SKILL IN BILLIARDS
Referring to Mr. L. D. Austin's estimate of the skill of Walter Lindrum, Mr. Wm. Beck writes: "He compares Roberts, the old-time champion, with him, and says we are 'little likely ever again to behold his equal.' Well, I have also seen Roberts at his best, and I have also seen our own New Zealand champion, McConacby, and I am confident, on what I saw and know, that the New Zealand man could give Roberts 30 to 50 per cent, start in a 10,000-points game and win. Ac McConaehy is a long way below Lindrum's class, it can be seen at once that Mr. Austin's claim is grotesque. What ho means by 'duplicates' in alluding to Paderowski, Ranjitsinhji, and Henry Irving I cannot guees. If he means equals or superiors with the exception of Paderewski. whom I would not dare to judge, I could name many batsmen superior and equal to Ranjitsinhji. As for Henry Irvinfr, ho stands a long way down the list when compared with the really great actors who appeared before him and who were his contemporaries."-
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 62, 11 September 1933, Page 3
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183SKILL IN BILLIARDS Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 62, 11 September 1933, Page 3
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