BILLIARDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 205, 27 August 1912, Page 8

BILLIARDS.

N.Z. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. The first heat in connection with th above was played last night at the Ainatct. Sports CiUb Koonis, when Mr. W. J Leatham met Mr. It. S. Martin. At a early stage of Uμ; game I/curai-.iin put ;■< map of 50 points, but at 150 Mai.li.i w .«vel Oigilln. Vγ to 400 t.he competed passed and repassetl ca< v h other on no ■.- ihnn four oernslons. and It w:i> ;.of til: th last hundred that Leatham was <• ■ at i: liest, and, in a compaiatlvely n< in a gap of 101, by which m..i ■• ■~» Although the standard of !■; . = v good, Che breaks were not large i t:inm lirst were 20, 36, 30, 31, 32, 42, and Mlartin 31 and 25. Tills evening Mr. James Russell meet Mr. W. Mowbray, and a good game 1 anticipated. The tournament 1« nn<Jer the auspices ■the Ametenr Sporte Clnh nTirl •..-'■•• ■•ach evening has been fixed at the I<m price of 1/.