THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 7, 1940
BOWLING ALLEYS
By STRIKE"
There have been quite a batch of really interesting and exciting matches played in -the Alleys since my last Jottings. The first was a match in the second round of the
played
on Singles Handicap · Competition
bowler, Ernie veteran May 30, between Hearther, andTM Albert Odell; the latter play- er, while not being a veteran bowler, is one of the best in the Alleys and he is only 10 years of age,
win
The match resulted in a very narrow for Ernie Hearther by alx. pins only. The individual scores being
Ernie Hearther (plus 10) A. H. Odoli (plus 23)
approximately 60 pins per game 'cach.
On Saturday, we had the pleasure of see
regular ship's ing the veteran Asheville team in action against their, shipmates of the Medical Staff; the match resulted in a decided, win for the regular ship's team by no less than 281 pins..
There was no doubt of the superiority of the veteran Harvey, Gray, Balaski and Cun-: ning combination,
The individual scores in this occasion were as follows:-
REGULAR TEAM
SOUTH CHINA GALA
Following is the programme for South China' Aquatic Gala to be held Sunday, June 16,
,
the
on
1. 150 metres Medley Relay Race-Back,
Breast and Free-stylés. Chinese Clubs,
Open to
2. 100 metres Free-style Ladies.
50 metres Free-style Boys (Under
3.
4' 5") and Girls (Under 4′ 8′′*)..
4. 100 metres Mathematical Race Men,
7. 100 metres Free-style-Men Novices.
50 metres Free-style-Men,
MEDICAL STAFF
560 554
M. O. Gray...... 823 W. J. Bolsaki.......... Joe Harvey...
O. Aasen: ...............
763
5. 60 metres. Free-style-Lady, Novices, 0.50 metres Lantern Race,
821
808
c. G. Cunning.......
768
L. C. Garrett. 782 D. E. Norman.. 732 J. M. Picciochl 702
8.
9.
10.
3220
2930
50 metres Dragon Race, ·· 200 metres. Four-a-side Free Style Re lay Race. Winter Training Class only. Entries close on Friday 6 p.m. and heats
From these scores it can be seen that Hearther had a very close shave, his aver- age for the three games being 187 while Odell's score worked out at 185-including
Joe Harvey and his men did very well in- his handicap.. Hearther started off badly by only-scoring 146 in his first game, but he deed, averaging 805 pins per player for the recovered ground in his second and third five games or an average of 161 pins per will be swum off at 7 p.m. on the same day. player per game, although it is hard to understand how such accomplished players as Harvey and Balaski could only make-
159 178 197 188 162 822 in the case of Harvey, 130 on his third game
133 156 178 179 156 802 There was a good Ten 'Pin match played —and Balaski 133 on his fourth game. on May 31, between U.S.S. Asheville Supply
Although the scoring all round was slight. C. Garrett 144 141 160 141 179 765 Department and U.S.S. Asheville Engineers.y above average, there was only one score The match resulted in a win for the "Sup- pliers" by 82 pins. The scores being as follows:-
Odell games by registering 210 and 204. was more consistent by netting 165, 172, and 178. It was a good match and again proved the wisdom of the handicappers!
690 W. H. Lambert.. 602 C. J. Summers... 683 J. H. Watts`
ASHEVILLE'S SUPPLY DEPT. H. L. Kilpatrick.. 843 E. L. Wood
200
2858
ASHEVILLE'S ENGINEERS
C. G. Cunning.. 822 740 Joe Harvey ... C. J. Fleming.. 634 G. E. Ewing... 580
2776
On this occasion J. H. Watts very efficient ly bowled the first game during the tem- Top porary absence of C. J. Summers. score for the match was bagged by H, L. Kilpatrick for the Suppliers with 843 or an average of 169 pins, and C. G. Cunning for the Engineer Staff was a good second with 022, or an average of 165. The rest of the players on both sides trailed away behind with the exception of Kilpatrick for Sup- The pliers and Cunning for Engineers, scoring could not be said to be of a brilliant nature, but the low scoring was made up for by the friendly badinage of both play- ers and supporters alike.
