An 1892 glossary of bowling terms from a publication of Spalding's Athletic Library[1] The glossary mentions "all three balls", in contrast to modern ten-pin bowling in which two ball rolls are allowed in each frame.
^Vogel, A. E. (December 1892). "Bowling"(PDF). Spalding's Athletic Library. Vol. 1, no. 3. New York: American Sports Publishing Company. Archived from the original(PDF) on March 27, 2020.