BOWLING ALLEYS PIN HOPES ON NEW FEATURES CHANGES BEING MADE TO DRAW IN CASUAL PLAYERS.(News)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Date: April 14, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: KERY MURAKAMI P-I reporter

Familiar sounds filled the bowling alley in West Seattle. The thud of balls hitting the wooden lanes, a growing rumbling, then a crescendo of crashing pins.

It was Wednesday, and bowlers such as Bill Herzog stepped into the din at West Seattle Bowl to play in their league.

Serious bowlers.

"They call me 'The Landlord,'" Herzog said. "'Cause when you're here, you're in my house."

But The Landlord's house looked like a Belltown Happy Hour, with sleek, red and black benches near equally mod-looking black coffee tables at ...

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