Wolf, Squeak, etc., I used bowling as a mashal because it was the one we had to deal with in shul. Other sports (in fact, the whole modern amusement industry) come with the same issues. Darchei ha-emori doesn’t relate to the game itself but to the customs that come along with it. What a given yeshiva allows for relaxation is the RY’s call. As for my being a kanoi, I wasn’t involved in the incident and don’t know how it was cleared up, except that the man apologized and moved to a different shul. There was no pashkvil, spitting, or rock throwing. Finally, it is pshat halacha that a tzibur doesn’t have to accept klei kodesh who violate its standards. Our tzibur doesn’t hold by kvias ittim for goyish games and saw his behavior as gneivas daas apart from the other problems.
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