Bowling

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 157, 31 December 1931, Page 14

Bowling

■ ;.v iNJOYABLE GAMES .' SOMfe SURPRISES -:Firie Weather has favoured the WelJiHgton Centre tournament, with tho cxdjejitibn.■'.of '.one gusty (lay." '-The secretarial- .: arrangements have been in the capable hands :of:Mr./iT. Kcrshaw, end everything ias' gone along snioothJy'andefficiently under; the general supervision of :Mr; M. J, Hqdgins, the centre,president.,.'lt is rOmarkablo how BOiiie former crack skips have "gone the ■ivay of -ail-flesh" in a bowling sense. &• ..Centre, tournament without. Hataitai i^ .the/final: has; bec.o.nie almost a rarity, but.-; the. .whirligig-of,'time brings changes, so to-day Smith, of Thorndon, and Brackenrjdgo, of Lyall Bay, are contesting..for .the ~ tournament title. It .-^ould-.take. weeks to enumerate all tha interesting incidents that have happened yon the greens, but the mam: tiling, jha-s' been: the excellent spirit :ia which the games have been played,. :thns; contributing (o. the general enjoyment of the - tournament, ■which: niust be. regarded.as.one of the jnost successful; held.. Retails and descriptions, .of Ltbe latest games played et c .-given; elsewhere• in. this '.issue. During "the course, of one:, game on Mondajy:.. th.e-.;.que.stion.. -arose whether players could, be changed;. Somo argued that it-would be, competent to do this, .whereas others took the"opposing view; ' ■Trie-point may be dealt %yith simply by /quoting-tliof-following rule::—-In a link' game eight players takopart, four player's yon each side. Each player plays'iwo'bowls. •' The Meads play their tivdr vbowl? alternately, and each other ■ players- So .the-same-in the order jpf--Seconds,;thirds;- and ■ skips. The order: shall not be- changed' after tho first'head has been played.- ■' "•"' This seenis'"td settle-tlie argument, (Bo.thivfe tHose who wish to-change posi-tions-mast fdo '.se'-.before- the -first' head Bt'afts; ':vt7nle"s9 this is done a player can:be-:.'dealt-' with under the rule re-latingc'to-'.p'laylng- out of- turn. It is alsovwofthy/of note' .that, under certain"-specified'"conditions,'no substitute'is'to be' permitted--after;tho commencement of a; oonipetitioßV-/ Compo.' Bowls. ' . . <<No.. 2" has, received the, following letter::from Mr.-. J,. Fairway, tester to ,the, Wellington Bowling..Centre:— ~" Unfortunately, my. report. to the Wellington Bowling.. Centre on certain compo. bowls, was.-not- reported very fully in the Press,-and. in consequence has.placed jnerjn.-an.-.awkward position and given -cause .-.for discussion ■ among certain. de;edtfies;.o£ t.he-:compo. bowls, Eo'me: of:-:5yhom-ar.e excellent exponents of. -.the game, -^hat -I-^kew; the attention", of; the :centre-to -vvaS'-.that _certain pldrcomposition:-b.o.wjs -had given me ai good. d«al of trouble in the course of my duty as'official tester. Some of the-bowls measure 4 7-Sin, some sin. and £to full /weight, viz., 31b Boz. -These libwls-will not, draw to ■ the standard on" the--green,' owing to' their great ■weight and low Centre of gravity, and in the true interest of the game should be prohibited, as they will always be a eource of friction and adverse comments in all match games and tourna- ■ .jn.ents. '■' •■:■• :■ ' ■'■ ; -!' ■ ■~: ■, , . ■ :-'"But-1 ■distinctly stated :riiv my report tEa£ the later Eiddels of compo. bowl's : wereTvery satisfactory as to draw, ,ajid up to the standard bowl. I lope my broker fowlers will not think I am prejudiced in■■• this . matter, but I feel sure the great majority, will agree with: me in Biy remarks on the old bowls':mentiohed.' . :. ... ' '"tshall be pleased- if-you will pub--lish;::;thiß':let'ter in ?to :myself md jhe manufacturers of the compo. bowl£" ; ::'--*/ ";; •"''■■■.' ' ■' ■ . Englisli Team Ooming. ; A British bowling team will-be visit-' ing ::Atistralia.