Bowling Notes

Free Lance, Volume IV, Issue 200, 30 April 1904, Page 11

Bowling Notes

By Wrong Bias.

THORNDON has had its last shot for the Edwin Feathers this season It came off on the Wellington green last Satuiday, and the defenders — Drummond, Brunskill, Churchward and Bell (skip) — had an uncommonly easy time of it. The challengers were J. T. King, Blanchard, J. M King, and Longton. Certainly, the former seemed to get all the luck that was going But, Longton ton was dead off, and when his opponents were lying, rarely got a "save" in. Brunskill and Bell played the best game, some of "Brun's" shots being particularly warm. The match in short was a procession from start to finish, and it ended 36 to 15, Wellington putting on 5 in the last head. It is Victoria's turn next Saturday, and this will be also their final flutter fo'" the season. They are putting a strong team in the field, and hope to fly home with the Feathers. At any rate Hatch Kitto, Varcoe, and cannie Jamie Brackenridge will do their darndest. Victoria's own green is closed. They "wound up with a four-rink a-side go between Pesident Mackay and rice-Presi-dent MacMorran. The Vice wasn't vicious enough for the other Mac bv 24 points. The President's side won by 90

to b6. That was in the aggiegate. There was balm of Gilead foi MacMorian, howevei, m the fact that man to man he downed "the leal Mackay" by 23 to 20. Mack bowed Noi wood out of the show at 30 to 13. Always that dreadful 13 ! Page wrote victory on his last page of the season with 20 to Hueston's 12. Soft goods, eh? Braokenndge and Baiy had a tight go, but Scotland wor- ] led through— 2o to 18. Drummond, Ted Hill, Andy Hamilton, and Norrie Bell are no longer posing for photograph fiends. They've lost thengreatest decoration — the Hill Pins. Hatch, Kitto, Varcoe, and Brackenridge won them easily last week by 29 to 10. On Wednesday last these heroes were defending their trophies against a challenging team from Newtown, skipped by Wylie. Wellington went under in its fourrink match agamst Newtown on Saturday last. The Newtownites, of course, stood on their native heath, which by the way, played uncommonly well. The iesu.o was 81 for Newtown, and 71 for Wellington , not 75-57, as stated in the "Post." MqGlashan was the only successful Wellington skip, beating Astill by 24 to 16. "Mac's" men were good as gold to him. Andy Hamilton's team had the hardest Newtown rink to crack — Alpe, Goodall, Brightwell, and H. Price. Andrew wanted 3 on the last head, and drove for them, but lost 3 more — 23 to 17 Danks was in great form, and, althouerh Mentiplay was hard to beat, metal told by 21 to 16. Underwood, for whom Martin played a capital leading same, rattled up 21 to Gibbes's 14. Wylie has won the Newtown. senior chamnionship, and certainly he has played brilliantly pretty well right through the season. His one day off was when

the Feathers were lost to Wellington the othei day. Blythe and Hawoith (a good pair) carried off the Pairs in a blithesome mood, and the junior trophy goes to Goodall, who is coining on fast and will be Betterall next season. The senior handicap lies between Underwood and Haworth. Mayer and Hueston (Victoria) have beaten. Norwood and Page in a game for the Townsend Buckles. Petone makes an effort next Satuiday to knock the stuffing out of Newtown. The match comes on at Newtown, four links a-side.