Duck Pin There was a good five-game match played on June 1, between our old friends U.S.S. Mindanao and a representa tive team from the Alleys; this resulted in a very convincing win for the Mindanao by 95 pins.
The individual scores were as follows: U.S.S. MINDANAO
ALLEY REPRE- SENTATIVES
S. H. Neate.... 456 R. E. Skiver... 444 442
A. K. Hant...
478
E. L. Emerson.. 470 N..R. Philo
458
Q. H. Enloe..
422
W. S. Chase... J. Gracie
1828
391
1733
of 200 registered and this was exactly 200 bagged by M. O. Gray on his fifth game. It was a good snatch and keenly contested, the Asheville team being only 12 up on the first game. The Medicals reduced the lead by 6 pins, then the Asheville team forged ahead to lead by 112 on the third game, 108 on the fourth and finished up with a 201 lend.
In my last week's Jottings, I mentioned that our old friends of the U.S.S. Gold Star had arrived in Port and I expected one or two interesting matches as the result.
A match was arranged on Sunday, be Harvey's tween them and Asheville-Joe men-and against all expectations the Gold Star beat the redoubtable Asheville team by the very low margin of 53 pins.
GOLD STAR
J. M. Elardo..... 840 Dick Southland .. 796 S. R. Sunbury.......... 777 C. B. Stuart...... 679
3092
ASHEVILLE ··
M. O. Gray.... 802 H. M. Kilpatrick 756 Joe Harvey........ 764 W. J. Bolaski.. 727
3039
There is no doubt that J. M. Elardo for Gold Star with 640-top score of the match
and young Dick Southland-also for Gold Stor-with 796 to his credit were the main cause of the downfall of the Asheville.
Elardo is an old tried veteran and a good score can always be depended upon from him, but young Dick Southland of Gold Star is only about 18 years old I believe, and this match was probably the first really serious match that he has ever played-al- though I understand that he has played in matches in Guam-his bowling impressed me greatly and I feel sure that we will be hearing something more about this player in future; he is not a member of the Gold Star crew but was passing through the Colony only.
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W. H. Lambert O. Aasen
C. J. Summers E. L. Wooda V. V. Vining W. S. Cooley
3246 ORDINANCE
164 133 149 160 135 735 113 147 174 162 123 719 650 144 128 129 108 143 129 122 102 146 100 599 2703 top
was for Medicals, D. E. Norman scorer with 857 in his bag or an average of 172 pins per game. He also had the honour of notching the only 200 score during the match he made 201 on his 4th and 202 on his 3rd games.
W. H. Lambert, also for Medicals, was second highest score with 822 to his credit or an average of 165 pins per game.
I am afraid I must revise my view-point with regard to this gentleman's Ten Pin Bowling; in a previous article I mentioned that he was more of a Duck Pin player than a Ten Pin player. He has turned out to be a really good Ten Pin player as evid ence the above match, and I feel sure that if he plays in a few more of these matches he will be as good as the best on the ship.
The average score per player per game for Medicals was a very formidable one, no less than 162.3 pins per player while the Ordinance were well down, only making 135 pins per player per game.
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ARMY SPORTLIGHT
By "SQUADDY".
UESTIONS have been asked as to
why Army
all
are
teams their matches away playing Drom home and not: at the The Queen's Road swimming bath?
reason is that at pre- Army Bath sent no water polo
nets have been in-
stalled. It is, however, anticipated that the nets will be ready within the next few days, when doubtless the Army teams will be entertaining visi- tors quite frequently.
AT
*
✡
T the Y.M.C.A. bath on Wednesday evening Royal Engineers met "Y" seniors at water polo and were by no means disgraced in losing by 4 goals to nil. The Sappers, al- not at full Sappers though
strength, had a pretty useful side. Q.M.S. Rivett played well and kept the ball well distribut-. ed among the forwards. Of the for wards Wilcox and Rennison were the most active though each on occasion missed some excellent scoring chances, Bowling was too slow and was often robbed of the ball before he could do. anything. In defence Capt. Wilkinson played a great game in goal for the Sappers, successfully holding some really hot shots from Goldman Hunt. In the first half, defending the too, deep end, Waugh and Saxby, frequently left, the "Y" forwards, to themselves and consequently they made good use of this freedom of movement to the extent that the Sap- pers were down-3 goals to nil at half- time. In the second half the Engin- eers improved all round and the two backs held on to the "y" forwards
them little manoeuvre, as a result of which the "Y" were only able to add one goal to their half time score.
