BILLIARDS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 218, 8 June 1908, Page 9

BILLIARDS.

A WONDERFUL BOY CUEIST. f , The I-various clubs in tho city havo W# jvotihwlib.y Mossi-s.-Allcijck and Go., of the .. «; .arrival }n : Now Healaiuiot, the ■' Gray.Billiaid pombinotioni" -wluch-is.to givo exhibitions , i :of the game.throughout the Oontmion. Tho • •' Grray- -Combination, I '' a's it- -is' tailed, in- c ..eludes Mnsber George Gray, whoso pei'lormantes 'on the green cloth frould bo o;;eei>tioii.il for a high-grado adult player, but as ho is a mere lad, thoy are phenomenal, and > > v 'in Australia created intense interest, amongst 'billiardists. r' A circular, r which _ has-'-been 'is&ued: to;local clubs,,'says :r—" It is unmScos;sary for us'to expatiate hero npoir tho -bov's jwqndernil -youthful- skill and dexterity at ... MfiiardS;' most billiard flayers havo'road or. • ■<) heard; of'ivhat tho lad is cnpabla of aecotn- * - 'pjishing, but this is tho first occasion upOn which- an: opportunity' has been offered in .- •■ iNmv. Zealand/to witness his wondorful capabilities.. It .will,-therefore, perhaps be sufli- r ;cicnt.-for Us to ,cito one only of .the boy's .recent performances. Playing at tho C.'l.A. ipiub, H'obart, Master .Gixirjto aiado brchks ;of '234 aiul 100 iin a game of 500 up, running -'V «'ta gamo in tho extraoidinary short - time 'or •••<} 151 minutes,• and • avoraging 62J' por cuo. .These. fadts fepealt for themselves, 11 ..." i -j As to tho,other meinbore of.tho' combina. ■ -'i tion, Mr. Harry Gray is said to bo a phver J :'of no mean",order,, and the third member.' ; Mr. .Fred,Farr,oil, has eariiod .» reputation jas aiv all-round expert of; tho game. • i t