BOWLING NOTES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 17 December 1912, Page 6

BOWLING NOTES.

tfiy "Jack.") ~ Tlic yast week lias been an ideal "' howling time. A large number of clul) and competition mutches have ~ lioon played, and votaries of the. game liavo liiul nn excellent chance of showing the ''form'' that is m them. The i time for coniploting the first round in all dul) competition:., closed on Sat- j ( urday. It is to he regretted that j i there are cases in which competitors j have not completed, their quota of ' matches, hut 1 understand the mutch , committee will award tho matches to their opponents hy default. Members, whose opponents have not turned up to play liad hotter let a mem her of j the. match eomittoo know the circumstances ;it once. 1 . i A curious- howling difference occurred, hetween two "Seventh Hay Advontists" one day last week. Both, gentlemen fought for supremacy in a. competition mutch, hut of course, only one won. As one and "won' make two, it was decided that hoth should have a win from the Seventh Day Advontist point if view. The "Parson" of the flock does not belong to the local club, because play is indulged in on Saturday?:, «n<l it was he who derided that for the sake of harmony amongst his flock, both should be credited with a victory, on the ground that the man who could, take a boating cheerfully was equally as good a man as the man who had vvon. What the match committee will say to this kind of reasoning is another mat- j tor. ' | Carterton scut up a strong team mi. Friday afternoon to try and | wreMt the' V.'airarapu Clmmnkmships from tho holders. Tho teams were as j .follou-i-Ua'-t-ton - Fwington. Townscnd. 1). Pragnoll, llolhrn^ j (skip). Carterton MsPhoo. Phi!:-. i potts. V. i,:i'd:ip, Kislier C&'rA 1 From the commencement it was ovidj out that tk" game would he strenruuHv fought. The ilastortou team (kept well ahead until the thirteenth Ihead when the score was Mastertcm 115 Carterton 0.. A 7 on tho IStli. head gave Carterton a lead of L sTns- i tertnn-replied with o in the 19th. 'head, the result of a "running" shot jhv Hollings who dislodged with Ins (last howl Carterton's lying sh'nt and ct-u-o hh, side 5. The Cartortoniaus I scored 3 in cho 20th. head -and the I game was then anybody's. A. timely 1 f<2 on tho last head save Mastorton a /score of 22 to their opponent's 19. ] Tfc is rumoured that Carterton will i send another team to try their luck. ■ ] should like to see Greytown send. ' up it? best team, and give the ehnmp- < ions a good run. for their money.

Xo challenges liavo yet been recoivjed by tho holders (S. Inder and O. i Pragnoll) for tho .Grady medals. Last j season this pair played, six games, I winning them alll.

The lorn! ink tournament to bo held on .lainiary Ist. and 2nd. 1010. promises to !>:» a success." F hear that Carterton, Grey town Foathcrston and aro ontoi-ina; teams. Given fine weather tlio tournament should bo ; i groat success. Tt will he a, very useful preliminary to tlio bio; event in An old and, and will lie of .oreat value to the enmpetiner teams in regard to combination. Tt should ho remembered iiv all howlers that competitors are IVee to make up teams and forward entries to Mr A. PhillpotK rho secretary of tlio Wnirarapa. Centre. Tlio match for tlie Booth Cup. between uVTa.sterton. and Grey town, was ■of a very one-sided nature, there beiun; only one Greaytown team which made anything 0 f a keen bid for victory. ■ Webster's team cave, Blinkhonse's rink nil it wanted, but tlio better team won on the last he ad hv the, narrow margin of, one. will visit Ma,*tortnn next, Saturdav to play two teams for tlio Shield. Tin's mate], will onnrnMo the firot. remind, and if Mnsterton wins it will be ono point ahead. One of tlio "Feathers" holder ..„„ marked to me, after his team had h"«n defeated, that ho felt, verve without his feathers. Ho eorta''•>!'• '- ' look cold and was run nine +.-> himsolf Tnm, The team for plucking the feathers was T-Trnw Wilkes, Prentieo, Tnder (.skip) 9s. Prentice i 3 playing , a fine na 7n 'e this season, and was a source of o;ro;>t strength to his f-ido. Tlio "plucked" were. llcFwen, Francis, Lawrence, Kwin-rton (skip), who scored IS. For tho Champion Pairs threo mat-ch;-,--wore played, and it is curious to note, that in each ease tlio victors had •i majority of two points. Crossu-01l aiu i Hollinpjs defeated F. Prap;nell «nd. Lawrence by 20 to 1« also Boale and Harrison b'v ]8 to 10. whilst. Ch.Tmberlain and Mutrio won from Baker and Keen, by 28 t 0 26, ■All those matches were well contested and interesting 'to watch. In the Handicap Pairs Condor and

