In 1939 she bowled a 600 series using a 12 - pound rubber ball .
It all started when her family joined a mixed bowling league in Des Plaines and Garms got hooked .
In 1939 Garms bowled a 600 series using a 12 - pound rubber ball .
It all started when her family joined a mixed bowling league in Des Plaines and Garms got hooked .