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The Huron Expositor, 1961-11-23, Page 5a • • 0' • a, • • • • • M • a • 4 (This is the first of this season's curling instruction columns by Ken Watson of Winnipeg, Canada's "Mr. Curl- ing." Three times Canadian curling champion, Mr. Wat- son's column will appear once a week throughout the winter). By KEN WATSON It hardly seems creditable that the 1961-62 curling season now upon us celebrates 154 years of indoor curling in Can- ada, yet the greatest growth in the game has taken place in the last ten years. And with public curling now in the offing for a play -hungry populace in the metropolitan centres, there is a potential of a million ad- dicts of the "roaring game" in the next decade. Now that pay -as -you -play curl- ing in Toronto, Calgary and Regina has proven itself a pro- fitable finan- cial venture, it is only na- tural that om- ?, inous rumb- lings of bull- dozers tearing the turf for more struc- tures in other Canadian ci- ties can and will be heard with increas- ing tempo. Ken Watson In Western Canada, this class of curling has been in opera- tion for half a century. Com- mercial curlers, as they are known on the prairies, were necessary to the scheme of things, for as ice renters they contributed greatly to the mon- ey pots of many clubs to en- able them to operate without red ink on their ledgers. In the East, the picture was quite different. Most private clubs catered only to their own and hung out a "for mem- bers only" signs, thus build- ing an exclusive sanctimonious- ness around the "roaring game." Curling Boom When the first pay -as -you - play emporium opened up in Toronto's Agincourt district a few years back, the granite wall built up around the royal and ancient game began to crack. First with 12 ice lanes, then four more and finally, an un- heard of total of 20 sheets, the proprietor stood amazed at the deluge of people clamoring for admittance. , Hogtown can now boast 120 sheets of ice, or one ice lane for each 10,000 of population. Wegt Has Most How does this compare with Saskatchewan's offer of one sheet for each 500 people? And NEW CURLERS SWARM TO CANADA'S RINKS some of the enterprisers think that Toronto has reached the saturation point. Not yet—by a long way! The influx of tens of thou- sands of cash curlers to the fraternity will bring new prob- lems for the haughty hierarchy who regulte Canadian curling. The newcomers will be clamor- ing for recognition and admit- tance to all the privileges en• joyed by private members. If the present rate of growth con- tinues, the pay -as -you -play rock - tossers could out -number the private club curlers in 10 years. Some long-range thinking and planned action is necessary on the part of the Curling Moguls. To get back to the hack, at the beginning of what promises to be an exciting season for the initiated as well as for new curlers, most of my weekly col- umns this winter will be devot- ed to the fundamentals of stra- tegy. We hope they will furnish the reader with basic truths that will increase his knowledge as well as his enjoyment of Can- ada's favorite winter sport. Today's Curling Tip If you are having trouble be- ing on the broom with your out- turn, try starting your back - swing with a cross -handle. That is, instead of the handle point- ing straight back, turn it clock- wise an inch or two before com- mencing delivery. One of the most perplexing problems confronting modern day skips concerns the placing of the Lead man's •first rock not only on the first end but in any frame. Dozens of letters have reached my desk all devoted to this vexatious question. The answer must depend on (1) the end, (2) the score, (3) the ice, (4) the players and by far the most important, (5) the defensive or offensive attitude of the skip. Let's assume you are that that skip. It is the first end. You and your opposing deity are taking that long walk down to the other end of the ice. After reaching the far end you nonchalantly turn around hop- ing you third man has won the toss and the other lead is in the hack. But to your conster- nation you realize it is your man who is ready to play. What is your strategy? Do you immediately attack by sig- nalling a draw to the house, or do you pat the ice in front of the rings and order a guard? Watch First End Is there a difference? There sure is, mister! In the first in- stance you are starting an of- fensive action. You are telling the other skip by your call that you know he has last rock—so what! He is entitled to count one if he makes his final stone l COME iN q�UNG p t we 4NL T,gKE CEASE ,JC B -r AOU7 , SME 0' S r j,eiNL L NCT t3� PAYS Tp S»00 q7 BICYCLE DRAW We have 15 only CHANNEL MASTER Transistor Radios FOR SALE With the purchase of each Transistor, you are entitled to one FREE