liapman (IS) defeated Cave and Wil- § ;es (IT)), and Bunkin and Archer got | | iome against flood and Cameron by 1 | !9 points to 22. It is not often that | ho possible mirnbor of points are \ F ;cored in a head, but such iva«i the I | •ase in the latter matdi, when Ar- I \ •her had the good fortune to count 8 j igaiusf, Cameron. Several Handicap Singles matches ivore got off with, tho following re- \ milts: 0. Pragnoll (scr) 23 v. Fran- | •is (8) 22; TTomlrv (o) 23 v. Carpenter (scr) 12; Keen (S) 22 v. K Pragnoil (4) 2,0; Wilkes (.<<r>r) 21 v. Town- I send (scr) 17; Pee (8) 20 v. Law- j renoe (scr) 10. P>ee is a most promising player. Mis success in do- ( featmg Lawrence shows tho <tvA\ he is made of. Tn my oni'iiou. ! awr mco is the hardest, man in the Club to {[»- ■ feat in Singles games, and it therefore soys much in favour of "Hoe. who has boon playing- bowls fo<- iw. month-; only, being a phiver of c00,.:.]..„.,,,i,!;, ~:.]..„.,,,i,!; , merit. C':)rn r 'u!" I ' , s downfoil >;!t rho lnnds of TTor-'V,- 'hows ;■!,..i. -!V- nMoi- n'r.--< wi'l hvvc to 1,v,l- '.-.- t!>-M>- I--"" Is in v!V"- t-i r*'"i' vow promo-Tag let. A largo niTmber of C'/io.mpn!'-Sin-gles games have eventuated, with the - results following: Chapman 10 v. W. V Co'o 13; Town-•-Mid 21 v. ''rcutiee 2o"; O. Prao:u-0 2o v. Foi-;t U ; F. B. Cameron 21 v. W. Pragnoll Tl : F. Prairnell 10 v. Chamberlain lo; Keen 18 v. jfurrav '0; Keen 20 v. Fe : s(13; C. Pvrrv 18 v. P : ioMrn-- }': Tov.-nst.Tul'o.-j v. T-cirlrv 10; 23 v. T-lendrv 10: Jr-trio- v. King io. X-vrHi-o 2° v Homo 0: Pvcitieo 17V."\A'in-010 ]-<-'Avdirv '8 v. R>--w- 12: Hclv-voii 21 v. ''"V."" 1 '/"" 1-" ,'-, i -ii- o-i -- V," T-r t r;iroc;'?er it ; <,■■'■■'■■■■>'■ ,-■■ ■ >' • '•• Col" 18; O. 20. ' O-n aftornTU', the ] ■].. y ],1.... n [ !•;.«'"S+-V," -■" : <'h'rh--"Trd , j;.,,,, :■ ~ ~-.'-..1 -1 ...-* „-',;pH, r 'i--c.'r« ~r v.i,'. ,i....<.:. vr ~; ( .- of nle'-o;-. end . ~.,.,-'..,,u ~- , ,-!'F •■unniu'r shofr; „.,.i,,,. ; ;.:;, ;<•,.„.:. .«iw .....,-,.:„...:„ ,-!,:. :..„ ~ "'.--I -.---• 'h,, Tie •,