BOWLING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 217, 1 February 1913, Page 7

BOWLING.

A MUCH-TRAVELLED J3OWLEE. Mr. W. F. Corbett writes in the. Sydney Sun:—Mr. Walter Denyer, "Warrington Walter," is back after a long and highly enjoyable globe trot. He is the last of the New South Wales bowlers recently in England to return, and Mr. Denver—his friends not already aware of the fact, will be very glad to learn—has all his old good health hack. The traveller came through Amerca, where he spent more or loss time at New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta City, New Brunswick, Buffalo, Niagara Falls. Cleveland, Akron Canton, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul (the twin cities), and Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver in Canada.

I Mr. Denyer saw and played on the I green of the hotel where "the famous j CIOOO Blackpool bowling tournament is decided every year, and engaged in a game with the proprietor of the place, but did not enjoy it, because the conditions were those of the crown green. The bowls are rolled all ways, and often across each other. Every player carries his own jack, which is biassed like hi.- bowl, and made of lignum vitae. The jack has two discs, so that the opposing player may not see which side the draw is on. The woods used are smaller than those of our game, about 4V s in to oin through. 'The green is very rough 1 Prior to leaving Europe for America, Mr. Denyer spread himself over the whole, of England and spent several weeks in Germany and France. He played a game on the Plymouth Hoe Green, rendered historic in howls as well as other respects through the Sir Francis Drake and the Spanish Armada story,] regarding the howling part of which many people arc nowadays decidedly sceptical. ''When I tell you," said Mr. Denver, "that the Plymouth Hoe green , •was rouglier than thai at Torquay, those bowlers who were with me in the Old Country will understand," arid probablv explain, if asked, what I mean." A TEAM DISQUALIFIED-

At the conclusion of the EdgcwareTTastingg match in the fourth round of the New 'Zealand tourney at Christchurch recently, a protest was made by A. Dickson, skip of the Edgcware rink, against tlie pair of bowls played by the liov. V. liamsay, second player iii the I la-lilies team. The committee met nml considered the protest, and decided that the bowls, being loaded with lead, made a violation of the rulos, and the protest was upheld. The Hastings rink who up to this time were standing an excellent chance as winners of section B (having four wins to their credit), were subsequently disqualified, and did not play in the fifth round. Much sympathy has been expressed on behalf of the Hastings team, it being fairly understood that the fault has been committed quite apart from any advantage to be attained by the player. The lead, which was to be quite plainly seen—no attempt having been made to conceal it—was inserted in the disc on the bias side, thus giving the howl a much greater draw and so more difficult to play. Mr. Ramsay slates that he had had the howls for over live years, and that they were in the same condition when given to him. _ He has played frequently with I hem in various tournaments, and this is the first occasion on which they have been objected to.

BOWLTXG COSTUMES. The following is extracted from a Home publication—"lf the visit of the Australians has done nothing else, it has helped to subdue that hesitancy which clubs have hitherto shown in their dormant attitude towards the donning of a bowling costume. Some two or three years ago it was tacitly agreed that a certain club should adopt playing colors in (lie same way as other sports. The costume at that time did not get beyond a jacket, though it was agreed that the colors be 'dark plum' with yellow trimmings, but for varying rca.s'ons it never got. beyond that stage until the Australia's appeared in their pretty costume of voyal blue. The latter made such a gi-od impression amongst the several clubs by their neat and trim appearance tl.tit it appears some of the prominent members of the club agreed to carry into ellect their previous resolution, and get a bowling costume, and a moving spirit prevailed upon the members of a rink to appear in costume in a challenge match, and right well did the quartette look. Apparently the full bowling costume is a rarity in the Old Country'.