Bowling Notes

Free Lance, Volume V, Issue 229, 19 November 1904, Page 16

Bowling Notes

By Wrong Bias.

IN spite of fierce gust? and thieatcuing rain the fiist 1 ound of the Somoi Pennant matches came off on Saturday, and Wellington, New town, and Petone pulled off the honours. « * • The match between Newtown and Victoria, on the Wellington green, was the keenest struggle, and theiefore invested with most interest. It woiked up to quite a sensational finish, \ ictoria slapping on 11 points m the last head, and only going down by two points the totals being 83 to 81. Prince virtually won. the match fot Newtown. He was deadly on the drive, and was opposed by Snaddon, the youngest of the Victorian skips. The Newtown rink went off from the jump and led to the finish, winding up with 29 to 15 On the 7th head they scored 6, which gave them a commanding lead Hueston was m capital form, and put up 27 to D'Emden's 17. His most telling bit of woik came off in the seventh head. He whicked out Newtown 's nearest bowl as clean, as a whistle, and Victoria lay 7. On the last head, with D'Emden lying 2, Hueston carried the jack into the ditch, and scored 5. The game between Brackenndge and Hany Price was the toughest of all. It was ding-dong from the start. Jamie braced himself for a special effort on the last head, and, trailing the jack back, nioked five. Score: 21 to 17. Bary and Underwood also had a neck and neck event, but a fluky shot in the nineteenth head' gave Underwood 5, and made his score 20 to 15. All eyes were on this link at the last head, for it wa» the last to finish, and Victoria wanted. 4to tie and 5 to win Barv did his best to get them Failing in the first ti y, he made a dead heat of it. In the second attempt he got 2, finishing up 18 to 20 And so Victoria went dowm two under. ♦ * • Out at Newtown, Wellington tackled Thorn don, and, without being: extended, won by 25 points. The Tinakoriroad Club had to play several cdts to make up for the sensitive veterans whose "principles," poor dears', won't allow them to play in ~ennant matches. And the colts did very well indeed. McEldowney, Mitford, J. T. Kin?. and Davy Ross formed the only successful Thorndom rink. They stood up to Drummond, Flinders, Webb, and Churchward, and, after a tvelj-foueht fight, in which for most of the time they were on top, they came out of the scrum with 21 to 20. Ballinger's rink carried too many guns for Longton's. They led from start to finish, but not in any lunaway style. Score 22 to 14. Brogan led, as substitute for McManaway. Bell and Hocben had an interesting match. The latter made a late start, but almost got on level terms. His hardest luck was a flukv 5 which fell to the other side. Bell, 21 ; Hogben, 13 Lookie against Sievwright took heaviest toll for Wellington — 25 to 15. Dodds, a new man from Dunedin, proved a capital lead for Lookie. Besides Dodds, Wellington found room for two other recent accessions, to wit, Brown, from Dunedin, and Scott, from Fedlding. ♦ • • Karon made its debut, and tried conclusions with Petone, on the Victona green, scoring 48 to 99. It is serving its apprenticeship, and will be heard from later on. Willie Tustm made the best fight, putting up 17 to McArthur's 20. Bennett got 10 to Reids 30, Tisdall 12 to FrasePs 24, and Lloyd 9 to Johnston's 25. ♦ • • Peter Drummond and Andy Hamilton still proudly wear those Diamond Buckles, although two attempts have been made since last week to take them down. Geddis and Churchward got within a point of the holders, with one head to go, but Peter and Andrew were too good, and added three more on the last head— l 7 to 13. Berry and Ballinger then tried to recover the trophies, and got on even terms — 12 all. with two head's to go. As before, Drummond and Hamilton gave the Buckles another twist, and scored the remaining points. 15 to 12. It is now the turn of Brunskill and Bell to show what they can do against the Dual Alliance.

Ou tho New town gieen, last Satiuday, Bland, King, Wanen, and Ciewcs justified then challenge foi the DaiLkh Feather* by winning them from A Mooie, Baines, Ramsay, and Laughton by one point. The Victonan cievv aie now in high feathei . * * * The matches foi club prizes are now in full swing up at Wordswoith-stieet. Theie are fourteen links, enteied foi the gold medals offered foi the beet rink. It is a case of sudden death, and so far L-oclue'o rink lias- pen-shed at the hands of Phmmer's (11 to 31), and Ballmger's has. given the happy despatch to Hamilton's^ (26 to 2u), A capital match between Bell's and Veitch's links came off on Wednesday afternoon. It was practically, settled by Veitch's team scoring 5 'oa the nineteenth head, and, with a lead of 8 or 9 on the 20th head;' and darkness on the scene, Bell's light went out. In othei woids, they didn't bother to play the last head. Nancarrow's leading foi Veitch was, ajteature of the. game It was a heavy "tax for the other side. McGlashan's nuk is pitted against Meintiplay's, Haybittle's against Sampled, and E. J. Hill's against Bush's, while Good*<r and Gibbes's rinks receive byes. The Hill Pins, like, the Edwin Feathers, have gone to^Petpne The fiist match of the season, "'for them took place on the Victoria-green on Wednesday, when Henry, Co|quitt, Wilmhurst, and Gilmour, of Pe.tone. knocked, out the holders Hatch, Kitto, Kibblewhite, and Varcoe. Petone quite evidently is some pumpkins this season. • * • Barnes, the ex-chess champion, is the ■junior apprentice of the Newtowii Olub, and is coming on hand-over-fist. He was wearing one of the Danks Feathers last week, and hits Scotch Gambit openings are greatly admired. Baiy went back to Newtown last week, to try a fall in full rink with Wvlie, the olub champion He wasn't wily enough' "bv 21 to 13.

