Bowling Notes.

Mt Benger Mail, 11 March 1914, Page 3

Bowling Notes.

'I he i w i h' ■ me to r. miiid ! aud ihat it :.- the d it) uf all good \ . o. |e;s to " 1..- lip. wh.i h.iV d'-« .'.-:;;. ia\ iia\ e nic- < C.n:,li. el iii I ,',<• fasciuat it >U oi the t cai '■, ami a•• no ■-. a ;un L the ino I j aid nt nun..-da t». Sciif, however, | ha e not so far made a s art. At li : u , ; .. ,-. i r\ . \, :,,11.j a _v" id number oi m ii pit in an appi arance, and us lii i■,. is 11-lit eilough h>l i" ai l\ two i h ,ui-6 ; ia;, . 'hit is a l'.>.< ■ lime | for I bi gin it' rs ;,, r.n u up. I iu-\ in •■'; have j be man taken I' > j_ct ■"• ei y iiieial iei j I :,!,, inloi med that there is living | at l oal ' reel; j . I uow a younc, man | who is an expci'i I'ligniM-f. Owners of new bow Is siiould . i/.e :ii opporl tin it\ of ha iii_; tin m marked and so ob\ iate the ueei s- it\ and expense o. seiidiim 1 hem to 1* iiicdin. Ihe post aye «m a set oi bowjs is -1~ each I » aj ■ ! I h.-re are still, I ""im , a gooKl number ot players who dump Lheii bowls. Not oiilj doe- this bad habit affeel advei selj the sp<.-' d and bias oi the bowl, but it does untold damage to the p' r, m If watei by constant diuppine will iMMi awaj a -tone, the , [dayer eun [dcture to himself how the repeated throw ng down oi ;i bowl weighing tine.- [louuds must inevitably make for bare patches and hollows deep enough to spoil the running oi the bowls.

That there i.- a -".•,, lit -o lie played on s ason i ■ mainly due to ' the un.-puring louui.rs of Ur. (Jilmour. Messrs I'outt-s l.aloli, Itattray, from the beginning, and Messrs llutler, Me ! ran, and Mel awe more recciitlj These i 1 en have roll d, cui. uud watercd the green, uud tej I the banks in oruer. ihe green now needs watering every night, and it would only be right if other tn inbers would oiler to do, us some oiii rs arc now beginnimj to do, namely, oliei their assistance. Jt should be quite an easy matter to arrange for a dilh rent two men to take an evening a week each, and so the burden could I"- mad.- very light. The rule.- for throwing the -lack should be noted. It it be thrown into the ditch, the opposing side shall throw it anew, but -hail not play first. This is a umrc important matter than may at ttrst appear. Many a game lias hern v.on by the discretion shown bj the leader in throwiny the j«ek. He must watch the preference both oi hi own side and oi his rivals and use his privilege accordingly. If the Jacl< b- driven beyond the limits of the rink, that is to say, over the bank, or past the side boundary, it'shall be counted dead. The head is now finished and is called a " burnt head." If the .Jack be driven into tlu ditch, it is lawful for the skip or third ma n to place it temporarily on the edge of the green, restoring it to the ditch as soon as the bowl has been greened. A bowl played or driven to the ditch is of course out of play unless it is a " toucher." Touchers, however, lying wholly outside the side boundary are dead. A toucher must be distinguished by a chalk or other distract mark. Unless it be marked before the second succeeding bowl is delivered, it is not to be accounted a toucher. If the mark lj© not removed from the bowl before it is played, it may,be regarded as a burned bowl and be removed to the b*ak.