Ten innings constitute a game, and three balls (not exceeding 6 inches in size) must be used in each inning.
All the pins except the feather have to be bowled down or the inning goes for naught.
If the feather is left standing alone, the innings count one.
There are no penalties. The dead wood must be removed. Any pins knocked down through dead wood remaining on the alley cannot be placed to the credit of the bowler.
The maximum is 10.
THE BATTLE GAME.
THE PINS ARE SET UP THE SAME AS FOR THE GAME OF TEN PINS.
Four or six innings constitute a battle or game, except in the case of a tie, when another inning is played. In case that inning should result in a tie also, still another inning is played—in fact, until the scores are unequal. In any inning where a tie occurs the score stands over until the next inning, when each point is counted double. If the two innings result in a tie, the score is tripled. Should the total score result in a tie, sufficient innings are played to make the grand score unequal.
The team having the largest score in the previous inning must bowl the first ball, so that the weaker party will have the last ball.