Solving a Junior Gold puzzle

Varsity Lanes' annual Santa's Match Play Scratch Tournament on Friday presented an interesting challenge to the 28 of us who made it to the center in Milton. The 2005 Junior Gold lane pattern was 43 feet long, but that figure is somewhat misleading in that the oil application ended about 15 feet short of that, with the remainder being buff. Typically, long patterns play inside and short patterns play ou...