BILLIARDS AND WOMEN

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 147, 18 December 1924, Page 20

BILLIARDS AND WOMEN

LACK OF FACILITIES.

tißii ? cc?S'°n. declare* Major N W Fraser ml record anchor cannon break 42 745) rest to shots -within masculine reach Some great men players, however, have stature 0. M mol c than aVeraSe fc^niie It is suggested that, as children and girls women do not get the play and coaching that they get at othe? games Tiue ot most amateurs, but surely not of |tytt t -x=- cl h^^rid^jtco^^ e pla s^4^rt woman who swings a golf club with per* feet freedom and "foffow through" Vrtl deliver a cue unevenly, pecking or stal> bmg at the ball. On the testimony of bit hards tutors women persist in reluming to faults after correction, and they are said o have a very poor sense of ''posiUt D Ns vef^. croquet players Piike Miss IX Steel have beaten tho best men at a game which calls for strategy thinking ahead, and. break-building Si' Ono cannot explain this wavwardnesa but it is not intended to suggest that there is no hope of women aft!?, nga billiards tho proficiency they exhibit at other games The form of such amateurs as the Northern lady, Miss Morley, and tlje Misses Gertie Baker and Nita FanH £, £ Ire' a°d,.is more than creditable. Probably what is needed is competitive interest, the institution of a girls'chani pionship country championships-Sussex already has one-a woman's billiards asso ciafaon, and amateur and professional