IS IT FAIR?

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 65, 17 March 1934, Page 20

IS IT FAIR?

A corresponderit' -writes: "There is no rule- bearings on the subject except, 'The skip's orders shall be- implicitly obeyed,' but is;it right or sporting that a bowl splayed against skip's.. orders should bei;Stopped! by him. befbresiti reaches the-headf I : vhaye'.". seen this done on two "occasionsj -and thel actions have been much commented :on.' It is possible that the skip in doing-this to show his authority stops' a'bowTfthat may^ promote' an .opponent's wood, in whVch ease the opponerit^has a,' definite, ■gjjfvan.ee";against the-.one^who.^ preven,ts a b.owP from,".coming.'.'info*' Her head,", , ... ;;■;.; ' -.:....^.'..",.'[' ' ; If. is to be .hoped that the .correspondent will not see such.a thing done again. Little more- need be said, except to mention that in Australia such action is penalised to the: full—in links the offender would lose eight shots. A New, Zealand rniing would make''the bowl deatl, but the .rules might be amended to cover what ■mightl'be' termed deliberate interference as in' the case' in point. '. -V;'. ' [ .•.'' ~•'.:'; ■'.;:''."'.'.