BOWLING.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXIII, Issue 308, 11 January 1912, Page 5

BOWLING.

u)RTH ISLAND TOURNAMENT.

[press association.! WELLINGTON, This Day. The winners of the sections in the bowling tournament commenced playing off this morning. The first .round resulted as follows: Section A.—Tock. 24, Kerr 18; Still 21, Land 12. Section B.—Bell 23, Craig 16; Walker 19, Hemingway 18. Section C—Wylie 20, Snaddoni 12; M'Dougall 22, Gordon 17.

•Two .'rinks from the Dannevirke Ckib, comprising senior and! junior bowlers, held a contest with tibe Woodville players, at Woodvillej yesterday, for the Rawhiti pennant. The games resulted as follows: SENIOR, Dannevirke. Woodville. Fohey Wardrop Calder Macfarlano Thorburn Bell Clark (skip) 25 Nicholson 10 JUNIOR. Herbert Co-Miss Hopo Balcom.be Scott Cormaek Stewart 13 Turnbull 15

Total 38 Total

THE SKIP THAT NEVER SWEARS

I wonder how the skipper feels When trouble comes his way,. When everything goes wrong and block Becomes the order of the day? For instance, when there's five against, And down the rink he glares, I wonder what he "thinks about," 'The skip" that never swears 1 ? Or when his leader's on the jack With both, that cling like glue, When all is changed in 'half >a tick By his careless number twoi? Ot when his third tries bard to save, And knocks up one of theirs, I woaider if he thinks "bad words," "The skip" that never swears? How does ho feel when on, the mat With 'last bowl takes his stand. And sees no opening, all is blocked On straight and drawing .hand? "Smash' them up!" his third man cries, And down the green, it tears; I'd like to hour him "let it go," "The skip" that never swears. The game is full of trying scenes, No matter wliero 3 T ou go; The truly good are tempted sore, As you, perhaps, may know; And when I see him vexed and mad, My sympathy ho shares, For I .imagine how be feels, "The skip" that never swears.