BELGIAN RELIEF FUND

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16314, 22 February 1915, Page 2

BELGIAN RELIEF FUND

ALLSPOK'I H CARNIVAL. BOWLING TOUKaAMENT

A bowling Umri'aiiicnt on somowhat novel linos was i.uicj oi, hlo ijun.jd.ii l>rcuii 011 balurday, (JomiiK-iK.i.tf at. a o'clock m the moniws unci co.n ;iiu,„ £ Uli jwst 10 o clock at iiigiu. ii vvii-i uii.i,.!!' hi mat, it cud not lollow tho system of MiKs, [M.ia, or singles., nut <<u.c,ud of coniiietiuoiis id oiavnuH iiao unv.ng, in vwi.cn sonio humu.i,!, i).ji.{. iYjI oxtrcwciy grutltyillg H'llßlu: ii, Uno tOUlilUlllcllt Wua 111') OUjtvt !H ulllCll it aililcll. XHu WUo to accuiimlatt: ■„.. in.icii u. a poos.biu ior uiu aim pal,. :nt. x>utg.un naiiou, unu nothing was icit uiitncu wuicu was calculated to " hr.ng tjnst to tuo mill, llio exact result ut tiie touriiatiient could not be uscci'tami.ci on Saturday uigwt, but with a <,oiis.dcraue sum m iuind, unci lurtuer jnojiej. not v.a calculated, to come jxi, it seems to Ih-> i;u-u> cert.uii tuat, alter utducting the silent expe-nso ol running Uie tournament, iruie wm l>o close on ±)iUu to land over. i)m touinamtnt wua ex-

tremely wcl! managed, everything going like ciockwork. l.ueie are many to be credited vvitn tii.s Happy result, and loremost among them are v.iie members ot tne louruamem Loinmutee, witn Mr K (J.

Reynolds at t.'ieir head, and the two secretaires, iiissrs J. iirowi; and J. H. iViatheson. Another av.'itieinan who worked energttioiilly ariii continuously to make tho tournament. a success was Mr

W. Emery, and Messrs \\. .Nicholson (cha.rman ot the Ounediii CuitreJ, and ii. i\ M. Mercer were amorip; Uie hardest workers as lar as others went. The decorations about the green were Uiiuifsomo and quite artistically carried out, Mr Emery being the chiel ijistruiri(;ri( n the arrangements. Tea was provided oy a number ol ladies, Mis E. 0. Reynolds boiiift iii charge, and there was quite a in ;iiature army of younger ladies wno acted as purveyors of flowers, tobaceo > and c;\veet.«, and who absolutely refused to taku no for an answer. Ol good music there was a plenitude, the philharmonic Orchestra playing in the afternoon, and the Orphans' Orcnestrit in the evening, 'iho weather was everything that could be desired, and there was a total absence of th.-.t beta noir of the bowler— the wind. A good many spectators found their way to the bowling green, there being a very fair sprinkling' of onlookers in the earlier part 01 the morning, which increased materially in tho afternoon, and was more than maintained up till tho final of the tournament. Iho green presented quite a bnilknt appearance in the evening, when it was well lit by soinr; 15 or 16 electric lights. The formal opening of the tournament took place in tne atternoon, though play had been going on for some hours. Mr

E. C. Reynolds, speaking as chairman of the Bowling C'omitteee of the Otago High School Ok fk)ys' Association, expressed his pleasure at seeing so many present, and hoped that when they camo to make up their returns they would have reason to congratulate themselves upon the success ol th'-ir efforts. They were not there for speechmaking. To bo candid, they were after dollars, in return for which they offered "scraps of paper" (vellum certificates), and these, he ventured to think, would, under the circumstances, be more highly prized by those lucky enough to win them than a silver-mounted pipe, a cruet, or a set of bowls. These "war certificates" would in a few years possess a value, not to be estimated at the moment. The Old Boys' Association was nuch indebted to the Dunedin Bowling <;lub for the use of the green, to its • president (Mr W. Emery), who had done the decorations, and to Messrs Tumbul.l and Jones and MiArthur Barnrtt. for the free ereetion of the elrctret ]irrlit. Also to the City Corporation for free light, to the U<lts for their invaluable assistance, and to the host of willing helpers who hid so cheerfully come forward and volunteered their assistance. He further emphasised their .n----debtodness to those -vho hid donated :> variety of articles, which woii'd bo dispensed during the day. lie expressed the hope that all would enjoy tin juselvcSj and concluded, "On with the game, let joy be unconfined."

