BILLIARDS.

NZ Truth, Issue 380, 5 October 1912, Page 3

BILLIARDS.

(By "Jigger.");

. Tom .Recce arrived, back-, in Sydney on September 14, and proceeded .-. to say all sorts of nice things. about New Zealand and its peopie and its general beauties.. Recce reckons he had a great time and could do it again each year. He didn't say much about the billiard players he saw performing m this Dominion. . , . The first tiling our late visitor Recce did on his arrival. was to go after Williams's scalp, bu-t, as said Mr Williams wasn't taking any chances, Recce attn'used himself by knockiiig' edges, corners and chips off young Frank Smith m a game of 9000, Smith receiving 3000. Recce won 9000 to 6778. Smith, junT., has. got plenty 'of 'time m front of. him yet, , but. just at present : he!s not fluite up to tackling the top- 1 notchers. , . , ( Haryerson got even with Fred Lindrum In their last game just finished m Melbourne. This time the Englishman won by 16,000 to 15,458. Harversoh is much the most consistent player of all the invaders of Australia this season, and has -beaten 5 'em all. One up and other down.Mr G. B. Shaller won the metropolitan amateur ' chamipionship m Sydney last week, making, one fine break of 209, which is an amateur record. ■H. W. Stevenson and one H. D. Marks, of Sydney, a few years back journeyed out to Inverell to astonish the natives m the art of billiard playing. The game, was played ih a small local hall and afforded lots of fun (for everybody but Stevenson). The 'first accident that happened to the/Englishman was a rip m his dress pants by a projecting nail. Shortly afterwards his opponent's fox terrier, which had hidden himsejf under the table, decided against Stevenson and bit him m the calf of the ieg— and quite a decent bite at that. But the last and final insult occurred later when a common stray cow pushed her face m through the window, and cried bitterly. That finished Stevenson, who was always a nervous sort of cuss, and he was the most pleased man m the whole concern when the show finished a few minutes after.