BOWLING.

Shannon News, 6 April 1923, Page 3

BOWLING.

[ A rink from the local club consisti Jtag of Messrs H. Butt, J. Murray, Joe Gagliardi and John Gagliardi (skip), took part in the Manawatu Bowling ( Centre’s tourney during the holidays, winning four games and losing five, ! scoring an aggregate of 178 points with 172 against them, the results in ! all their games being very close. The following were the games played: Hendry (Woodville) 20—16, McLeod (Napier) 23—22, Wardrop (Woodville) 24—19, J. A. Nash (Palmerston) 20—18, W. E. Jones (Palmerston) 16—22, Davidson (Palmerston) 15—19, Whyte (Carterton) 22—17, Walsh (Pahiatua) IS—2O, Spooner (Palmerston) 14—25.

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

What must have beexi a more or less unpleasant incident has already been reported, but it may as well be given again, as printed in the “Lyttelton Times”: —“An unusual incident occurred during the progress of the game between Claridge (Otago) and Henderson (Canterbury). Monk, who was playiiig second for Henderson, sent up his bowl, which rested the shot bowl. Monk’s bowl still had chalk marks on it from the previous head and Claridgo went up to the brad and removed it to the bank, replacing his own rink’s shot bowl in position. The incident, caused good deal of e< mwcu; at the time, and there was eousuhral'o discussion as tc whcth.T a skip la.! the right to disqualify an opponent’s low! for the reason that the elmlk matks had not been rubbed off. the rules apparently net being very definite on the point.” Presuming this report to be correct, Claridge 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 dead when it conies to rest.” Then follows this important sentence: “If it touches the jack or another bowl in play the opposing skip may declare the head dead.” Nothing is said about removing the offending bowl to the bank and replacing another bowl in its original position. Anyhow, the incident was unfortunate.