BILLIARDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16895, 6 July 1918, Page 10

BILLIARDS.

LOCAL TOURNAMENT BEGUN.

. The Auckland Commercial Travellers' Club has begun its annnal tournament of 250 up. The back markers are: Werren 4Co.,Hack«tt 250. and Hemiw 225 behind scratch.. •- . The Auckland Amateur Sporte Club will begin . its chamrionship to July 17. The locsl Crv'folate Clip match will be held mm in Au-nist, So that it shall. not. clash with Shi New Zealand Amateur chamnioriship, ' which will, probable be held in' Wellington early in; Auenst. It frill be controlled ,Wr the Fedorjl Club there, aria ns several local players, as' well as South Island reptettntaJives. wfl compete "an interesting contest is anticipated.. „ NOTES AND . COMMENTS. tfbe match hetwpen Stevenson and Recce Wmlted'Wthe defeat of Stevenson by 2337 point*. Stevenson's game was patchy.-but three - days before- tho, final he appeared to iavie a chance, maltin? oitie ceatriritisi en the 'en* day, and redwing.Reece's lead to -1(6 points. • In, the latter pait- \& the game Recce made Waif? of m. 130. HI. 135. 157, SJ'7, 175,-■'■322,- anirS« ; against Slevenstfa'a 361. 253,i150, and 197. .;. • ,■ .:■ ..••■■;,. :., Inman ' has been allotted "n work ■of pnfional importance." v His duties are. to take dv*r the control and mAnasement of all the billiard .tables in the Home .' command and to supervise .tleir .-purchase, Sniiply of aceessbrieS. His • duties dp not lnfexlerq with his match. playine.as. heyWas.wcently e"e»?erl -ih'ihii exhibition riitne with •Reece.'nf 16 000 up. ■ I"man played Willi his iispal, doused u detemi«ation, ; *nd ' won by ifso points. Hiflbe^-breeds were ?."3, 174, R7!?. m, m, 580, •.211. 159. 185, 398. -Iss. 853, 459. 641. 163, -and 334. Reeoe rhnde IW, *18. 26?.. 937, M,"m, 174, 220, 256, 261. 345. M 161. ; .-,.7 c- ' - C'ark >r?Conachy trill jolay:.,a match for '.£lO6 a-side aeainst- A. P. Wil'iams. the TiPTlish piaver. The match 'starts'" &\ : Ade-M'*e-on...T'n'v 22", iMcOomrohyireceiving 3000 ißri in 18.000. . „..;:■.',■....^;.V9.% : There ,ae only, two entrifi« for the' New South jMft.* ■Emateu' - rhampie»i«hip. , which starts ion Jnl?;s.v Rhsil'er., the amateur record _~bre"ft hoW»r, i= onpnpinfr Hooper, the ex-Atick'on'dlir, who 'defeated .-iinl . soundly last year. U v W?!