BOWLS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 929, 23 September 1910, Page 6

BOWLS.

;^v;OPENlifG' DAYSAARRANGmiy/;; ; '■^ .The''fine weather.rand : '-.blue;skies.vthat are becomihgrnioreprevalent "asthe/seasons rcreep"-/xemihd*....one -'. that /the-bowls ;wiU v soon"'be:;,r'olling' : once:/more; on /the' 'green-plush/'-sward; i;There-is still a.nip in-: .the 'air,'-.howeyer; : ';' that .will rtehd.: ;to keep. : ' the'- less enthusiasticV from';playing for /the first;;few.;-wceks. bf.' ; ;the.; season, .but there is no: checking 'siasts,-;who,/in :some: clubs, .have/already; 'been testing -the green..., The : clubs;have all' made 'their ..anahgements.' for 'opening -/the greens .'for the,'season,: and; 1 it; is-a matter ;fbr: great, regret that ho fewer 'thanfour.of' the city" clubs have decided to open on thesnine. day--.October 8., These' are:'-, the'/. Wellington,,' Thbrhdq^, 1 : Victoria,- /and';'Keiburne.;;:The,,'effect; of 'thisiwill be 'opening ;of.each; club a .rath'ei:"'insul'ar/ bharacteri: instead; 'of-'.;tKat:' r geidair."6'pea : 'dOTr , i'iatmosphere'; that 1 "so 7 well : becomes;"an '-opehihg;:(day. The/ 'Hutt.■••Bowlirig^.aii'd;.Tennis',; Club,;' .whps'e '■■ opening lis. ;usually,rila'rgely;;;at-, tended, byopen the season /on.. Saturday,.October 1.: On-that 'day. 'also;;tlie,KarbrL- Club .will, ;throw'l':opett■.'.■its:''gl«n':•':lfor^•^e'; : .^as'on; ; '■'^ : : , : ■ Of-the greens to-be/opehbd/OU'.Qc't'ober; 8; -the -Thorhdon;,GluVs.Vlower; .-green; which :'bas been '.'partly .:.rfrsewnj : -isj. ! lo'ok-'' ing. splendid. C'mi it plays -'as (well, as- .itlooks,: it wilbbe.a ,treat.: -'.The;new ; ;green; at the:.back is also looking.well../'OThe lower green--of/ ; the .Wellington; ; Club/'is 'in;''gp^tt-''dohditidnV , ;lJut/'the .saine;cannot ,be • said.of the.:top;green,' which ,is still suffering from last:. season's ; cbmplaintTr. worn''"patches.' ' 'If ./these l:'patches./.badbeen "re-turfed'early in-/ July the '/green: would'.have .been;'miidh'.more presentable nowthah it is.-; A green ( canhbt be looked to improve much'! after', regular, heavy ;play commences. ::<The green on- the nis. court at' .the'- rear'. is: quite 'playable',' and'will'doubtless/'beCcalled.ihto'use;tbis year. The' Victoria Club's green islooking -von" well. 1 ".'■' .'"■'.>■-, - : v ':';';.:-'/;;:;•'•- : The 'Newtown;-Club"will-"'throw open":its well-nurtureU : green/- for; practice "on. October I; but the official 'o'pening is.:set down for. Labour ;Day (Octoberrl2).;;.;.-:V , :', ivilib'e bne'.tpbereck-* one'd with': in a /month, or two. -■;,Special, care, has been; taken" in the. formation of .".the ■■' green," .which .is 'situated; only'/ a stone's throw/from'the .tram-line;at the northern end of , ; Moxha'm Avenue; (just on the other'si.do of the.Mount Victoria :tnnnel). ■ ;Thb green alone .has; to form; which is 'good.proof, of'the.ehthusiasm,of the Hataitai players. They.had first to■ clear away, a .quantity .of >peat, fill', in the old .swamp-holes, .then -'coverthe whole' with a:- foot of. ;cbarse shingle, "which act's as; a.; drainage bed. r - A/binding of sand was used;hmd .over that Was spreada layer of soil;from'the vicinity, and on top of ■that, ag.iiu. a foot ,of- especially, good soil! from'.;Mira'mar,''.'..w.hiolr had, been-recommended;"for green, .formation. The grass is coming- up 1 , beautifully,;-but, of .course, it: would,l».,fojly to-think, of playing, early "in the '.season, so ..the committee of the' club • has,; decided' to get .all the growth '. of -' springs and early, summer outof the, grass before opening the green, for plav at-- about Christmas time.:.;-. Ike. green"has 'been, laid down : by-.-son,-caretaker of the Kelburne j Club, and; the members : are well, satisfied- '.with-, his work. /The club's. fine is; well under, way. It should be■'■ completed•..in about three weeks'time. .-; ;;:';.;;:;";: ;;

.-v;; THAT -ENGLISH. : TOUR. >; ■>:.■ • There has been a hitch (says the Auckland: "Herald").' in 'the arrangements which; were- 'being made fori. a?teamV of New Zealand bowlers to play ; ,a. series ;qf, matches in England this;summer, and' as u result it is■'■, unlikely that 'any games' will- be played'., '. When: Mr.. Wi- H. .Mercer,'of. Auckland,: was in London, in the spring, he, had the matter in hand, .-and the- arrangements Were going ; forward smoothly, out ho was called away -sooner than; he had expected, and-had to haiui over the business' of the. tour, to ."a* gen-, tlcman hero who does not'seem to. have, managed it nearly so-.well as he -did. There wore sonny local jealousies amongst, the ,chibs concerned,-and: •most of the players arrived in London to find that nothing at 'all had ; been arranged, -and .that fney ' might as well go : .away -arid enjoy themselves. A few "of them got into'touch with. Mr.' S. Fortescue, the president of the Anglo-Ciolonial Club, and were .invited by him to play 'a friendly match on the Streatliam Green, which they duly did, enjoying Mr. Fortcscue's hospitality. Otherwise the tour is Off. ■'. ';' '' '•"'■'