BILLIARDS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 15 December 1920, Page 5

BILLIARDS.

Tr, +1. n■ j. , LONDON, Dec. 13. hilW^i St- M at of tlle amateur billiard championship Hooner, of Aus%hSlrTi^ -s °?u t0 his" opponents (Christie) 130 in the first stages of the game and increased his score to 1001 w Chllf tl? s 173 in the second stage He made breaks of 86, 88, 79, and 78 (Received Dec. 15, 8.40 a m ) LONDON, Dec. 14 Hooper seemed to tire towards the ,endL possibly due to the after effects of m.nuenza. Christie is not the triayer ho was when! champion. The real test will be when Hooper meets Fry, who has been m fine form lately. Playing a friendly g arae with Hooper, Fry recently scored 430 in four breaks. The Sportsman says that. Hooper -s far above the ordinary standard of 7 amateur torm and showed rare confidence with ivory balls. He mastered the bic handicap surprisingly well