BOWLING TOURNAMENT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 670, 2 April 1923, Page 5

BOWLING TOURNAMENT.

THE SEVENTH ROUND

POSITIONS OF RINKS Ttf DATE

ThoManawatii Centre's bowling tournament was continued to-day in showery weather, Which ll'idered tin-groom; very heavy, and conditions generally were not as favourable as those.obtaining during the first two clays of the tournament.

Play opened this morning with the seventh round, which Avas concluded shortly before lunch. The eighth round was then commenced, and the weather conditions having improved somewhat the green quickly felt the benefit of the intermittent sunshine.

The sections in to-day's play were distributed as follows:—Section A, Palmcrston North green; section B, Manawatu; section C, Northern; section D, Terrace End. ■ SEVENTH ROUND.

Details of this morning's play are as follows : Section A.—Haldnlic 21 v. Munro 17, C. D. Eraser 20 v. Newth 14, Dykes 20 v. Rckersley 17, Whyte 31 v. Hale 20, Tantrum 18 v. Patterson 10, Castles 21 v. Nicholas 20. Section B.—McLouy 20 v. McKenzie 14, YVilloughbv 33 v. Wardrop 16, Spooner 20 \'. J. A. Nash 19, Whyte 28 v Hendry 12, .Jones 20 v. Davidson 11. Cagliaidi 20 v. Walsh 18. Section C—llankins 29 v. Crump 5, Brackonridge 24 v. Bailey IG, Bissell 23 v. Vile 12," Cornier 20 v. Pickering 19, Morton 19 v. Bartholomew 12, Tucker 15 v. Jollv 14. Section D.—Duff 10 v. Dcmpsey 9, Sollitt 22 v. Hall 14, Jackson 24 y. Davidson 9, Wvlie 19 v. Anderson 10, Morshead 2.1 v. McNeill 12, Smart 18 v. Needham 14. AGGREGATE RESULTS.

The aggregate results of the play to date are:—

SECTION A. W. L. Tantrum (Terrace End ... 6 1 Dykes (Carterton) ■} ~ Whyte (Eketahuna) J ■ Hale (Island Bay) j Munro (Thorndon) \ • Nicholas (Woodvillo) ••• 3 Haldane (Wnipukurau) ••■ 3 4 Patterson (l'atea) •' Eckersley (Manawatu) ... •< Eraser (Palmcrston N.) .... f 'J Castles (Northern) ~ ° Newth (Palmcrston N.) ... I •>

SECTION B. W. L. Whyte (Carterton) J J Hendry (Dannevirke) ... o - Spooner (Manawatu) ... o - Jones (Palmerston N.) ••■ * » McLeay (Pott Ahurin) ... i J Walsh' (Pahiatua) : ■> Wardrop (Woodviljo) ... • * Willoughby (Island Hay) ... •' 4 J A. Nash (Palmerston N.) - '•>_ McKenzie (Kkctahuna) ... -' » Davidson (Terrace End) ... 3 o Gagliardi (Shannon) - u SECTION C. W. L. Jollv (Palmerston N.) ... 0 } Cruinp (Palmerston N.) ... o - Braekenridge (Newtown) ... o - Tucker (Victoria) ■> - Morton (Pahiatua) : ■> Hankins (Manawatu) ... •! Bissel (Dunnevirke) '•> Pickering (Woodvillo) ... -i 4 Bartholomew (Feilding) ... a 4 Conder (Island Bay) 2 o Bailey (Northern) ; Vile'(Carterton) ' <J SECTION i).

W. I, Wvlie (Newtown) G 1 Smart (Now Plymouth) ... u .1 Needham (Palmerston N.) u Morshead (Palmerston N.) {> |- Jackson (Victoria) •'» - Hall (Carterton) ' ; ( McNeill (Fitzroy.) ■} Sollitt (Palmerston N.) ... 3 4 Duff (Klcctnluuia) ' ( | Dempsey (Lower Hutt) ... J ! > Anderson (Terrace End) ... 1 <> Davidson (Feilding) ' 6

What must have been a more or less unpleasant incident has already been reported, but it may as well bo given again, as printed in the Lyttolton Tune:': -"An unusual incident occurred during' the progress of the fin mo between t landgo (btngo) and Henderson (Canterbury). Monk, who was playing -second lor Henderson, sent up his bowl, which rested the shot bowl. Monk's bowl -till bad chalk marks on it from the previous head and Claridge went tip to the head and removed'it to the hank, replacing his own rink's shot bowl in position. The incidenl caused a good deal of comment at Iho time, and there ivjis considerable discussion as to whether a skip had the right to disqualify an opponent's howl for the reason that the chalk marks had not been rubbed off, the nik-s apparently not being very definite on the point." Presuming this report to be correct, Claridge went further than the rules entitle him. Clause 6 of ""Rule XIIL-Touches'' slates:—"lf a player tails to remove the chalk mark From his bowl before playing it be shall he warned, and if ho again offends in the same way during that game the bowl may be stopped by nn opponent or declared dead when it comes, to rest." Then follows this important sentence: "If it touches the jack or another howl in play the opposing skip may declare the head dead." Nothing is said about removing the offending bowl to the bank and replacing another bowl in its original position. Anyhow the incident was unfortunate.