Messrs. Macdonald, Wilson, and Co. have in hand, for umeseived sale by auction, on Tuesday, 2£>th November, at 2.30 o'clock p.m , "The Mansions," in Ghuznee-street. The big private hotel is the finest of its kind in New Zealand, and is, as is well known, quite new Full details are set out by adveitisement in this issue. Being m Ghuzneestreet, and therefore in close proximity to the trams, as well as being in the occupation of a lessee for a term of years, the property offers a magnificent investment to those who lequire the most valuable property of its kind in the city.

The big Drury Lane pantomime this year will be titled "The White Cat." It is about the only new title m panto, for a hunched yeans. Paderewski has all the pettushnesb of the truly great. He bounced off the stage like a spoilt child m Sydney. But the people were not responsible for the squeaking of a window. * * ♦ New York ha& now a children's theatre, under the control of the Education Department. Admission, five cents. Only those plays considered suitable for youngsters will be given. • • • Mr. Nable, formeily a well-known Pollardian, who had been "on his own" in. the States for some time, and stagemanaging shows for others, has given it best. He is again sheltenng under the Pollard wing. # • * FLghter Bob Fitzsimmons, who taught the art of self-defence in America, with an occasional slogging match with people who had already learned, is coming to New Zealand with a dramatic company of his own. They will play "A Fight For Love." ♦ » • Miss Maud Jeffries, who was married at Christchurch recently, and who will soon retire from the stage, is the daughter of Farmer James Kenilworth Jeffries, of Willow Faim, Missis&inm (U.S.A.). The Jeffries "cut some ice" in Mississippi, I gather. « • * Lots of smart people leave the legitimate for vaudeville now-a-days. Maud Milton, round here with the Musgrove Shakespearian Company, is doing sketch business in the English provinces. And. by the way, that lovely yoting man, Holding, of the same company, is supporting Miss Lena Ashwell, in "Marguerite," also in the provinces. • • » Extract from letter of a "Skippers" miner, in "Otago Witness" . —"Dear sir, — This 5s note is all I have on me just now. After tea I picked up the 'Otago Witness' and read the sad case of Miss Gertie Campion at Durban,. It brought a lump ia my throat, and suggested a place for the 5s P.N. Only that it is the wTon,g part of the season for washing up, I am certain the miners up here would freely respond ; maybe they will anyway. My better-half looked over mv shoulder and read mv scrawl, and said- 1 am el ad you have done that, Bob. Pity it wasn't twice as much.' "

Diavolo, who ha» been looping the loop at Melbourne "Exhibition/ and who has had two spills, neithei resulting seiioxuJy, is a very clever trick cyclist. He takes hib bike to pieces as he cycles, and fibs it together again still whirling around the stage. » • * People who have earned an honest half-crown by appearing a& "supeis" in Melbourne are not wanted now. Melbourne society people have intimated that for the opportunity it gives them to mince befoie the footlights they will "super" for the Nellie Stewart ComPany. Miss Dorothea Wilson Bariett, daughter of the late author-actoi-manager, has been sending little remembrances to the fi lends of her father. Mr. Harry Rickards has received a stage bracelet worn by Mr Barrett as Marcus Supeibus, together with a small bust. * * * Sandow showed at Colombo a few weeks ago. Several Cingalese coolies called on the man of muscle for a iob. They couldn't understand so gieat a sahib — almost a nabob, in fact — cairying his own weights about, and they offered to do it for him at two rupees a night each. With the help of the "mem-sahib," Sandow cleaied the salaaming coolies out. • » * Paderewski, accompanied by his wife, his English manager (Mr. Adhngton), his doctor (Dr. Ratynski), and his Australasian manager (Mr. John Lemmone), has come back to New Zealand for three weeks in hot water. He is up at Rotorua just now, but is due in Auckland for a farewell concert on the 25th instant, after which he goes to America to fill a £60,000 engagement.