BOWLING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1712, 31 December 1919, Page 6

BOWLING.

MANaW.ATC CENTRE TOURNEY. 3 he foil ,wing is the draw for the Mang watu Tlow.ingt t’eutro’s rink tourney, com zneneing i., morrow and finishing on Satur day: i ( irsl round: Seifert v. Laurensen. Ram ..py ' ■ Ransom, Brackepridgo v, Nash, Pol in •det'ormick, Crump v, Rankin Jolly Xlehoison, James \. (.‘alder, Hold a Way a t>vo.

Second round: Ramsay v. Nicholson, Ransom v. Jolly, Seifert v, Rankin, Calder v. i.ituroiisdn, Nash v. James, Holdaway v. Brackenridge, Pollock v. Crump, McCormick a bye. Third round; James v. Holdaway, Mctoriniok v. iiraekenridge, Pollock t. Nicholson, Nash v. Rankin, Crump v. Laurensen, Jolly v. Cahler, Seifert, v. Ran HJrn, Ramsay a oye‘. Fcurth roundj Holdaway Ransom, Jlruckenridgo v, Laqrensqn, bollock v. James, McCormick v. Ramsay, Seifert v. 'udder, Nash v. .Vicliolsoh, Jolly v Rankin, crump a bye. Filth round; Nicholson v. Holdaway, Vi ii r v .‘ Oolloclr, Bnickeiiridgo v. Crump, McCormick'v. Nash, Seifert v. James, V ii llsa, y '• faiuri ■nsen, Rankin v. Ransom, Jolly a bye. SHth round; Seifert v. Holdaway, James v.., Ramsay, McCormick v. Jolly, Crump v. N(Cholson, (.'alder v. Rash, Ransom v. iiiaelcenridge, Pollock v. Luurenson Rankiii a. bye.

Seventh roundfc Jolly v. iiraekenridge, .veil v. Ransom, Rankin v. Nicholson, nanp y. Holdaway, Seifert v. Pollock. .McCormick v. Eanrcnson, Calder v. Ramsay, James a bye. v j'pdbh round: Nash v. Holdaway, .Nicholson y. Laurensen. Ramsay v. Brackenndgo, Jolly v. Pollock, Ransom v Crump, Calder v. McCormick, Rankin v Janies, Seifert a bye. Play will commence on the Palmerston n° r .i J'n eon 0,1 Fhiu-sdny (New Year’s Itay) at- 9 a.m and on each .succeeding day at the same hour.

• Tl 'n to «;»nm(..ik held at Wanganui durl"Z f '- iJi’istmas holidays resnltod in Irofessop Maxwell Walker,‘of the Ponsonl.v Ctul> Auckhiml. being left in the final with in..' J, °. s nllk L'nni West End, New 1 Ivmouth.. A good game resulted in Wnli-ni:, "; l,:r ""T ».v 16. to 3. Pi-ofessor V' ,s i» competing at the Dominion ■Voiiinamoiit hi Cliri.stdnireh next week.

A rom.sponcienl, asked Ihe bowling writer ;' loll . ,f >ifn.c> I Ire,ill! whether !h<, Kkirfpo,- ,-f ni r ‘t o ’(■ Jl, r llf,f '; l 'V aiti "« llic ontc-.m,. L ' ,!‘ n;il !!“ , 111 ,‘h« in.!join in i rinks heft? h 's !pi l-nvl. The answer was: i ■' joiii.ii'il Jlio on purer moans is '«* i«'«* antics, I’m.-,si J.usum V os, ns ) a . lVt > soon <„<.(, i, K .;dcnts J|i”'r S nte - vell tts games. I 0 * >l ou ( lf;i- quo-stion as to whether it ,A hj, 1 omi.« wub the ethics of sport is nJ. ; ifl,oult to Wo :nv not ii|; rm \u nio_ same nionhi, and opinions for u , n ? ainst bo received from plates u vtou-s furry weight. When vim ktiou■ Ihc game on your last howl and von j - t in option of playing a draw or a duw,. (ho temptation to wait is i-nwl arid perhaps excusable. But snpposirm ti c ' in (1,,- other rink «o*s voar "■'onhon to wait, and decides that he i! awiut the result of ,our ehnt-ho would l" few mm , V"'"", 011 fmm ‘bis point o! :k zss; Sr-* ™«“* «-“ ■

PSYCHOLOGY OF BOWLS. CONSTRUCTIVE PLAYERS A writer in the Sydney Sim ; nnotimes said that" there are cr ties ywiH ’ l ', My oo true, for jf jii f , ?lan ‘Y « ro !‘ r . ,s at wook-o/j r tiro ;i*ro fairly Aguiar visitors who understand the game -Ut have never rolled a bowl ft, thei,i cs. Sncli critics arc- like the “m-m-rs” who sit round a game of solo whist, bridge i bull,uds and comment upon the phiv their criticism 1 b n at the end of a game, but durin”s progress any loud comment is unjustited and likely to do more barm tlian .oocl. It Is. however, a sign of the growng interest in tho game that they turn up ■ m at i :i !" ! low-voiced criticism is their ■ ‘ght, but tho other sort isn’t. USING THE MOST SUITABLE l»M hj ? lOBy of , bowlf h intt ' rci sts inanv loughtfnl players who study its effects oil J homsolvcß and their clnhtnatos. Under !° r?u d , tf,rm of psychology may !,- I d f,| V Mo fact that A can always beat B bad Bs number. ’ in the colloquial of ho boxing arena: and yet B N turn uav soundly trounce C, who has proved tupenor to A. A Sydney howler, speaking o-i tho subject the other day, said • “In a well balanced rink there must he, hroady speaking, two divisions of bowlers—two constructive and two must be destructive o.q ■constructive, according to tlie exigencies ot tho time. _ Tho leader and second man are_ a. istnictive bowlers. It is plainly !u lr j 'l uty P ut nooring woods round tho jyck. Having .done that tho third Tuan, acting under instructions from a heady _ skipper, will play firmly or draw as desired. Ho may have to destroy tho opposing side’s sound position by promoting one of his side s woods, move an opposing bowl out of the way, or draw the pitot. Possibly ho will be asked to put 5.1 a block or some back‘timber, the slcip-IJoi-itaoeing an opening to trail the jack (;o it.

That brings me to my point. It is a tactical mistake in choosing'.;i State ropreBOntatlvo team to put men in as loaders Ajvho have .ceased to concentrate on the constructive side of the game. They may have been good loaders once, and developinto thirds or captains; but. for rop. play, they will be weaker than practised loaders. 'How often, do we., see capable leaders and second, men collar The ’game in club matches? They simply set (lie others a problem. There is no need to bo didactic about the matter,,but a littld study of tactics, '.finesse and psychology of a team .goes a-long-way towards ensuring .victory.” Ut&j. ; L.v