THE PENNANTS

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 32, 7 February 1935, Page 16

THE PENNANTS

NEARING THE END

HOW THE TEAMS STAND

Given fine weather, a thing which lew,people wish to continue much longer. now, the Wellington Bowling Centre's pennant competitions will close on Saturday. The series of pennant games has been very enjoyable, and on the results will depend the! question whether club selectors will I retain their positions next year. Selec- i tors have a thankless job and cannot please everybody, but they all carry out their duties as fairly as they can, so it is not the thing to cavil at them. 11 it is apparent that they are not choosing the best material and utilising the forces at their disposal to proper advantage, club members have the opportunity at annual meetings to make fresh experiments in the selector line, provided they can induce men to undertake the > work. * With five rounds played Jhe position" in the pennant competitions is as follows:— SECTION A.; Points. Kelburn ....;;....;....: 10 Lyall Bay 8 Hataitai 6 Petone .' 6 Newtown '. ' 5 Hutt 3' Island Bay 3 Thorndon ............... 3 . ■ Wellington ...;..... 3 Porirua 1 SECTION B. Victoria 8 ■ Island Bay 7 Central 6 Seatoun ■ '........ 6 Khandallah ..'. a 5 Wellington , 5 , Wobuirn '■'■. ................ 4 Johnsonville ............. 3 Karori .................. 3 Newtown ■ 3 Hutt1 '. 1 • SECTION .C. Eastbourne 10 Wellington ~.. 9 Kelburn . ....... 5 Thomdon ............... 5 Hataitai • -.. 3 Island Bay "■ 3 Petohe 1' ....:*.........■...• '3Victoria ............ 2 SECTION D. Karori 10 , Lyall Bay 6 Thorndon ........i...... 6 Hataitai 5 Seatoun ' 4 Hutt, 3 Khandallah v 3 Victoria 3 COUNTRY PENNANT. "(4 Bounds Played;) ■ Otaki: 6 Plimmerton 5 ' Paekakariki 3 '" Paraparaumu 2 X JUNIOR PENNANT. SECTION A. * -•' . , ' • ■'" -Wins. Newtown 1 ,4 Thorndon 4 , Central .'. * 3 Hutt 3 ~ Victoria 3 1 Woburn 3 Kelburn' L 2 Island Bay ............... 1 Seatoun 1 Wellington 1 SECTION B. Khandallah - 5 Lyall Bay .."., 3 Petone' 3 Woburnv' 3 Eastbourne 2 Wellington 2 . Karori ................... 1 Porirua 1 Returned Soldiers' Tourney. The returned soldiers' bowling tournament, now a popular fixture in Wellington, will take place next Thursday, February 14. It is possible that the games will, be played on the Lower Hutt green. Victoria Club will be'represented by Kirk, Avery, Ingram, ■Robinson (s). ' Barnett Tiki. Fixture. The annual match between the Christchurch and Wellington Bowling Centres for the Barnett Tiki, presented'by Mr. M. F. Barnett, whose death took -place recently, will be played on the Wellington Club's green on Saturday, February 16. Five rinks will be selected and nominations will be called in due course. BUI Pins. Jory, Laker, Tucker, Watts (s), of Victoria Club, holders of the Hill Pins, will defend, them tomorrow against a team from Petone Club. Tournaments at Otaki. .Last weekend'saw nearly 100 bowl- ■ ers. at Otaki, when two • tournaments were played. The one on Saturday :was won by; Twist, Morton, HurrelL and Windley (s), and that on the fol- / lowing day by a city rink, Craig, O'Shea, Osborne, Lawrie (s). Had Lawrie been'beaten in the game which he, won by 8 to 7 there would have been a playoff between six rinks. As it was Lawrie went through without a defeat. Much of the credit for the tournament is due to Messrs. Webster, Childs, and Meachem. Leaper Shield. The third game for the Leaper Shield ' between the Nelson and Maitai Clubs was won by the former by 43 points. On the Nelson green Nelson won by 50 points and on the Maitai Maitai gamed a margin of 7. The following were the scores (Nelson rinks first):—Russell, Street, Stewart, Smith (s), 34; A. Gibbs, Merlino, Adams, Stringer (s), 14. Milner, Manson,, Jno. Vitetta,. Carter (s), 28; Frost, Hume, Wright, Stallard (s), 23. Meikle, N. Rout, G. Stiles, Masefield (s), 27; Forster, P. Gibbs, Aydon, Persico (s), 15. Stuart, Wilson, Tomlinson, Campbell (s), 20; Bockmann, Anderson, iWatson, Simpson (s), 21. Dalglish, Firman, Spear, W. Dee (s), 27; Scpltock, Wimsett, Kitchingman, Stevens (s), 13. Total: Nelson 136, Maitai 86. Cooke, Buckeridge, Richards, Jos. Vitetta (s), 28; E. Adams, Vaughan, Penney, Piper (s), 28. Pogson, R. Fletcher, Moore, Hunter, (s), 15; Scott, Brickland,' Hurrell, Cappiello (s), 19. Fitz-Gerald,. Shone, Steele, V. Vitetta (s), 29; Herbert, Edmondson, Rees, La Frentz (s), 16. McClune, Gough, New. ton, Crawley, (s), 17; Marks, Brundell, Tv Dee, Johnson (s), 24. Bateman,' Martin, Ross, Stephenson (s), 19; Thorp, Barnes; Gay,-McComish (s), 28. Total'f Nelson 108, Maitai 115. Grand totals: Nelson 244, Maitai 201. . The next Leaper Shield game is fixed for February 23. ; Nelson Tourists. Three rinks from the Nelson Club will make a "good will tour" of the West Coast commencing next Saturday. The itinerary will be: February 9,

