FOR BOWLERS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19959, 17 November 1934, Page 16

FOR BOWLERS

BREAKING OF MAT RULE Many players are not observing the rules of the game, a fault common to many is the breaking of the mat rule, a great many of them making no attempt to carry out the spirit of the rule says a southern writer. Rule No. | 12 of the laws of the game states, “The j player at the moment of delivery, must | have at least one foot on the mat, and i wholly within its boundaries, such foot ■ j to be not less than three inches from J j the front of the mat.” To act ac- j j cording to this law it is really inj tended that both feet be on the mat ! while addressing the head before ac- | j tual play, and at least one foot shall j j be on the mat at the actual moment | of delivery (and then behind the three- I j inch mark). I observed one young! ; skip deliberately place both his feet I j over the front of the mat before dei livery. It is up to this player, and a number of others, to take a little j notice of what is right and what is wrong. It is surely not very difficult j to carry out this rule in the proper way. A quiet demeanour on the j green is also a thing that is appreci- j ated by many. Walking through your neighbour’s rink is not right, and in- j terference with others in any shape or j form is quite unnecessary, and in man cases could be classed as objectionable. Enjoy your game in the proper spirit, but do not forget there are others besides yourself playing. Victorian flies show that great disappointment is being expressed at the smallness of the entries for the Cen- j tenary Tournament as compared with I

A.B.C. carnival of 1928. It is thought by some followers of the game that the extra bowling carnivals that have cropped up in the many States of Australia during the last few years have interfered with the entries for the Centenary tourney. One writer says,“ That until methods like those employed in New Zealand in the big tourneys over there are adopted in Victoria and New South Wales there will not be an increased number of entries.” It is pleasing to note that New Zealand is not such a bad place after all, in so far as catering for bowlers is concerned, even if we do give a man a chance to win a championship after he has lost three lives.