BOWLING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 10, 10 January 1913, Page 8

BOWLING.

I NORTHERN BOWLING ASSOCIATION. j THE NEW CONTROL OUTLINED. (Per Press Association.) Auckland,January 9. The last annual conference under I the auspices of the Northern Bowling j Association was hold in the Chamber [ of Commerce rooms. The President (Mr. M. Casey) explained that the tournament just being played was the last that v.ould he held under the Northern Bowling Association rules. Many would regret this, hut he expressed a hope that the same good feeling would bo maintained under tiie regime of the New Zealand Bowling Association as had existed under the present Association. (Applause.) Ho invited suggestions from visiting bowlers as to recommendations to be submitted to the Association.

The secretary of the Northern Bowling Association (Mr. J. J. Huberts, Wellington), informed the meeting that the New Zealand Association would take over the control of bowling in September .of next year. The North Island would have five representatives on the new council, and the South Island five. The various centres in each island could nominate candidates for office, and the northern centres would vote for the election only of the five northern representatives. The term of office would bo for twelve months, and the idea at present was that the headquarters should he movable. Some idea as to what should be centres was wanted, and he called on the visiting delegates for suggestions. Eventually recommendations were adopted that the North Island should consist of eight centres, the Auckland district to be divided into two. A recommendation that the New Zealand Association should hold one tournament in the North Island and another in the South Island on different dates next year was carried.

It was further recommended that the champion rink of the North Island tournament should meet that of the South, to decide the championship of the Dominion.

Mr. Cohen, of Wanganui, made a strong protest against the use of Hie Scottish standard bowl. The man who played with narrow bowls should not be tolerated on the greens. He expressed the hope that bowlers would not allow the game to be spoilt by this unsportsmanlike element which had shown a tendency to creep in. The remarks of Mr. Cohen were received with prolonged applause, and other speakers stated that the question of the narrow bowl had been a standing grievance for a number of years. THE NORTHERN TOURNAMENT. Auckland, January 9. The Northern Bowling Association’s tournament was advanced a further stage to-day, when the section winners played off on the Auckland green. The fourteen teams were divided into three sections, there being four teams in Sections B and C, and six in Section A. The weather was perfect in the morning, but shortly before three o’clock a heavy shower fell, making the turf heavy. The following are additional details of the games— SECTION C. Second Round.—Nash 28 beat Casey 11, Prince 16 beat Cohen 15, Nask 21 beat Prince 16. • Cohen and Casey did not play. To-morrow Bell (Wellington,) Nash (Palmerston North), and Osmond (Auckland) will meet in the final, and the last try match will also be played between the teams defeated in intersectional play. A consolation match will also bo continued. Entries for the Taranaki bowling tournament close to-night. The contest is for rinks only, and is confined to the Taranaki Province.