BILLIARDS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 25, 30 January 1908, Page 3

BILLIARDS.

A largp number of billiard enthusiasts J assembled at the E^chang.o billiard rooms last night to witness a match. 500 up, between two Australian exponent^ of the game, Mpssrs. Leffler and Pmith. Both, men, nfter they had settled down, played good all-round billiards, and tha gamp was interesting from tho start. Smith got a^aj- with a good lead, by the aid of a nicely-pkyed 64 break, the ' highest, of the evening, but Leffler, by steady play, soon caught him up, and later got a considerable distance ahead. Smith, however, whose losing hazards were greatly admired, v was not to be denied, and by consistent scoring, passed j his opponent and went away at a good | pace. So much so, in fact, that at one time the score stood — Smith 435, Leffler 346. Smith seemed to go off after this, and Leffler, who played excellent allround billiards, crept up steadily, and the game finisbed ivitt Smiill only eleven ahead. ¦¦

"Banker" Patterson, as he was familiarly Etyled by the residents of Lisburn, lruland, died there recently. In ,tho course of a long, career as tho owner of the Farmers' Loan Fund Bank, he ama c £ed a fortune of more than £100,000. He was unmarried, and in his later 'days lived a hermit's life in a small three-rocmed cottage. One cup and saucer and a plate made up tho cntira crockery outfit The furniture consisted of a bed and a chaii, and a table rcughly put together.