A little Backround first, I bowl in an older house with wood lanes.  I have been bowling there in a league for the last two years.  I have know the owner since I was a kid (family friend).  After last week, i went to clean my Ebo Ice and realized a decent sized scrape in my track(~1").  It was right where the bow ties meet on the back of my ball.  I just figured that it was just a one time thing, and no big deal.  
Tonight in league, I used my black widow. After the first 5 Frames i realized that had two scrapes identical and in the same place as my ice.  Now i knew there was something wrong.  By the ninth frame I had two more scrapes directly between the other two.  Come to find out, when i was putting my ball down early, part of the foul line was sticking up and was taking a piece out of my ball everytime i hit it.  The ball slightly tracks over all four scrapes in my ball.  
Sorry for dragging this out, but here is my question.   Is this my fault for putting the ball down early, or should i hold the owner responsible?  I was told b/c the marks were in my track they could not be plugged without messing up the track more and the only way to fix it would be to resurface until they were gone which i don't want to have to do.  
Thanks for taking the time to read this and any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

As long as the scrapes are minor, plug material shouldn't have that great of an effect on the balls performance.

  If the scrapes bother you, or affect the roll of the ball, plug the scrapes and it should be fine.


P.S.  The only 800 series I ever shot is with a ball that had a small crack in the track area which I had drilled out and plugged.  Shot 812 two weeks later with it.
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I had a peice to come out of my spare ball one time, took it to the counter and they took it and payed the pro shop to fix it. I don't know what cause it though, but they should do the repairs or resurfacing for free.

They might fix one of two marks for free.  But its your fault for continuing to bowl after you saw damage.  You should have stopped play on the pair, told the management and either have them fix the problem or move you guys.  Its also your fault for not getting the ball over the foul line.  But since USBC doesnt' consider that a foul (which they should) there's not much you can do except hope the house fixes it.  

Its one of the shop's biggest pet peeves.  People that see damage to their balls and keep bowling anyway.  I think its because of this practise of keep bowling that a lot of centers have signs up saying they are not responsible for damage to balls.  

Erin