EMPIRE GAMES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 6, 7 July 1938, Page 7

EMPIRE GAMES

STATUS OF BOWLERS

ACTION BY ASSOCIATION

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, July 6. "Now that bowling has been accepted as an integral part of the British Empire Games, we should make an effort to find out if bowlers are subject to the same conditions which govern other sports," said Mr. A. E. Whitten, Auckland, at the annual meeting of the council of the New Zealand Bowling Association. He said the position was somewhat indefinite at present, the main points under consideration being whether, as accepted members of the team, bowlers should have their expenses paM; also whether they would be under the control of the general manager of the games team. The question of accommodation was another point at issue. "You can't expect middle-aged bowlers to be housed under the same conditions as young athletes," he said. The fact that the New Zealand players at the last Games in Sydney had competed with such outstanding success and had established themselves among the best bowlers in the world made it imperative, said Mr. Whitten, that the! authorities controlling the game in the1 Dominion should make every effort to uphold this reputation and to make certain that the best representation was secured. As the next Games would be held in Canada, he did not think it would be feasible to leave the question of the Dominion's representation to individual enterprise, as had been done for the tournaments in.Aus4 tralia. Players of the right type and those capable of adapting themselves to conditions foreign to them should be chosen. Mr. Whitten's views were well received by delegates, and it was decided to refer the matter to the council's executive for consideration. Mr. Whitten suggested that, to clarify the posi-j tion as regards the standing of bowlers at the Games, an inquiry should be sent to the Empire Games Federation in London.