G. J. Summers was top score for Ordinand gave ance with 735. to his credit, or an average of 147 pins per game, while E. L.. Wood was second with 710 or an average of 144 pins
per game.
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room
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N the other match at the YMCA. Pool on Wednesday night "y" jun- iors met Royal Army Medical Corps and ran riot, scoring 9 times without reply. It was evident from the first that the
ner in the second round of the Singles Han- This match resulted in another, extraordin- |. –edicals squaddies lacked prac-
Hant for Mindanao was top scorer of the match with 478 to his credit or an average of 96 pins. This is indeed a good perform- ance; second highest score was notched, by E. L
Mindanao-who Emerson-also of
of 94 pins per scored 470 or an average game; this is also good consistent Duck Pin scoring. Philo of the Mindanao registered 459, to be third highest scorer with an aver- age of 92 pins per game. There is no doubt that had Jack Gracie, for the Alley Repre-scores being as follows!-
of Chase, sentatives, made the average Skiver and Neate, that is 447, the match would have been a very close one.
Mindanao's average per player per game worked out 91.4 pins per game, while the Alley representatives' average worked out at 86,6. Feature of the match was A. K. Hand of Mindanao, a new player in match games, who scored 478 pins. I believe I will have some references to this player in fu- ture Jottings,
Emerson and Philo are trică players and their names have been frequently before "Duck Pin fans through the medium of these .columns, for they are both veterans, at the game. Neate, Skiver, and Chase for Alleys did remarkably well to make an average of
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477 --315-- Arculli bowled well on his first game to make 161, but failed on his second to make a mediocre score of 122, but came back on his third game to make 152, and this, with his handicap, made up a good score of 477 or 159 pins per game:
M. el Arculli (plus 50) W. Gardner (plus 36)
D. E. Norman O. Aasen E. P. Hollis C...H. Enloe.
S. A. Ismail G. Birkett D. Hall G. Somerville
3212
ARGONAUTS
148 169 167 162 152 799 123 168 131 153 125 700 137 132 90 102 157 618 98 130 605
120 130 131
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In the evening of the same day that the above described match was played, the "Argonauts" were booked to play "Ashe ville" regular ship's team, but owing to un- forseen circumstances the latter team: failed to turn out; Norman, Aasen, Hollls and present very Entoe, however, who were kindly offered to take their places; their On June 3, M, el Arculli played W. Gard-team name being Asheville Wise Guys".
Wise Guys" by no fewer than 490 pins.
tice besides being yards slower than dicap Competition. M. el Arculli's handicap | arily high margin of victory for "Asheville was plus 60 and Gardner's plus 36, therefore
Individual scores were as follows:-
the "Y" players. Without exception, Gardner was conceding 14 pins per game
ASHEVILLE WISE GUYS
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th T. in the first half, the "Y" swimmers or 42 pins for the three games played.
The match resulted in a decided win for
130. 170 178 117 225 829
were always first to the ball following individual
175 157 177 189
119 B17
centre: Once the civilians had M. el Arculli by 162 pins. The
145 195 140 183 153 816
there was no 141 163 137 156 153 760 opened the scoring,
stopping them and in the first half they were leading 5 goals to nil. This lead was no discredit to “Quiet" Ross, the Medics' custodian, who did well to keep the score as low as that, for the squaddles were completely 2722 outplayed in every department of the game. Anderson and Howe were both As in the match played on the afternoon fairly steady in defence but they of the same day, Norman was again top- scorer with 829 or an average of 166 pins could not compete with the onslaught per game, and was again the only player of Corneck, Hunt and Moss, who were to register 200: he made 225 on his 5th ably supported by May. Nichols, play-
these
showed days, although it is very hard to understanding in the centre position,
himself to be an able swimmer but he how he cracked up on on his 4th game to make. only 117. His 225 was made up with falled to make the best of his oppor- strike, spare, strike, strike, spare, spare, tunities and missed one or two open strike, strike, strike, spare, and a strike goals. MacDonald and Milne are
were couple of useful swimmers and with practice should improve considerably. Lyal did not seem to be able to find anything like his true form through- out the whole game. In the first game against the Engineers the "Y". fielded two squaddies, Berry (Middle- sex), who played well as full-back, and Hunt (Signals) who disting
I was rather inclined to think that Gard- ner's handicap was too severe although I think that in ordinary, games he could, and has done better than he did on this occasion; for instance his 87 on his first game and his 101 on his second game was much below. his usual form.
