BOWLING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18541, 29 April 1922, Page 7

BOWLING.

By Jack. Tbs Easter tournament hajs been extremely long-drawn-out this season, due to the very broken weather experienced during the past few weeks, but alter various adjournments a conclusion was finally reached on Thursday. ' .On Saturday last the final games of the Provincial Pairs was responsible for two interesting contests. R. Proctor and B • Honaghan (Caledonian) met D. Cormack and T Sanders (Kaituna) in the semi-final. The game was exceedingly well contestedi the Kaituna pair being rather fortunate to win. a lucky wick to Sanders when the Caledonian pair were lying live counters giving Kaituna second shot. In the final game between the Kaituna pair and J. Rigby and J. Tonkin (NorthEast Valley) the latter quickly put the issue beyond doubt. Sanders, who had played a strong game throughout, the tourney, was quite out of form in the first half of the game, enabling Tonkin to buna "up a commanding lead, and although Sanders made a good recovery the handicap was too great. . The final in the City Pairs between D. C. Stark and Jack Robertson (St. Kilda) and E, Currie and A. Mackie (Taien). The result was in doubt until the last howl had been played, victory finally resting with the St. Kilda pair by a narrow margin. The weather was glorious on Thursday for the final games of the tourney which was concluded on the Oaversham Green which was in perfect order. In the serm-tmal of the Provincial Ririks W. Bridgman, S. Wood, C. Anderson, and G. B edderspoon (Roslyn) met J. Sanders, D. Melville, D. Cormack, and T. Sanders (Kaituna). On, the fifth head the scores were level—four all. and on the seventh head Roslyn lea 7 Kaituna then put 'in a serviceable run, scoring six on the next three heads ann inaking the totals 12—7 in Kaituna £ favour. On the next head—the twelfth—Kaituna lay well until the skips crossed over but Bqdderspoon drew on top of the jack with his first bowl. Sander! tried to rake him off and give Roslyn another shot and B eddorspoon. drawing another, made three of it—12—10. On the next- end Kaituna secured a single on a close measure,, leaving Roslyn three down with five heads to play. . The next two heads -gave three to Kaituna and on the fourteenth Roslyn scored a single, the latter (then being four down. The fifteenth head was a wide one, Sanders drawing two shots which made the game sate for Kaituna, Roslyn eventually finishing three down. In the semi-final between M. Millm, E. Omand, J. Nisbet,' and W. Wnght (Balmacewen) and G. Porteoug, E. Ball, A. Trethaway, and W. Blackwood _ (Caversham) some capital play was witnessed. Wright, the Balmacewen skip was m great form, a number of his shots being the acme of perfection, while on the other hand Blackwood was not as sound as usual. Balmacewen scored a single and a five- on the first two heads, Caversham following with a brace on the third head. The scoring then evened up, .Balmacewen leading B—6 on the eighth head. . The latter then began to forge steadily ahead, and with only two heads to go led by 16—7. On the fifteenth head Caversham secured a brace, leaving Balmacewen seven up with one head to play. Caversham could 1 only score a single and finished six down. . In the final between Balmacewen (W right] and Kaituna (Sanders), the latter opened with a single, and Wright followed with a single and a brace. Sanders 1 followed with a single. Oh the fifth head there was some nice drawing, Omand placing his first qowl on the jack. This was not disturbed, and Balmacewen got .one, the scores being 4 2 in favour of Wright._ Kaituna got in two nice shots on the sixth head, which Balinacewen failed to disturb. J. Sanders drew a toucher on the next end, but Nisbet trailed for three. T. Sanders drew a beautiful shot with bis first bowl, but with his next he disturbed the head, and gave Balmacewen two, 6—4 in favour of Baimacewen. On the seventh head Omand s first bowl was a toucher, and Nisbet, who was playing a -great game, drew a nice second, but Cormack robbed him of second place with his last bowl. Sanders with a fine effort rested the shot bowl away, and lay two, 6—6. J. Sanders placed ms first wood about a foot behind the jack on the next head, and Cormack drew a second, 8— J. Sanders’s first wood lay a few inches from the jack, and Cormack drew a perfect toucher. Nisbet followed with,-a clinker, springing the jack a foot for one. Sanders drove with his last bowl, and took the jack into the ditch for two. Wnght drew short, and Kaituna led, 10—5. J. Sanders; .who had found his length and was playing very steadily, drew on top of the jack with 'his first bowl in the eleventh head, -end Melville drew another equally as good. T. Sanders drew a dose wir'd, and Wright missed with a yard-on shot Sanders put in a nice block, and Bright failing to improve with his last wood, Kbituna got three,., and led 13—6. MiUm.drew two close shots on "the next head, but Cormack drove and burnt the. end. . , mace wen lay two until Cormack with a lucky shot pushed in a short bowl for* a counter. Kaituna 14—6. On the thirteenth head Wright lay a close first until Cormack. with a beautiful trail, secured the shot, but Wright drove and burnt the head. Omand drew almost -on .the jack, but Melville. whose play had been very streaky, rested Balmacewen out for shot. Nisbet, trailed accurately with his second bowl fortwo. Sanders drove twice, but went wide on each occasion, and Wright drew a third, making the score 14—9. The- Kaituna pi avers then took charge of the game, and, forging steadily ahead, ran out winners by 27 to 15. " , ' ' ■ , The final of the City Rinks proved very one-sided, Seddon (St, Clair) defeating M’Gillivray (Roslyn) by 29 to 9. The North-East Talley and x St. Kilda greens were officially closed for the season on Saturday afternoon last, but heavy rain prevented play, the proceedings being of a social nature in the respective pavilions. The Balmacewen Club’s green will be closed for the season to-day. The c'ub’s competition has been concluded, the Handicap Singles being won by W. Momson who defeated J. Nisbet in the final bv 23 points to 21. The Pairs were won by King and M‘Donald, Withey apd E. Omand being the runners-up. . A correspondent writes:— During the Easter tournament in this city, anyone who follows bowling could not help noticing a very undesirable practice. T refer to plavers calling out loudly to those at the other end of the green about things that do not at all concern the jams. Some of the remarks are supposed to be humorous. When a number of players are behaving in this manner on a green it has the effect of drowning the voice of a player who is giving important directions to one m his rink at the other end, ‘and, in the case of nlavers whose hearing is imperfect, it is still ‘more annoying.” My correspondent has quite good grounds for his complaint. On many an occasion I have heard players making remarks—allegedly humorous-dn tones calculated to drown any ordinary voice in the neighbourhood. . if these players would remember the words of Burns—“Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see cornels as ithers see us” they would certainly endeavour to annex a little less limelight. NOTE TO CORRESPONDENT. ‘•‘X. Y. Z.”—Your inquiry will be answered in next week’s notes.