Bowling Notes

Free Lance, Volume VII, Issue 338, 22 December 1906, Page 14

Bowling Notes

By Wrong Bias

SOME weeks ago I ventured mt'o the slippery region of prophecy with the remark that t)he Butt Club would 1 prove a &nag in the conquering march of the veterans one of these days. It was to that purport, anyway. The Hufctates have justified the prophet. They shook up things at Thorndon last week like a 'Frisco earthquake. The first shock took place on Wedlnesmesday last week, when, a team of Hntt ©oOts., consisting of Eddie', Slinn, HdLTard 1 andi Trevithick (sk'p) took down Gamble, Hatoh, W. F. Bairaiud, and 1 Wilson, (skip) for the Hill Bins. If I mistake not, Hollard and Trerithiok cut some figufre as rifle marksmen and you may take it from me that they are not far off tifoe (mark when the jack is on the green. On Saturday afternoon the larger earthquake happened andi Thiorndon. is still rather bewildered' over it. Maeasfeill, Baa-low, W. Henry and! W. Henidlry ealiled in for the Edwin Feathers, and carried them off by 20 to 13 from Shallcrass, W. F. Barraud, D. Ross and McKerrow. It must have been tlhe fatal 13 that did' it. What do you Bay? J. O. isn't going to the Ohinis't©huroh Tournaanent now. Of course, the moulting of the Feathers has nothing to do with that. At the same time that these Feathers ware lost, STinn, Hodgins, Hollaind and Tr^vithick, with the Hill Pins rakishily stuck in their cauibeems, were pllaying fior tfce Gdsborne Cap. And they won ifc, too, the holders, gnuth, Wilson, Leighton and J. T. King, going diown by 11 to 16. The Victoria Olub will be represented! at the Ohrisfcohu.rch Touirnament by two rinks, viz., Hemingway, Longton, Bary andi Braokena-idge sen. (skip), amid Fowiler, G. Godber, Snaddbn andE&ith (skip). For the Pairs, Longfcom and Bary will ioin forces, while Hemimlgway and Bracikeni-idge, Fowler anid Keith, and Godlber andi Snadkloni will be the other partners. They are allso all in for the- Singles. At Masterton, ifoe Victoria CHub will be represented by Martin, A. Dixon, Norwood andi Soobt (skip>. I hasten to repair ami unintentional error. In that memorable single-hand-ed struggle of a few weeks ago ? betwee Jamie Brackenridlgie and hie sou and heir it wasn't the Dad who came

out on top. Noc a bit of it. Jack put the old man tihrougli by 30 to 7. Jamie was' drawing like a mustard poultice and Jack was dmvmig them out like nine-pins. After suxaeen heads the head of the house resigned 1 . In the Pennant matdhes last Saturday the Petom© juniors gave the Wellington ditto rather more than, they bargained for— a lioking by 46 to 4U. Huiykissou (sub), Liddle, fctan, Bioiwu and Hareus Hjmmer lost to Hay, Firth, Cook and' Southgate by 11 to 29, wbicih is decadedly yultry. On their own green GiemfaLl, Luke, F. Laurenson and Gale b<Mt F ndJay, Rennie, Smith and MeTbuush by 29 tlo 17. Victoria had a comfortable, win over Kaiotn, Vosseler's rink Mjoruig 30 to Holcbwoith'e 13 and Uwei 18 to Donnellys 22. In one head Vosselei s rink got m 7 against their opponents. All the Karori bowk were in the. da ton along witih one of Vosselei 's. It was a more exciting go between Newtown and 'KeJburne, the. younger club beating the e'der by 41 to ci 3. Lane'u Kelbura© rmk beat Kerr'sy on their own Newtown green by 24 to 13, and Burke of Newtown leveraged the affront by putt nig down Littlejohn on his own heather — 20 to 17. On Saturday, Martin, King, Redstone, and 1 Ma ok sucoeswfuhy insisted an attack by Andeison, Gum^e, Dixon and Scott upon tine coveted Hamertom Badges Mttle Billee sa.ys lie- can keep them all the season with the team he has got. But the Scotch gladiator has go his eye on them. J. Rennie, the popular Iniveiroargall bowler, was in town th-jsi week, and 1 hiad a goad win on the "Wellington green on Monday afternoon . Partnered with Finlay, Watison and Geio. Brown, he served it up pdping hot to Geo. Evans, Knapp, Moult and Andy Hamilton, who wemt d!own kicking by 13 to 28. Reami© plays No. 3 in, that strong Invercargill link whicih for five years at leading tournaments m the South hae kept its membea-shap intact amd last year very nearly extinguished the hopes of Prince's ctempion runk. Jim Taylor, the bantam, is lead, A. D. Miller (otherwise "the Dusty Milieu:") is No. 2, Rennie is No. 3, and 1 Rolbt. Taylor is the canni© skap. They are putting their war-paint on for Chrietohurch. So also is Tom. Look at Gore. Ussher, who assisted him three years aigo to win the Champion Pairs, will probably lead for him. In fact, there is going to be a great gathering of the clans at Chnstchunch. Orton Stevens has just found out at the Htttt that the Mason Ferns are in very firm hands. Mmphy joined' him in an effort the otfher day to pluck tibem out by the jnootg, but Knight and Callender spoiled the attempt by 30 to 10. At Karori, the Cathie Pins have passed from Spiers, England', Cooper and Townehend to Newcombe, Lookett, Bennett and Lloyd l , who won » good tussle by a pomt — 20 to 19.