Bowling Notes

Free Lance, Volume IV, Issue 175, 7 November 1903, Page 14

Bowling Notes

By Wrong Bias.

THE Victoria Club aie sending four rinks into the country on the King's Birthday— two to assist ai the opening of the Masterton gieen, and two to give the Palmeistomans a treat. Balhnger's ambition to skip one or the Wellington Club's rinks at the Auckland tournament, is likely to nrove a costly experiment if it comes off He had an opportunity of measurmg his strength in full rink against Ned McLean on Saturday afternoon and was completely out-classed at aU nmnts of the game His score tmeellvtl through g stood at 6to 24, and finished 13 to 30. A single example of form will suffice In one head McLeans last bowl skidded the jack to the side, and Ballmger had from fifteen to twenty feet m which to drw the shot. But he was too short t» get within that easy distance. Bell, as third man, is simply thrown away. He is not a back number. Andy Hamilton is coming on. _ He bumped up against Churchward, in a link match, on Saturday, and the local brand of lyddite passed out at 19 to 23 Gooder has transferred his affections from Mount Victoria to WordsworthSect. And he celebrated the transfer on Saturday by rattling up 33 on, the board against Sample and Co. s A). Mack has made up his mind to capture the Hamerton Badges next Saturday He is deep in the study of some of the finer points of the game. One is to keep within the ten-feet limit. By the way, why has Little Billee such a weakness for large shoes ■> In his excitement to collar Keith he walked right out of them on Saturday. But Keith merely pulled up his sooks, and sailed home three points to the good. Victoria has picked its senior and junior teams for the pennant match against Wellington, and despite the absence of James the First, it hopes to shake up the parent club a few. A propos of pennant matches, there was a lot of grumbling last season because certain clubs picked pretty well the same players every time. This is not m the interest of sport. It is only fair that honours of that sort should go round. Up at Newtown, on Saturday, Alpe, McLean, Astill, and Lambert went for the Edwin Feathers, and, after a capital game, were counted out 17 to 19. Consequently, Sexton, Blyth, Brightwell, and Price are looking cockier than ever. But, there'll come a day. Dumbell, Campbell, Shore, and Wise also declined 1 to be dispossessed of the Danks Feathers- that they wear so proudly. D'Emden's little picnic party took the back seats with 17 to 24. There were some close games at Thorndon on Saturday. The keenest was the full rink go between McEldowney, Clark, King, and Longton, versus Sproule, Seaton, Barry, and Ross, for 18 each. Not a point was thrown away. Then, Walter Nathan skipped against Jameson for 19 to 18. Since David entered the City Council, Walter has been sustaining the family reputation in drawing and driving. Out at Petone, the Club Ferns are still in the firm clutch of Lewthwaite, Babington, Harris, and Laurie, but Hope N. McLean, Maynard, and Muiray made a game effort to clap a mortgage on. They scored 19 to the other people's 21 . But the Monograms no longer decorate the bell-toppers of Henry, Wvlie, Carter, and Marsden. The proudest Petone citizens just now are Wilmshurst. Fraser, Johnston, and Gilmour, who knocked out the holders by 22 to 17 The first draw for the Wellington Club's rink matches pans out for the skips after this fashion McGlashan plays Reich, Gibbes plays Beli, Lockie plays Sample, Gooder plays Mentiplay, Churchward plays Brunskill Balhnger plays Neil McLean. Byes for the first round go to Bush and Phmmer. The first round for the senior bowls is Hustwick v. Drummond, Bell v. Knapp, Riley v Hodgson, Gibbes v Geddis. E J. Hill v. Berry C. Hill v. Daw son, Churchward v Whitelmuse, Reich v Fra~ce Read v. Hume, Rem-

niigtoii v. Hamilton, Sample v. Flmdeis. The byes gotoGiundy, J. P. Campbell, Roskruge, Haybittle, N. McLean, Lockie, Balhnger L. Blundell, Bush, C Smith, Gooder, Parata, Mentiplay, Nancaircnv, Tliompson, Osborne, Plimmer, Mitford, Still, J. Smith, and Allen.

Mr. James Dobson, of Auckland, iccentJv won the Northern Gun Club's first prize, at an inanimate piereonshoo+mjsf match, nith the fine score' oi 30, including: handicap points, breaking 28 out of 30 birds. He used a Wefoley gun and the Colonial Ammunition Company's "Favourite" ammunition. In tw o sweepstake matches, Mr. A. Seccombe using the Colonial Ammunition Company's "Invincible" cartridges, came first, with the good score of 12, Mr. F. Seccombe coming: next with' 11. He aJso used the "Invincible" cartridge, loaded with Nobel's "Empire" poarder and natent concave wads. All tihree shooters st>eak highly of the cartndges used.