- and .New Zealand next season; -'.The team-w ; ill-leave England in-September; If'fNo. 2's" memory has..iot played- him .false,..the invitation 4or. the .visit, .was; first made by Australia,! so -it is. probable, that the team will.play in. Australia before coming, to New Zealaudi.. That' will mean that- the team cannot reach New Zealand : much before the' beginning of 1933,, in which case..-it >would be very nice if .the visitors' arrival could be so timed as to allow, them to take part in the Dominion tournament, which that.year is due to be held in Wellington.' • This happened once 'before) aiid it-would be all to tKe good'if it could pesa'arraßged lagain. Were^the team coming 'a 'year, later, ; however, it might have been possible for tKe Britishers to have attended the tournament at Dunedin' along with the Australians,' who aretlue that -year 'for the Test games. NW. Zealand need not take-umbrage at Awitr^lia-having tHe Tisitbrs first this * time, '■'•because New 'Zealand had that luckon-the last occasion a British team came'to. the ;Aiitipodes,: arid there was sbmettingiri tie-naturei of -a howl about ifc oa ':the bther'; side of the Tasman, the '•coinplaiht; being; that the visitors were^stale and sick of bowls by. the time -'they reached • the' Commonwealth. Furthetdetails of the-coming visit will be ■' awaited with .interest.. • Seaj6iin.,6lub Tpuraey. ,-.:- Tie;Seatp.un ■Club.iS: holding a ono,day: .tournament -on- Anniversary Day, 22n<i •January. Owing to the^fast green. the' entries iwill be limited' to fourteen, rinks, which will be accepted in order of -priority-of -receipt. Five games of nine :heads- each.'w.ill be - followed by play bfE. cofv section ties. If time permits the: -.final will ■; be, .played also, otherwise oa.a date to. be.fixed. ; One-day ;tournaments, so. popular -in Auckland, have Ifcake.ii on Avell in Wei-. Hngton.: Bowlers .meet -other clubs, an friendly-competition, which does not extend over too• long -a : time. Hence the' keen -interest' in' these enjoyable outiriga: :: .:■• .'...•.-. . . ■ -Play commences at. 9 a.m> sharp. 'Morning-and afternoon tea-will be'pro-yidedj-:aho a pot,. o| tea ,at ; lunch time. Harder Takes Up Bowls. ■/ : -. 'How-"'time.'"brings ".changes.!.. Harold Hordery the,greatest wing4hree-quarter of the.Eugby; League, and'ono of the finest ever"tq pull on,a jeisej, is playing bowlS 'ior East Brisbane (reports an -exchange);' He'told a. pressman the other day -that - he.-: had .- been ... playing the came for .three weeks, and.would resign all nis positions' in fobtball administration. '"'Horded has had 21 -years' in- football as .player,1 "and has: held : many positions, including that of selector to the Brisbane Eugby League last season. Horder "*as a ".wonderful:' footballer, apd, with-'Dally Messenger, his' name will always be lecalled when mighty dd'eds of1 the football field'in Australia are talked about. Nothing was beyond Horder in his prime; He was a match- • ■winrier'in every sense.; One would not be surprised to see him elbowing his •way into the. front: rank •of bowlers, when jhe. has had the_ experience. Sydney Bowling Carnival. _ ■ '• AtT-a':'r'e"c''e rnt---nfeitin'g-:-::of-"the _ New South Wales Bowling Association it was reported that the majority of the committee had decided to make immune from', challenge the bowls of players from:. Wei-seas... at, : the - Sydney. Bridge carnival in March nest, and to allow Kew -Zealan.d sfnd other.-bowlers from < beyond the Commonwealth to deliver

BY "No THW"

