BOWLS
— $ DOMINION ASSOCIATION MEETS ON WEDNESDAY. Tliero are matters o£ considerable Inj terest to be discussed at the meeting qI tho Dominion Bowling Association here on Wednesday—tho first meeting of tlliß > body held hero for four years. Next year I is Wellington's turn for the big'tourhal- mcnt (to be held, early in January), i Thero are rumours of startling innova- • tions to bo proposed in connection with the layout of tho tournament, witch will give howlers from one end of the Dominion to the other matter fbr pavilion talk for the next few weeks. This annual tournament is becoming eo Jiopuiar and the entries so numerous that t has to ho decided in what manner the conto3ts can ho cut down to lit tho convenience and rlegaure of the majority. So it will bo proposed at Wednesday's meet ing that'the rink ,play should consist of two gameß of 25 heads per day for foiir and a half days, instead of the usual three games of 21 heads. Tho new proposal will allow of a proper respite at luncheon time, enabling players to get to and from any green without undue bustling. The one game in the afternoon, too, will allow players to roach their hotels or homes in a reasonable time for 1 dinner. An innovation to ensuro tho cutting down of tho time taken with tho pairs contest is a proposal that only two bowls (not four) shall be used. Many players of experience have urged for years pa6t that the four-bowl game does not induce the maximum amount of keenness of effort, because tho bowler, having four bowlß at his disposal, always has 1 at the back of his mind the thought that 1 lie will do better rith his next bbwl, and that there are three "nexts" after he has tossed up his first. That argument may hq-ve much to conimcnd it, but for that vory reason the four-bowl pairs game is very popular, and it would not bo surprising if tho innovation were stubbornly! resisted. At the same time, from a, stand-, point of time saved tho two-bowl game would be most eifectivc, and perhaps an oven better test of the players capabilities than tlie four-hall game. Another striking puposal is to limit ontries for the singles championship to winners of the contre's singles championships. If it means laßt year's championships, there is likely to bo opposition to any such innovation, and it must mean that, as there will not bo time for centres to find their sidles champions before tho tournament tills year. It seems to bo, a very drastic proposal to reduce, the singles from an open ovent to winners of centre ohamntonships. The suggestion is made that it mielit bo a better idea to limit entries in this event to guaranteed winners of club championships, which wouM engender n. In-ely interest in all mombers of the various clubs attending the tournament. , Wednesday's meeting will commence at 10 a.m In the Wellington Club'B pavilion, and that evening mi entert-iinraent will bo given the delegates in tlie pavilion. On Thursday morning they will bo taken for a motor drive round Victory Drive (Oriental, Evans, and Karalta Bays, to Seatoun, then home via t-yall and Island Bays). In the afternoon they will may a, game on the unpor green on the Wollington Club's grounds.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 306, 20 September 1920, Page 5
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