Bowling

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 11, 14 January 1932, Page 6

Bowling

Bi "No. Two"

DOMINION TOURNEY

IJSOME ADVERSE COMMENT

uj SPIRIT OF THE GAME

§H teWb^o. the competitors examine their llgbgrammes in detail they will be lljstbuiuied to; fmd,that tho; -president's p'&iial -is fixed for the second Tuesday |Sf'tie; tournament, the last;day of secfor of the whole eight a more Ijjfican'yenient evening could not have ffteen-ocljosen, writes "Trundler" of; the 'in,regard to the DoJjtnjnioii Tournameijt fit. Ckristchurch. Jj^ooi" two: features^Owhich -.utterly telpndehm 'it as.a suitable evening |hre that it prevents any of the 80 odd ilJJbrtft Island competitors who will find o.ut.ol.the tournament that jjefsrening. from lea"y,ing.:;fpr Wellington l^ithout: showing discourtesy to the i|p,resii3.ent, this needlessly vexatious plan .jfeingOin direct opposition to^the conMant r call for shortening the tournament iafihuch as possibler'-'TK^' second objecii: that 'ttiose: '-^o^qualify fof ' furwhether/local or. visitors,will 3»liireiys*iave more sense than to spend SfeUriiiidnight. on a hot summer, evening, Pn^eoveryfjeye 'of Tthe onowhich |"fhe>y^£fe:- lqoMngOjforwaidi; io y playing | phreeOijf; the -most strenuous games of the, "svhpleoseries;.;. If: aU: thpsi) competitors,' probably over' a hundred in number, Refrain from looking in for more than an Jltpuxi''3ust for the sake rof.appearances, $£Jie . commiiftee will only "Sbave Ithemselves to blames On (the other flandjojif ;they are foolish enough to stay|pnj.and their play becomes stale accordingly,'; there will be the usual talk about sffche whole affair' being too strenuous for f'deTly:. men like Othe .rvast majority of "owlers.- .' '": "'.-.- :. -0:": i#f" "After all the fuss that was made in jtWeliirigton three years ago, when those Mhoodidnot qualify were similarly held lisack for a whole day for:no purpose-but |&' pay their respects to the. president, iSßne'jvoiild think that all'the committees tabula.'nave learned their lesson by this ■ijiime:o7' f ■-,■;' ,: lA'lf the social functiotfis an afternoon ?sn"aif; -nobody will ever be able to invent |fcj better, time than that chosen by Mr. W. ,-ijoltmsui-in 1923, .the second- day in the -J&mglesj; when every competitor in every "eventpwhether; playing Ortnot, can be on -s*to.e;bn^:.green." If ■ there' is an .evening Sociiilj there is nothing to equal the first like the late Mr. J, W; Hard:^y 'cfiose for that woiijlerful display at %e.|E'lerslie racecourse* in 1927, and Mr. 'jifumes Fascoe chose -fdrrhis equally enjoyable and successful social in Scots '^all:last year. These latter did not tire %nyone,r as they could spend a quiet Sun-. Mviyy and ..all three were held .when could attend;o: withouto n'e'ed4le;ssly :ptoiong"jig Otfie'iJ- absence.-J. from . .S-froirie.'-O^Of Off 07:;f ;;f 'o -■ 'f ■'-.- '■ O*?"' ':'. .. 0., Of 0-,-- ..,-.',.:: ■ ;whole:cou'ncil;7and not only a : tehrlstchurch•'. edmmittcCj'.. must .take the '^esipon^ibility for -an equally.; noticeable i^rror': of judgmeht'; ih;:playihg::%^r-iriksj T&thate'ailfknb-vv.beforehand'h.ow ..many i|nns.'-willoqualifyj:'.* says- '-'Trundler",«--7'ln further: remarks. "Surely this Oseheme condemned- in Ancklancl last year,'where the last**r6und' iii some1 Sections, and even the whole of the last flay in7a few, was entirely robbed of interest because most of tlie competiO tors knew that, however well they, played^they could not qualify. .;'pn-the'' '•other hand another lot knew that, however badly they played, they could not f ail to fjualify. "The exact opposite,was seen In; our 2 own /Recent 0 Christmas' : tournament", '; ;Whereointerest was maintainetlTat fever '.'•■ heat until the lasAbdwl wastplay'od in every .section, bn.:r-.the':off', chswee; 'of several'qualifying who could not possibly have, got in under the New Zealand •<s6naiti'o%s.- ~ As this had been seen on several occasions before, one would/ haisS thought that the Auckland members of the council would have foughtoto the last ditch to prevent such au iniqmtous-sclieme;being foisted,upon I •the competitors wKtsn". the; Doniinion-;1 tournament-was held in Auckland-last year, and, in-Christchurch- .next, week. 7 Perhaps they did, and 7 were only overwhelmed by tlie conservative South,' where they seem to ,ta,ke :,a, special, delight-in spoiling things, like -they did-when they gave the finishing Otouches to the'recent rule revision,,and: 'I introduced all'softs .of contradictions, inconsistencies, and inaccuracies. ■ 0 "The essence of '■ a. '..NewOZealand bbwl-- : .ing tournament, -isv ,nb£ itp-,find\o.the; .winner in . the :quiclcest possible time, for that could easily be done by making it sudd^nOdeath from the beginning, "but to give every competitor an interesting and-enjoyable 'series'-'of; games.." :.In the rinks that object caWundoubtedly be best achieved by reVertingOto the old condition's, and makirig the-number of wins to qualify depend upon the play itself, and,not on pre-ordained conditions which restrict the. interest, as in -Christchurch ..this yeari " ': .Lyall Bay r - ■•.■„■■.■.■' y : One day tournaments:, are.-.becoming very popular in the Wellington Centre, ■ and the Xiyali Bay Club has arranged to hold one on Monday, Sth February. Owing to the depression, the'directprs ; have decided upon- quite, a ' moderate ientrance fee of. 12s .per rink,; which ..should prove popular amongst the bpwlr ■ing fraternity, ancf intending,, participants 'should ;get in.:eairly with their nominatioiis. The -tournament will -be limited to 16 rinks, and a trbphy to the value'of'.£4 wUi: be presented to the winning rink. .-• 0: - '; ■''■■> The club will resume its rinks - com- : petition; next Saturday. ' The draw is: OTLawrie v.,. Brackenridge; Leahy v.. !Bruce; Noad v. Bradley; Sherwood v. •Haworth; Haz 7.ewood v. Nay lor; and 1 Leuchars, a bye. NominatioßS will also r close-on-Satur-day for rinks to contest .for the honour ,of repfesenting the club in the champion of champions tourney of the WellingOton Centre. So-far it looks as if most of the leads iiiid number two.'s will be :on the bank^Jas the skips tavo been' ; : busy putting,:,their^. heads together toput up somei: st^ong;%ppdsition.-f-Bfacken- ;, ridge has entei!e^Kis;Tink;;:af;islfcips; wiip '... were,. Tunners^fipfiin.'^^ e/jtpurnaK, ■ ment, BradleyrjhasOalinostLaSrin^ 7ofskips, Naylor. is''BatiSfiea' with^lisclub rink, but'ljfoad'has1; selectedoa;:feal,representativei^rinlc' of position.players, namely,('-peare,; Hallam, .•'.Gepi'ge^ and himselfOas7sl4ip;7 They7shpuid.ogive: a good accouiftopfO^emsi^es,*-^ possibly be able 'tp^prpveotheopppular opinion;that'a link:' r of/skipsois.not'Oso formidable; an oibstacle as: itOldbks pu paper. T. Byari^'.a.fprmer- West Coast champio-a,;has.been very'sjiccessful this seaaon as. skip in the mid:week competi-. tion. He is thinking:, hard jiist now, and may possibly enter,the arena with ■ oa riak of des^ised.pbsitionplaye'rs, able .: 'td;.j^;ijf§3,T£t^ Theo^^ortun^'^!^efi a^oof p^oisßme * .nuiiberiitHree's.-itoSp^ ; to7skipso^d*eit«if7i'!iin!^7^ : ■■•'■■' -j v^l^leis^tvlittleO^yeht' took;: place-in th&jsT*tl3,'B;lib"c^^ -whOT«|^b^^^riiikiO 0\ Whiq&7:inolude4 Dea^^i(^S4|^^^fella^^3^^%)^ to do honour-'tO'-tEei'fc^pMai. Np.~ 2, -the ; ever.- genial % 'Ted* JoHowse," ".In"handing over a small but useful present to their esteemed club mate, also bracketing Mrs. Howse's name with the gift, Skip Noad, on behalf of his companions, gxgressecj, Jheir figgreciation. of tho

