BILLIARDS.
. A3L\TEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. (FEJBSS ASSOCIATION TSLBGJUIt.) AUCKLAND, September IS. lit the. Una.] of the Inow Z&a.Jan<l billiard championship, U- I'redato^ich' defeated' E. V. Eobcrts by 246 poin<!« ; . ibo overnight ucorca -wero: —l'redatovien lad'i (in p'av); I-'oberts, 1102. Both players lvero in realJv frood form. •Fredatovioh made the best breaks of ??., 31,- 32, 07, 4'2, 01, 22, 25 2S 24, S3, 23,' 61 3Jid 2S, averaging 9.3 Kober.i'fi" m'ado a magnificent effort. Though hmdicapoed by a bad cold he.played uiiieentjy. A eupcrb ran-of 136 earned loud 1 applausi. Other- well-played breaks were 21, •J,, o,i, Si}, 28,'60, 22, 30, 27, 20, 39 and 61, making an average o£ lOi.. 'Xho president of tlio tiports Club esioncled to' Fredatovich on his victory, and presented 'Roberto' with a medal and 1 bar present! bythe British Association to his victory in tho 1922-23 championship, 'lho Sports vlnb members presented Roberts "with a ciie ajid case as a souvenir of h;ti break of 136.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18182, 19 September 1924, Page 11
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