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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<br />Other
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| | opened = Unknown
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| | closed = Unknown
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| '''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>[https://raycityhistory.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/1914-box-ball-alley-mayhaw-lake-at-rays-mill-ga/ "1914 Box Ball Alley ~ Mayhaw Lake at Rays Mill, GA."] ''Ray City History Blog,'' Oct. 16, 2010. Accessed on July 28, 2022.</ref><ref>Ballard-Barnett, Jessica. [https://historicindianapolis.com/sunday-adverts-american-box-ball-company/ "Sunday Adverts: American Box Ball Company."] ''Historic Indianapolis.'' Feb. 9, 2014. Accessed May 24, 2025.</ref>
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| In [[1909 Season|1909]], a Bowling & Pool building was built at the north end of the Midway<ref>Postcard. 1916. "Olentangy Park midway, postcard." ''Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs.'' 708O451916. Last modified on Dec. 23, 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 advertisement. ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' Aug. 1, 1903. Page 17.</ref>
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| In 1921, the box ball alleys were located in a building that also featured billiards and pool.<ref>"Old and New Joys at Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Dispatch.'' May 29, 1921. Page 5.</ref>
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| == See Also ==
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| * [[Billiards]]
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| * [[Bowling alleys]]
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| == References ==
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