BOWLING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22618, 9 April 1937, Page 4

BOWLING NOTES

[By Draw.]

Club secretaries, or those in charge of the social activities of their clubs, are invited to send along notices in reference to anj dub events. Inquiries relating to the rules Of the game will be welcomed. Correspondence addressed to “ liraw ” must reach this office not liter than noon on Tueadaj each wees. Questions and Answers. “ New Bowler ” seeks for information in regard to composition howls, and I presume he wishes to .know tne vaHoiis makes. Hensel and Co., or Melbourne, make a bowl which is now widely in use in Australia. The Punlop Company of Australia also make a compressed vulcanite _ howl, and many of these are in use in this country. Messrs Thos. Taylor, of Glasgow, and Japmies, of England, each make a compressed vulcanite bowl. The various bowls mentioned can he obtained through agenta in any of the mam cijnes of .the Dominion. If -. you will give me further details of your requirements I; will try to help you. . . ‘ 1 Tourney.’ ’ —The point raised by you is of little consequence, and you will be'well ,advised to drop it as no food purpose can be served by its pubicstion. The welfare of the game comes before self. , ~ ~ 11 Wager ” wishes me to decide tne question: ' “ Did either. Messrs Tyrrell or Carswell score a 4 in their recent gatrte in-.the - final .of the Easter singles? ” A.—Tyrrell’s scores were 23, 0,3, 0,3, O: 2, 0. 3,: 1, .0, 1,0, o’ 0• 0,1, 0,2, 0—21; Carswell’s—o, O’ 3,0 i 3, 0. 1. 0. 1,0, 0,1, 0* 3,1, 3, 1,0, .1, 0, I—lß. These scores are taken from the card used by the official marker and are correct. It will thus be seen that no “ fours ” were ..scored by, either party. Neiring the End. l fho season of 1936-37 is od its last lejts, .and. the nest week or so should see; Die close of, the majority, if not all, - ’ of the greens in this. centre. No doubt- the iseason-will • be - remembered: as onib of the wettest on record. Still, all; the competitions-set. down for play’ by- the.',oentre have 'beet! carried out initheir •entirety,, though some ,of 'thegamer were played - under conditions that" were not of an; agreeable- nature. Tim mam tournaments were very successful, and, fortunately,;, ware played under, gobd weather- conditions, our Easter;;tourney being-one of the. best yet .held iu the province. The; Christmas pairs tourney was won. by J.’Thoteas and H. Huntley (EoslynClub), With A. French and L. Page. (West Harbour) as the runners-up. The Easter tourney winners were: Singles, C. ,Tyrrell (Roslyn) first, with W. CarSWell (Taieri) in second place. Pairs, B. Cessford and- -W. Jefferson _ first , s pl,ate,. with H. Clark, and E. JLfOn-gworlh’-(St. ; Kilda), second; : In the rinks, H. Wills, B. Hutton, J. Donaldson, and A. Portman (West Harbour) were the winners, with J. William Son, J. Paterson,. J. Carman, and J. Seddon (Caledonian) as run-ners-up. The, consolation rinks were woo, by a Balmacewen rink with J. Njsbet as skip. ‘ In the Saturday shield competition Logan’Park and West Harbour Clubs tied for first place, but in a play-off West Harbour won, and will hold 'the shield for 12 months. The four-rjnk championship was won by the Dunedin Club, which defeated St. Kilda in the final game after a tie had taken place. The Adess Shield single rink championship was won by the Valley Club after a close game with St. Kilda in the final.. The champion of champions (singles) ’ was won by W. Foster, of the Cayersham green, with J. Mastertoh (Kai'korai) in second place. The leads arid seconds tourney saw two Balmacewen rinks fight out the final, the rink skipped by E.' Davis winning from W. Kinaston. The, Wednesday competition was won by the Eaikorai Club, with Caversham in second place. The St. Kilda men, it will be noted, were runners-up in the fourrink championship,’ the Adess Shield, and Easter pairs. They lost the first , competition after a play-off, the Adess Shield by a single point, and I the Easter pairs by a point. This club j has been runner-up for the Adess Shield on four occasions, but has still to win that event. Some of the clubs have yet to conclude their club ties, and at the completion of the games “ Draw ” will be pleased to receive the results from the various clubs in this centre for publication in this column. . . Logan Park has closed for the season, and to-morrow Dunedin will follow suit. It should be remembered by clubs that wish for a good strike of grass frith their autumn top-dressing that this work must not be left too late. Clubs that have good swards at the present moment may delay, but care should be exercised in this respect. -. ■ Rules and Regulations for Markers. Very often we see markers in a singles game do or say things that should not be permitted, and the writer will go so far as to say that the regulations covering the markers’ duties in this Dominion are not of the best. Those of the Australian Bowling Association are much better laid out. The A.B.C. duties are as follow: 1, To straighten the, jack. . , . 2. To answer all legitimate questions asked By. the players, confining his answers , as, far as possible to “ Yes ” and “No.” . 3. To chalk all touchers-. • 4. After straightening the jack or chalklilk » toucher, to. withdraw to a position diagonal to the direct line of play.-. ■ ; V: ' ; 6. To record on the scoring card and on the Scoring board the result of the ends as determined by the players themselves. The score on the card_ is to be inserted immediately a decision is reached. , 6. -Where'the players cannot agree to «■ measurement, he (the marker) may,