Westport; February 11, Denniston; February 12,'Millerton; February 14, Hokitika; February 15, Greymouth; February 16,. Reef ton. Rotorua Tournament. The first Rotorua tournament, which, ranks second in importance to the Dominion . tournament, is now in progress, and in-addition to six Rotorua teams there are 200 bowlers from other centres participating. , Among the teams.are the following:— Section"'A.—Auckland: Hardie Neil, Woolley, ■ Macky, Maxwell Walker (s). Palmerston North: Mouldey, Simmonds, Boon, Nash (s). ■ Section .C.—Hamilton: Pomeroy, Loveridge, Hawken, Pilkington (s) Auckland: Pitkethly, Campbell, R. T. Harrison"' ("Boomerang," of "Sydney Referee"), Parker (s). Section D;—Carltbn: Little, Jenkin, Higgott, De Launay (s). Section E.—Wellington: Phelps, Roberts,' ;Parkhouse, "O'Donnell (s). Onehunga: Sutherland, Flowerday, Livingstone, Robertson (s). Island Bay: Glen, Ricketts, Herron, Priddle (s). Oh the first day O'Donnell has 1 win and 1' loss, and, Priddle 1 win and 1 loss. Jerusalem' Cup. 'Weather and green conditions were ideal for the final round of the Jerusalem Cup, played at Johnsonville last Saturday..' The • Khandallah rinks,- by winning ail four games, won the cup which had been, held by Johnsonville for the.last three years. The junior pennant: rink of the Khandallah Club was also, successful against a Johnsonville rink.' At the conclusion of the games, Mr. S. F. Beaumont, president of the Johnsonville Club, in handing over the cup,. congratulated the Khandallah players on'their win. Mr. E. I. Rodger, replying, said he was very pleased the cup had again been won by Khandallah during his term as president of the club. In their remarks both presidents mentioned that while each club was keen to win... the cup, the friendly spirit in which the games were played was always in evidence, a factor which made the fixture the most popular in the season's activities of the two clubs. Karori Club. Play in the Karori Bowling Club's championship rinks ■ has j reached the final, stage. .In, the semi-finals Gilbert beat Adams and Crawford'beat Armit. Crawford■ (two lives) plays Gilbert (one life) in the final. Pairs and singles games are being played well.up to time. Those left in the pairs competition are Adams, Field, Crawford, Neilson, Burn, Townsley, Gapes,' and Parsons, all with one life. In jthe singles Gilbert and Adams are left with two lives .each, arid Thorn, Gapes, and Grant with one life each. The Norwood Feathers. The Norwood Feathers, competed for by the Paekakariki Club, changed hands again, the, holders, W. Clark and P. McArdle (s) being defeated by R. Smith and -P. Ruddy (s), after a keen and interesting game. At the eleventh head honours were even, but thereafter the challengers proved too good, winning the match by 23 to 12. • Following the long spell of hot weather, the green was fairly, dry, but the rain, during the previous weekend freshened "it up considerably. It has been playing well however, throughout the season,,despite the fact that it is well. used, particularly over the weekends. On Missing Drives. "Boomerang" (R; T. Harrison), who was a competitor at the recent Dominion tournament, has the following paragraph in : the latest issue of the "Sydney Referee":—"Forgetfulness, rather than unfair- comment, often characterises our utterances. One Auckland scribe of, note drew attention to the number of drives missed by one wellknown exponent of that shot, and remarked that 'the best of us miss at times,' ,and so forth. What he should have added, as was pointed out.to me by one ' who was , supposedly 'off his drive,' was that the player or the players who exploit that particular department of the game with success were not able to get a footing owing to ■ the green being heavily watered. Only an acrobat could keep his balance. This is fatal to accurate hitting. Drivers do not go 'off their game' like that without some outstanding reason. Many may not be so destructive as usual, but there is always some reason when*a,player goes through a .previous day striking-well and successfully, and then ■'misses everything" the very next day." Let the Xeads Alone. It has more than ever,been discussed by bowling writers in many parts of the country* which is the more, important player in a team, the lead or-the number three, stated a writer in the "Auckland Star" the other day. It has been pointed out that the individuality of the lead finds freer, scope than that of any other player in the team. It is usually nis job to throw up and find "kitty" in his own way without any instruction from the skip. ..This is.not usually the case with any other player in,the 'team,- who is instructed nearly always where1 to play. At the play-off in the finals for the rinks championship at Carlton scores of old leads—-for some of the leads are very elderly men who know all points of the game, but know that .they .can: get more rest leading—were sitting, around the banks watching very closely what was going on.. One of the things which surprised them a little, and they put it down to the. strata,the skips w.ere bearing, was that" often after 'the first- lead had played ,his bowl and was not within two or three feet of the "jack".the second lead would be told where he was to play his bowl,'and this would go on, often on both sides, till the leads had played all .their -bowls.: The/old leads held that this was not quite fair to'the'keen lead, who. in. his own way and at his own'choice, if unhampered, could likely, draw to inches. The, old Scots' skips who were the finest exponents of-.the-game-when bowls commenced to be established in this country never interfered with the leads, If a lead could see how he-could draw to • "kitty" nearer his, opponent, that was his job. If it was a case of wresting a bowl, the lead could see how to do it as well as the skip, because the head was open. Skips, it was thought, should not interfere with the leads except in very special circumstances, and young skips should take: special notice of this, as the lead's efforts were often the king pin of the whole game, always remembering, of course, that a team worked in unison.