BILLIARDS.

NZ Truth, Issue 327, 30 September 1911, Page 3

BILLIARDS.

(By "Jigger.")

Fred Lindrum, junr., has departed for England m search of glory and cold cash. If the same youth looks after himself properly on tour he will do well — m fact, there is nothing m the world of billiards he cannot attain to. We'll see. The great and only I-I. %. Stevenson passed, through Wellington last week, waiting, only long enough to deal unkindly witli a crack Welling--■ton amateur m front of a highly gathering at the Wellington Club. Conceding /the local man 4 0° m 800, Stevenson compiled breaks of 210, 123, and 126, and made no race -of it. The following nominations have been.. r eceiwed...for this year's Crystalate Gup: J. Carl, Dominion Club"? H. Vaney and J. Flanagan, St.•Anne's. Club .. : J-, O'Sullivan and E a Dunne, Catholic^ Young Men's Club ; !>C. Asher and H. Morris, Jewish ■Club^ G. Grimstone and .I. P. Blackiock, Civil Service Club ; J:, Keys, Artillery Club. The snooker match befcsv.een Steven--;son and young Frank Smith came to an abrupt conclusion on the second evening, when the champion said. : that as the public took no interest ■m. the game, very few being present (at the two sessions played, there '"wus no use playing further, and ho -therefore abandxxned the match. In -the final games young 1 Smith was into his stride, and stuffed; ?the baiLte m anywhere and everywhere, and closed the game wattx -al dead -of 312 bails. On the final. even-* ■ ang Ssaith scored 3Z5 balls, ss (against I*6 by the Englishman., 'A! jcealry "Seae- performaattce. : Theneisa record boom innamtftott. Jbilliajrls in< One xoouidTßiaH rtoo say idle same of New Zealand^ ?but it" 'is un^ortujHtbely impossibte.: ■Whega s»u coane to^Hriiik that the TW>rM's champian piayec, H. W. .was m Weilijigton w»d ! Splayed only one gazner -an-exialiStsion, -with a. weU-koowß. soxstsax* it cer-j-tainly-^besnU .look as df our players iwere saaxxajus to learn much when' jjthey TOouldnft pay the chainpionJs 'fee; for -eszen one'-iiigfct — and he h&Jd. vacant dates, too. Perhaps our lvnow as much" as they Siroant to -about the art of billiards. '/Anytiow,. ifs the biggest' .moral m rthe worid that the percentage of ithose who got into the Wellington &C4ub to see the game was a darned jsmall one. It's a queer thing about u£>xQ3ards — €he moment a man makes 'sa break he "knows/" and after itbstt nobody can tell "him anything ;aibout the game. Either that or f 'used to play a rattling good game ifive years- ago, old chap,, but I'm, fafraid I've most of my now.'"