BOWLING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22193, 22 November 1935, Page 4

BOWLING NOTES

[By Draw.] Club «ecrstarie«, or those in charge •f the social activities of their clubs, sre invited to send along notices in reference to anj club events. Inquiries relating to the rules of the game will be welcomed. Correspondence addressed to “ Draw " must reach this office not later than noon on Tuesday each week. Fixtures. December 25, 26.—Dunedin Centre Christmas pairs tournament. December 25, 26, and 27.—Alexandra Club’s full tournament. December 31, January 1,2, 3. Southland'Centre tournament at Invercargill. January 6 and onwards.—New Zealand Bowling Association championships at Christchurch. Questions and Answers. “ Mug.”—Yesy your opponent was quite right, rule or law 41, with latest additions clearly explains the position, and for the benefit of yourself and others who may be interested I give the full wording of the law: “In the first throw of the game, if the jack runs into the ditch, it shall be placed about six feet from it, or if thrown less than 66ft from the front of the mat it shall be brought up to that distance. If it be thrown into the adjoining rink it shall be placed at a similar length on its own rink, and the foregoing provision as to the distance ■hall apply.” Addition to rule 41 (10/7/<35) ; In all heads the jack must be thrown from a position on the mat. This clearly shows that the mat must be laid before the jack is thrown, and the person entitled to lay the mat is the leader of the side that won the head (not the loser, as is often done).

Result of Saturday Matches, November 16.

An interesting game was that between Kaituna and Roslyn, both clubs fielding their full entry of 15 rinks, eight at Kaituna and seven on the Roslyn green. The .result was 9-6 in Kaituna’s favour. Kaikorai yv Otago was also a complete meeting of their respective shield strength. The former won 5-4. Anderson’s Bay played St. Clair, 12 rinks each, which is also their limit, the Bayites claiming eight of the games. West Harbour and Green Island played with their full strength, six rinks each, and the- result was . 4-2 in favour of the Harbour club.

Another full-strength meeting was Logan Park against Taieri, the Park accounting for four out of six. Dunedin are still making heavy weather of the shield matches, and on Saturday, won only 8 out of 18, winning 6-7 against Caversham arid three out of six with North-east Valley. Valley,, with three against Dunedin and five out of'six with Tainui, won a total of 8 out of 12. Valley are showing improved form, which must be pleasing to all concerned. ( . Balmacewen, with 6-3 against Leith and .2-1 with Waikouaiti, thus accounted for 8 wins out of 12 games. _ i . Outram, by defeating Brighton in three rinks, each club’s full strength, and thereby obtaining full points for the day, still head the competition list, with 32 out of a possible 36. Outram were the only club to'collect full points on the day. A glance at the score sheet shows many supposedly strong clubs to be well down on the list. St. Clair are fifteenth, followed by Dunedin, Kaikorai, St. Kilda, and Taieri. Whether it is the- new mode of scoring or the general result of play that these clubs are so low on the ladder at present, it is difficult to say. However, the season is still young, and one can expect a lot of changes before finality is reached.

Four-rink Championship. Those clubs which have arranged their fixtures for Monday nights have been more fortunate than those clubs who - played later in the week. The Mondays, so • far, though coldish and overcast, have otherwise been reasonable 'for play.

In the'second series of matches, Valley outclassed the young Tainui players to the tune of 104.-66.

Anderson’s Bay are generally a veryhard proposition for Dunedin, but this time the parent club finished with a margin of 13 in its favour, the final result being 77-62,- rinks skipped by J. Hutchison and Nelson-having 14 and 16 in their favour.

St, Kilda again had a handsome win (100-63) Over Kaikorai. The “ saints ” are showing very fine form in this competition. Phil Edwards had a fine win by 35-16, and J. Dowland’s rink was up 26-12. Logan Park, which last week had a' fine win over West Harbour on its own green, was this week beaten by Balmacewgn at the latter’s green by 10078. IV Lee is proving a solid skip in these matches, and notched a good win by 23-18. S. Hutchison finished 24-24 with D. Bennie.

Kaituna accounted for Green Island (86-73) mainly owing to the fine win of D. Cormack’s rink with a ’score of 3412. Each- side in this game won two rinks/

Ofago, with 80, just headed Leith 75, the main factor being J. Hamilton’s win (27-8), Leith being winners in-the other three rinks.

Christmas Tourney Arrangements. The monthly meeting of the executive was held last Saturday. The principal . business was in connection with the conditions to govern the Christmas tournament, which commences on the afternoon of Christmas Day, followed by play on Boxing Day and the finals on the .third.day. A good deal of discussion centred round the question of section winners -and section ties. It was decided to adopt the proposals brought forward by the Tourney Committee, which arc as followtwo games to be played on Christmas Day, three games on the following day, the

