BOWLING

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 4 February 1918, Page 2

BOWLING

M ASTJvKTON EKKTA lII* SA. (By "Wrong Bias. - ') j Tli<; shield match, Masterton A i. Kketahuna, played tit, Masterton mi ! Saturday, provided one oi the lnosl ' exciting games witnessed for some time. The visitors played with solid combination, and it was .seen early i in tlu\ niatcii thai thoy were to be •.seriously reckoned with. As a matin- | or fact they established a lead eai'l\ in the faille thai could mot be reduced to any extent by the local players. The veteran—J. Kerr— suc- . oeeded in beating Pragnell by '2l I points to l(i. At this stage there 'Va.s one head to play with the rinks skipped by C. Perry and Duff, and Eketahuna on the aggregate had a lea'd of five points. The match appeared to tic won by Eketahuna, a.s when Perry's third—"Captain" Perry • —took the mat Diiff was lying three 0:1 a long head. Perry had three back howls, and he directed his brother to draw the jack. His first bowl missed, but the second, amidst great excitement, carried the kitty io The gutter, and Perry went from three down to four up. with only the-nkips to play. Perry drew, and his bi>wl would have assuredly reached I lie ditch had its progress not been checked by one of J4*. iyTng .shots. Jt stopped, ajHl was another counter, niakimr -['tie score oven. Duff drew wicie. Perry's second was a few inches short of being a counter. Duff, with all eyes upon him, essayed a draw, and missed, leaving the aggregate score 12 all. Both rinks had to get at it again. Pragnell lay one up oil Kerr, when Herbert carried the kitty behind for one. Pragnell drew two pretty shots, and finished two up on Kerr. Dujf lay one up on Perry, and the game finished in favour ol Masterton .by one point. The honours undoubtedly were with Eketahuna. The scores were (Eketahuna heing mentioned first) — Covrknt, J,owes, Camoron. Duff (s) 1!), Thurston, Harrison, FT. Perrv. C. Perry (s) 20. Pel ling. Tumor. Herbert Kerr (s) 21. Lawrence, Rigg, TCwington, Pragnell (s) 18. MASTI'IRTOX v. PARK. Playing at the Park, Masterton B defeated Park in a shield match by 10 points on the aggregate. The scores were as follows Oinsterton being mentioned first):— E. Perry, Francis, Robertson, McCalden (s) 28, Price, Braggin.s, Bentlev Ogden fs) 1(3. Beale, Hoskimg, McEwen, Blinkhfu'n (s) 21, Butcher Bell. Kilgour, S'outhgate (s) Ifi. Duncan, H, Oarr, Swinerd, Wilton (s) 20, Jones Holm wood. Hope, Gordon (s) 13. NOTES. A rink from the Featherston Camp boat a Pari; rink on Saturday by 28 points to 18. The scores were: Douglas, Priestly, McDonald, Heron (s) 28, Moor, A match for the Grady medals will be played at the Park this evening, the challengers l»eiug Glendenning and R. Vile. This i.s the first season for many years that the Masterton Club has created permanent improvements to |Hts property, improvements thai are | revenue-producing, an asset to the Club, and a convenience to the members. It is Lo be hoped that the progressive movement will be more than a passing lapse. fne -Masterton Club cannot be complimented upon the system in vogue or the control of the Club competitions. They are allowed to drag on in an haphazard manner and" the rules arc flouted every day in the week, with a result that at "the end of the season some games are completed and the remainder adjourned sine die. ]f is impossible to control any fixtures with success unless ban! and fast rules are drawn up and rigidly enforced. it, as recently suggested, the smaller centres are to be given a voice in controlling the affairs of the I)omin r |ion Association, a privilege in which they should have share ere this, many desirable rules will no doubt be formulated for the better control of the sport. For instance, every Centre now controls a tournament to suit its own convonince without considering whether such an event is likely to interfere with a similar gathering promoted by another Centre. Bv'rights each Cent re should apply to minion Association lor a permit to hold a tournament for which out-ide entries are solicited, when dales could be allotted so that there would be no clashing. Another question that could be with advantage discussed is the transfer of players from one club to another. Tt often happens that the member of one club, after paying his subscription and playing for a couple of months, leaves for another district, ft he wishes to see the season out he has perforce to not only pay another subscription, but invariably an entrance fee as well to a second club. Surely some system can be devised whereby a transfer could be arranged and the subscription proportionately cut up. This system might well be introduced as a commencement by the Wnirarapa Centre, a body whose chief fund ions appeal- to be lo draw up the annual fixtures. There are many matters rf

importance to bowlers :iv a whole thai require t;if■ UI i n l-; in a business-like manner. Tlu* class oi play adopted !)v the younger general ion of .howlers raises the f|i|ostioii as in whether ii wonM nol he advisable fur clubs Id ''lassifv members lor ordinary and t-oinj>«-tii inn play in order to restore the conlidenec of tin' dlde)' general ion. There i.» not. llie slightist doiibi thai the "ginger." or "devil." in l rodilced by llie modern devotees tends In iil'i'lale those of the older school and deprive I hem of (he tabu enjoyment I hey expect to extract from the ;;ame. Yon hear it every day i'rom the "two o'eloekers" that the "dt ivitig" propensities of the "Four o'clockers" is not howls, hut ''skittles," and they atv glad to hp on the hank when sin h "reckloss and uncalled-for" playis in progress. Why hurt the feelings of (-])(> "(\vo o'cioekers" on ' Ihursdays and Saturdays hy inixinu' them with those who play "skittles."', A tittle iudicions classification would averi a deal of unnecessarv orumblinfl in this connection and tend lo hold mem hers heller than wilder the ,-i existing system. 0

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