NOVEL BILLIARD MATCHES.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20472, 16 February 1932, Page 4

NOVEL BILLIARD MATCHES.

PLAYING WITH BOXING GLOVES. (raou otrß own correspondent.) LONDON, January 5. The series of novel matches played on behalf of the Newspaper Press Fund was concluded at Thurston's H4II in Leicester square on Saturday/ when two more sessions of interesting, and amusing events were held. In the afternoon. Mrs MeConachy defeated her husband, the New Zealand champion, in a handicap match o£ 25 up, by 25 to 10. MeConachy was handicapped by having to play his stroke left-handed, and was not allowed to form a bridge, but for certain strokes was allowed to uso the table brush. In another match Miss

''■ y. •. j Thelma Carpenter, who koM® ujgt women's amateur break recorflj Newman by a similar score. Toe cap was that Newman ' ;0 away from the table while heW*uiefi 1 ing his strokes. E. Jones, the beat F. Parkes, an old amateur boxer, by 50 to 161 Bond, a former London amateur pion, lost to Ben Tlllett _ Bond starting from the owe 5" ® . Calder, a Polytechnic harrier, «?«,! Graham Symes, played a " v ? ijjjf ; snooker game, and there werß . jj events of a more usual eharaet » one of which Keece beat 200 to 158. The good fun was continued to evening, when MeConachy w of boxing gloves and beat PwK . 50 to 45, and F. Fox, the i 0 ®?]" «• £ J. Mack, who played with 3 t „ T|gft'{ cue. Recce, in a game wi : ™ ' j, s t j counted only three-figure breaK , ; he failed to score, his best run . 1 • I