BOWLING.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15185, 10 March 1923, Page 16 (Supplement)

BOWLING.

(By "Toucher.") On Monday and Tuesday a tournament will be held at Te Awamulu and as good entries have come forward th-3 success of it from that important poiut of view is assured. Several local teams are taking part. Bowling is a fairly popular pastime among ladies in Australia, and at Melbourne last, month no fewer than 95 pairs competed in the Victoria Ladies' Bowling Association's mixed tourna. ment. The Te Kuiti tournament will follow immediately after the play has concluded at the Waipa centre. Some of the teams are taking part in both sessions. Te Kuiti plays a period of its bowls by electric light, a provision which adds a novelty to the tournament not to be met with on most greens. According to some of the New South Wales bowlers/ Hie best green they played on in the Dominion was ;il Wcstport. Bowlers who intend taking part in the festival at Cambridge during Easter should not overlook thai the. time for making their entry is now almost due. Judging by the enquiries that are bring made, the lournament this year promises to he one of the most successful yet held. The Frankton Club arranged a farewell afternoon of play to-day to mark the departure from the club and the districl of one of its members in Mr A. Dunn, who has retired from 'he railway service. Proexcssive pairs ! weer played and at an interval in the games, appreciation was expressed of j Mr Dunn's services |o tie Club .lurinfi | Ihe period he had been in the district and the regret that was felt at his \ departure. Il is Mr Dunn's intention j to reside in Cbriatcburch-

Th&t the rules of bowling are bein* j recognised and more stringently en'orced day by day, was exempli tied ?r. ma of the games when a Canterbury , jlayer put his bowl away without wipng the chalk off it from a previous ead, says the Press. There is no question whatever about it that the Dtago man was guile justified in renoving it from the head according to he rules, but I venture to say that .housands of times in a season this •ule is broken, and it is the first time the writer has heard of a "chalked" >owl being lifted from the green and alaced on the bank disqualified. In iringing this little incident under the notice of players, let it be a lesson ,o' them to see that their bowls are properly cleaned before they are played. The afternoon arranged by the Ham. illon Club on Saturday as a far?wcll to Mr M. Darke, win, has left Ihmiltoa on d visit :< the Homeland, was ir. every way a function befitting the occasion. With bowlers from ail the surrounding clubs present the gathering was given that cosmopolitan atmosphere which the work Mr Darke has done for the wide circle of bowling in the Centre's district, as well as in ins own club, thoroughly warranted. There was a ring of genuine sincerity in the words of appreciation that were expressed towards one who has proved a princely patron of the sport over very many years and who has permeated the affairs of bowling with that spirit of camaraderie which makes playing the game so well worth while. For the first time we hear of foot faults in bowls. Though such offences are common, they are rarely, if ever, seriously noticed. The man on the bank iften makes remarks concerning them. It remained for a South African to draw public and pointed attention to those breaches, In his comments on the Durban matches of the English team in South Africa, a local writer had this to say. Sounds like cricket, does it not?:—"The rule dealing with foot faults was greatly in evidence, although the most of the 'no-balling' came from the overseas umpire. Several of the visitors were pulled up as well as local players, but while it did not seem to upset the visitors in the least, our men, who had the misfortune to come under the umpire's eagle, eye, seemed to go off their game completely. This shows the necessity for the rule to be enforced in all competitions, as a big match or a tournament is no time f->r a man to try and rectify his footwork."