Bowling

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 122, 19 November 1931, Page 21

Bowling

'ey "No Two"

SEATQUN'S 100 PER CENT, SELECTORS CONGRATULATED • SOME CLOSE GAMES It is ,:a long time since the Seatoun Bowling Club had such good fortune as '-befell it on Saturday. AVhen the pennant teams assembled on the green after the games at Arictoria it ras found that five wins were secure. It only needed a win for Wyatt at Petone ■to attain 100 per cent, success, so all ;-was agog with excitement until Wyatt ;-and his team arrived bringing the good ! news of a win. Then, indeed, enthusiasm ran high. . ; The president, Mr. W. L. Page, in well-chosen words, complimented the three selectors on their success in finding winning teams. H6 hoped the good work would continue. " Mr. P. X- Jackson, in reply, said '.•that the selectors had two mam ideas in view, namely, teams composed of .players likely to win, and, secondly, players- that would harmonise with one another. The selectors trusted they had accomplished their aims. The games won by GoTdon at Vic-., toria and Wyatt at Petone were full' of coincidences. Each Seatoun skip tied with his opponent on tho,thirteenth head; each was two dqwm on/ finishing the twentieth; each Ijay tvpp ■on "the'head at the twenty-first,Jwith one bowl to go. Each drew, the shot ...with the last; bowl, thus turning a .draw into a win! The scores jwer*"'identical— 17-16. Even this did itot end the coincidences, for Gordon Sjid Wyatt'both won nine heads and their opponents ' 12. Beth these games were closely contested, as the small scores show;'.it was anyone's game until the last bowd had been played. These are the games , that' give bowlers true thrills. A loss in cases like these when the least bit of luck to one side or the other is sufficient 'to turn the tide is almost as good as a win. The game Wright against Bayley ■was '14;. all on the fifteenth head, but a five on the seventeenth gave Seatoun the, advantage, Victoria only scoring a single point after that. At no time did King hold Stone, who' •won with a good margin.: V, '"" , Bolton (Victoria) did ; better, ■ foi--»fter .being 10 down on the sixth head, he -wai only 6 down at the finish, , ;Melhaish (Petone) was equal with at the eleventh head, each side having scored 10 points, but after that Bell drew away, and was-never-caught, ■ The:junior game was very even up to tlsa ninth Jiead. -However, Island Bay qhite outplayed; the hajrbour suburb if rem then onward-,. ... Besults of Games. Secretaries of clubs are invited to forward, jottings on club doings and notes -about games to "No. 2." Such ■information will always be welcome and should reach "The Evening Post" by Wednesday of each week. Club officials are requested to have the results. ,oSf Saturday Pennant games left at "The Post" by S a.m. on Mondays. Unless.' they reach tho office early on Mondays publication cannot be guar- ', anteed. SENIOR PENNAKX. Tho result of tho first round of the. -Senior.-

