BOWLING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16336, 27 January 1921, Page 6

BOWLING.

CLUB DOINGS AND GOSSIP. (By “TOUCHER.”) (Club secretaries are invited to forward t for publication in this column items of interest concerning club doings and proposals. Such copy should reach this office not later than Wednesday morning of each week.) Local bowlers will be pleased io see that W. Spiller (Sydenham) has done very well in the singles competition. To-dav he is meeting Jury in the semifinal, and if he is successful he will meet Brackenridge in the final. Spiller skipped the champion pair in the 1920 tournament at Christchurch. DOMINION TOURNAMENT. The annual tournament of the Dominion of New Zealand Bowling Association is still dragging along in Wellington. It- was started on Monday, January 10, and even it it finishes today. as seems probable, it will have lasted for nearly three weeks. This seems altogether too great a time to devote to a tournament. Returned players are unanimous in condemning the programme, which they compare unfavourably with last year’s tournament at Christchurch. The criticism ' is directed chiefly at the arrangement which kept players so long in Wellington if they wished to compete in all the events. This weakness was seen long before the tournament started, and it has been made very apparent during the past fortnight that the criticism in this direction was justified. Some players go the length ot asserting that the tournament is one of the most unsatisfactory that has been held since the Dominion Association was formed. There were two experiments. One was the plun of finishing each competition before starting on another. This worked very badly, ns it kept the bulk of the players on the bank while a gradually decreasing number went on playing. * One result of this arrangement was that many ol avers went home, without waiting fo”r doubles or singles. The other experiment was the two games, each ol" twenty-five heads, each day. This was made necessary by the difficulty of arranging for lunch on the greens." The two games a day came in for some adverse criticism, but on the whole it was favourably received, and it may be tried again with advantage. In the •meantime, while returned players seem to be very much disappointed over the Wellington tournament. thev have not got the length of seriously discussing future tournament problems, bur that will come laterUNDERWRITERS’ MATCH. In years a popular fixture Jiith Incnjf, insurance men has been “ Bowlers Dav,” when conclusions were held cn the green l*:tween teams representing the different insurance companies. This year the members of the Underwriters* Aesooia'tion sent an invitation to members of the Wellington Underwriters’ Association to meet the Christchurch Underwriters. Wellington lias accepted the invitation, and is sending four rinks to compete against an equal number of rinks from the Christchurch Underwriters. The games are to be played on the St, Albans Club's green to-mor-row. This will, be the first. time that rinks representing the "Wellington and Christchurch Underwriters’ Associations have met. EDGEWARE BOWLING CLUB. The following club competition games have -been played during the week on the Edgeware Club’s green Champion doubles—Bunt 30 v. Pearce 20; Cherry 21 v. C. Colville 12; Jackson 31 v. G. Jones 12; J. B. Colville 23 v. Herd 10. Champion singles—Jackson 18 v. Horton. 14; Cherry 15 v. Compton 14: Ashby 19 v- Jackson 10 : Allnufct 23 v. Compton 20 : Price 18 v. Hoggan 15. Dent doubles—Queree 19 v. Bascand 16; Moore 22 v. Queree 21; Matson 18 v. Beanland 17 : Moore 21 v. Banfield 20: Prioe 19 v. Lorimer 15; Belt 19 v. f.iorimer lo; Bennington 20 v. Horton 18 ; Herd 22 y. Longton 19. Handicap singles—Ashby 33 v. .Tackman 20; Keen 21 r. Cherry 19: Jackman 24 v. Cherry 23: Keen 29 v. G. Jones 16: Faulkner 25 v. Bunt 16; fxmgton 23 v- Leigh 18; Keen 26 v. Bolt 12; Bunt 29 v. Gilbert 23. This -week will complete five rounds in champion games. COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS. An application was made to the Dominion Bowling Council by the winners of last year’s pairs tournament for orders for their trophies, and it was stated that on more than one occasion applications had been made for trophy orders long after the close of a tournament. It was decided that in future applications must- bo made within one month, otherwise the council would not be prepared to recognise them. The Dunedin Centre wrote in respect to the stomping of bowls and suggested that bowls should be stamped annually with figures representing the year. After considerable discussion it was resolved to leave the question over till the next meeting of the council, which is to take place at Dunedin. TWO LONG LEADS. The competition between the majority of the pairs in the first round was of an even nature, and there were only a few runaway games. Some of the greens were on the trickv side and hard to pick up, but when the length and “green” required were mastered thev p laved evenly. M. Walker (s). Ponson by. in his game with Herd (s), Edgware. was a long time making a move, and his opponent was 16 when he had only just broken the “ ice.’’ Walker, however, got going in the last eight heads and was onlv four down at the conclusion. Ferkins (s), Island Bay. failed to attract the attention of “kitty” till Cooper (s). Linwood. had piled up 29 points, and he lost the game by 19. BECKENHAM * PAIR’S WINS. Chegwin (Beckenham) and Smith (Hataitai) did not, score much in the early stages of their game, being square. 7 all at the lllh. Chegwin scored in the last few heads, and the game ended 13-9 in his favour. There was an exciting minute in the match between Dee and Chegwin. On the last head the teams were level, and Thomson (Chegwin* s lend) drew a beauty, just touching kitty, an ideal shot. Dec just failed to alter matters with a running shot. “ HARDEST FOUGHT CONTEST.” The game between Sexton (s), Newtown. and Chegwin (s). Beckenham, was probably the hardest fought contest in the pairs competition. Newtown made “ merry ” at the start-, and at the conclusion of the sixth head had a lead of 10 points. Beautiful and accurate shooting oil the part of Beckenham gave them eight in the next two heads und there was only a point between the teams on the ninth. A “ ding-dong ” go then ensued and either team might have won. On the sixteenth and final head Beckenham was three behind, and was lying the requisite number to tie, when Sexton with his last bowl rested the shot out and lay. It was a nicely laid-down bowl, and Chegwin replied with one equally good, but when tlie measuring was done Beckenham was only two up on the head and lost by a point BOWLER’S COMMANDMENTS. The following ten commandments might be useful to bowlers : 1. Thou Shalt not put any game before bowl a. 2. Thou shalt not take unto thee any golf club, tennis racquet, or 4 image of anything that may wean thine affection for tho game of bowls. 3. Thou shalt not use any unseemly

language about the skip, nor take his name in vain, for thy skip will verily punish him that takothl his name ia vain. 4. Remember the Saturday of the bowling season to keep them wholly for bowls. 5. Honour thy President and thy Secretary that thy place may be secure in the matches played by the Club. 6. Thou shalt not kill the reputation of an y bowler no matter how poor * player he is. 7. Thou shalt not prove unfaithful %o the dear old game of bowls by following other games, no matter how seductive their charms eeem to be. 8. Thou shalt not steal from » fellowbowler any little name he has earned in the bowling world, for that is dear to his a-s bis life9. Thou shalt not covet a brother's bowls, neither bis bowling lacket nor anything that is cheracteristic of thy brother bowler. 10. Thou shalt not bear false witness against a brother bowler, no matter how stainless his record, but shall speak tho truth of him in love, so that the world may be able to say : • See h«»w these bowlers love one another.’* JOHN RUSK P..A . M |{ Ex-P re dent li ish Polling A— uhmci’