Lawn bowling is played with biased balls that roll in curves.
DUNELLEN -- Neighbors of Christian Schepflin are shown participating in lawn bowling on his Dunellen estate in this circa-1890 photo.
Similar to bocce in its objective of getting close to a target ball, lawn bowling is played with biased balls that roll in curves.
Schepflin discovered the game while visiting Scotland in 1876.
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