Sethi wins billiards title
NZPA-AP New Delhi Young Geet Sethi, of India, has won the world amateur billiards championship, spoiling a valiant comeback by Bob Marshall, aged 75, of Australia, a four-time title winner.
Sethi, aged 24, barely one year old when Marshall won
his last world title in 1962, outpointed the Australian, 3809-2453, in the two-day final session.
Marshall, who uses a 54-year-old cue, trailed 17642930 at the end of the third session of the eight-hour final, and could not make up the difference in the last
round. The unseeded Sethi averaged 38.47 points in 97 visits, including 10 triplefigure breaks. Marshall scored five century breaks in 98 outings and averaged 25.03 points. Sethi, playing the top of the table, ran up three cen-
turies in the last session to win the title by 1356 points. Marshall, called “old Bob” and “the old master” by the Indian press, waved a white scarf of surrender as Sethi carved out 257 on the ninty-seventh run. Sixteen players from nine countries participated
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