<P> In 1864, Glasgow cotton merchant William Wallace Mitchell (1803--84) published Manual of Bowls Playing, which became a standard reference for lawn bowling in Scotland . </P> <P> In 1875, the National Bowling Association (NBA) was founded by 27 local clubs in New York City to standardize rules for ten - pin bowling, setting the ball size and the distance between the foul line and the pins, but failing to agree on other rules; it was superseded in 1895 by the American Bowling Congress . </P> <P> In 1880, Justin White of Worcester, Massachusetts invented Candlepin Bowling . </P> <P> In the 1880s, Brunswick Corporation (founded 1845) of Chicago, Illinois, maker of billiard tables began making bowling balls, pins, and wooden lanes to sell to taverns installing bowling alleys . </P>

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