LyalX Bay Club. . , The directors of the, Lyalfßay Bowling Club are . to.:-be"'congratulated on the improvements made to its pavilion and grounds. The extensive alterations carried out last year have been added to;during the last few months, and members are proud of the accomplishment. A 6ft trellis work has been erected on top of the fence from the northern corner of the green to about half-way round, which has considerably lessened the annoyance experienced from th,e prevailing northerly; wind. •' If this work is continued to the end of the green, bowlers will, have little to complain of in regard to this disturbing element which distracted player's in the past. 1 The president, Mr. B. MfKenzie, who is also a foundation member of the club, excels in amateur gardening, and has added attraction''to the flower 'beds and shrubbery.: Owing to tlie long illness of ttfe 'greenkeeper, Mr. M. Powell, early'in the year, the green haß had-a setback and is a bit on the heivy side. It is making wonderful improvement, however, and in a few weeks' time, under the skilful treatmeat for which Mr. Powell is noted, should be quite as good as ever. ; -'-Mr- G. Bradley is sole selector this year) aid although in its opening games last Saturday; the club was unable to accomplish, dts :.iiifliant;.firsj;.-perform-; anee of last year,- when,, it, not. onlyi Vto' Tail' Senior ''Pennant -matches; 'but; igjso-.. the-- Junior Pennant .:-and-- all! i'riendlies, it was able to win four out of six matches, securing 66 2-3 per cent. Mr. Bradley, however, has some good material to select from, especially amongst the younger players who are striving to secure recognition. The club expects to give a good-account of "itself in the Pennants competition before the end of the seasbn. ,- -'Quite- a-few - of the . experienced playcra are falling victims- to the younger players who are getting in early with the club's singles competition. Veterans like Noad and Levestam have all crashed in their opening .games. ~.A < ' ....... New. Bowling Clubs. . 1 Two new'clubs have been, granted' affiliation ;by the N.Z.B.A.—Leamington Bowling Club, in the South Auckland Centre, and Central Bowling Club, in the Southland Centre. Distinctive Disc Marks. More notice than usual is being, givenin Australia to the matter of having distinctive marks on' bowls. The following copies of letters received ..from the Australian Bowling Council by the New South Wales official tester are self-explanatory:— "4th. March, 1931. "The inclusion of the engraving on discs (as provided in-Law 18), in the official-test, 'is" V direction to', the tesfrr

ers that after the above date any bowl which does not have the owner's-_dis-tiuctive mark engraved on each of its discs shall be treated as failing to pass such official test. With regard to now bowls, it will not be possible in future for testers to stamp such bowls until they have been purchased and engraved, while in the case of any old bowls submitted for testing and engraving the test should be made subsequent to the engraving. The council defined a distinctive mark as any one initial or initials or any symbol, provided it is engraved on both large and small discs, but the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the small discs are not to bo regarded as a distinctive mark unless accompanied by an initial or other symbol." "12th October, 1931. "With regard to engraving on bowls, you will note that Law 18 provides that each bowl shall have the owner's distinctive mark engraved on each of its discs. The word 'mark' is in the singular, and therefore the player who has a thistle on the large disc and AX on the small disc has two marks, which is incorrect- .If the law is to be strictly observed", "the co-operation of the State associations is essential. . . . In the meantime, no official tester, can stamp any bowl with the A.B.C. stamp which does not comply with the laws of the game." The Man Who Is Always Short. What are you going to do about the man who bowls consistently short? writes A. B. Stanley, formerly singlehanded champion of Australia, in the Sydaey. "Globe." It may be-set down as an unaccountable phenomenon of bowls, yet you have all seen iv-.that.a fully-fledged player will suddenly manifest'the" habit of playing short,'"arid'not 'only, for a match or two, but'f.or.weeks, sometimes months, on end.' I'have ev,en -knownthe delinquency to continue-through-out a season. Every man in the club gets to know of it, and, when putting a rink together for an event, you are advised on all sides, "Don't pick So-and-so; he's always short and ia the road." Various excuses are offered by the perpetrator, and the most absurd, provoking, in fact, is that the green was so heavy that he could not push them up. His sophistry is exposed when it is remembered that he was short in the short endsj and short in the long ones, yeTint"h'e lalte'rh"e sent Hs bowl, say,' half--'as.'far again- -as'in -the 'former,, whereas,.only. a. .few feet extra would have done the trick in that case. If a maa will not put up the extra push in himself, the only way to get him up is for the skipper to stand four or five feet behind the jack, and direct him to play to his foot. This must be done tactfully, however, and under no consideration must the player be apprised that he is in reality wanted to draw the shot. ..If he is, he will still' play ~f<>r the kitty, and, as usual, fall short. When he does actually play as directed to come round to your foot, and, falling short of Ms objective, finishes right on the cat, it is wrong, as-some 'do,\to sayi""Ahl good! just what I wanted," for,on discovering ,that he fas'been duped h.e will immediately fall into his old error. You must sort of compromise with, "Oh, well, not so bad. You'll probably get round here with your next," pointing to your foot. That introduces another peculiarity, too. Let any man get a sitter with his first, it is odds on that in,attempting to draw again with his second he will fall a few feet short, as a result of extra., carefulness. So it is safe to ask any man who draws a good one with his first to play round to your foot with his second. If they dohappen to come round to the back it is securing the position with a good position bowl, whereas a short one is of no. valu? to anyone^, but is. likely :to _be

