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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19848, 17 January 1920, Page 10

eleventh head Foohes lay the shot when the skins went hock. Fountain, with his first howl, drew one right on to tho kitty. Fookos replied by trailing the kitty away two feet by a in ns tori v shot, and lay four. Fountain retaliated hy trailing the kitty another two feet, and made it a very close measure between his own toucher and one of Fookesm back bowls. With his last bowl in the head, Fookes was a bowl’s width narrow, and Fountain scored one. Slow scoring followed, and on tho sixteenth head tho rinks were equal. They kept close until tho twentieth head, making up a number of close beads such as were characteristic of the game Thor. Fookes, who bad a lead of one, doubled and multiplied it. The only chance Fountain bad on the Inst head was to burn it, but it was a very difficult shot, and ho failed. It. "Wylie (Kniapoi) scored three in the first head against I, Woolf (Christchurch), but Woolf got four in the next, and did not relinquish the load until the twenty-first head, when Wylie drew level. Wylie was only one behind on the eleventh head, but from then to the twenty-first bead be was at no time closer than two behind Woolf. Nevertheless the close of the game was verv close, and no one knew what would happen on the extra head. Woolf won it with a, two. A. P. London (Wanganui), who bad two lives at the beginning of the second round, was matched at St Albans tins afternoon against the only other man on the green who.had similar vitality, E. Harraway (Dunedin). He had the host of tho game, although they kept close together in tho first half, having ties on the third, fifth ami ninth heads) Harraway was actually loading on tho tenth head, and it was not until tho fourteenth head that London drew level again—14-14. On lito second to Inst head Harraway required three to win, but it was London who scored in tho last heath E. Fountain and C. Amtmnn met in tho singles competition this afternoon, in an unfinished game. Tho final score was 19 to 15 in Fountain’s favour. Each 'of these players has one “life” left. SINGLES COMPETITION, Tho competition was conducted on ,tho two h»o ” systam. Tho result of ihe first day's, play leaves the following players in the. competition, those with two lives having had no losses and those with one having had one loss: Two lives—R. W. Kirk (Tahaka), J. Wooller JRemucra), J. Stephenson (Si John’s), nr' i± ?; ra "’ ay (Dunedin). E. 11. Henderson (Lytteiton), W. Foster (Green Island), and 4V. H. Macdouga.ll (Christchurch). One life—W. C, Albmtt (Christchurch). F. A. Edwards (Lya.ll Bay). T. J, Griffin (Matai), S. Sharp (Stratford), W. Carswell (Taieri), K. Wylie (Kaiapoi), A. G. Fookos (Carlton), A. F. Spiiler (Reraucra). S. Sinclair (Lyttelton), J, B. Orange (Canterbury) D. Hutchison (Kortb-Eant Valley), W. Deo (Rla) tai), J. Caughley (Kolburn), W. M. Horton (Edgcware). W. Spiiler (Sydenham) I. "Woolf (Christchurch). T. C. Coull (Boslyn), J. Doherty (Kolburn), J. E. Wright (St John's). J. C. Risby (K.E. Valley), J, Tonkin (K.E. Valley), F. A. Rummer (Pohsonby) E. Travers (Waimate), J. Roach (Shannon),’ R. Haworth (Canterbury), J. Gow (St AL bans), R. H. Stephens (Kclburn), C. E. Manchester (Waimate). The came in tho sixth round between E. Fountain (Wellington) and C. A rat man (St Clair) was not completed. At the cud of the fifth round Aratman had two lives and Fountain one.