BOWLING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23106, 4 February 1937, Page 4

BOWLING

By Jack

FDXTURES February 13.—Elderly Bowlers' Day. February 13.—South Otago Centre tourney. February 13.—Final four-rink championship. March 6.—Leads and seconds' tourney (commences). March 6.—Otago v. Southland (Harraway Shield) at Dunedin. March 6 and B.—Champion of Champion Singles. March 10.—Dunedin v. Central Otago al Dunedin. March 13.—Adess Shield, rink championship final. March 13.—Dunedin v. South Otago Centre, at Balclutha. March 13.—Dunedin v. North Otago. at Dunedin. March 13.—Finals leads and seconds, at Dunedin. March 20.—Otago v. Canterbury (Redpath Shield), at Christchurch March 25 to 30.—Easter tourneys, Dunedin and North Otago. March 26, 27, 29.—Central Otago tournament. INTERCLUB CHAMPIONSHIP The interclub championship seems to be resolving itself into a duel between West Harbour and Logan Park. At the commencement of Saturday's games these two clubs headed the list with 60 points each, and as each again secured the maximum on Saturday they remain at the top with 72 points each. The nearest rivals, Balmacewen and North-East Valley, which commenced the day in third place with 51 points each, still remain on equal terms, each winning three sections and losing one, thus securing nine competition points each and bringing their respective totals to 60. Dunedin at present fills fifth place with a total of 52 points. Dunedin secured 10 points on Saturday by winning five sections out of six.

The way was made easy for West Harbour on Saturday by Kaituna defaulting in one section, thus making a gift of six points to its opponents. In the other section West Harbour won with a substantial margin to spare, due largely to the big score of 36 put up by Page's rink to 13 scored by Webster and his men.

It should be explained in connection with the section defaulted by Kaituna that the latter club was drawn to meet West Harbour (two sections), Balmacewen (two sections), and Fairfield (one section), and as the result of a ballot taken in the office of the secretary of the centre (Mr Hanning) one section was defaulted to West Harbour.

Logan Park met Mornington in one section and North-East Valley in the other, and was fully extended in each section. Park won the Mornington game by 59 points to 53. and the Valley game"* by 57 to 55.

Saturday was a black day for Kaituna, which failed to register a point. In addition to West Harbour, Kaituna met Fairfield in one section and was defeated by 74 points to 57, and Balmacewen (two sections), which won 73—51 and 63-47. In addition to West Harbour and Logan Park, three clubs—Taieri. Fairfield and Outram —obtained their full quota of points, 12; and Port Chalmers, which until Saturday had not registered a point, was successful in one section and thus has now six points opposite its name. The following are the results of Saturday's games, with the total points scored to date by each club:—

LACK OF COURTESY With the "Sport of Kings" claiming attention at Forbury Park last Saturday some of the club selectors were faced with a difficulty in finding sufficient players to fulfil the day's > engagements. When players notify the selectors in sufficient time that they will not be available for the Saturday's games there can be no real cause for complaint, but when club members are so lacking in courtesy that they ignore the selectors then there is real cause for grievance. This was what happened in one club —and one of the leading clubs at that—last Saturday, and the selectors would

