Bowling Notes

Free Lance, Volume IV, Issue 174, 31 October 1903, Page 16

Bowling Notes

By Wrong Bias.

THE Wellington clubs have had tlip pull on their Auckland friends 111 the matter of staitmg the season, in spite of the sooner advent of spring up North. Wellington and Petome got out on the mat three weeks ago, but the Auckland Club will not be ready to open till November 7th. Our condolences. Everyone who v.ent up to the openin<r of the Victorian green, on Saturday afternoon, met with an open-nan cjed welcome. You can't beat the hilldwellers for hospitality. President Mackays inaugural lemarksi were in a happy vein, and the ladiec gave the inner mail infinite satisfaction with their afternoon tea. Young Brackenndge has shown that he can be trusted to maintain the family prowess while Pa is away. In a contest for the Smith Oddfellow badges, on the Newtown green last Saturday, he skipped his team (Guise, Clark, and Murdoch) to victory, although Smith, Webb. A very and Nome Bell tried their level best to upset the proverbial apple-oart.— 26 to 23. Brackenndge and Co. now- wear the badges. There was tall scoring in the rinks skipped by Underwood and! Swmey. Underwood's timber was on top this time— 39 to 27. Sid Lambert is in sood form, and will bump heavily against some of the cracks this season. In full rink on Saturday he chalked up 18 to AstiU's 10. The silver fern badges presented by Mr Thomas Bush to the Wellington Club, for full rink competition, have lust been executed to his order by Messrs Hosie and Bell of Ouba^street They are handsome little trophies, and will be known as the Bush Fea-ns. Mr. Bush deserves well of his club for encouraging rink matches.

Bawls has for the fust time found ie-coo-'utioiicis one ot the Olympian Games ItTis to form one ot tlxe pastimes to be competed m at the Woild's Fair, St. Louis, U.S A., next ycaa . Mount Eden is tiyi.ig haul to deserve its cUim to succeed the Gaaden of Eden as the earthly Paradise. The gailJants who play bowls in tliat Aicadian 1 eta eat have just decided to set apart, their top green, for the ladies for two afteunoons in the week, so that the fair sex may get their hand into the -jack-kissing game Who will lead the way down lie re p A notable and cheerful featuio of the play on the Wellington green on Saturday wa*> the laige proportion of + ho 'oid hands" who took part in it Haybittle, C. HiLl, L. Blundell, Maudsley, Peter Draimmond, Sample, Ban on, Captaia Edwin, Whit chouse, McGlashan, Riley — and there were otheis Several Atieklanders were also on tilie job For instance, Caldwell (Mack-\ , Steea, and Co.), of the Renruera Club , Mitfoid, a capital lead, from the Auckland Club , and Peirett, of the same club, who can hold his own as a No. 3. Theie has been some shuffling of the looal cards this season Bums, through change of residence, has shafted his bowls from Thorndon to Wordswort h-street and Joe C'ordoza has transferred to New town his business, and his cheerful admonitions to "keep out of the deesh." In a match between junior rinks, on Saturday, Barraud, of Thorndon, added to the scalp-locks in his club's wigwam by knocking out the Wellington contingent, led by Ledger. It was a debit entry m the Wordsworth-street ledger —13 to 28. Veitch and Gibbes had a merry "go" up Mount Victoria way on Saturday. They n ere opposing skips, and the knight capitulated at 14 to 33. The effort to get over that fatal 13 was stupendous. King knocked Sievw right into- a third or fourth edition — 19 to IG. Collins was on His Majesty's side, and little Ma.ck ■nith his usual politeness, dad his level best for the Fourth Estate. Two rmks from the Victoria Club will visit Palxnerston on the 9th November, and at the opening of the Masterton greens on the same date thei club will ailso be- represented by tw o rmks Two members of the Mount Eden Club (Messrs. J. New land and McMahon) "have intimated their intention, of contributing towards the various entei-

taimiients at the approaching carnival by inviting the whole of the visitors and the membeis of the Mount Eden Club to a night at the Opera Club." So says an Auckland paper. If "approaching carnival" means the January touinament, the better halves of visuting bow lers had better ask the question in time "Where do we come in?" The domestic broomstick will apply the accemt in the right place.

Messrs. Wodlerman and Go., the ■wellknown wine and spirit merchants, have now quite settled do-w n in then" handsome premises at 32, Jervois Quay. The firm lias a reputation far its wares, (and has splendid storage aocoanmodation, allowing the fullest matunty to its goods.