BOWLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 133, 7 June 1926, Page 11

BOWLING.

LAST WEEK'S MATCHES. PLAY IN THE WINTER. (By TRUNDLER.) Bowlers had hard luck in striking the only wet day in an otherwise perfect week for their tournament on King's Birthday. However, winter tournaments are very rarely a great success, and that is why so many clubs took advantage of a beautiful summer to run off their tournaments while the going was good. With regard to similar club functions for next season, it would be well for all committees to remember that under the new rules which will shortly be circulated, no club may hold a tournament at which members of other clubs are allowed to take part without first obtaining the approval of the centre executive. This should effectively prevent a recurrence, of the clashing of dates, which was rather an unfortunate feature of the past season. The Denison Pin 3 match last Wednesday resulted in another sweeping victory for the Carlton holders, who simply overwhelmed their visitors in every department, although the latter played quite a good game. This is the third challenge which the holders have shaken off since they captured the trophies, and it looks as if it will take an exceptionally strong team to get possession of them. The actual score last Wednesday was *.s follows:— Carlton (holders), T. Mitchell, G. Wrightson, G. R. Hosking, M. Duffin 27, v. Remuera (challengers), H. R. J. Short, S. H. Harrison, S. Kissling, W. C. Young 9. This week's challenge is from I. W. Turner (Mount Eden). The Edwin Stars challenge match last Saturday presented exactly the opposite features to the previous week, when Auckland won the trophies from Carlton with the close score of 15 to 14. This time they almost annihilated the first team to challenge them, Devonport, although the match was played on the latter's green, as Auckland is closed for the winter. Devonport started off with a two, but did not score again till they notched a five on the fourteenth head, by which time the holders had scored twenty. This position was maintained until the end, the final score being:—Auckland (holder.), W. E. Johnson, G. F. Cater, L. Whittle, A. J. Parker 34, v. Devonport (challengers), Foster, Martinson, Snoad, J. W. Lowe 14. There was great disappointment the previous Saturday, when Mr. Whittle did not turn up, but this was due to a misunderstanding, and as they could not get him on the telephone a substitute had to be provided by Carlton_.at the last minute. Of course if the skip had known an hour earlier he could easily have filled up the team from his own club. Next Saturday's challenge is from Onehunga, and the match will be played at Carlton. The Onehunga team will comprise the following: Macklow, Lindberg, Wright, and Macfarquhar. Playing on Winter Greens. ; . A strong feeling is growing up round i Auckland that the wearing of goloshes over heavy boots should be absolutelj barred on the green. It is bad enough to do this in the summer, when tht l greens are hard, but on a soft and - spongy winter green the effect is ofter disastrous. Of course .this is most " marked in the case of those players whc have a bad delivery, and they either diji their toes into the soft green, taking nc _< notice whatever of the rule requiring ' them to keep one foot on the mat, oi . else they scrape the right foot along tht ground, cutting a sharp line through the grass, or tearing up the scrim. I However, the clubs have it entirely in ; their own hands, and if they want to _ save their winter greens from being knocked about they could either prohibit the use of goloshes over boots, or else authorise the green superintendent to keep a watchful eye on any who damage the green. The latter is really all that is wanted, for there are dozens of players who have such a beautiful delivery that they could play in heeled boots without any goloshes at all, and even an Australian black tracker could ' hardly detect a blade of grass displaced. However, this course might lead to need- . less trouble, through invidious distinc- • tion, and probably the safest course s would be to block boots altogether. Now that all the annual meetings are close at hand, usually accompanied by the presentation of prizes for the season, i, the time seems opportune to remind '> committees that cash prizes are prohi- • bited in New Zealand. The rules to i, which all centres and clubs have to con- !> form include the provision that prizes ." "shall be in the form of a certificate or i- a trophy, or an order for a trophy." The last of these is the course adopted in all centre tournaments, and most clubs . have found it has two distinct advan- ,; tages over awarding a trophy; it saves '• the committee the trouble of making a .' selection, and it enables the winner to > choose what he would appreciate, in- |- stead of what he might only stow away [' in a drawer. Of course it is always , understood that the winner sends his '- selected trophy to the pavilion, to be formally presented to him at an official function, either a social or the annual „ meeting, according to the custom of the i, various clubs. ..