third game of that day concluding at 3.30 or a few minutes later. In the event of the two sections on a green being won right out, they will meet ■and play off for green winner. But if on any green there is a section (or sections) with two or more pairs on equal terms, the section (or sections) shall find the winner that day. This really means that on any green where there is a section tie or ties there will not be any further play after the section winner has been found. Sections only play off for green winner if there are two straight-out section winners on the one green. The first game on the third day will be for those section winners who, owing to section ties, could not play off for the green at the end of the' second day. In the second game, starting at 10.30, the various green winners will meet, and the final game of the tourney will start at 5.30. Some executive members were inclined to favour a system _ that would allow to participate all section winners, irrespective of whether they won the section straight out or by tying with .four or three wins. This idea appears to be quite all right if that position came about at the end of a day’s play, when a proper draw could be made in the evening. To arrange a draw af about a-quarter to 4 in the afternoon would be certain to cause some delay and expense to some of the players that is quite unnecessary. The system adopted seems to he a reasonable one, and should find favour with the majority of those taking part in the tourney. A suggestion was made that, in the case of a tie in any game, and an extra head having to be played, a side burning the head shall lose the game. The idea did not appeal to the great majority, and was counted out. This proposal was brought forward with the sole intention of protecting other pairs from a loss of time. This rule is used at the Southland tourneys, and does not appear to worry anyone. One member of the executive expressed the opinion that he would like to see all games finished without a time limit or other obstructions, and so would most of our bowlers; hut to carry out a tourney some consideration must be, given to those players who have only a limited time at their disposal.

Visits to Outlying Clubs. It was reported that three rinks from the centre visited Brighton during the week, and had received a very cordial welcome from the seaside town’s officials and players, and the ensuing games were of a very pleasant nature. Mr Jakeway, convener of this committee, is now busy arranging games with Seacliff, Outram, and Fairfield. Notes of Interest. At the centre meeting last week a delegate brought up the question of faked score cards. He mentioned many cases of arranged scores, and he was of the opinion that only correct scores should he handed in, irrespective of what they may read like—say; 35-15, 35-10, 35-8, and so on. • The meeting did not decide to do anything in the matter. “Draw” is of the opinion that only correct scores should be handed in. Surely it is no disgrace to get beaten and have your proper score recorded. In cricket, tennis, football, and other games the scores are not faked, so why should some of the score cards.contain false results? If.this state of affairs is to go on, then the Press may consider the advisability of publishing the number of club wins and losses, for what is the use of presenting to the public and followers .of the game incorrect scores?

Players who intend taking part in the New Zealand championships should watch the closing date for entries. Entries for the Dunedin Centre’s Christmaspairs close with the secretary (Mr R. Hanning) on Friday, December 13. Club committees .should remember that Saturday, January 18, as set aside for special club games, at which subscriptions and donations will be received and handed to the crippled children’s fund. Committees should see that arrangements are made for this day before the holidays. It is a worthy object that the proceeds of that day are being devoted to, and all .bowlers In this centre should help to make the total a substantial one. One cannot fail to notice the number of players who now appear in competition matches with light grey flannel trousers, and they appear to be a far more serviceable colour than white.

• The broken weather has perhaps kept some of the players from appearing in full costume on Saturdays, but so soon ns the warm weather comes along players will no doubt appear in the regulation outfit. NEW ZEALAND BOWLING LAWS Non-observance of Laws. The writer has for some time past mentioned that many of our players do not comply with the laws of the game, particularly those'in connection with play from the mat. Almost 50 per cent, of the players still break the mat rule, and some players persist in taking up a position with their toes overlapping the front of the mat. This state of affairs should not be tolerated by club committees, as those players who offend in the manner mentioned do a vast amount of damage to the green.

Last Saturday there were bowls in use that did not carry the correct markings on the discs, and others played with bowls with no test stamp; others still witli out-of-date stamps. One player whose bowls were not carrying a proper stamp appealed to a member of his club’s committee asking for advice in the matter, and the reply was: “Oh, risk them; nobody may notice them.” A pure case of bad sportsmanship. Responsibility frtr Stamped Bowls.— Rule 91 reads: In all tournaments or competitions any player in a single, or the skip of a pair or rink, will be held responsible for seeing that all bowls played are stamped in accordance with the rules of the game.

Ride 92 is as follows: —In any tournament’ or competition held by the association or by a centre or club, any player, centre, or club' official, executive officer, or member of the council may challenge a bowl or bowls being played on the ground that such bowl or bowls do not comply with the lafvs of the game.

Club. Kink wins. Rink Losses. Points. Points to dat< Outran! 3 0 12 32 Logan Park 4 2 8 26 West ■ Harbour .. 4 2 8 24 Balmacewen 8 4 8 23 Caversham ... .. 7 5 7 20 Fairfield 2 1 8 20 Caledonian 11 4 8t 19i Anderson’s Bay... 8 4 8 19 North-east Valley 8 4 8 19 Mornington t6 3 8 18? Otago ... ... .'. 4 5 5i 18f X'.ii tuna 9 6 ■7k 18| vjlvtf 6 9 18| ;■ -itii 4 8 4 17 : . Clair 4 8 4 17 nedin 8 10 5i 16f likorai 5 4 6| 3* 16 ; c. Kilda 4 11 16 Taieri ... • 2 4 4 16 Waikouaiti 1 ■2f 4 16 Green Island 2 4 4 14 Port Chalmers ... 3 3 6 14 Brighton ... ... 0 3 0 12 Tainui .. 1 5 2 10 t Morningotn got 3 wins for a bye. Saturday Shield Matches.