Bowling Notes.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 92, 5 April 1902, Page 19

Bowling Notes.

By Wrong Bias.

Tho four links of Victonans which visited Fcikhng and Palmerston dm ing the Kasten holidays, had a leal tip-top time Thev declare that theie is not a green m Wellington with a better sole of glass or that plays truer than the Feilding gieen. At botli places the visitois went down, ovei'-w eighted either by supenoi plav 01 warmth of hospitality Thev "lost two games at Feilding, and two also at Palmeiston. It mav be a* v\eill to sav at tins point that although unsuccessful in the link matches, one prominent member of the visiting teams nearly succeeded in carrying off the Feilding challenge coronation mug. In fact, it was only owing to tho vigilance of the hotel officials that he was prevented from doing so. Palmerston, with the memory of the last tournament still green, stiuck home for all thev weie worth on Monday and avenged Wateiloo. They plaved two gameis, three rinks a-side. and won both. On Sunday afternoon, the Palmorstonians drove their guests out to Ashurst in a drag, and made them feel they weie 'some pumpkins" aftei all. The attentions of the ladies, both at Feilding and Palmerston greatlv pleased the visitors Drummond, Brunskill, Bell, a,nd Churchward still hold the Edwin Feathers, although thiee parties of challengers have in turn been wrestling for" them The first to vemtuio (after the defeat of Thorndon) were E. J. Hill. Allen. Mentiplav, and Balhngor. Thev got awav with a strong lead of 11 to 1, but thev only scored their second 11 while the feathered warriors were putting up 22. Churchward won the game with his last bow 1—23-22 Then the winners of the Wellington President's Pnze — Cuff, Campbell, D McLean, and Sir E Gibbes — flushed with lecent victories, had a trv but came a heavy cropper, scoring only 12 to their opponents' 2(5 It was a runaway game from the start. On Saturday, Now town sent up the winners of the Huddait Parker tuophy— Nancarrow, Alpe(sub. for D'Emden. Astill, and Price— to "bring back, those ashes " But thev didn't. On the 10th head they were leading bv 12 to 10, which pioved to be high-watei mark with them, for after this Churchward and Co scored rapidly, making 17 to their opponents' 3. the game ending 27 to lo The saane night, H. Smith. Hamilton Lockie, and Mentiplav put in a challenge, and the game came off on Easter Monday. But it was a terribly lopsided aftaii The men with the Featlvers slapped up a score of 24 to 6 in 17 heads and then wan bv 30 to 12 In the next brush the Victona Club will be the assailants Moie bow lei s packing up for the coronation. Harry Price leaves on Saturdav week, via Svdnev and Caietaker Holmes, of the AVellington given, with Ins eve on Yarmouth and his thoughts on Yarmouth bloateis, is also preparing for flight. He will catch the China eail\ in Mav Scotland for evei' Still and McGlashan have won the Pairs Match up a + Wordsworth-street, defeating E J Hill and Mentiplav bv a point Mentiplav tried some driving when the game was half through, but he suddenly rang oft after trailing the jack in one head and presenting Mac with thiee moie points than he was lvm°. The finish in the gloaming was most interesting. They staited the last head level Ted Hill placed his first bowl light on the jack, and in front of it too, and, as Still didn't shift it it looked a moral, so well coveied did it become But McGlashan gentlv shifted 'tho moral" with his second bowl and took its place winning the game His bowing hand fat the violin) is still stiff w ith shaking hands Bell has bumped Lockie out of the Senior Bowls Ted Hill has Mentiplav to tho right-about with 7 points to spaie, and Gray came past Allen Hill now tackles Gray, and Ballinger waits to trv a fall with the winnei Longton has carried off the Dew ar Whisk\ Bowls up at Thorndon Brown who was the runner-up, onlv made 12 to the winner's 22. Longton had already annexed the President's Cup so that he has had his whack of the trophies this season What was the matter with the Thorndon links on Saturday afternoon p Just fancy Wiggins giving Hogben so terrible a wagging as 37 to 9. in spite of the In-spector-General having as guide, philosopher, and friend such a v eteran as Joe Cordoza'

But that was not all Jameson took it out of Waltei Nathan to the extent oi 32 to (), although Waltei had such solid men as Douglas, Quick, and Lomax to back lum up By the side of tho^e teuihc lopsiders, Ross's 2(> to Bain's 14, and Lougton's 29 to Macintosh's 1(> aro the merest commonplaces.. Boves, of Wellington, paid a complimentary wsat to New town on Saturda\ , and they put up Champion Bnghtwell to skip against the little heio The champion won by 23 to 17. Brogan and Kmmburgh skipped a well-contest-ed match, the former winning bv 23 to 19. The Petone Ferns ha\e changed hands once more Russell, Reynolds, Castle, and Price hate won them from Laurie. Carter F raiser and Gilmour Scores 2-) to 18. There has also been anathei stiuggle foi those Monograms, in which the Rev A. Thomson, Barlow, and J. Home came out on top They sat upon Hope, J. Reid, and Mothes, by 24 to 12. The C'arterton bowlers recently naid a visit to Napier, and the Hastings 'Standard" alleges 'they struck a severe frost in theHawke's Bay capital." Nobody turned out to receive them, savs the "Standard," although their coming w r as announced by letter, and then it adds "At the conclusion of the match the Napierites placed their hands deep m then* trouser pockets — and kept them there — going aw ay and leaving the orphans to the cold mercv of the streets A match had been arranged with Bluff Hill, but these haughty dudes did not put in an appearance, and the Carterton men were disgusted to the extent of manv verv strong expletives " This is so foreign to the style of the Napier and Bluff Hill men, who have a reputation for genial hospitality, that I am inclined to think theie must either ha,ve been an imaginative reporter on the job oi that somebody had blundered