A iitle explanation i.s to t!io method of play is necessary. In 'riving. t!.o K.tty was placed at the end of the opposite to the players, with a bowl 15:n on either side of it. The scoring was three fur carrying the kitty into the ditoh, two for cutting it sideways, an 1 one for j assing between the kitty and either of the bowls. Four bowls were played, so that the maximum points obtainable were 12. In regard to drawing, three circles were struck round the jack, and the scoring was five for a that came to rest in the inner circle, three for the next circle, and two for the outer circle. With four bowls the possible was 20. The third great point in bowling—guarding—did not find a place in the tournament, possibly because there was quite enough to provide for and look after without it; but. more probably owing to guarding having become a neglected art in bowling. It is practically of equal value with drawing and driving, and certainly calls for quite as much skill from the player. It is not the easiest thing in the world to put down a guard, as every bowler, and more particularly the older bowler, who used to practise it with such good results, knows. The inclusion of a guarding competition in any future tournament might be worth coisidering.

The morning's play resulted in W. Austin, of the Dunedin Club, winning the drawing competition with 15 points. A. Barnctt, of the Roslyn Club, won the driving with a score of eight points, A. B. Wylie and K. Fountain tieing for second place with six points each. About 150 took part in each of these competitions. In the afternoon the drawing was won by Barnes, of the St. Kilda Club, with a sooro of 18 points, and the driving by G. Nelson, of the Dunedin Club, with a register of eight points. About 200 competed in the drawing and 150 in the driving-. A teams' competition was also held for drawing, and attracted 44 teams, each team consisting of four men, and this was won by a Ro&lyn rink, which scored 3C, an, Otago rink coming second with 28. A challenge rink match wae productive of interest, the sum of £5 being at stake. The conditions were that the money (donated by two gentlemen) by whoever won should go to augment the fund. The game resulted in Mr W. Emery's ring defeating Mr Barnctt's rink by two points, the relative scores being 13—11. . . For the Drawing Competition from 7.30 to 10 p.m. thero were some 250 entries. The winner was E. Harraway (Dunedin) with a score of 15, J. Cameron, of Roslyn, being runner-up with 14. The DrivingCompotition, in which 200 took part, was won by J. Moir (Wakaril with a score of 9. W. S. Wilson (Dunedin) -was second with 7. An additional Teams' Drawing Competition, for which there were 16 entries, was won by a strong Kaituna quartet composed as follows:—L. Clark, P. Seelye, C. T. Paterson, and F. Smith. Their aggregate score was 35. It is -worthy of note that the individual entries for the day totted up to something like WOO. At the close of the proceedings Mr E. C. Reynolds (chairman of the executive) complimented the various committees w!:o had workd so energetically throughout the day, and had thus been the means of bringing the function to such a successful issue. He made particular mention of the generous assistance Tendered to the executive by Mr W. Emery (president), and Dunedin Club members generally. Mr W. Nicolson (chairman of the Dunedin Centre) and his special committee rendered yeoman service. It is only fair to add that the success of the function was in great measure due to the untiring efforts of the ladies, as a result of whose efforts over £50 was added to the dav's takings. The tea stall (in charge of Mrs Reynolds, Mrs Macandrew. Miss Mercer and Miss Grindley) yielded £28 13s 6d; the* srweets stall (in charge of Mrs Watson and Miss Callender) yielded £12 12s 8d: and the flower stall (in charge of Mrs Solomon and Miss Emery) yielded £8 14s 7d.