When Gianmarc Manzione first told me he was working on a book about bowling’s famed action era, I envisioned something pretty much like what Pin Action turned out to be: a page-turner filled with stories that make you shake your head in wonder. What I didn’t expect is the wonderful bonus of what amounts to a biography of Ernie Schlegel, one of bowling’s living legends. The book’s subtitle says it all: “Small-time gangsters, high-stakes gambling, and the teenage...