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Blind King Pin

A blind man scored a perfect 300 game at a bowling alley in Iowa earlier this month. Dale Davis 78, of Alta, called the game “quite a thrill” after rolling 12 back-to-back strikes.

Excitement throughout the building began to grow as the crowd watched Davis roll ball after ball down the lanes. Davis had given up his passion for the sport after losing his sight to macular degeneration years ago. His sister brought him back to the lanes, where he now plays six games a week. Apparently the old bowler’s technique is to find the raised dots lining the lanes. He relies solely on his hearing and friends to tell him how well he did.

The 78 year old kingpin said: “I can’t see the lane or the pins and have a heck of a time finding my ball sometimes.”

Davis said he hopes to score another perfect game when he’s 90.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .