BOWLING.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17062, 5 February 1921, Page 6

BOWLING.

NOTES BY '•SKIP." After a lapse of three week?, the Christ church Centre's Pennant competition will re-commence. The concluding stages are now being entered on to-day, when the different section winners play off on the sudden-death principle. Liuwood, who have three teams >til! left in. have drawn one bye, a=. also did Canterbury. Linwond s oilier two teams play Christehurch on lhe Edgcwaiv green, aud Edgeware on the cfiristehurch green. Several Dnnodin bowlors passed' through Uiristrliureh in the. oarlv parr j ! «!' ilie week. on their way home from I ! tlx* Dominion tournament. Among. 1 i those who" called were E. Hnrraw&y. j j who'is now feeling very much for! | his trip north, and Watty Wyatt and! i J. .Mormon, all of the Dunedin Club, i ! l j Nearly every bowler one meets who! j has taken iin the recent tounia-j j mem ha- voirething to say'about the! I length of time this tournament has! j taken 10 get through, and 110 dcuhi u' has put up a ret.ord in this respect. It. i was far 100 long for the'ordinary bu«i- I I i:ess man, and this made the pairs and ! ! singles very unsatisfactory at the end. j ! Most successful tournaments have be.m i I l.cld in Auek'aii'U Duiiediii, and Christ-j | church iu pasi vears —all events being I got off within the fortnight—and the i Wellington executive would have pleas-j | ed everyone better had they followed j I the exiMuple of the other centres. Many I I of our southern bowlers have formed j j the impulsion thar Wellington were | ' cut to kill the finder- and pairs, and | ! from a visitor's point of view it certain-! Jy looked very Jike it. It would be. in j inv opinion, a decided mistake to drop] either of thoic competitions-, and I hope: that as long as the Dominion of New j Zealand Bowling Association exists they i will provide for tlieve events. At- the meeting of- councillors and delegates the question of a permanent se rotary was again brought forward. This has been a vexed question for several years now, but it never seems to be taken very seriously. As far as F can gather, all the secretaries who have run the tournaments since the Association was formed, have proved quite a success, and if a secretary is capable of running his local centre successfully, then he is quite capable of running ft Dominion tournament in his own city. "When the question comes up for discussion before the Centre, members should hate no hesitation in turning it down. The Linwood Club are now making uioi e progress with their champion events, for Lhe Champion Kinks the first round resulted as follows: Howarth beat Kersiinw, Bursoll beat Kilner, F. Williams beat George Cooper, Healey beat Sprosen, and l'reece beat Reid. The first rounds of tiie Champioii Pairs unci Singles have been completed, and the second rounds of the three evfents have been posted oil the board. Much regret, was expressed by bowlCl'S throughout Canterbury when it became known that Mr Ben Hale had passed away suddenly iiv Auckland. T,he late Mr j'ialo joined tile Canterbury Bowling Club in 1833, and in 1886 ho was elected president, a position which he held with credit, For many years he was well in the forefront of bowlers, and took part in many tournaments, being; well at the'top in several of them. Although during the past few, years he 'has been located in Australia, he has paid several visits to his old club, of which he was an honorary member, these visits being looked forward to with pleasure by many of the older members. To his relatives I offer my sincerost sympathy. Despite the. wet weather, the Opawa . Bowling Club members nave made stcadv progress with their matches. So well lias the green worn, that on (Ally one day, last Saturday, was it found necessary to hoist the red flag. A general meeting of members was held on Monday last, when arrangements were made for the gala afternoon .and evening, 011 February 25th. The gala afternoon will easily be the biggest In the history of the Opawa. Club. There will be progressive rinks, m which the original teams will play throughout. There will be seven games of half-an- ; hour each, and it is expected that the hole sixteeil rinks will be furnished by visitors. Trophies have been promised for the winning rink. Guessing competitions, various stalls, surprise packets, putting and golf croquet competitions, with king game, and table bowls, will form other attractions. In the evening the grounds will be illuminated by the Delco light. Rapid progress is being made with the various competitions in the Opawa Club. The champion events are nearing completion, and should be all finished well ahead of time. Champion ltinks: Lucas beat Hunter, Steans beat Jacques. Steans still "has'two lives, and Lucas will now meet Jacques, the winner having to beat Steans twice. Champion Doubles: Keys and Steans heat Eastwood and Talbot, Wilkinson and Gwatkin beat S. Maddren and Ci-agg Champion Singles: Best beat 'Lucas, Lee beat Archbold, Pavitt beat Hunter. Handicap Doubles: Farrow and A. S. Bruce beat S. Maddren and Steans, Manning and J. "Watson beat Archbold and Penbertliy, and "Wilson and Prisk, Archbold and Penberthy beat G. Brown and . Gocrd, Handicap Singles: ;Best beat West, beat G. H. Brown, Eastwood teat Watkins,' Wat kins beat "West and "W. Haigh, Steans beat Wilson, J. Watson, and 'J. Maddren, Lee beat Prisk. Steans, Wilkinson, and J. Watson, J. Maddren beat Leo, J. Pavitt beat J. Clarke, Archbold beat Penberthy, J. Hajgh beat J. Clarke, J. Brown beat S. Maddren, Rollinson beat G. Watson, Wright beat Gwatkin, S. ' ' Maddren beat Good. THE TRUE BOWLER. The- following hints as ■to what constitutes a true bowler may be of interest to my readers:— 1. Ho'plays a dean game. 2. He never argues with the skip. 3. He does not "swank" when his own side scores. 4. He does not shake hands with the men of his own side when they score. 0. Ho appreciates and applauds a piece of good work by his opponents. 6. He does not make excuses and • grumble when beaten, but he is the first to congratulate his opponent.?. 7. He is a gentleman of the first water. Of the "Biassed Bank Sport" the .chief characteristics are:— 1. He knows mighty little of the theory of the game. 2. He bets on the game. 3. He "barracks" the skip because he is not of the same disposition as himself. 4. He makes biting remarks about the luck some players have. 5. He fondly desires to see the team go down simply because it beat him. 6. He seldom plays anv form of manly game. 7. He knows naught of the meaning of the word "sport."—(Exchange.) j