BOWLS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 83, 2 January 1919, Page 7

BOWLS

I WELLINGTON CENTRE'S TOURNAMENT

WON BY PRINCE • - In dull and blustery weather : tho semi:6nal games in" the Wellington Centres v :annnal tourniiment were commenced, but as the day wore on tho ; weather . •■ im-. proved. • The' greens -wero heavv- at tnt) , ; commencement, but the sun. and a, dry- ' ing wind did nnich to key up thegreen for . the final game : in the .afternoMj.. ''" The tonrnamont was ■ won by the rime ■ Ekipped .-by Prince,, of; the ~ Club; which thoroughly deserved-tho. hon- _ ,cur; having/ played consistently ;ng - through'.Only one ;of:the.two semi-fii a ''•sanies 'created any ' interest. ,- t ' , ■ the gaihe between the^t'y, o cliib-i Crooder and Potter ' went neck and neck ui> f 1 ! 1 , -' heads, when Gooder's rink piled on^ght • points. - Gray OtrfhnnO went t^?^^ • soon after the .game with. Pnnoe .(Now, ■ town) was halfway through. ... , - . the smn-riNALs ■>" Tho following aro the results of the Prince (s.), 21; Kelbuiu. Rose, Buck, - eight points to: Kelburn.s, one , on . the :: '.'Bixth' : head. : On' the -next_. two. ..heads.. ' Kelburn got a pair and a single, > the tenth and eleventh heads -another : three,- making' .the v scotb 10t*7 . in. towns' 'Ittvour.'-,- On, the - .twelfth,. head, ■ Gray, in -attempting to scatter- a ; nest : ot • enemy.■ shots, :took; to ronlv vnear. ,bowl, ■ away as'clean as a whistle, leaving New-; town lying fho, to which number Pnnco, nho was drawing,magnificently, ndded another. It was Kelburn 9. . Newtown put on six in the next. three - head9;(22—T).' The game was abandoned. ' .after the,Von.tieth head .with,.fte.s«>V Sl-i-12' in : favour "of the Newtown rink. V whiclv played yithVmarked Wj| ": nccurdcy .throughout;-, , Muldlpbrook, and " 'Prince were' particularly, deadly-on; the, 'draw, and' Scott' was-;never;..far.WT- .•. Kelburn's • reversal. of form' was really r«-> ' markiible:, Gray, who,, seemed , invincible. : on Tuesday,'was riot able '>16 nuvthins; v at' all of a solid valiie, w.<V was v 'off colour. Buck played, fairly and • 'Rose'led very ablv. ; ' '. Wellington: . Kinnear: Liddle,,' Tafker,; Croodei- (s.), -j n r,o.«;:Thompson, Patter fs.). I*.. ■•,,., , : This"' «lih'B prowled ;i;po'd .entertain-, ment right up. till two heads .'from .the 'end. Both' rinks' fought tho gnm'ft out m " ;a 'fine ; 'sunn/ 5 applaiided^^sdi, ■ other''s'good. shots;'.,and -criticised-the.. '•■'-' bad ones 'impartially i.with ,t!ie freedonv, /; nllowable in- play. was ; ' •uniformlv good, if hot brilliant. Gooder s men , were: the,'first'to-advnnce, ' a 'lead, of' four Von. .the ninth ,head. , 'So' low-was the scorintr 'that seven -heads '.' later found both'brinks -' level - ,witli- -~ i- ' points.' Then.'Gobder's.iiien came to.-light ' , arid played, slaftup "bowls, - as' well as haythe .b n ln.p*ce*.of the-luck.. ' I row- lbs eitteeiith bead;' Potter never scored again, whilst Gooder's card read 1, 2, 1. I , The winners. were certainly the. •A'iink on the ■ play.-; Gooder and Tasker ' 'fla'yeil sound.bowls with the_ utmost c«n•'fiaence../ Kinnear consistently , ! )C " t 'man in the lead;, ■ Potter, drew, well,; mit was not so accurate, as usual with his strong Shofe.- 'Thompson . played jjawwf ~ ..bowie on far-too, many occasions. The No. 2 Innws was t)ir /Most heful -^ulnyer.in ' the rink,-/and in.i ; the ,)e a a, vwaß, not in. his Ijcst form. . , Tr.. / v TyW final;' /, ."v.,/ ' -; - Kanie '.