KARANGAHAKE WINS BANNER

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 17, 20 January 1921, Page 8

KARANGAHAKE WINS BANNER

JURY DEFEATS RENNIE

„/..; A HARD FIGHT.

In-the best,,of yreather conditions, and on a green^playlng "tally if somewhat heavily, tn"e final games "' in the ririk bowling championship were played yesterday, and the proprietorship of the Dominion Association's banner for 1921 was decided. The fortunate winners of the championship were; Jury's Karangahake team, and the four they had twice to play yesterday before making good their claim comprised the Christchurch combination, skipped by the formidable Rentriei' Two;*final games proved to be necessary to decide the championship. Kararfgaiiakehad" suffered no loss in the post-section play, and Christchurch had sustained one." Ohristchurch won the first game yesterday, and were required to meet the northern ~four again, and the second time they* went down.- It was 6.45 p.m. when the second game ended, but so keen was the local interest that the banks of the green'were crowded' tothe conclusion. ':':.■ £ . Whep^'thfe deciding-, last'head had been played Rennie called for cheers for winners. In this compliment the crowd joined, and at the call of Jury were equally demonstrative in their approval of the losers. - THE BANNER PRESENTED. Mounting the steps of the pavilion, the Dominion" President (Mr. T. Bush) •gathered; the two teams around him, and'presented the coveted trophy, the Dominion Association's, silk banner, to Jury.,' ' All bowlers would congratulate the Kr.rangahake winners most heartily, he said, and almost equally as much the runners-up. (Applause.) He believed Mr. Rennie. himself would agree that the "best' "leaifT fiad "won. ' "The victory was •ill the more ■ meritorious because the ■winners came from a little place, and a club that consisted of only 20 members. That they could defeat 228 other clubs ■was ,a very great credit to them indeed. (Applause.) This was the second time in three years, that' Jury had won the bannei'i "(Loud applause.) Mr; 'Busli'tlien"handed the banner to Jury/I'and 'the 1 spectators gave ..three cheers and loudly applauded. • Mi;. , J.ftry. returned thanks for the President's .complimentary remarks, and spckel of ;'th'e r pleasure it gave his teamto'wm,- especially froni sucli good sports. He thanked the officers of the association, the Centre, the- Tournament Committee, and especially of the Wellington Club, for their hospitality and kindness, which no bowlers would ever forget. (Applause.) "F<>r He's a Jolly Good Fellow" was and then there were calls for ■"'Benriie.' The southern skip was accorded the same enthusiastic honours. He said . the'^team wera naturally sorry to lose, ' but at-the same time he believed there wa3 no,,.question, that the best team •won. (Applause.) Mr. Rennie also •.thankedthe'Toornament Committee and the Wellington Club for their fine treatment of. the visitors. (Applause.) Those present then adjourned to the pavilion at the invitation of Messrs. Rennie and MacDougall, of the Christchttrch. team, to drink the health of tho winners. THE FINAL GAMES. The teams left in the 'final were : — Kaiangahake: B. Hilton, A. Bell, 0. - Gallagher;.and E. Jury (skip). I Ohnstcfanrcb: A. Dickson, O. Piper, {W.- -H. MacDougall euid J. Rennie (sJcfr).,:,.: .. The 'first game went Rennie's way after 'the-Bth, head had been played. Jnry's team, oouH not'get on the jack, and* the stop himself was playing below par. His No. 3, Gallagher, who had bsen his mainstay throughout the tournament, and Mb lead, Hilton, were off their game?. B«re,' his No. 2, was still playing fairly -consistently. ' Rennie's team were all pulling we'll, Dickson, the lead, findiig'^fjie.'jack^eyery head, and Rennie, himself, drawing and driving like a chanipion,. Rennie went consistently for long. Jleads, and Jury for short. In the Bth bead-Ronnie got 3 in on his opponent'} aml-in- the-9th, by reason of a beautiful shot, which' cut out Jury's second shot, he obtained another 5. This piaced-"-him^43—4, and Jury never entirely ""reoovefed "the" lost ' ground. He climbed up to 16—23 on the 18th head, but on the 19th Rennie added another 2, and, with the addition of only one to fcis scon;...in.the; 20th, Jury had no prospect of winning this match, and the 21st head was not played. $ ■ THE LAST GAME. ; |A dose:strugg!& characterised the open- ■ ing. of the r-next "game, which • followed shortly afterwards. The same tactics were follow-ed—Rennie chose long heads am) Jury short. At the 4th head Jury was 4—12, on the',7th he was-8—3,, and orijthe Sth" 3—4,T'Jury's team.; were all playing better'than" in the first game, especially the lead and the skip himself, w.Kfo was drawing perfectly; whereas Reanie, his No. 3 (MacDougall), and Dickson (his lead), had grown '.erratic. OQjthe 11th head Rennie's No. 2, Piper, puti a useful pair beside, the jack, and MacDougill tipped another jn, and Christchurch got 3:out.of:jt, reducing the lead to 8—11."/ In the; :12th-Rennie-; gob Rnbthei-. In the next head Christchurch caiight their opponents, loud applause, and the scores stood 11 all.

'From this onj' however (the fateful 13th. head), Jury drew away by ones and twos. Th? green, with the evening dew upon it, grew heavier, and the ChrisicKurch men" appeared to have difficulty in finding tho length. Jury was boating Rennie- in the skips jobs. There ."was v little' to desenbe in th© succeeding heads, except, perhaps, the unbeatable drawing of Galhigher and Jury. , On the-lfith Jury was 21—11; on the 19th Rennie got bis first -• scote since the 13th, making him 12; but' in the 20th he obtained only a single, and;, as his position was irretrievable, the 21st head was -not Jilayed. Jury liad won tho. match aiid.,tEe..baiuier by 21 to 13. •