Bowling Notes

Free Lance, Volume VII, Issue 351, 23 March 1907, Page 14

Bowling Notes

By Wrong Bias

SATURDAY'S weather put bowling enthusiasm to the test. There weue a good many matcheb aaranged foi the day, and, in s>pite ot a loweimg sky, they weie boldly tackled. Then, the sky started to dnzzle. S>till the play kept on, but bow lei* who know something about gout, rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago and othet toreign visitois of that kidney, were to be seen picking out spots of sheltei between the ehots Next, the drizzle smartened into a goad, business-like ehowei. It squeezed most of the playeirs ofF the gjieen and into the pavilion for creatuie comforts, 01 upstaus foi bridge or solo wlnst, euchre or crib. Some weather-beaten wamiors here and 1 there persisted through it all, and, with wet jackets and an occasional corpsereviver, saw it through to the bitter, soaking end. The struggle for the Edwin Feathers, for instance, on the Thorndon green, went on to a finish, Captaan Edtwin with his watering-pot to the contrary notwithstanding. Alpe, Ramsay, D'Emd'en and J. J. Roberts were there from Newtown to back up their challenge, and, wet or dry, they meant to see it through. Equally willing were the Thorndon defend'ere, C. L. Bar-ra-ud, Wiggins, jun , "Ivy" Wilson and Napoleon Sievwright. It was a fine, spirited contest, but Sievwright and his merry men worked' like a machine. Newtown went down bv 14 to 21, and went home subdued and moister men. However, they looked quite dlry on Monday. Thorndon had braced itself up to knock out the World on Saturday. Every other city and 1 suburban olub had been invited to send along a rink for a fiiendly "go," and all of them did. But the weather broke up tihe merry party Pleasant consolation, however was found in tho refreshing afternoon tea dispensed by a committ QQ of ladie6. To-moi row (Saturday') it is the Wellington Olub's desire to try conclusions against the World. Churdhwaird, Neil McLean Gooder, Porteous, Moult. Bush Hamilton. Vpitoh, Lookie, Mentiplav Whittle, J A Plimm>&i\ Berry, and Russell are the horn© skips, and fourteen visiting; rmks are consequently expected to turn up. If the weather relen£s it ought to be "a great day, intoirely " Petone still maintains an unbeaten leeord fox the Junior Pennant, which may now be safely leckoned its own for the season. Firth, Hay, Cook and South gate went to the Victoria green and beat Slyfield, Evans, Wright and Longmore there by 24 to 19. In the game at Petone, Smith, skipping for the home club, beat Vosseler (Victoria) by 1. Therefore, Petone won the match by 4 points. The Wellington Club juniors who went out to Kaion (Freebairn, Fiost, Stan Brown and Fred Gale) struggled through their game and beat Earle, Wedde, Caton and Hendetrson, of Karori, by 24 to 13. After eleven heads they weue 9 all, but from that point Gale's team did all the scoring excepting on two heads. On the Wellington green, F. Lain enson was skippang against Cox, but the rain damped their ardour and they adjourned after eight heads. The four Petone rinks that went out to the Hutt were not so successful. They lost by 63 to 87. Henry scored 33 to Barlow's 20, but the other thvree skips went undea — Wylie to Hendiry by 16 to 24, Johnston to Callendtefr by 15 to 20, and' T. McArthur to Trevetlhick by 12 to 20. There was a presentation at the Wellington Club's pavilion last week to Mr. W. T. Grundy (head-master ot the Clyde Quay School), who has also been the very painstaking secretaiy of the club for the past three or four years. Mr. G randy was on the eve of his departure for the Old Country, and the presentation therefore took the form of a dressing-case and a Mosgiel nig. President Neil McLean madle the presentation, and vice-president Tom Bush proposed Mr. Grundy's health, which was drunk with musica-l honours. Other leading bowlers also off "on the wallaby" are George Prince of Newtown (organiser of the New Zea-

land team toi England) and Fred Toivnseud, of the \ ictona Club. In both case*, theie was a binoker," in the club pavilion, to lead eclat to tli-e send off." Biaokenridge came a cioppea at Mount Victoria on Saturday. Skipping, with Dement, Heniy and Fan lento back him up, he scoi od 9 while Higgins, R. Dixon, MacMoiiaai and Norwood knocked up 20. Oh, Hnggine,! Victona is sending five nnks out to tihe Hutt to-moaiow, Captain Edwin permitting, of couise. Juiat now he's got a finger in eveiij boiling pie. Entnes foi the bowling championship oi Australasia, to be contested upon the Wavei-dev gieen, Sydney, closed on Wednesday labt, the 20th inst. A record 1 entiy was expected, but I ha\ en t heard of any New Zealandej s making the tup. The ti op hies axe valued at £50, and will be split up into pmaes of £30, £12, £5 and £3 Mir A. Chandler is the honoiary 6ecreta.iy to the Easter demonstiation. The question of tea oi spirits, which has been fought out in one oi two local clubs, has cropped up also in Melbourne. At a meeting the other day of the Piahian Council, Councillor Upton sand he was delighted to he-u that the Prahran Bowlmg Club had decided not to apply for a license to retail spirituous liquors, which meant that the bar trade that had been carried on foi some years would be abolished. Too often the game of bowk had been associated with beer. I always thought it was nhuskey," not beer. At any late the beverage question has not arrived at any acute stage in Wellington. Nobody tries to force his own piescnption dlown the other fellow's thioat. The "smoker" send-off to Fird. Townsend and F. Penty came off in the Victona Club pavilion, on Wednesday night, and was a veiy jolly affaox. Mr. Penty, unfortunately, was kept at home thiough indisposition. Miramiar's Fred, howevei, was in great form and presented the club with an ■enlarged photo of himself. Whea-e-upon Brother Higgins caiused tho teairs to flow freely by sweetly sangmg ' Ever of Thee We're Fondly Dreaming." It was the hit of the evening. The chairman (Mr. R. Scott) improved 1 the occasion in his opening remarks, and Messrs Keith and Towns-e-nd told funny experiences of theii last globe-trotting, which were later on knocked into- a cocked) hat by Marcus Miairks's Hebrew whoppers. Songs were contributed 1 by Messrs. Redstone, R. Dixon. H. Fletcher, H. Mayer, H. Wright, F. Hendry, J. B Martin. D. Henry, C. Higgins and 1 W. T Ma ok. Mir. F. Hendry was at the pdano. Victoria makes a bid against Thorndfon to-morrow far thie Edwin Feathers.