■'•■.' , . " Newtown-Barker, Middlebroolv Scott, Prince -21; Wellington—Kinnear, Liddle, Tasker, Gooder (s.), 15. . Although somewhat:.: processional - to character, the game was an, interesting " one to'witness; .The conditions were perfect! ■ .There.was. for. a;wonder, .no wind,- . and the green, though civ; the slow . side. Tilaved very, well; "Pri.nce 8 rink-- .went off .with.'the lead,"and" ,'iad "scored seven ";points ,to ; ,tl\eir,ipponiiits' mie., when . the • fifth" head .'was-completed. -Gooder .iiotbh-, ■ ed a- pair-.on - ; the next head,- and, -New- . " town-a siiigle f.n the. seventh. . -Thanks • to Tasker's good draffiDgv,Gooder man- • aged to score, three on 'he eighth Jienfl, which was. promptly nullified by, Prince getting-a three,, a single,-and apjiff -. the , three .succeeding . heads, . thaiiks •to the steady play of all concerned.. On ; the eleventh head Tasker drew-.two-fine „shots; but .Prince, , with his .first shot, . carried the jack and lay two. Gooder scored a eingle_.and'a pair .on..,thej«iexttwo heads,' making the score 14—9 (on the thirteenth, head).- The Newtown,, men , ... pegged .aw ; ay ,Steadily';Uiid were..never. . far away from the jack., Ther lay three , comfortably on,.the fourteenth head, when, Gooder: essayed .to ..traiU the to-a : bunch' of liis hack bowls,-but went wide. . of the mark at both attempts. This head was remarkable, inasmuch as.Prinoeipr-, cot to play his last bowl; Newtown havin«'.a lead of. eight, the mon had to fight ari uphill Wellington. scored a single on the sixteenth ■ head, and ' on the next, two' bowls from opposite.. sides (Scott's and Tasker's) lay eflui-dis- - tant from the -jack,' "and: .the propi™ hod , .to , be. called to 'measure the •'hot-with' his, calipers,- which- gave/ th'e ; phoij.ta-iy-ew--Kioxm by. a sixteenth'of an /nch... ypcaer - ' Weed two on tho eighteenth ::twoon .'.the nineteenth. hehds;..WnMn«.,ft.taii!t ■ hope thatall'wos. not yet lost--.(1_9-WVbut ; :Prince and Scdtt drew into .the.-jack. beau- ; tifully and lay - two. at ,the . conclusion of;- :

1 the tweutieth head-(21—14). On the last - head the leads sot,a bad exa-nplo by playing >shoi't. stuff," and it was comical to see- the others, follow suit. Scott got : nearest, nearly, a .yard away, and Prince put in a. second . with his last bowl. Gooder carried the jack into tho ditch and lay one, making tho result 21—15 in Newtown's favouf. ■ There was no question in anyone's mind • that the best. rink' had won. There was a deadly consistency about the drawing of tho winners, which- tho, Wellington men could.-not"emulate.. Prince himself proved as resourceful a skip, as ever, and played accurately with i.n ease .and steadiness delightful to see. Ho was : ably supported by Scott and Middle- ' brook (a valuable No. 2), and Barker as lead was in his .right place. Gooder was not in his best form, and did not draw so truly as. he did rarlier in tho tournament. Liddle' played a sound game,- and occasionally Kinnear .bowled well, but was inclined to place his bowls in front rather , than behind the jack. .' CONGRATULATIONS. '■ ; At the conclusion of the final game Mir. George Heni'y. (vice-president of tho centre), apologising for the absence of Mr. W; C. Cooper (preakitiit), .thanked tho players for the .tine g.«iue they had play-, ed, and extended congiatul-uions to Mr. Prince on his win,' which he said was one - of many victories the veteran had achieved on the bowling green. He also complimented Mr. Gooder, as mhner-up, and called him "one .of the \best. sports in the Wellington Club'." , He said that the Victoria-Club (Fossette's rink) hiid gained the aggregate, - and would bo entitled ~ to-.hold tue Gisboi'iie'i-ose bowl; and Newtown .would regain their old friend the Ilyger challenge shield. Mr. Ilenry also expressed thanks to the Wellington Club for its hospitality, and to the greenkeeper.