BOWLING.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12635, 21 December 1903, Page 2

BOWLING.

N Al'iLU ('LI l: I (,/ i W us a lull attendant < "1 howl ti’i and liutie* al lh* 1 Napo-i club' gn-t-n mi Sal m day afternoon, ’leu Wits p,-mid-d by Mr.. .1. C- Kuston. Owing 1 , (l lr lani’-itled death ol one ol the herd and mtjsi ic-.p.cicd Mt Harry build. Ihe rlnh - ' ling Wav hall nm-.l high. Tlie member , and iadn-. wonhows of hla< k nhhon. and lie Cha! Imi".' Shield w-1- drafted with (rape 'j |„. , hd, miters will Weal lie- bind. how . foi one mouth, out of i«-spcit |t, 1 In* de. e:t-.e,J. ,*.!io WUs hdoved and jesjic.'te<j hy all who l;nev. him At a meeting ot Hie committee, laid during the afternoon, the secretary was ilisl ! !M"I ed to Wflte ((, Ml', Swilll CO!i Wynn:, on behalf ol the members. Urn com m lit < •* deepest '.ympat hy. Another round of the Saturday Links Toiiriiaiiu e; ,-.as played Tim following

V.il ■ Teny I'dil.m Cmip.-. WII2' hi "II U-\HU-. ,|. (hj ,Smith (SJ 2d Cherry U] IU Craig (Mihj Uuw. u Hibson Wuudhuie ■ (:.übj Hm.tou Cunningham Hull (') .. 20 L'-ao C) Tt iggs Siiicluii (sub) d’as ho Wimdiam Thomson Cilh.-Vd N ... 28 Hodgson (s) 18 \V. Smith 'tuck (mjljj Liee (sol') ('uwell (sub) i’. G. Smith Fi.-lder (-j ... 23 Stedman (>) 11 Holland (sub) .hnv-n IVnn ;^ks Humima.ii Kimhaw Cl„. r 'l'll,, Intel, hill ’I uni Jllllli. 11l . lllllJll the Northern Howling A-mc ulion. will i oiunmnee on Monday. .January Htli. nl Auckland. It is eip.-ct -d that all the elute', ill this .Imtml Will hr Jrpir '.'•nlrd (limil'sl t<» (wo rinks). J tie lullow mg member, of lh- Napier < tub ),,.w given in llu'ii name-, a' willing :to m»: Mevr. T. Chmry. J. Cowell. C. Kelly. It. Lucas. ,J. JCvimbh,. J. lh Smitli. .1. I*. ’I homson. I l ’. C. Williams,

and W. C. Va(es. Il mav he in Cm m oi!n Don ol im-rn lipi-i Liial the Northern Jmv.ling As social ion lately arranged witli Messrs Ahoeks. tin- well known billiard table inannfiwl urers. U> introduce special ina rhim rv for testing ami all.* ling the Idas ul howls when m-(.-ssary. ami. after Icing duly tested, to mark them with a '-pedal stamp. The dubs ot tin* asso < iation agreed |o the action of the eoun cil. and :uj association rub- is now in ton*- that only howls hearing the test stamp can b>*’ played with al.lomna niriils. A letter‘was lal-eiy rn-eived tiom a member of tlie Napier dub now in Auckland, stating that sewral mem hers of the dnhs there luul vnt their bowls to lie tested, ami on lh*- siune being received Come having luul tin- bias alfeivd) they were found to hj- very misatistadoiy. and also stating that steps Were being taken hy the ftsSocia don to have the rub- rescinded. The mailer was rdVried to Mr Mentiplay. Hie seerdarv ot the association, who slates in tuv letter in reply that Uo* majority of lh*- members ot Urn dubs in Wellington h;ne luul their howls tested, and those that lerpnn-d altenilion ga\e gem-ial satisfaction. ‘1 lie testing C not, a laituie. iidei-d. so good is it. licit howlers Jrom Jnmedin

and riiristehmi hj an- sending up their howls :i.ihl getting the test stamp on them. Mr M-ntiplav also state*, that llier.i i‘. III! Ir 1. -.1 lit reMimlmg t lie Mile. ‘1 here 1- no dmihl that the. assot ml inn have dune purler tly light to make jm»-vr-ion fur lie- easting out of (he ” pukers.” and a. cert am amount of vpieal ing 1* to he eXpl-cted flOlll phlVeis who hit lii'it < i have h.-en playing with narrow how!* m *’pokers,“ amt whu. when (h.eir is>w!s have been a! 11• i*-t 1 ami stamped, lind they are nut, Mich good liuUiels as they thought they were. Some fit those players, uf(t r delivel ihg their Irowl. " dilfim.) Vilierw they arc,’’ and thereupon h*ok foi a "dog to ki< k." which in this case is tlm "te;-t rule.'’ A member of u local rluk who had a pair of narrow howlr. allured ami stamped, slates ihut the. p-mili is vary ?v:il i.sfaHory. At the meeting of delegates of ciuhK

to Im- held in Auckland during tlm tournament, the question of a levy on (lull* for expense.-i of tournaments of the Northern AssoHation will he reconsidered. This scheme originally emu Mated from the clubs in Napier, and was pinked upon favourably by very many other elide, under the association. as it was (lie opinion that the expense of these meetings was more limit | the finance-, of members and Huh* I could hue. At. the same time, not ' wishing to a crept the hospitality of their brother bowler*, where tournaments were being luid without doing something in return, they were wilting to .ontnhut,- pro rata to the expense*. Some elide., through wan! of itreoimmidalion. wen thus unable to invite the, association to hold a tournament in tlu» (own. although willing to ton tnhnte. The holding of a meet.mg of the as-oeiatmu is quite ddleif.nl now to what it was a few vears ago. as t here ah- now over 3h rjohs aftldmk-d. At a. meeting of tlm committee of the Napier * lull held on Saturday after norm. Mr Stedman was appointed a. member of tin* Selection and Handicapping (’ommilter. vice Mr ,| Swan, deceased ; and Messrs l>ean. (Llherd. Fielder, and Stcdmun wen- up. [minted delegates from (he Napier Huh to meet delegates from other (lulls lo • onsider whet het -at e-factory linaneiaf and oilier Hirangenn-nts can he made for asking the Northern Howling Association to hold the Champion Fours '1 ournameiit oi 190 a in this district.. 'lhe delegate*, from at) Hu- Hubs wdf meet al Mr kirldeiN olliei* on Wednesday afternoon-