Witt places fourth in pairs; Central men out in triples

Anna Witt of Milwaukee and her partner Janice Bell of Seattle placed fourth in the women's Pairs event at the SW Open Lawn Bowls tournament, being held at Santa Anita LBC, Arcadia CA. Witt and Bell won their first match to advance to the semi-finals but then dropped the next two games to finish in fourth place. 22 teams were entered.Central men did not fare as well on day 2 of the SW Open Triples event, losing their first game of the day and knocking them out of the competition. Nelson, Cavender and their SW partner Hempe lost to a Canadian team that they had beaten the previous day.