European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Alley kids photographs by Frank Lyerla in three to seven Vear Olds in v Detroit Are already Veter v an bowlers. Some of them have rolled As High As 53 i n Detroit. Lowling popularity has hit a Newall time  a week seventy Young sters ranging in Ages from three and one half to seven Tumble and scramble around inside one of the local Bowling alleys. The toddlers have been Bowling with a three Pound four ounce Ball a grown Man uses a sixteen Pound Ball on a regu lation Alley against Standard pins. In the first six weeks of play the league bowlers scored five strikes. A smart fifty three average by seven year old Mike Jaress led the Competition. At the head of the ladies class Sharon Halesworth also seven averaged a solid forty seven. The youngsters can t keep or read the score but they have seen enough of them to recognize both strikes and spares. They arc eager Tor Competition and. As one six year old put it it s easy i like Bowling better than ice  bewildering part of the game for the youngsters is the score Sheet. They can t read it so one of the mothers tells them the score. League leaders Sharon Hanesworth and Michael Jaross Exchange confidences before Mike goes up to the line to bowl  1 ii Lus Ann Uanna ii owls a Axil Lakly i Vul  Kukuy  southpaws yet v together on a single Alley. This is second Detroit Bowling invasion women entered the alleys in 1920. Weekend March 27, 1918