BILLIARDS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1908, Page 2

BILLIARDS.

« !___ A largo number of billiard enthusiasts niscmbk'c! at the old club premises in Johii'lon-strcct last night to witness r.n exhibition game on an '"arc-oval" tnhlo manufactured by Messrs Alcook and Co. Il is claimed that thi3 is the firtlj table of this description manufactured in the Aus-t'alasian colonies, an r l its form is construetcd by ftrcs of two circles of fixed relative size, which approach the figure of an fllipie. The result is that thorp is a much greater number and variety of «iiigl(>3 than oil the old elyle table, and, judging frcm latt night's exhibition, the innovation should have a considerable vogue. Tho game n»b played by Messrs. Smith and Brag?o> w'no appeared to have given careful study to the intricocies of tiie new Ftylc of table, nud provided au intorcstins: display of its capabilities. Today the same playen coinmonce r. match uf 9000 up en lhe aic-oval tnble, and, judging fiostt tiit-iv play lasi night, they should provide a g^ino that should bo Rttrntthe.