CHAMPIONS IN FORM

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21305, 18 January 1944, Page 4

CHAMPIONS IN FORM

HIGH-SCORING GAMES

(P.A.) DUNEDIN, Jan. 18. Nine hundred and eighty-ipur players in-., 1 engage,! m UK* tours at til.' New i:» n.. championship bowling iuurunmsut yo-te... i*ne weather conditions were almost Two rounds were piayed yesterday nau see* tiou piny will ccntimro until 'inuvsclay. rdstsection lilay begins on Friday. . l iu- present champion four .shipped u> 1 . IMimo, Canterbury, won boti) games, lire second by the high score of 37—21. Among other nigh-scoring name:/ is. "4cPaul, Tainui, Dunedin, beaf J. E. Gray. Kai Ton, Timaru, 40—30, but the most decisive win of the day was scored by T. F. Mitchell. Blenheim, against H. Stonemnn, Sumner, the margin being 41 —5. , Try ton, St. Clair, and Stephenson. Nelson. had one of the closest matches of yesterday morning, finishing 25—a11. An extra head saw the Nelson men gain the deciding: Many of the first cards to come in at lunch time were showing big figures. Kaswed, Blenheim, ran up a tally of 37 10 against' Campbell. Opoho. Tyred. Roslyu. sk p of the champion pair in 1938. registered a 32-17 win over Fraser. Carlton, Donald; son." Fonsonby. went down .1,6— 21 to. Smith, Caledonian. Spearman, Christchurch R.S.Ai, had, a close call to defeat Alloo. Owaka, 20—10. An lertoii, Shirley, also, secured T u one-point margin over Cliuidge, , St. His. spell of illness had. not .affected Wilson, Mount Eden, as he accounted for Hope, North-East Valley, .21—18... B.egley. New Brighton, skip of the four who were runners-up to Munn, Canterbury, in lour, soundly defeated Isaacs. Caledonian. ,31—20. Munn disposed of Koast. Invercargill. 30—2.. Lipwooil,. .!o,st to Nesbitt, Ancle:*son's Bay. 22—21, .