[Chat] Seidel's has closed!

[Mariann Millard]

It is definitely a shame, esp. since Baltimore is the place
where duckpin bowling was invented in the US, around 1900.

And apparently, we had some great champions from here too! 
Elizabeth "Toots" Barger, aka the "Doyenne of the Duckpins"
was a local, national and world champion from 1939-1961. 
She had been rated No. 1 in the US 13 times. She was also
the second woman and first female bowler to be inducted into
the Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame.  She donated a signed
bowling ball and a pair of her bowling shoes to the
Smithsonian in DC.  She died in 1998 at the age of 85.

Mariann

> Hello, neighbors,
> 
> I was at Zeke's Coffee this afternoon when I learned
> that Seidel's Bowling Lanes have closed.  Visit
> 
>   http://www.rootscafe.org/  
> 
> to see the announcement of "The Final Frame" event.
> 
> Kathleen and I liked Seidel's a lot.  We had two Duckpin
> bowling birthday parties there.  Our first time there was
> for one stop on a bus tour of sites from the making of
> "Homicide: Life on the Street". They had a bowling
> competition for the fans.  Kathleen won first place and
> got a souvenir duckpin!
> 
> I liked the Roots Cafe "Duck and Roll" events in principle
> , but the one time we went there, the smoke was just too
> much.  I was looking forward to returning in January 2008
> when the City becomes smoke-free, but now that will never
> happen.
> 
> Here's a City Paper article
> 
>   http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=13691  .
> 
> In the City, that leaves just the Patterson Lanes.
> 
> --Emil
> 
> 
> -- 
> Emil Volcheck
> volcheck at acm.org
> http://acm.org/~volcheck
> 
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