BOWLING.
While on the Dunedin Green the other day I heard the word “pothunters” freely used concerning some of our best players. The word should not be used in bowling ranks. Because a man has marked and distinctive ability to play the game of bowls excellently, why should odium be offensively thrown and heaped upon him for so doing? As ‘Armada 1 wrote the other day, we have no “pot-hunters” in bowling ranks in New Zealand. If a man has exceptional skill in any game, surely ho is entitled to make use of it. If one plays any game, one usually plays to win, otherwise half the enjoyment is taken out of it. In open contests, of course, there is no handicap, but in the clubs play can be levelled .up by handicapping. If a player goes in for competitive games, that is no reason why he should be called a pot-hunter’. ‘Measurer’ in the ‘Star’. Dr Brokeushire and Joe Davidson met with fair success at Gamaru, winning their section in the pairsWeaver, John Bennetts, Woodhouso and Bill Manuel (Roxburgh) were also well in the picture. Sunderland and Hewitt (Alexandra) played good bowls at the Dunedin tournament, and were in the semi-finals.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 3517, 13 April 1931, Page 5
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