MANAWATU TOURNEY

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 85, 5 January 1920, Page 7

MANAWATU TOURNEY

1 By Telegraph-Special Correspondent. Palmcrston North, January I. The bowling tournament of th» Manawatu Centre was continued on Saturday j on tho greens of tho. Palnierston North ' Club. Pain fell <I'"W the night, but ! tho weather cleared in the morning. Ihe ' greens were much slower than on tho ' two preceding days, but some, very interCitin" plav resulted. In the eighth round i ,f'ollv"only wanted to score a win to end '. thc'iu.itch. and in the early part of the * Komo he had a. fair lead, but. towards I the end Pollock turned a couple of heads, when his opponent was lying well, and ■ finally beat him by 15-H. Th» ieit P Jolly Nash, and Ramsay to fight, out the finals'. Ramsay met N.vh.in the f.emifinal, a.nd although at one time the latter I hail a good lead the former wore him t down, and caught him at .the lhirte".uth i head, and from that on it was a ding- ' don° go. both being equal m tho tinal ' head, in (he play oft" Ramsay won by , one point. It was late when the game finished, and the final between K.-imsay and Jollv was postponed until Monday. I The following are (he results:Seventh round-Calder "20 beat bam-oy 1 11:' Lauronscu 25 beat MaeConiiick h: ' Crump 23 bent Holdaway 13; Moulton ;!3 ' beat .Toiler 17: Jolly 29 tell. Brackenridze 17- Nvh 22 b?nt Random 18; Nicol«m 2» iVat iiankin 19; Scifert 23 teat , Pollock H. . [ Ki«hlh romid-Pamsay 2fi beat, brock- ; enridge 11; fabler U beat SlacCormack " 19- 'flanmm 2S beat Crump 15: JN*;li 'U -. bent Holdaway Ifi; Jamc; 27 beat Kan- ' kin 20; Pollock V, boat Jolly 11; Nicol--1 son 19 bent Lanreitfon 17; Moulton il ; iient SeKert 21. fc Semi-final— IJ.imsny 19 beat Nash IS. ' At the clofc of the eighth round the ; scores stood: I Wins. Losses. ' Jolly J J " Nash *, \ Ramsay i \ 1 Cramp « - ' liiurenson '1 ■ Pollock 5 3 •' f'eifert \ f " Cnlder \ \ c Nicolsou '; ; Ttan.«oni * * ? Brackenridgo " \ Pankin - » 1 Moulton 3 * ' James '<■ \ ' MacCormick <• 8 ; TOURNAMENT AT BLENHEIM ' J3y Telegraph—Preps Aeenctitinn. Blenheim, January 3. In the Nelson-Blenheim Centre tourney J. Gleeson and J. Miller (Blenheim) dei feated D. Whiting and Hogg (Mailai). 32 \ —15 in the final? for the pairs. In the I rink's C H. Mills (Blenheim) defeated ; N. J.' Peed (Blenheim), 20-U.