generosity of Mr. Howse In placin^his ear at tlie disposal of the rink, whicK added considerably, to their comfort and enjoyment of the tournament. In 'con:cluding his remarks the speaker 'added that if circumstances permit, it was the unanimous wish that the same rink should enter the next centre tournament. ■'■..... ;..."'. . "... '• , , ~■

Queenstown. Tournament.

, A tournament was played at Queenstpwji on New Year's Day. The weather conditions were unfavourable at times, but the tournament was. finished in the evening. Five rinks won three games each, and in the play-off the rink skipped by Adess won. The annual match for the Gardiner Cup between rinks representing Otago and Southland resulted in the third successive win for Otago by 29 points. The result was un : expected, as Southland looked much the stronger team. ■'• v ■'■' ■ '

A Meritorious Double.

J. Veitch, of West Harbour, Dunedin. won a meritorious double at Invercar-

gill in the New Year tournament. The rinks prize was won by J. McPherson, J. French, A. Silver, and J. Veitch, and McPherson and Veitch landed the

doubles trophies. The pairs final was won comfortably, 5 up, but in the final of the rinks the last three heads were

exciting. On the last head, with the score 16-all, Veitch's men failed badly, and Shaw (Te Kaiigi) lay 4 up, but Veitch with his last bowl burnt the

head. In the extra head the West Harbour skip, with one bowl to spare, led his men to victory by pno point.

Barnett Tiki and Friendly Bowl.

