BILLIARDS.
THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. ' ' ——— The Auckland open billiard" championship commenced' at Messrs. Barton and McGlll's Billiards Hall last evening before a (rood attendance. H. A. Massey and C. Spencer started cautiously and at the hundred mark Spencer. who appeared, to he -handling the new conditions, more : confidently -thau hix opponent. led by 100 ;to 40. With the' scire at 136 to 40.Matter, by solid play, compiled a useful break of 40 and made up some of the leeway. Aided by breaks of 38 and 30, Massey took the lead at the 200 mark, the score reiding: MaSeey 200, Spencer 198. Spencer pained apnlanse with a nice all-round break of 53. Maseey was plaring very consistently, and With consecutive .breaks of 88; 25 and 31 took the lead at a critical stage of the same. Maintaining Ma form. Massey ran to p'olnts with tbe sedt*: 'Massey 500; V Spencer 48S. . The beat breaks were:— Massey: 20, 83, 28. 21, Si, 30, 28, 81. fipenccr: 27. 58, 28. 21; V F. Bax will play J. Black at 7.45 o'clock thU.,,e?eiili»gv,.~ •
Ahephibd beat whits. The lnrltatlon billiards tournament was continued In tke Tnlexn Billiards Parlours last night, when J. Shepherd defeated C. White br 500 points to 352; R. Carrtck will mist C. Bpeatw at 7.80 thlr errulnf.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 174, 26 July 1938, Page 17
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