unanimous in extending him their good wishes. It is not yet known who will take Mr Clayton's place, but it is anticipated that the club has many enthusiastic young members from whom a suitable successor can be chosen. TO CURE SMOTHERED SHOTS "If you find that you are smothering your shots through the green and hitting your approaches off the socket, try standing a shade closer in and take the club back more with the arms," says C. A. Whitcombe, the noted British professional. "I notice that when a player forces a shot in an effort to obtain a little extra distance he almost invariably begins by unconsciously standing a little further from the ball than he would normally do. One immediate result of this is that he has his hands too low, pressing down on the wrists, so that the heel of the club is the only part of the club which is touching the ground. The player who starts from this position forces himself to take the club back with the wrists only instead of with the arms and wrists together. When the club reaches the top of the swing the hands are still facing the ball, and when he starts to swing down the hands are still far in advance of the club head, with the result that the shot is either smothered or hit off the socket." BOYS BRILLIANT GOLF Ferrier, the Australian amateur champion, and J. Palmer, a Strathfield Club member aged only 13 years, were responsible for the fireworks in Sydney Club golf during a recent weekend. Ferrier had a 66 at Manly and Palmer equalled the amateur record at Strathfield. Ferrier was out in 35, despite the fact that he took three putts on the second and fifth greens, missed a fourfooler at the third, and took three to get down from the edge of the ninth green. Coming home, he played (lawlessly, holing only one long putt—an 18-footer for a birdie three at the twelfth. The round was four strokes more than his course record. His figures wore:—3, 5. 3, 3. 5,4, 4. 3. 5—35; 3. 4,3, 4,4, 4, 2—31—66. Palmer, who recently returned a 68 in a par event, plays from 12 handicap, and his net 59 gave him a good win in the trophy competition. He is small for his age and lacks the power to drive a long ball, but he makes up for this with amazing accuracy, especially on and around the greens. His figures were:—4, 3,4, 4, 43,4 5. ;j 34; 4. 3. 5. 4, 4. 3, 4. 5. 5—37—71. INTERCLUB GOLF The coming week-end will see the revival of a fixture which, owing to some obscure reason, has of late years been abandoned. This consists of the interclub match between the Commercial Travellers' Club and the St. Clair Club. This year the Commercial Travellers' team is mostly comprised of St. Clair members, but it is augmented by several leading players from Balmacewen, including J. A. Scouler and J. M'Dougall. As C. B. Wight, J. E. Matheson, A. H. Gamble, W. D. M'Kenzie and A. B. Watt will also be included in the Travellers' team St. Clair will be fully extended to avert defeat.

be quite justified in placing the erring players on the bank for a few Saturdays. The selectors, as is well known, have a very thankless task, and it is certainly up to members of clubs not to add to it knowingly. ADESS SHIELD COMPETITION It has been decided that the entries for the Adess Shield Rink Competition must be in the hands of the secretary of the centre on or before 5 p.m. on Monday, February 8, accompanied by the names of the team and the entry fee of 5s for the rink. The first round is to be played during the week ending February 20, the second during the week ending February 27, and the third during the week ending March 6. You might note that the starting time for the first three rounds is 5 p.m., with a two hours and a-half time limit. SINGLES CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS The Champion of Champions competition will be played on Saturday, March 6, and Monday, March 8, and the rule specifies that the name of the champion of each club must be forwarded to the secretary of the centre at least 24 hours before the date fixed to play, otherwise the entry will not be accepted. PUBLIC SERVICE TOURNAMENT The final game in the Public Service Tournament, which was played on the Kaituna green on Tuesday in beautiful weather, was watched by a big bank of spectators, who were rewarded by witnessing some very fine play. The green was particularly keen, but as the contestants were all seasoned players this presented no terrors for them. The finalists were the Railways rink—J. M'Millan, J. Doolan, C. Pettit and W. T. Easton (s.), and the Telegraph rink — A. Pearse, R. Sissons, W. M'Kay and C. Tyrrell (s.). The Railways rink which won by 28 points to 15, was composed of players from the Dunedin Club and the losers comprised three Roslyn Club players and one from the Dunedin Club (R. Sissons). The Railways men held the upper hand from the commencement, and gave a very sound exhibition of bowling, every man doing his bit, and when called upon the skip, Easton, seldom failed to rise to the occasion. His accurate play was heartily applauded from the bank on several occasions. The opposing skip, Tyrrell, also gave a fine exhibition, but his rink lacked the steadiness of the Railways representatives. PAYMENT OF TRAVELLING EXPENSES Although It was stated at the last meeting of the Australian Bowling Council that bowls had been again included in the programme of the 1938 Empire >Games, after having" been, omitted from the original list of competitions, chiefly owing to the council's assurance that visiting bowlers would bear their own expenses it is now reported (writes " Jack Thrower," in the Australasian) that representatives of both South Africa and New Zealand will have their travelling expenses paid, and that possibly their hotel accommodation during their visit to Australia will also be provided for. While this will assure strong representation from those two Dominions, it will probably have the effect of again raising the question of the payment of the expenses of bowling teams engaged in interstate matches in the Commonwealth when playing in another State. There is a very strong feeling in some of the States against the introduction of this principle. CENTRAL OTAGO NOTES Saturday turned out a nice day for bowling, and the second games of the series were all played out, Clyde and Miller's Flat securing 12-point wins by winning all their games. Miller's Flat now leads in the competition with 60 points, Alexandra dropping back to second place with 49. Clyde, with 46, has come up from the bottom to third Two prominent singles players of last year's championship are not competing this year—T. Sunderland, of Alexandra, the champion of champions in 1936 and runner-up the previous year, and R. N. Paulin, of Clyde, last year's runner-up. The latter is unable to play through illness in his family. Both of these players are good exponents of the singles' game and would have been hard to beat in their respective clubs. The match between the Dunedin and Central Otago centres will be played on Wednesday, March 10, instead of Thursday, March 11, to enable players to return in time for the Cromwell races. The following are the results of Saturday's games:—Clyde v. Roxburgh (Clyde names first): E. George, S. Stevens, P. Miller. P. Edmonds 23. E. Pinder, H. Tamblyn, A. Holmes, A. Alexander 19: R. Kenwstubb, J. Ross, J. Holt. N. Paulin 17, F. Jeffery, L. M'Knight, G. Gilchrist. T. Henderson 14. Clyde v. Cromwell: A. Harris, J. Fulton, H. E. Stevens, J. L. Davidson 29, W. Veint, B. Leader, D. Cahill, R. E. Austin 16. Alexandra v. Roxburgh: Timmings 16, Scolon 22; Hamilton 23 Craig 17. Alexandra v. Cromwell: Marslm 21, E. Jolly 17; Gardner 9, Nicol 31. Alexandra v. Miller's Flat: Sunderland 11, Stuart 26; Hewitt 13, Ferguson 17. Cromwell also had three wins against Bannockburn. Ranfurly, in its second challenge for the Jolly Cup, did not make a very good showing, the holders winning by 29 points to 12. Bannockburn is the next challenger. LADIES' BOWLING NOTES By Skip The following is the draw for the interclub matches on Tuesday next:— Anderson's Bay v. Leith; Mornington v. Caversham; Port Chalmers y. Dunedin; North-East Valley v. Green Island; Kaikorai v. Otago; 0.L.8.A. v. Logan Park; West Harbour v. Roslyn; St. Clair v. St. Kilda. The results of last weeks matches are:— _ .. Caversham 8, Dunedin 4. Kaikorai 6, Green Island 6. St. Kilda 8, West Harbour 4. Mornington 6, North-East Valley 6. Roslvn 12, Logan Park 0. St. Clair 12, Port Chalmers 0. Anderson's Bay 8, 0.L.8.A. 4. Leith 6, Otago 6. The draw for the Hislop Cup matches on February 6 is:— Green Island v. Anderson's Bay; Caversham v. Roslyn; St. Kilda v. Kaikorai; Otago v. 0.L.8.A.; Dunedin v. West Harbour; North-East Valley v. Logan Park. The results of the last Hislop Cup matches are:—

