Ten-pin bowling may be won when one player is ahead by more frames than remain of the possible 12 frames. This variant reduces match length and scoring complexity for two-player matches. The maximum score in a game of ten-pin is 300, scored by making 12 strikes in a row. Before 1908, no one ever received an award for a game greater than 298. ABC used to award medals (gold, silver and bronze) for the three highest individual games rolled in the nation. The number of perfect games bowled during a season first became a problem for American Bowling Congress (ABC) officials in
Ten-pin bowling ten-pin magazines and news services are the international and world-renowned "Bowling Digital News", the international "Bowlers Journal Online" and the "International Bowling Industry". Specific American magazines of note are the "Bowling This Month" magazine and the "Bowling Digest". Additionally, other than books written by bowling instructors on the coaching and training of the sport, books on the humorous and historical side of ten-pin bowling have become extremely popular. Some of these include "A Funnier Approach", "The Funniest Approach", "Bowled Over", "The New Bowling Trivia Book", "Two For Stew" and "The Tour Would Be Great". Ten-pin bowling has been referenced in