BOWLING.

Otaki Mail, 31 March 1923, Page 3

BOWLING.

A rink from Levin arrived unexpectedly at Otiiki oil Wednesday and played a friendly game. The visitors—Hawke, Percy. Bull, and Suhan (s) —secured a will, defeating Gooding, Ifoble, Smith, Bills (s)—24-15. On Saturday next three rinks are expected from Levin. During the week Williams and Whiteman defeated Hawea and Davie*. L'7-

Bowling is a fairly popular pastime among ladies iu Australia, and at Melbourne last month no fewer than 95 pairs competed in the Victoria Ladies' Bowling Association's mixed tournament.

What must have been a more or less unpleasant incident lias already been reported, but it may as well be given again, as printed in the ' • Time^": —" Au unusual incident occurred during the progress of the game between Claridge (Oiago) and Henderson (Canterbury'). Monk. whj ni.playing second tor Henderson, sent up iiis bowl, which rested the shot bowl. Monk's bowl still had can'k marks on it from the previous head and Claridge went up to the l-.';.d and removed it to the bank, replacing his own rink's shot bowl iu position. The incident caused h good deal of u< mncn; et the time, i-.ud there was discussion ns tc wheth.'i a .kip lail the right to disqualify an opponent's I owl i'or the reason that the chalk mark:- had not been rubbed off. the ud-'s apparently net being very definite- en the point." Presuming this report to be correct. Claridfre went further than the rules entitle him. Clause 6 of -'Rule XIII. —Touchers" states: —"If a player fails to remove the chalk mark from his bowl before playing it he shall be warned, and if he again offends in the same way during that game the bowl may be stopped by an opponent or declared when it comes to rest." Then follows this important sentence: it touches the jack or another bowl in play the opposing skip may declare- the head dead.'' Nothing is said about removing fhe offending bowl to the bank and leplaeing another bowl in its original position. Anyhow, the incident was unfortunate.