Caversham beat Kaikorai. Dunedin beat Logan Park. 0.L.8.A. beat West Harbour. These were the only matches played last Saturday. A Mixed Pairs Tourney is to be held on the association's greens at Logan Park on February 10, commencing at 9.15 a.m. Entries close on Saturday next, The Annual Tournament is to be held on February 16, the Singles, Pairs and Rinks play commencing at 9.30 a.m. The entries, which close to-morrow, are to be forwarded to Mrs Adess.

a w a .SO '$ o 'o o o Logan Park .. 2 __ 12 72 West Harbour.. 2 — 12 72 Balmacewen .. 3 l 9 60 N.E. Valley .. 3 l 9 60 Dunedin .. 5 l 10 52 Fairfield 1 — 12 48 Roslyn .. 3 2 71-5 48 Taieri .. 2 — 12 42 Caversham 3 2 71-5 40 4-5 Kaikorai .. 1 2 4 40 Otago .. 2 1 8 40 Leith .. 1 3 3 39 Mornington .. 2 2 6 39 St. Clair .. .. 1 3 3 39 Caledonian 1 4 2 2-5 38 2-5 Kaituna — 5 — 38 2-5 Anderson's Bay 3 1 9 36 Opoho .. — 1 — 36 Outram .. 1 — 12 36 Waikouaiti — 1 — 36 St. Kilda .. 1 5 2 3 4 Green Island .. 1 1 6 2 4 Tainui .. 1 2 4 1 6 Brighton .. — 1 — 1 2 Port Chalmers 1 1 6 6