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Man bowls backwards, rolls an average of 184

Associated Press
Jul. 12, 2005 08:30 AM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jim Cripps is turning his back on bowling and doing better than ever.

He decided to try backwards bowling as a joke and got a strike. Now, that's the only the way he bowls.

Cripps faces away from the pins and steps back before he lets the ball go. The Nashville area cellphone and real estate salesman says he averages 184. He recently rolled a career-high 279 in a game that included 11 consecutive strikes.

He tells the Tennessean that finding a place to bowl can be tough. He says some alley operators think he's mocking the game. But Cripps insists he's serious about bowling - as long as it is backwards.

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