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| {{Infobox attraction
| | #REDIRECT [[Box Ball alleys]] |
| | name = Box Ball Alleys
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| | type = Sports<br />Skill-based Games<br />Activity Space
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| | section = Midway, Other
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| | opened = Unknown
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| | closed = Unknown
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| [[Box ball alleys|Box ball]] was a popular arcade game in the early 1900s that was a modified version of bowling where players used smaller balls to knock down a line of five pins in a horizontal row.<ref>"1914 Box Ball Alley ~ Mayhaw Lake at Rays Mill, GA." ''Ray City History Blog.'' 16 October 2010. Accessed 28 July 2022. https://raycityhistory.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/1914-box-ball-alley-mayhaw-lake-at-rays-mill-ga/</ref> | |
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| In [[1909 Season|1909]], a Bowling & Pool building was built at the north end of the Midway<ref>"Olentangy Park midway, postcard." Columbus Metropolitan Library Collection. Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs. 708O451916. Original Date: 1916. Date Modified: 23 December 2021.</ref> but six pool tables and two box ball alleys were put up for sale the same year, meaning the building might have only served that purpose for a year.<ref>Classified Ad. ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' 1 August 1903. Pg. 17.</ref>
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| [[Category:Attractions]]
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| [[Category:Sports Attractions]]
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| [[Category:Activity Spaces]]
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| [[Category:Midway]]
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