in the ."fray, should ..the, ''op.gositioirrest; the shot bowl off. ■ '.V.'.'.".'. "Yes, Yes, Sir, Oh, Yes!" Overheard recently: Young lady visitor (first to a bowling green): "How wonderful the lawn looks, how smooth and level!" Official: "Yes, it is in good condition; in fact, it's as true and good as any in Dunedin." Visitor: "I suppose you give a lot of dances on it during the summer evenings." Collapse of official. Veterans in South Australia;.; ■ ■, The veterans' match,.-which .is, a yearly fixture.-in Adelaide, Is probably the biggest event'of the. kiad.,in the bowling world. • 'Last year over-.200 eutiies-weie received, amongst t.ho entrants being .several bowlers 'whose ages were just on.the ninety years mark. - Some;of-the veterans travelled ovet1..,100 miles -to ■ take. part in the fixture*.; •: ' ■'•",'/ '■ •■ V . . : N.Z.B.A.Aiuiual ileettag. : '•-, . : Tho dates of, the annual,meetings o£' the Imperial1- Bowling": Boar.'d,; and' -the New Zealand -Bowling Association coincided this year, and 6n& .of the,delegates to the.latte'rb'ody, has.'suggested that the Dominion Couecil^ might- alter the date of the next meeting-do/that any urgent questions', riighkvbe^dealt with by cablegram to our Imperial representative. If the council meeting was postponed for a ,wfcek would have an opportunity of an early discussion on any important decisions arrived at by the Home; authorities. Record of A. Maugban, Queensland. Arthur Maughan (Bunda'berg), who secured third place in the . Australian singles championship at th© recent bowling carnival at Brisbane, is one of the best players yet produced in Queensland., H. A. Bobertson (Onehunga) beat him in the semi-final. Maughan's record is as follows:— Commenced bowling 1914; won singles "championship, Bundaberg Club, seven times, 193,7, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1931; won-, fink championship; Bundaberg Club, "as. skip four times; won pairs championship, as skip, six*times; won singles championship, Wide, Bay and Burnett carnival, 1929, and" run-ner-up, as skip, in rink championship, same year; won rink championship;-, as skip, and runner-up in "singles, 1931: won singles championship. Cairns1 Club, 1923, and runner-up in North Queensland singles championship ~■ in same; yea_r. At Brisbane, won. country; pairs" championship;' "as "skip,.' in_ 1929. -Maughan- also ■■ won Ms j--place -'la-tnei semi-finals of '..I&e....W3ol._QtteeiisM'.4i singles championship, and looked a certainty for the final, but a very wet green was his undoing. As previously stated he secured third place in the Australian singles championship, being defeated by H. A. Eobertson (Onehunga) after a magnificent game. In addition, Maughan-was skip in a,ll the inter-State teams' matches, and played No. 3 in the/lest match,". Australia, y. New Zealand, witt .which the carnival ended. As W. L. Currey (Queensland) truly says in "Bowling Life," Sydney, Maughan's is a notable record, and being quite a young man, he will certainly add many more championships to his already lon^" vlisti ,' '■'"' ' '

Pennant competition, played last Saturday, Is as follows:—' Games'. Wins. Per cent, ■seatoun-•...':.v.T..,.V6- ••■-«■ • "«- ' Hataital 10 1 ™ Lyall Bay G '1 Hutt S 5 6-.» Kelburn 12 \ j!°"™ Island Bay h 4 - - •;"-•' Central « !l Eastbourne 4 2 :',? Karorl 8 '1 HO Khandallah 6 :: ■>« Upper Hutt 2 .1 ■'« Woburn « 4 2 •" Wellington •■ 12 5 41.60 Petone 6 3 ;;■» .Newtown 8 2 Is ol.-j Thorndoa 10 3 •'" Victoria .10 :' >■» Plimmerton 2 0 —