BILLIARDS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 262, 29 July 1908, Page 10

BILLIARDS.

J INMAN v. GRAY. . The billiard matoi,'M.'lnman r. Jlaster G. Grav, was commenced in the Victoria Billiard Parlour yestcrdajvlnman conceding his youthful adversary 2000 in a game of 1500. • The first session'commenced shortly after 3 p.m., Gray ■giving.a miss in",baulk'/, ■ The next few strokes Verb uneventful, but at length'/Inman broke the.-ice■ and scored a faultless break of 191. .■Master .Gray did not seem to play'ivitli any 'confidence at all during the first session, breaking'down on < soveral .o'asy shots. His best .'bteaks wero'36,'3l; 33, and 23. Inman V, best ■efforts werii 191, 81, 81,-66, 75, and othors rang-iug'-from' 21 "to 48.'; At tho end of the first Gaston the-'-scores -were:—22s4 to 751, Inman IjaVing redtfeed'his'handicap by -197. . session was opened by Inman, .whocontinued an unfinished break of 14, lift-, ii'ig it 1 Gray-was in. much better form in"the';.cvening, although lie seemed rather uneasy, for'tho" first, few shots. His first good break was.ft splendidly-compiled 78, of which he scored'7if iff'the''red! Gray appeared to bo .perfectly consent to tho wliito out of tho way and'score'-ofF "tli6'red. In breaks of 78, ;52, 80, ,and 90 lie scored almost exclusively off the. red;" Inniail scored very consistently, giving a fine''dis[finy,'and keeping tho balls at the top of the tablo. His best'displays, wero in aggregating 117, -,M,7G, arid 51 unfinished. The play ended with 1 tho scores, 2736 to 1500. Inman, at tho end nfrtHe. first day's play, has mado up 764 of .hisMi'aaidicap. The game-will continued this afty'ij'oon.