Bowling Notes.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 96, 3 May 1902, Page 19

Bowling Notes.

By Wrong Bias.

VISIONS ot bad weathei and sodden lint", and the neai pioximil\ ot the end ot the seaso-i aie (.iu^mg them to hustle up at Wordsuoithstreet with the finals ot the vanous club jnatches On S<xturda\ afternoon last the stdl-dh\e compctitois were pegging anav in defiance ot gout a-id 1 lieumatism to get their engagements oft then minds. Bell and Balh.ng.ei weie about the first to start, and the\ wanted e\en minute foi they were engaged in the seiru-hnaJ stage of the Semoi Bowls and two game-s had to be won befoie <'ithci ot tJiem could pass on TJie first game fell to Bah\ngei, who. in 19 heads, scored 21 to his opponent's 12 He made a break of 10 points foi hre heads from the 7th to tlio 11th heads and from that point the issutwas nevei in doubt. In the second game, the pla\ was of the ding-dong order foi nine heads which made the game 9 all. From this fateful point, Ballingei seemed to go to pieces Bell piled on 1-1-3-4-3 making the score 21 to 9 and toi 19 heads he was 27 to 14 The\ let the last two heads slide, and started on the third game But it was merely a procession Bell staited with 2 md 3, and for eight heads had 14 to 1. and foi 12 heads 19 to 4 Then BaJlmger ieco\ered somewhat of his true form and in the remaining six heads lifted his score to 13 to 20 After that he tried only for maimpoints and Bell won bv 22 to 13 and theiefoie the rubber also The final now remains to be fought out between Bell and Ted Kill. ilcGlashan and Mentipla\ on an t ;dlOUMiig rink, measured then stiength for Sargood's Cup It was not Mac's clay out. and. although he played with his usual cheerful spirit, the odds weie against him For lo head 5 - he scoied 6to Merit Lp lav's 20. But, m the last six heads he got back to the foi m that won thei Pa,irs and doubled his scoie12 to 22. MentiplaA takes home the Sargood Cup. The Whisky Bow Is brought out Lindsay and Harry Smith m a No Siu lender" frame of mind, but not with the kilts on after all It was a bit too chilly for that. The game was well contested, and, although Lindsay scored in 11 heads out of 21 yet Smith rang on the possible twice, and won bv 19 to 16 It will cheer up the sons of Scotia, who declared that only a Scot should win. the "Whisky 'Bowls," to know that Hairy Smith, in spite of his name was born in the Hi^h-sti eot of Edinburgh. The Victoria Club finished up the season on Saturday with a Piesident v Vice-President match, in which the Vice scored a win h\ 13 pomt 5 - — 99 to 84.

All tl'e games ucic fanh e\en, with the exception ot the Redstone-Page link, the Lattei walking o\ ci Redstone piettv heavily — 24-11. In the Mack-Scott tussle Mack started oft with a 2 and 3 but stopped on fi\e while Scott scoied 11 Howe\e-i Lanca-hne wafc not to be denied and finished up thiee ahead, his scoie including a :-21-: -21-1 8 Goodei and Biackenndge tned conclusions, but the old geneial was too good for the bngachei -'22 to 1"5. Hueston had a waini fight with the President. From 7 all on these\euth lioad Macka\ took the lead till the fouiteeuth head w<>si cached, the scoie then being 14-10 Two tluecs to Hueston put lum ahead foi the fiiM: time — l(j-14 Four singles to Macka\ made it 18-K>, and onh one head to go Hueston's numbei 1, 2, and 3 each put one on the ]ack and Macka\ , failing to alter things, lost In a point Heart y cheers weie gi\ en foi the ladies, who provided lefieshments. dmmg the afternoon. And oh b\ the wa\, the final foi the Junior Bowls lesulted in. a wm foi Noiwood b\ a point from Ma\oi — 16-17. It was well fought out The Thorndon green was \en animated on Saturday, and the play was abo\e par. Interest, of course centred in the final eoi:^st of the season for the Kdw in Feathers, and a great sigh of lelief went up from Thorndon's losom w lieu the New town challengers — Alpe. Biogan Lambeit and D Emden were laid out — 24 to 13. It was not uneven as the figures look for Thorndon's scoi e compnsed two fi\ es Mowbrav. Fieemau Sievw light and Rose* aie< now at hbertv and at peace to wear Jiose Feathers in their Sunda\ hats until next season Brow n and Barr\ had a flutter for the He^wood Buckler but Jameson and Kilgour kept a tight clutch on them — 2(> to 13 The link match between Kliott and Andiews w<i<. pietU level pegamg —21 to 19 but McKenow had Yv'ebb undei the whip and kept him theie — 2o to 9 no less Nathan put Lomax through his taoings in a three-side ir.atcli — 21 to lb Bauaud and Flanagan .sat down with great force upon the Wiggins family The scoie lead 31 to 14 Up at New town, theie was ai capital match between teams skipped by Puce and Kigginbotham. ending in a tie at 21. Kmniburgh Rhodes, and Shearei played foi Price, and Higginbotham bad the assistance of Haworth, Green, and Blyth. Brightwell was labouring m heavy woathor with a team consisting of McDowell, Shore, and Webb. He made xn arduous 8 while Crewes, Towiphend Woibovs and Pollock were piling on 22 The idea is being mooted in. Dunedm of securing a portion of the Agricultural Hall or other suitable building, for the puipose= of winter bowls, under co\er "Jack," in the 'Witness," iefers to the memorable Drillshed tournament in Wellington a few years ago, ani says — It was a decided novelty, uid,

c oin&ideniig that the floor was very far horn being level, it answered amazingly well, although some wonderful and tearful shots were- played, the bowls being exceedingly erratic in their manceuvies before they stopped rolling, and the run, accordingly, was> fast and furious but it served its purpose, and c'omonstraited quite, clearly that an indoor game at bowls was quite' possible, and could be played as truly as on the 2;rass, if a properly level floor were prepared."