Chance on a Bicycle DRAW WILL BE MARE AFTER THE 15th SALE IS COMPLETED We repeat 15 Only Transistors To Go ! ALL MODELS and BICYCLES NOW ON DISPLAY (Lay Away for Christmas) IRVIN'S Hardware MAIN ST. — SEAFORTH but if he fails .. • many a game has been lost on the first end. Put the pressure on right from the opening gun. Keep the other fellow hitting. Re- member it is much simpler dur- ing the first end to read the ice for draw weight than it is for take-outs. Hitting weight var- FIG.1 O1 2®) FIG.2 ies according to the keenness of the ice. The pebble provides a quandary for many curlers trying to hit during the early ends because it takes a few shots to get the feel of the ice. In addition to gaining a psy- chological advantage by calling for a draw to the rings on the first end there are many other compensating factors. First, the average lead man cannot brag about a high bat- ting average. He is better at the draw—so why not make the most of it? Let's suppose you ask him for a stone in front of the rings— then the opposing lead pulls one into the house. If you ask for a removal and get a miss— what has your master strategy gained? You will then be on the defensive hoping that your number two and vice -skip will get you off the hook with their efforts: .;.- Even more important (see Fig. 1), a draw by your lead stone to the rings gives you more chance to read the ice and commit its idiosyncrasies to memory. What do you learn about the fickleness of the sheet if a rock comes to rest just over the hog? Any skip who decides to have his first rock in front of the house (see Fig. 2) is plainly hoping to "steal one." He is openly admitting to a defeatist attitude. There are times and places where such a manoeuvre is not ill-advised but on the very first end such strategy is tantamount to running for a bomb shelter with your head in a potato sack. MOW TO B W. FIVE I' By Bert Garside and Jim, Howl Chief Bowling Instr'uctOrs Double Diamond Advisory Council LINE BOWLING AND SHADOW BOWLING Of all the different ways there are to aim a bowling ball, the "Line Bowling" method is the hardest to describe exactly. Using it successfully depends partly on your own imagina- tion, and partly on a trick of perspective. Standing at the end of the bowling lane, looking down the lane, you'll notice the boards, and the cracks between them, seem to taper together as they approach the pins at the far end. In' "Line Bowling" you im- agine these cracks and boards as a sort of channel, funnelling down to the headpin. When you deliver the ball, you launch it as smoothly as possible down the imaginary channel. On every lane, you'll find the colors of the hardwood boards vary from strip to strip. Experi- ment until you find the particu- lar strips on that lane that mark a channel leading your ball naturally each time to the target pin. In "Pin Bowling", you fix your eyes on the pin, then con- centrate on sending your ball along an imaginary line be- tween your hand and that pin. In "Line Bowling", you fix your eyes on the "line" in the lane, then launch your ball along it to reach the pin. We don't re- commend line bowling because we feel it is a very inaccurate method of aiming. Shadow Bowling To understand "Shadow Bowl- ing", once again look down the lane. This time, notice how the shadows of the pins are reflect- ed on the surface of the lanes. No matter where you stand on the approach, the reflections seem to point directly toward you. What's more, they taper together toward a natural point. If you aim at the head of the shadow, with a straight ball it will roll down the shadow and strike the pin. As the point you are now aiming at is about 10 feet closer to you than the pins themselves, you have a bet- ter chance of hitting it accur- ately. If you find you are missing your target pin slightly after rolling through the shadow, Shadow Bowling is a mis- nomer. The bowler actual- ly uses the reflection of the pins to guide his ball. vary your aiming point a little —bowl for the neck of the sha- dow, instead of the tip; or else aim for the gap between two shadows. The big advantage in using the shadows is that it moves your target closer to you and gives you a larger aiming area. However, very few expert bowl- ers use this system, and we cer- tainly don't feel it's a good sys- tem for beginners. However, if you have already tried all the other systems—Pin Bowling and Spot Bowling—without suc- cess, then experiment with sha- dow bowling. Shadow bowling does have a couple of special advantages. If you ordinarily aim right at the pins, but find you are "pick- ing" headpins too often, bowl- ing for the shadow as a target will usually cause your ball to "break" off line a bit sooner, and thus strike the headpin off centre. 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