With one foot off the mat, but in line with-.the jack:. ■ . '■' '. The .Cheltenham delegate tookesceptipn'tp;. th&'condition to allow visitors to. deliver with onyfpbtroff-the mat. Ho contended that /this privilege- gave a decided' advantage,;, and thatdt; 'would create a.' most anomalous position. ■ Australian bowlers would be compelled to play according' to ; Australian - rules (which provided that "players must-de-liver, with part of-two feet-'on- the mat).' The anomaly was that Australian bowlers ■could be challenged if they broke their own rules in regard to the stance. Oyersea's: visitors should conform. to\the Tides' of th\i State in which they'were playing, and •should not be granted anundue advantage. ■ ' : The president'statfid: that the matter could be'ventilated at'--the. next ineeting;:of -the ■Australiatt-Bowling Council. Hands Off tli^"3oWl a* Best. : ■ ' /. '!' Under the .new. rules,'there should be. cessation of.interference with, .or needless displacement of a bowl at rest, for anyone doing,so.willjio use a popular saying,-, "get it.-.ln : the neck;" Rule 55. (a) enacts that. when, a-.-bpwl- at .rest is burned. ; by.;ono of. the players tho opposing, side may either, 'replace #,; or allow, it to ijomain. where it. lies. Bule 69 is. even more; peremptory, for it reads: "If a bow.l.at rest be touched or handled by a; player, except for. the purposes of being chalked"or; ■measured, .the opposing side may declare such a bowl■'•deady but such .option must bo exercised, before rtha second, succeeding bowl-is played;.".r ' ■;:;■. '■:■-.- -.■.■.'.;;::. • To remove: any', temptation, to players' to turn ovec bowls :without leave . or ■licence;-rule'26 enacts that "all bowla shall .bear, distinctive mark, apart •from-a■ number, on.both' discs of each boSvl.''V;:;T.Ue general observance -of this i-ule,' it is to be hoped, will be strictly'enforced,-should do away, with the= use 'oo r- bowls with.".blank,.discs,., or. with-* distinctive mark on- the;.large disc and'r;none on the other .side>. or bowls -which bear a number only on both-discs.;, •/■. !' -' - ■. , ■■ . ■ Jack Driven^to-Within -20ft: of Mat, .-' According to the .new rule; N0,,'42/. if tjjo' jack -be "dr'iv.eii fiy.:a' bowl; in. play against '/the ;bank''or, .against a' bowl in play, and rebound oh-to the gf eon .withih:the limits of the ring, it is alive, and shall. remain-'Wliere it-rests, unless.such position' be 1 ess jthan' 20: feet. from' the front 'of the' 'mat, lit which "case it shall be-dead. -"this . agrees:-with '_. rule 68, which enacts that' a bow! which comes to. rest less than'2o feet from the front of the.mat is dead; Yet'rule 41 says a jack' must be thrown'not less,than 66.feetfrpm'.the front mat line before |t-may'be : ;played to." ' ... ■ ''~ The: Australian rule, .amended by the Auitraliai Bowling -Cbuncil'in' August last,:' now,' reads . that' if the jack reboundsvtO; within 40 feet of. the mat frpnt it shall,-bo r : e'garded -as a dead end.' '■ j't was- found 'necessary iii Australia ' *°.: clear- the. matter- up, as sev-eJal-.-Ga'seS;;,ha"d''■ : .<K; l cur-red'.. in which trpiib'le 'iad arisen: over -.'the .position. During-"play at a country, tournament in^South Australia,.the jack, due to a driving shot, was bounced to within a few feet.of the mat, and it was contended, by some of the players that a bowl could be played to the kitty and counted; others thought that the jack was-de'ad, as it was less than 40 feet from the mat, the minimum, distance allowed for a bowl played from the mat. Oil a South Coast (New South Wales) green the jack was bounced towards the mat, and after a lengthy discussion it-w'as'agreed that, the bowlwhicii was nearest kitty'•'should count provided it was-40 "feet- from ;the mat front line. On 'another occasion it was agreed that the nearest bowl would count provided it ,was 66 feet iroj» the mat. * The position' now is that \n New Zealand the 'jack cannot-be-played to within 20 feet of the niat |ront ]j n e; in Australia the stipulated distance is 40 ffeet;-": ■"' :-/';V.'