BILLIABDS.
Fred jun.. ajid his young brother. Walter, jrave a Sac display at Evans' Billiard Hall. Brunswick, recently. The rc-om was packed to the doors with de-iijjhted spectator. Both play-er? found the tab> to their Lkine. Waiter struck partku.la.rlv fine form, and made four DreaKs in ihe neighbourhood of 150, winning- by a decent margin- I smiled when he referred to this same of 75" ;ip a> a "sprint": but to compile That number of p>_>inus. in a -esAiou even against a piayor of equal ski:'., does no; tax the pvwers of a pr.-'feseioTial. As a matter of f.ic:. the match ic-niiiiared so eaxiy that Fred arji ■ Walter were ab> to pay ihree. came? of What snooker it most have! been! The champion bolted in the irst : two frames, but W.i.tt-r took the third. | How Waller ciir&e :o "w:n the of the snooker .r:im« wac remark-. a:>ie. Fred had "when at. a ball, artd by dt'ir.g so i=nookereti his <>_rpoaent. >ome "f th- oniookers. i2n> rint ' of the r:.es of the English Biiliar.ls I'.-n trol i"!u'j with t> snooker, thoushi \Va!:e: wa- jok;njr when .:»■ >fe manded T.nat t:u- oce;ru<*tii)g :.a. -ii :i ! be taken up. A::: -j.-em-n: chacired to a.-t>.'ni-h:i]ei".t «t.«t. Th> '.va? com- ' p!:r-.l with. Wjli-r ■Iramai.'cajlv er.de I the mmc by potiins.' the red bal! and ?Ae-;i::tr t:u- tal.le. X->. P of !bi> B.i .1 . -To, ker !V.. 1 I'.u'er- -ays: — -tr^k. , . .: »:.- ?.-> ,i wr> "..' ba.'. and by, •■' ■. l !" :.-'.: ; .r.• - m.iy navi- j::\" "•ai. iS.-. .in-: sti.it! -■■ .•.:.-.- |>o'.nt = ";i.>; he pi-ifcd a.i- :•' The rui-> of poo!.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1917, Page 17
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