BILLIARDS

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 36, 11 August 1922, Page 11

BILLIARDS

-.The play in?, further.; games, ih.ijohhec; tion with the Wellington provincial amateur billiards championship at -Messrs. Billiards/ Ltd.!,; has. been of. an improved; quality. In the yame between, Shanks, of the-Dominion: Club,' and'; Cohen of the' Federal,/ play was very.' even .for the/, first hundred, but after that. Shanks gained confidence; and 1 made"two! very .serviceable: breaks—* r 57 .and » 54.'- Soore»:: Sh*nksl 300, Cohen 182. Tint winner's beat breaks were- 57, ,20, 54, 21,: 20, 40, and; 21:; .:■;; "rI. ■/-.; In the'next' game, Benge;of ,th«i Ra-; rigitikei! Club, •.met 'NuttalT, representing the Wellington Police Club. Benge early; in theigamo' found hit 1 touch,'.• and>:r*ft out '.-winner by 300—130, making breaks 'of 34, 46; 21, 20,31, 27, and .3&,unanished.l Nutt'all's,bestbreak was! Zll'Jt^-V. t jJC; The attendance last evening:, was large, and included,a number' of':ladies.;!>lnter-; eating play" resulted from the meeting of R; Sim, of the r Federal Club,; arid ■ Angfus Duncan, of the .Refajrhed Soldiers', Club. Sim won: by:66 points. . Duncan, who is a~ young player, "is:likely ■ to. ;develop''into one of the best. /: He played ■a > free stick/ and' had. a fairjknpwledge of, the Rame, but lacked thejexperience and generalship of his opponent. ~ The,' best" -breaks1; were: Sim,; 24, 22, 38,:52; iDuncanV 29.',In:the game'between,Stone.'.(Petono) and -Harri-: son {Post and, Telegraph Giub), the players appeared to bo nervous, with the result that play was uninterestirijf.:4 Harri-son,-however, improved towards;the end,: and ,made:;br6aksi-.'pf- 30' and 28;-roachiii(r Wa 300 points Syhen his opponent,was, 178.;, The games for;'this pveriihjr are: Soencbr (Federal Club|r: plays;fiWilliams \(Federal Club),; Munroe .(Soldiers'; Club): plays" Tucker; (Federal. Club).U;•;•;.■ "j'^Sl'-V^