A RUNAWAY VICTORY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 139, 13 June 1911, Page 5

A RUNAWAY VICTORY.

EINDRUM BEATS REECE BY SIX THOUSAND POINTS. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyrisht.) (Received 10.40 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day chfm_i'-f"]_?' ttle Austra l"n billiards _i_v_r h t o at6d T - ReeCe ' the U * h pl->er, by lq,ooo to 10.040. Fred Lindrum took the lead in the <.ricr b.ages of his match with Recce ■}»» drew turther and further away till ; it- close. (Jray is doing exactly the same !?f 1 IDIUan in in a match ;ot ts.ooo up for £400 aside. The peri ? r ? a " Ces of these two youths indicate : that the billiards championship of the I world will be fought out by two Aus- ; ! tralians. For some time it appeared as if ; Gray would not be checked in. his i triumphal career, and that with an abso- , jute monopoly of the newly-exploited red ball play, he would easily account for the best the world might produce in this avenue of sport whenever called upon to do so. Even Fleece, on his arrival in Australia a week or two ago, declared that Gray could give any man in th Old Country half-way in a given game and a beating, a prediction which is on its way towards verification. Rut Fred Lindrum is now emulating his more youthful rival in the losing hazard gnme. it has to be admitted that as a -Jiowman Lindrum stands above Gray. His style Ts much more crisp, while he is the speedier of the two at the all-round gnme. Having passed the coveted 1000 break, the hurdle jat which he has baulked several times I during the match with Recce. Lindrum ■ may be said to have mastered the intrij encies of the stroke, and we may reasonI ably look for the big compilations that have made Gray famous all over the world. If. therefore. Gray can give the pick of England half-way. and Recce is -in the first flight of tbe performers in the I Old Country. Lindrum's outclassing of I the visiting player suggests the only eonl tingenoy in connection with championship I honours—the meeting of the Austhalians. I And much as Gray has done ou the other i side of the water, the fact that Lindrum |is on the same mark with him in respect ■of the losing-hazard, and that he is the better all-round player of the two, will I give him a shade of odds in public favour j "when Greek meets Greek."