Bowling Notes.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 95, 26 April 1902, Page 19

Bowling Notes.

By Wrong Bias.

PI- TOMO lic-s moulted, and the Kd\\ni Featheis now adorn the Thoindou giecn, and ha\e caused the heads of Mowbiav, Fieeman, Sie\ - flight and Rose to swell with pride This achenturous quartette sallied toith to Petone on Saturday afternoon, and scoied 11 before Reid, Gilmoui, Johnston, and Austin lcco^eied horn then astonishment Theio were no inoic sensations and Thomdon, attei a smooth-watet passage, reached the port of wctoi\ nine knots, ahead Scoie 2'J to 13 , New town has sent in a, challenge to the \ictonoiLs Thouidomtes. I baye not heard uhat team it is, but piobabh Pi ice will be skip, and the match is fixed for .Saturday After that the Feather will be laid to rest till the flow 01 s that bloom m the spring tia-la die leported in sight. Longton went down with a ternble thud on the Thorndon green last Saturda\ simolv stamped out, in fact, bv Hickson of the Stamp Office. It was <i full link match, and the scoie was 28 to 9 Archibald, Phmmei and Jamieson their skip's fate, and Exlev, McHldownev, and Blanohard assisted to put them through the stampeis Hoeben does not wear his heart upon Ins slee\e toi Danes, to peck at For example in a three-side match Satindtn he scoied 2") to Dawes' 17 The final game m the Victoria Pairs competition was played off last week, Fow !ei and Scott defeating Baggett and Gooder b\ 2") to lh On paper, such a combination of lumcs as Baqjgett and froodoi io<ul promisingly for bageing the ti oph\ Once moie the Hamerton Badges ha\e moved on. McGowan and his rink of \eterans (A\er\, Leslie, and Noiwood) onK liolding them a week On Satinda^ Mack came along with his little lot luz Menelaus, Post, and Varcoe) and, after a good exhibition of scientific play won bv 21 to 10. At the fifteenth lv id Mack was 18 to his opponent's "5 In the fout following heads McGowan put on 10. and Mack beean to look anxious. He then decided to abandon Jus scientific play, and scored a one and a, ho in the final heads in the anyhow style thus winning bv b points Snaddon and Tow nsend had a \oi\ interesting and e\ en tussle m full links The\ were 13 all on the 20th head TownsoiKl, handling his team well scoi ed 3 on the last head, and won — 1(>-13 Matka\ had to stuke has colouis to Hueston — 2r>-18 The valiant Scotsman howe\ei. had his rc\ enge in anothoi game of nine heads, wherein he scoied <) to Huc<ston's two Mr Macka> (Victoria's piesident) handed over to the winneis the \cv\ handsome gold medals won at the le cent tournament The season closes next Saturday, with a match Pi evident \ Vice-President. In the Wellington Club Senioi Bow X contest, Ted Hill has won his second game against W Gray — 21 to 14 — and waits now in a statuesque attitude with the gauntlet down to play the final w it)) the suivivor of the Bell-Ballinger semm Tliom> warriors have not vet come within supping distance of each other Ted's lecord this sea&on is a steilme one Mated with Mentiplav, he plav< d m the final for the Pairs, and was onl\ bumped out bv one point In the Saigood's Cup contest again, he was only defeated bv one point, Mentiplav iust beating him on the post The Whisky Bowls now he between Alfied Lindsay aaid Harry Smith, Lindsa\ having put out Reids h^ht after a great game It is sueeested that the final game should be plavcd in kilts the winner to stand treat foi all hands. The tvnh doubt is whether Harry Smith cau muster up couraige to don the kilts His name is not convincingly Scotch enough to make one sure that he would mcoin cnience himself foi the gloiv of "puir auld Scotland " In the Sai good's Cup tourney Mentiplav beat Peter Drummond by foui points Peter was diawmg cannilv all the time and Mentiplav wore him down by cutting him out with a firm <=hot whenever he lav to score Phmmei has now to play McGlashain and the winner will contest the final with Mentiplav Xext season, no doubt, an effort will be made to establish Wednesday afteinoon inter-club matches for the benefit of those who do not enjoy the Saturday aftei noon The Wednesday men are grow ing m numbers, and it is only riffht that they should have their share of the plums Bowling in Dunedin is practically o\er. For weeks past the weathei down South has been so bad that Cantain Edwin is not likely to get a purse

ot soveieigns horn that quartei Jaik," ot the Witness," says This, lia.s been the worst season tor out-door amusements, and particularly for bowling that J recollect, and, consequently, we aie all voiy considerably in the dumps and I a,m atiaid some rather unpaihamentaiy — not to say profane language has been used, as the pi ess icpoiteis sa\ rroelv and frequently on Saturda\s ot late by the deyotoes of the eiand old game of bowls." Ma conscience ' Wheie aie the elders? Tlie\ had tournaments at Imcicaigill and Oamaiu during Kastei. At the fonnei , a Milton team, skipped b\ the \eterau W Taylor, won, with a, Dunedin team, skipped by McLaien (who competed at Wellington in Januan ) second Carvuell and How ell, of Mosgiel, won the pairs and Tom Mackie, also ot Mosgiel pulled off the singles beating Ins club-mate How ell by one point Though the fixture is still nine months ahead I heai that a nnk fiom the Ch/iistchurch Club has already been fixed up foi the New Zealand Association Tournament, which will be held at Christchuich next .Tanuaiv It will consist of Parson*, Seagei , Macdoueall and W M Gibb (skip) who should be a strong combination The Hastings Club piesented its late secietaiv, Mr A P McKa\ with a goJd soreieign ease last week on the occasion of his depaituie foi Gio^ mouth, wheie he will leside in futuie Mr Cal lender is the father of bow lino down in Dunedin. Over thirty \eais ago Messis Cal lender, W. Oram Ball (the well-known accountant) D F Maun (ex-Land Rcgistiai), Whttelaw (auctioneer), and John Watson (warehouseman), took a lease of the land winch forms the Dunedin ffieen, and then put their hands m their pockets and paid down £~)0 each to pa\ the expense of foi ming it