BOWLS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 707, 5 January 1910, Page 9

BOWLS.

:'WELLINGTON.CENTRE'S TOURNA-: :':%:-;!v^v':->-:.MENT.^;- : . • : "-. ;, :---' : ; :! -V. $M :f;INTBEESTING- PLAY. : : .' ■.; : s;TheSbanks:'of, |ihe; Wellington Boiling Club's.'lowerVgreen^in-Wordsworth -Street presented. , ; o : lively"'scene -last evening, ■wheir^ ivrpyoi : : ;the 'somi-final. games■'toelocal. : c'enJTo's;. tournament 'were- played' off. , : If, thbsp' wno. ; smnd-at bowls'as a.gamo not to d trickVof. (li9niissihgit : us an-."old,;man's ■game,""had''a,tte.lided last".evening,'they. .Avould have:been; : conyinced..tha't there was a .g'6pd J deal:jn .tho , game.-■ Every" : bowl was put dp'vm'-H-ith 'the greatest' caro, and ■Svatoaed Irorn the hank; with'tho.liveliest' interest ,_its-. curving course. vThero .afe-.ilots of sights : less : attractive' tlia'n-iB.-,;well-laid Vbowl- travelling . jack- '. wards; over.ith'p' '.velvety sv/iiti. ■: : ■■: . '.'• .WTho'games'last evening l were between 'the -v/imiers of sections 1- (Hueston) :and 3(Parata),Vand se'etions 6 (Webb), and 2 i(Wylie);" 1, As -thesd ■•.players .represented ' four ■■different; ::clubs—Victoria, , ,-Tβ; Iliwi, ami Kcwtpwn "respectively— 'thereVwas, a ropresentatipn i from..caon ■ , au'b , ; aT)nlause' , 'wefo-frequent.and free. ..Both; "irain'es-ivere- well, contested. .The. HuestonParata game • was a 'Jbowler's ■ingikeenly fought, out to. an, on 'in.- jvhich', there : -was:"no,\bitterness.-...80th of the skips"■•■vv-qre■; iu'-form;'-.the genial 'Parata iurprisiiig"hi»-old club-mates by.tho,snotsj !'wliich-- ; hp "■•:obtained'- after ' "nomination. Moye'r l- played '^a-good -No.- .3 ■'game .for Hueston; and Dimock' ;(2) ,-■ and bhallcrass (3V -for- Parata.'.'were./also 'on : .frjendly term's^with i!tlie'^'Kitty.": : Huestou; yront 61f'at the'lead,:ond,;.ou ; the/seventhihead, had'scored .eleven; to'. Parata's • four;'; and :nvo^'" ; lt^loqlced• ; biid v fpr,' the new.;'club srepresontatives,':.butrit .is-always vdarkest'' •before' diiwlii':'Oil : : the next'head ; To Hi.wi the I )"kitty": at; the-'fin:' ish ; ,' ''and;' ■,wheh:;the-. ; 'bowls" : , -TyereV; sorted out, ..five'spoints ■ hali:,tp"be.,'allotted to Paratai u ''l i 'rbm'Sth'at|''out a: keenly-played fightt'-'tofctf-'.flnisKr took i-placp";:;-. : Parata head; whon Vbotli?^scoTOsV^itere: i ,fpui'te'en:. 'Two heads' 'later ; viyitK a , •"spore of ;and /eom'9James'/iiucky;\wp'!i)iyjy;^t/iiiVa':;thre'ei-hea'o^V-'-wHldi%bf.bnßlii!.the ; oii.V , >tte''VVsebrfe:,r ; twentieth; ; headrt'6 r f ■ i.Hueston'Siitask Seemed■ : h6peless;;.but;;fhen-tliq skipsiwent downjhb^S'Btr'urigvflp 1 -witH 'expectation, ;as^^fhis'men' h'ad;'plttcqd<fptii:-))p'wls 'roiind theiijack/.vr ; Parata-/'wentV:Vwidey s with, 6'iie of'-his >.'bblfls, ; .' ; aiid i^as , '.. short'-'" with ).the WitliVhis- first-bowl . ; Huestdn v wont ,narrowj'Vand,.;nwithKthor ! an':' ; putsideSbbwl;'ini/ L -;Ebr ani'instant; it w'asv-suppose'd vi'thatjit one' of.; hie .b'pnT-this.Spuld ■ have' , -given .liiin. :the;five :hp. .'needed-'' a.glance-told* that ; it:}vasva ;i Parata had won ■b^:?a^^infc£^f.? ;: ';:••■;>:■ 7 '■^■^''■'•:■ i : '; : /-i^-

: siTe ; ;,Hiwi:;vJohrisbn;,;,Vf:-Dimock,.: Shall: wass,vPaTate^"'(s;)}:yZ3::', l ''^-,' : V;':^v'r;'-.'- : /''. , '" ; i''i'-> ':':*y.ipto'ria'::.lutto;:-;Witt, ..Mayer',;Hueston r.,- : The' game:. between : : ; Weblj' (Wellington) bbrnly Cpntes.tpd; ; .',:vW,ebb;;made?.the running.' .;atj;the'.,oufset, ;.but •never., got/ifar :aw4yifrom..;!Wylie.'-v;'yOn:Vilio:-.niiitli', head :tt% ; ii»w,e'.:*6vbn-'.mtt ,; SOTen'\ppintßi:''jyebb' , scored '.obes i.'pnirthe'.'..next:;tw.o; li'eadsi l.fol--,' .lowingtwhich-'.Wylio.■got-.more 'than, .even , ■withMtt''''fivß-Aand:.^ ahebidV until :) the'/twentieth'-''/ head; ,v- when ■Webb :tho-'.tptal ;'atf'|l7:;tocTici.Newtbwn -lay>;'one': : when>;the;:skips-'>wfcnt ; -;dpwii; for!,thp' : lnst ■liead;t;';Webb: attempted" a' mild irake;', but ..^ent;-\nHmwy..^nd'V;cyoiild'.'noi:;'Bet : .';' ; 'neiir: fcQo'ugh.'i\>Vith.'Hhis isecond.' , ;;shot;.S-yhilst; W3rlio' : 'inanageds. to r get; in;- ; another shot. plsSed|;the;;h;est '- gaihe'-. f or'O- Webb;> and'bpth':':Wanyick^and.Pollock did good 3brvice:!;fpr,;^Wylie.;QiThe"vsports • vat?" the fihiish :^ere,:^ t 'te' ! S;::'SM>' ; ?--!'-::>V-;fc*-'--' : -.'' : ii;NbwtownVJ; ; ;Warwickiv;' Duff, 'Spollocky •^Wellirigton;:i ; ?Kinvig;;-f Veitch; •; 'Bush; .•Webb-;(s.^il7.:y:* &r.^\-y '^ev^w;-: •.-, GAMES. 1 :"; V:-> ; : iiThbj'r'esultypf play, leaves;; . three VNewWwn-::Glub-,rinks,vouty of :■■ the : fbur/'leftMn"' the;';Vc6ntestKVvThe:^ pnVthe.Wbllington'Breen ;:-Sat : ;;;4.3o; ■'"■ this"i aft^rnoohi'::'' simul■tattabu''sly, J .inthutt'e:/Bam'e*be^een'iParat'a' , r(Te':;Hiwi) i vaiidVWylie' : (Newtbwn).';:'lThe'; final^betw.een , .>.th.e."j-njiiners .of ..these games' 1 ;wiUv:be- : !playeii"pff;;;to-tn6rfpw ..eyeiung: :(■-