SNOOKER.

Northern Advocate, 19 June 1920, Page 3

SNOOKER.

A RECORD BREAK

Frank Smith (a young Australian) j who certainly made a break, at snooker, of 116, on a standard table, has created a sensation and a world's record in one hit. To make a breaiv of 1(1/6 with the balls opened up in the best of positions, would be an extraordinarily fine performance that few, if any, could make. Smith's ibreak bristles with merit from beginning to end. Those who watch this marvel at work will observe how his astonishing accuracy in pocketing the balls is accompanied with his marvellous facility in obtaining positions. This is where Smith's extraordinary abijliity scintillates with jbrilliancy, and where his power of thought always has him a couple of strokes ahead of his break. He is a iball and _>osition-4getter all in the one stroke. In commencing his recent Ibig break, in which his opponr ent was iGeorge Bell, the snooker amateur champion Who was in receipt i of a solid start, there was just one solitary red ball a couple of feet from the top 'left pocket, about a, foot from the side cushion, his 'ball being down table by the bottom left pocket, almost in line with the red. With marvellous precision he stafbbed the rjd and then in securing the black baii he snicked the red out of the bunch and so continued for several strokes prior to bursting the bunch. He played on with characteristic confidence and rapidly until he had bagged eleven blacks (88), two 'pinks (14). two iblues (12), and a yellow (2) —a total of 116.