A m'embor of the team of Wellington bowlers who went to Christehurch. to play iii the Barnett Tiki and Friendly Bowl games on Friday and Saturday last gives his impressions "of the trip as follows:—

The two' dozen of ! Welhngtomans talked the Thursday evening through in the Wahino's smokeroom of kittySj dead heads, new rules, wonderful shots, and weirdi happenings on the green—r then to bunks. A friendly :atmosphere enveloped us on arrival at the Christ: church railway, station, for'local players were "there to motor ns : to our hotels. Breakfast,' warm sunshine—-very warm. A motor excursion with the Christchurch Centre executive to Sumner, nice morning tea at tho'local bowling club's paviliorvCentre'president (L. B. Evans) welcomes us, and M. J. Hodgins (Wellington Centre chief) geni^llj replies. T. E. Oakley (Dominion president) also I with us. Back to town for official lunch. Eighty ..in the/ shade at noon, and .a bit higher later on, with a nor'-wester blowing, too. Then to the Canterbury Club's green for the Barnett Tiki game. A great.-.green, fast,, and . true.:,,., My, word! youlhad to sowing 'eravbut^ittypp-' position to the hot wind over tli'e ;sim'polished surface. A'Wellington isioccess, 13 pfiiits to the,.good on.the/six "fiuics'- total;-rink records, twoi wins,') two ties, two losses. J. Jones (Woburn), 14 points up. Sam Potter's rink, gets into the spotlight with,an; B : pointis win after being well down in Depression yaU6y...v;Dayfl.Munrp,:' i^Bla»d: /Bay). > tieß. flyri': -tmosI.Swth'i:dSeaM'lan^";an'QV6iiiM;l'iq| goithr6ughout.jW; L. ?Evar.s hands over the tiki tb-M. J. Hodgins, and says it is rather a-good idea" to take the tikv away, as it might geTdfy/rp^in^th'e^tong^oitim-ued^'wafm" atmosphere! Hald.no real rain since October^ :M.J.Hi says he will take good c^TeSpi Jttife' "gentleman." jßluff, genial M*: J-ißtfniiett r's(thie;'donor^.:has aiioiisingr'ee'eption;, he "tells ,Jtwo; humorous stories...' Threo: cheers tp/everybody!'. , Saturday afternoon.' Friendly bowl game.at Christchurch Club's green for .Wellington Club's men. Fine luncheon at '-pavilion.- > Short, happy speeches. G. \Vy Smi||i>on;^ciub;,pTesident) cproiaUy welcomes iis!;;J^E. Purehaso vef y- gr&cc-

■fully""tbasts WI : Barnett, who"'started the friendly bowl a-rolling between the two clubs twenty-three years ago. S: F. Barnett.responds for his father, who is out of town. ■.Wellington;, Club presi-; dent (R. M: Soberts) delights his club mates 'with his speeches; says, the.iigtyi. thing in "the right-.way t at£the--ngta;t: tjmpj especially his tribute to W.'Barneti;. Grand old man S. Manning (tie will. 0 be 91' in April) raourns the. absence of many-familiar faces,;but .welcomes the1 new ones. W. H..MacDougall and Dr. A. J. Orchard speak well. Dominion president Oakley assures tournament players of good greens and fine weather. Harry rMayer and Stan ; Stone, lead, off the choruses. ' -, \

The' game! Lost by 37 points. No one worries; the friendly bowl scores are/always written with invisible .mk-. We'?play on a good-green under a heavily*, overcast sky. Veteran S. .Manning plays a wonderful game. Says he has his., roll-up two or three times a week ■regularly. Altogether a delightful day, witjli friendship's bowl running over. Imperial Bowling Board.

''Kiwi" writes as follows:—"In last week's notes exception is taken1 by 'No.

2' £6 the decision of the International (now Imperial) Bowling. Board: in :npt approving the renewed application: ibr; membership made by the: American-' Lawn Bowling Association; ■attd;the' stiUi even stronger adverse, comments' on, the subject by''Boomerang' 'in.-, the Sydney 'Referee' are also quoted. 'Boomerang'sees no good in the 1.8.8. and' suggests that Australia and New Zealand should sever. their connection' with it. Like.other . N.e^ Zealand bowlers who take' an interest ,in the doings of the 1.8.8., I was much disappointed at the' American association's application being turned down; But ■inadvertising trophies of suqh; higlr value for the Los Angelesi tournament there is 310 ;doubt the XS&Ai peopleT'were inviting trouble from'the British authorities; The 1.8.8. would/seem to, have concluded that the real,object of the: application for membership: Was .'for the" purpose of boosting the Californian j gathering, and that as guardians, of a truly amateur sport, they had no option but,,to turn the request down. When the''Los Angeles tournament is a thing of the past, the 1.8.8. may possibly releiit from its present attitude, especially if the American association fix a permanent modest prize schedule; alsbj.if- tho TJ.S.A.- should show a -more sympathetic1 spirit over tho war, debts paynieiits. Despite 'Boomerang's' criticismyi I submit that the 1.8.8. is worth adhering to if onjy for tho fact that as the-'C.entrnl organisation it is able to prevent clashing of dates in the visits of i British ..or 'other official Empire teams from and to the Homeland and amongst tho various Dominions."