1939-11-17 — Page 25

THE GHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 17, 1939

LOCAL BOWLS BOMBSHELL

BOWLING ALLEY

JOTTINGS

By "STRIKE"

The first match of the First Round of the Ewo League was played last Thursday between Aspirants and Black Dog and, as predicted, resulted

ABOLITION OF LEAGUE

TO BE PROPOSED

(By “REFEREE”)

THE ABOLITION OF THE League is a proposal that will no doubt be given a mixed reception at the next General Meeting of the Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association.

The proposal, I understand, will be made by a promin- ent local bowler of one of the leading clubs, and he will be in a win for Aspirants by the hand-supported by a member of the Council on behalf of another some margin of 403 pins.

First Division club.

The result was a foregone conclu-

sion in view of the fact that such pro

minent players as Landolt, Gaddi, Fawcett and Dudderidge were mem-

bers of the side.

Dudderidge was unable to play in this game as he was on duty and Narramore deputised. There is no doubt that had Dudderidge turned out Aspirants would have won by an even bigger margin.

RECENTLY I have complained of a

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dearth of 200's in several of the matches played, but on this occasion there was nothing to. complain about as Landolt (230), Gaddi (213) and Fawcett (203) all topped 200.

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In the view of the advocates of the proposal, League bowls is taken much too seriously in the Colony and the spirit of the game is deteriorating as a result.

Competitive bowls, it is said, brings expressed their approval and have with it strict adherence to the rules promised their support when the mat- governing the competitions and any, ter comes before their own club com-

in the best divergence-though

of mittee. spirit is often looked on as

de- liberate attempt to obtain some ma- terial beneflt.

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It is pointed out that the Associa- tion will, as usual, organise all Cham- pionships and other competitions.

In the place of League bowls it will be suggested that friendly games be

be NAVY “A” RUGBY XV played. The programme could drawn up by the Association, or Club secretaries could fix up their

The following will represent Navy games as is done in cricket and hoc-"A" against Army "A" (Possibly Club “A” in lieu) to-morrow on the Naval key.

Though some opposition to this pro-ground, Causeway Bay: posal is expected, the proposers of this scheme have approached a number of leading lawn bowlers and many have

the return match on Saturday I had to reverse my opinion as both teams played exceptionally well.

Lieut. Bax (Scout); Surg. Lieut. (Tamar), Flight Lieut. Corcoran Wright (R.A.F.), Surg, Lieut. Kirk- wood (Durban) and Sub-Lieut. Ken- nedy (M.T.B.'s); Lieut.-Cdr. Clark L. S. A. Palmer (Thracian), Ldg. Wtr. (M.T.B.'s) and Tel. Hall (M.T.B.'s);

A. B. (Tamar), (Durban), L. S. A. Yandell (Lowes

Gallagher

toft), Ldg. Wtr. Ferris (Tamar), P. O. Charles King (Tamar), Pay. Lieut. (C.-in-C.'s Office) and P. O, Kewell (Durban). game a really

Barlow

Landolt's score for the three games was 565, or an average of 189 pins a game, Gaddi was a close second with.1 559 or an average of 187 pins. Fawcett was not far behind the leaders and scored 539 or an average of 180 per These scores will probably game. stand unbeaten for a long time.

It may interest bowling fans know that Landolt made his 230 33 succession, follows:-three spares in then two strikes and two spares, four strikes,and finished up with an eight. On paper Gaddi's effort appeared to be even better than Landolt's be- cause he commenced with five strikes in a row, a nine, a strike, an eight good performance. Gray,

Reserves:-L. S. Spirit and then a strike, spare and a strike, Ashville," registered the second high- Cpl. Marron actually eight strikes in a game. est with a score of 839, and this was (Threacian)

Just before the League game Faw-evidence of the great

improvement (Bideford). cett put up 229, which was a credi-

these two players have made since table performance.

their last game.

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JN my previous articles I referred to

the rather weak performances of | "Ashville" and "Mindanao" in their first match, played recently, but in

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In the first game "Mindanao" won by 269 pins, but on Saturday "Ashville" won by 212 pins.

The highest score was registered by Balaski, of "Ashville," with 898 or an average of 180 per

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I was rather surprised that Harvey He was still off form for this match. had hard luck with many shots. Sheehan put up the highest score for "Mindanao," with 801 or an average of 160 pins per game, while Keplinger

scored 746.

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ANOTHER bowler at the Alleys who is making fast progress is Watts, of Medicals, who has already scored 200 on several occasions and is now a member of the 200 Club. On Tues- day he returned the creditable score of 230.

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DOC Molthen

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still holds the cord for the highest score (238)

at the Alleys, but Landolt almost beat

that with 234:

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THE Duck Pin

* record is held by Landolt, but on Wednesday Pir- ard was only four shot off that with 125.

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Messrs Gilman and Co, have donat- ed a tin of Rothman cigarettes to any bowler scoring 110 at Duck Pins and 210 at Ten Pins.

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MRS. P. Beresford is the holder of the highest score for ladles for the month with 181 at Ten Pins and at this rate should shortly be eligible for the 200 Club.

(M.T.B.'s). Bowden (Tamar), Tel, and L. S. Catcheside

KERSHAW'S WIN

Returning a card of four down the against bogey, W. Kershaw won bogey pool at Kowloon City on Sun- day. T. Lamb, 83 (9) 74, and A. J. Dennis, 81 (6) 75, qualified Captain's Cup.

for the

GRAPHIC GOLE

WALTER HAGEN

'TROUBLE SHOTS'

DIDN'T MEAN TROUBLE FOR HAGEN

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ADMIRABLE GOLFING

TEMPERAMENT By BEST BALL Possibly no golfer in the history of the game has possessed a tern- perament more ideally fitted for the sport than Walter Hagen. He possessed the concentration to go the 72 hole tournament route, yet he could do it without the fric- tion wearing mental strain that has been part and parcel of so Hagen many first flight players. looked at each new tournament as sort of a new adventure in fact it might be said he looked at cach new shot in that way. This gave a zest to his game, a flavour and colour that no golfer since has quite possessed. It mattered

not that any ball

of Hagen's went a bit aside the destination he had mapped for it. He just figured it a bad break and that sooner

or later à good one would come along to make up for it. As a result his swing was al- ways relaxed and likely as not would make as much out of a bad lie as most golfers can do with a good one. It is quite possible that the 'Haig' made more money out of the game than any other golfer, Walter is still playing golf and likely to take anyone when he hits a good day.

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