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U.S.S. Gold Star were again in action in a Ten Pin match on June 3; it was a return. match to the one played on June 2. this occasion they again won, this time by 86 pins. V. V. Vining of Asheville deputised the for Joe Harvey for the first game, latter player coming in to finish his four
S. R. Sunbury.... 800. Dick Southland.. 795 J. M. Elardo..... 748 C. B. Stuart.... 746
game.
NORMAN SHINES AGAIN
He
must
with his extra ball,
be
inspired
games. The individual scores werẻ :-'.
ASHEVILLE ́ ́ GOLD STAR
Aasen and Hollis, for Wise Guys, C. G. Cunning... 801
close seconds with 817 and 818 pins W. J. Balaski.. 774 H. M. Kilpatrick 763 respectively or an average of 163 pins 655 per game, while Enloe also for Wise Guys Joe Harvey 110 supported his team-mates very ably by registering 750 or an average of 150 pins per 3093 game.'
3179
V. V. Vining
Had Harvey turned up in time for his first game, he would no doubt have had second high score, because on the four games that he played he scored. 655, or an average for the four games of 104 per game. S. R. Sun- bury of the Gold Star was undoubtably the shining light in this game, making top score with 890 in his bag or an average of 178 pins per games tag
C. G. Cunning of the Asheville was second with 801 to his credit or an average of 160 pins per game; this is also a good score.
Dick South and again did remarkably wel by notching 795 or an average of 159 pins per game.
consistent
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S. A. Ismail for "Argonauts", was easily highest score for his side with 799 or an average of 160 pins per game. I was very much impressed with Ismall's bowling, he making 148, 160, 107, 163, 152; heed himself in the forward line.
the match against the Medicals Berry has done better than this of course.
again H. Watts played A. W. Muenger in the played in goal and Hunt was on
and Willis (Sig~. 3rd round of the Singles Competition Muenger's plus 26, therefore Watts was connals) played a very steady game in the ceding 6 pins per game or 18 pins for three defence. game played. The match resulted in a close win for Watts by 18 pins only, the individual scorés being:-
Wednesday. His handicap was plus 20 and in the forward line 49
The average per game per player for Gold J. H. Watts Star worked out at 159 pins per player per
(plus 20) game, and for the Asheville 185 ping per A. W. Muenger, player.
(plus 26)
Ashevillo ordinance staff played Aahe ville Medical Staff on Wednesday, afternoon. The match resulted in a very decided win for the "Medicals" by no less than 543 pins. This is undoubtedly the highest margin of victory ever recorded in "there" Alleys, a The individual scores were as follows:
MEDICALBULED DE
1st-2nd-3rd-4ih sih, T. 133 14# 202 201 178 857
Jörman,
170 150 137
Re-
463
TH
"HERE seems to be quite a bit of
support for a Garrison Darts" 1st 2nd 3rd colves Ttl League in Hong Kong. I understand that entries may be expect- Darts ed from at least five units. This, however, is not enough. to make a real success of the project other so I shall be glad to hear of units who are keen to enter a team. It is hoped that I may be able to re-
150 145 134 18 447
OPEN PAIRS RESULT
W. Melrose and J. C. Chalmers beat
S. R. Solina and C. W. Lam in the port some real headway in the mat-
first round of the open pairs Lawn ter in the near future, such as Bowls Competitions at Civil Service,pointment of offcials, etc.