| WMAR-TV Channel 2 was the first television station to be on the air in the Baltimore area. Live coverage of their annual Evening Sun bowling tournament was one of their first on-location sports events in 1947. WBAL-TV had a famous show - Duckpins & Dollars. The show was so famous that Duckpin Lanes were installed in the studio. WJZ-TV covered Toots on their Evening Magazine Show many times. Pinbusters was another weekly TV show for the younger set. Motion Pictures of duckpin bowling started in 1950 by RKO Radio Pictures a short bowling film featuring Toots bowling Regular Duckpins, Rubber Band pins, and Candle Pins. The film was featured as a short subject at the Hippodrome Theater on Howard Street. Although Toots was famous for Duckpin Bowling, the producers also had her demonstrate her ability with the other pins used in the other parts of the United States. The NDBC also produced a motion picture for television promotion of Duckpin Bowling. |