- wlio Had provided -such an excelieiit'green., 'On 1 his'cqll,cheers were given for tile winners and.tlie runners-lip. ;■... Mr. Prince, in reply, eaidj.it had been a very,,great pleasure for him-to.defeat so maiiy apparently invincible teams. ' .Thoy should not forget, however, -those who had made their .pleasure possible— the'boys at the :front. Thrice'had the- : : '<jack" of-the ,Empire been trembling m ■ the balance in the North .Sea—once' when Drake .was victorious,, then' Nelson, 'and again■'in. this.:'war when they had. made the' Germans run to Hoi ;• " A. loice Heligoland! ' ; • Jlr. ,Prince:-"Yes,-.that's light,.Heligoland.'" -Continuing, he saM that if Fritz over ciipie this- .way 'lie ' w;ould find not- ' only, tho boys;', but the old' fellows iready to defend the Empire and tlifc Union ' .Jack.''(Loud applause;) ' . '■"Mr. Qooder thanked Mr.-Prince for the good game his rink had given them, and : -hoped to l>e given a-further chance at . ; ahother time. . : , : -Mr. Rj' Kinvifr, on behalf of the Welliiisrton- Club,,-.(thanked I.ll,present for their . attendance, '/rind mentioned . that '! within a- fow days some-of the, Welling- -' 'ton ljowl?rs would be going to Auckland to play for tln> Dominion chnmpionship,. and hoped that they would, bring- back lie banner.with them (Applause.) ■. - MASTERTON foiTRNAMENT: I. 'By Tclesra'ph.—Special. Correspondent. ' - Masterton, " January I.' : ' A tournament was .commenced in Mas-terton':to-day,: thirty-two teams competing, :At :the end 1 of t'lie, day several teams had won every.'game, Beynori (Petone) being among thq number. ■■ - ' THE MIDDLE-CLASS MAN ~.V : ...' ■ "Somehow; the middlo-clus professional •man has got squeezed. out into the cold. . The root. of . the trouble-is, of course; that he has no union," writes C. Andoi'- , sqnr.in'the.'"Sunday Pictorial.'' "The coalminisrs and tho. boilerniakers, the , railwaymen and the dockers can, thanks, to their organisation, keep ttcir wages more or less abreast of the cost of living and even-gain a lap at intervals. Hroadly speaking, ; the position io-day is that the artists are selling pianos and., tho ' artisans: are ■ buying pianolas. Nor does it appfar that a union for the middleclass professional '■ :liian .*3 possible. Ho is too vao'ious. . ..A photographer and a -bank- clerk find-:a. singing p.rofessqr and a black-and.white. illustrator and a' chifc 'bpodist -'and 'a" Hod tamer'-,rould - never make, a-.,union j they., could ; .inly make a ■conglomeration.".. ' ■ HOME-MADE COUGH DROPS. A RECIPE MOTHERS. SHOULD' KEEP. Cough drops'suitable for both children and adults can easily and: quickly be prepared at home by pouring n drops of'bitrate of tar-on a lump_of sugar. (Let . this 'dissolve slowly in the- mouth; • and as it dissolves so the healing. and soothing virtues,of the pine tar will penetrate to' every part" of the throat, .cnest, .and lungs.. ■ Bifrate of Tar is useful m many/different ailnients,, and'-'it is no wohder chemists are experiencing difficulty in meeting the demand. ' Half a teaspoonfur poured into a bowl of boiling water produces a-' liealing vapour, which,, when inhaled, gives relief in cases of cold in the -.head,: bronchitis, .asthma, etc., -while'.it is woll known that-2oz. of bitrate of tar, Boz.-of sugar, and half pint of hot .water • produce nearly a,pint of syrup su.perior tovtho ■rehayrmade,{mixtures, com"posed of. harmful at less cost. 'Mako;a-syrup by dissolving-.the sugar in the'hot' water, and their add '.the -bitrate 'of tari" 'Stir well, and when cold it is ready for use.- The pleasant flavour and ;aroma: of this ,home-made, cough syrup 'make it- very acceptable ttf children, to ■ : whoni it-may be safely giyen.--Advt..