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Message:: [QUOTE="Inspector43, post: 7874325, member: 89213"]I'll tell you how hard of work it was. On a typical league night most pin boys would set 2 lanes. There was an early league where 10 bowlers would bowl 3 games each. That's 30 games. Then there was a late league where 10 bowlers would bowl 3 games each. That's a total of 60 games. Given that some bowlers would not knock down 100 pins while others would knock down more, I would say that each bowler would average 100 pins per game. That would be 6000 pins to pick up. They weigh 3 pounds each. 18,000 pounds. Now the balls weigh 16 pounds each and each bowler throws 2 per frame. 2 times 16 equals 32 pounds. 10 plus frames per game. That's 320 pounds per game per bowler. 320 times 60 equals 19,200 pounds. Additionally, the pin boys could not use the finger holes of the ball. We had to pick it up without using the holes. Strong hand, quick wrist. 18,000 plus 19,200 equals 37,200 pounds. 37,200 divided by 2000 equals a little over 18.6 tons. Let's just call it 18 Tons. That's more than Tennessee Ernie Ford pick up in his 16 Tons song. That song was popular back then and we razed the coal miners about it. There were times when we had to set three lanes because someone got hurt. 9 tons per lane just became 27 tons for the night. A lot of work for a 13 year old.[/QUOTE]