-;; ■;.'-;':; '■;;':' .;;'". ;;-: Dominion^Tournament. Amongst those who will b© missing from the ISTew^ Zealand Bowling Association's tournament, at Christchurch next month .will be Norrie Bell, junr., singles champ-ion of th& Dominion, and Ar.thur: Parsons, of Ponsonby, a former champion. ■ Pafsojis, by Jtbe- way, has sold his. \.weli-known .big-size bowls which hav6 stood: him mi good stead in many a: stirring contest. He is reported to- be not in such good form this -year -as -he has been. - :■ .. ■ Eeyiewing", the' prospects of competir tpr's-in the;tournamerit, "'Jack" in the Christchurcf), "']'; Press", says -the issue appears to iest between the Auckland and Otago'representatives, with a lean-, irig- towards the chances of the latter/ Otago appears {p-dominate' the position -so! far as.'the: singles are concerned—indeed, the' southern contingent will" offer stout opposition in all thr-ee championsbipa.' W. Foster.(l9lß, 1926), J. C. Eigby (1922).,' W. Carswell (1924),; J. D. Beat (1925), andJ.: Scott (1928) are all prpvipus; title' holders, an 4it will- be. surprisihg if. this array of -talent,cannot manage ,fp hold . .;the fort betWeen them.' 'Carßwell'is th 6 veteran of' the; groiip/but he: is "reported to be showing such good form that a win for him. seems to-be more than a mere possibility." '" '' Jack,- !' • ■ however, expects some .of.his :.-younger : contemporaries, from, the south; to-be..more promiiient when : the. final, stages are reached. ' -. .■ .':•-• -. .■' -.'. •■ -Discussing: the pairs, entries, "Jack" thinks that of the . Nprth;.-Islanders Maxwell talker and De Launay make the hiosfc appeal.- : ■■■: :.-%■:■ . : :..'■ ••-. -"Jack," says'that,;the: blue ribbon event, ;the-' rinks, promises to bs as- difficult to win as ever, and much interest will- centre round '.the . :doingsrcpf v iast i years-champion four:skipped rb/y^Cr. A. Deare, of -Dunedin.:: iThe;.- : complemeiit of' the rink is .thß same' .---a .lasfr/season, except; that J. D.vßest will be substir ttited by K. Morrison. .The ; latter is an unknown quantity-;.in Dominion bowling.1 circles^ but it/is,unlikely that D^are would, have* selected: him -.unless he, had, .the. ..right quaMcations. W, Foster 'skipped .the. winning ■ four in 1928,: andjVi Carswell skipped the Taieri Club lepresentatives when they, won in 1822;.'■':Carswell is coming up : with a;strong: Duitedin. Club, team on this occasion, included,-in : which -.is-J. D. Best, who has Already been associated with two" winning- rinks, in 1926 and 1931. If the other-two players are up iff the' calibre" of 'Carswell and Best, this ,quartet should go far. ■ The tournament is to be conducted under the new rules, about which so much has been written lately, so that those whor- have entered will have to make- a,; close study -of- the changes,otherwise they: may" find themselves ■' in trouble. ' . 'Competitorp will be. "well'treated at the tournament. -, They .will, be granted'•the privileges of the'-'Commercial Travellers aud Warehoiisemen'& Associatioti, the federal Cliib,; the Pioneer Club; and the. Automobile 'Association. There, is. to be a social and a motor run; and functions; have been arranged;for visiting. ;ladies,: including a- visit to kaiapoij'as the: guests of'the "wife- of the president of the Christchurch Centre. ■•■■■••• Fersonal. .- -Mt. '-C. Goldicutt-, • well -known • in Auckland bowling circles, is visiting ■Wellington." "■'■■-: -"■- ■'' '•- -"■'-- "' ■ Writing to,: Mr. George Bedmond, Mr. John Scott, president of the New South Wales Bowling Association, expresses sympathy on behalf of the bowlers of the. .-oth«r v .-s.ide .of. the Tasman in the death of Mr. E. W. Shallcrass, late secretary -of---the ...Welliagton Bowling 'Centre.