if asked by both players, determine the result of the head, or call in the um* pire, whose decision shall be final. 7, The scorer shall not in any Way direct the players. 8. At the termination of the match, to sign the scoring card, to have it initialled by both contestants, and hand it to the umpire. - Dunedin Bowling Centre. All 10 rounds set down for the Wednesday matches have now been. completed, and the following is the position of the clubs

The ‘.Sports Special.’ The Saturday evening edition issued by the ‘ Evening Star ’ Company during the winter months is much appreciated by. followers of all forms of sport,' aijd the readers of th,e bowling column are reminded that from' Saturday! April. 17,, bowling notes_ will appear' ■ in - the ‘.Sports .Special ’ each Saturday night. Secretaries of clubs or those - persons in charge of their clubs? social events are asked to send along items of- interest. All matter should be plainly written or typed on .One side of the paper only, and ajl cor-, resppndehce .Should be signed ,by the person who' sends it (the name not necessarily for- publication). Ladies’ Bowling. , (By Kitty.) ; The following postponed interclub, matches were _■ played on April 6:— Clair 12, Morningtou 0; St. Hilda 8, Anderson ? s Bay 4. ' . ' Congratulations to, the St. Clair Club on winning the Stuart Banner. .'. positions' and-points of clubs in the interclub matches, are as follows:—St. Clair 144, St. Kilda 132, North-east Valley 133, Dunedin 120, Caversham 114, Green Island 89, Anderson’s Bay 74, 0.L.8.A. 74, Morningtou 68, Otago 61, Port Cha Imres 60, Kaikorai 57, Leith 62, West Harbour 44, Roslyn 42, and Logan Park 24. Members and friends' of the Caversham Ladies’ Bowling Club met on Thursday afternoon, April 1, to honour their club membersl who were successful in the recent tournament. A progressive doubles tourney was held, with Mr A. Thomson iii charge. -The winners of the game were Mesdames Todd and Duncan (skips) and Mesdames Stubbs and Briggs (leads). During afternoon tea the president (Mrs Seymour) congratulated the winning rink—Mesdames Briggs, • Forster, M'Connell, and Warrington (s). Congratulations were also extended to Mrs Seymour, runner-up in the Ladies’ Singles, and also to_ Mr W. Foster, winner of the Champion of Champions contest, , Mrs Seymour presented a beautiful handbag < to Mrs Stubbs for her untiring services as secretary to the club. Messrs A. Thomson, Ballard, and W. Foster congratulated the Caversham and wished them further successes in the future. Suitable responses were made. The Progressive Rinks Tournament, organised bv the West Harbour Ladies’ Bowling Club, was played in fine weather. A tricky wind blew across the green, and prevented good bowling, but in the afternoon the conditions were ideal.—Four rinks were playing in the finals.

Rink Wins. Losses. Ptsi Kaikorai ... 9 1 54 Caversham ... 27 13 40* Balmacewen ... 13 7 39 North-east Valley ... 18 12 36 Taieri; ... 6 3 86 Anderson’s Bay ... 14 16 28 Leith ... 18 20 27 Dunedin ... 12 18 24 Logan Park ... 4 6 24 Rbslyn ... ... 12 18 24 Tainui ... 7 13 21 West'Harbour ... 3 6 18 Otago ■ ... 4 13 12