BILLIARDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17526, 19 July 1920, Page 6

BILLIARDS.

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. SUCCESS OF AUCKLANDER. far. XELEOHATEt.—PBEBS association.] | WELLINGTON, Saturday. i The play of the two men sifted out to contest the final of the New Zealand amateur billiard championship produced billiards much above . the ordinary. ... Both Fredatovich and Warren are members of the. Auckland Sports Club, And a?© billiardists in every sense of the 'word. Warren is ex-Now Zealand Champion, and has played in * great number of " big " games. Thus he , bud - some advantage oyer his opponent, but, notwithstanding, Fredatovich is full of pluck, and has the tight kind of nerves. ."■-''-..• Warren, through the first half of the game took the lead, and on his play he deserved premier position. E'redetovioh, however, was not in th« least fortunate. He missed difficult shots time and again by the narrowest margin; then. too. he never had any good fortune in the run of the,balls, Whatever luck there was went Warren's way. From this it must not be inferred that Warren played a nuky- game; quite on the contrary, he played steady, sound billiards. The moat that can be said is that had the balls ran nearly so well for Fredatovich. the margin of difference at the end of the first Session. would not have been nearly so great. Warren ran to his 750 points With an unfinished break of 25, Fredatovich being 805. The best breaks were: Warren, 22, 21, 80, 28, 21, 41, .29„ 21, 21. 30. 30. 36, 29. s<. and 55 (unfinished); Fredatovich, 26. 20, | 48, 23. 49. 35. 22, 24, 37. In the evening session' Warren completed his break by adding i another 13, making it 38 in all. The luck of the game still went against Fredatovich in most persistent, fashion. By good play, and with good fortune favouring him. warren' was able not only to hold hit lead, but to increase it. About half way through this session Warren's lead was nearly 300. Fredatovich, playing well, made at this Stage possibly pne of, the most spectacular and brilliant breaks in the tourney, an effort of 61. including two perfectly played cannons of ihe most difficult type. At this point it w«S expected that with a little srood fortune this player would oatch his opponent, a happening that might easily have occurred, but the onnortumty did not eventuate, and Warren, still pl&ving well was ah to secure- the highest New Zealand bilhsrds honour, reaching 1500 points when Fredatovich was 1233. The best breaks for the second session were: Warren. 33. 62. 29. 27, 20, 39, 70. 29. 23. 38, 20; Fredatovich, 21, 26, 38, 61.' 59," 42.

J. JACKSON V. J. LEHERTY. The opening 'session of the-match between J. Jackson and J. Leherty. 3000 up level, at the Sports Club on Saturday evening was well attended and those present were treated to a splendid exhibition of all-fonnd billiards Jackson commenced confidently, and cueing with great ease and freedom scored quickly At the eighteenth innings the scores were-' Jackson. 193 lieheity,, 63. Missing an easy • loser Jackson let his opponent in, and a beautifully compiled 64 break resulted. Jack son. however, was always consistently busy and kept Ins lead of about 100 point*, right through the session, despite the fact that liberty was playinu well, * perfectly compiled run of 65 being another notable- feature The scoring was all through at a rapid rate, and at one stage Jackson had an aver 3£ .°, f t - dVe If P«T innings. Though the difficulties incidental to the all-round game and top-of-table play were many these Were easily surmounted by both players, and screv/baek*. runs ..through, masse shots, and cannons off two and three cushions were made-with an ease and certainty that pleased the spectators. In all matches touch safety play la indulged in. but this match, while no exception to the rule, never became tedious, both players scoring off what seemed perfect safety conditions, and keening the interest aroused from start to finish Jackson eventually ran to his points, 751 in play, while Leherty's figures were 665. Jack son. who averaged slightly over 10 per innings, made breaks of 28. 54, 33. 22. 22 21 26. 30. 46 32. 35. 25. 36. and 28. Lehertv made best runs of 27. 54. 32. 22 22 ft? 21. 37, 22. 65. and 49. averaging 9 ' , ' The eecond session commences at 7 30 p m to-day. " "