BILLIARD EXPONENT

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 285, 2 November 1939, Page 5

BILLIARD EXPONENT

H. LINDRUM’S FINE DISPLAY. Closely watched by one of the largest galleries that have ever attended exhibition games in Palmerston North, Horace' Landrum, a nephew of Walter Lindrum, gave a sparkling display in matches played last evening at the Dominion billiards Parlours. Australian-born, and aged 27, Horace Lindrum is the lioluer of the record for the highest break ever made at snooker, 141. He was runner-up in the world’s snooker championship last year, when he -was beaten by the English champion, J. Davis, by two games in 72.

Horace Lindrum’s highest break in billiards is 1431. He is now concluding a six weeks’ tour of the North Island and, after playing at Wellington, proceeds to the South Island for a month, after which he goes to New Guinea to give exhibitions at the goldfields. He is accompanied by Mr H. L. Cameron, secretary of the Wellington Billiard Association, as manager. Lindrum last evening played Gordon Smith, of Dannevirke, generally recognised as the best snooker player in New Zealand. Lindrum won comfortably. a short 30 minutes time limit billiards match, and in four games of snooker he conceded Smith four blacks in each. Lindrum -won the first and last, and Smith the second and third, which made it a draw. An interesting incident occurred in the third game. Requiring all the coloured balls to tie, Lindrum succeeded in getting them in, and then the black was re-spotted to enable a decision to bo reached. Smith attempted to cut this in to the corner pocket from spot and failed narrowly. Left with an easy black to win, Lindrum played nonchantly and potted it, but, running round the table, his own ball went in off and he had to concede the game to his opponent. Lindrum played two snooker games with Basil Broughton, to whom he conceded six blacks start in each, and each player won one game.

During his North Island tour Lindrum has made seven breaks in snooker exceeding the century, his .highest being 128 at Frankton.