REECE FLUKES CIT.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 34, 17 March 1914, Page 7 (Supplement)

REECE FLUKES CIT.

BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP. AN EXCITING FINISH. -., - , ? p s . •"•: • y--' Bu CafjXe. — rress Annocialion. —CopyrtV**- • -,'K (Received March 17, 11 a.m.) " s%^ . LONDON, March 16. :?;! The billiards' championship second' iOj preliminary tie botween Stevenson &n&„;- : {<'3 Recce provided ian exciting finish'.. Each player had ten visits to the table,. and indulged in safety play, Stevenson. .s?f}s totalling 34 and Reece J>s. Both : w4re* i 'jy?J£, nervous and missed several easy Reece at his eleventh Visit ran, He fluked a shot at 8947. when-b^,\ J-A missed a loser and pocketed the red^ x "?%£<& instead. ? . ,-'[:***s' It was the first time Reece had" met- ".; r Cy Stevenson on level te: - . ~ : ">\ [The cable message omits to give the-* individual scores at the conclusion jof < the game. Reece now meets Inuian, the-i '~, *?f holder, in the final of the champion- - ship.] __*_ . - % \y.\~-