BILLIARDS

NZ Truth, Issue 692, 21 September 1918, Page 8

BILLIARDS

CBy "Spider.")

As anticipated, Mr. H. J. Siedeberg, of Dunedin, experienced no' difficulty m regaining the amateur championship of New .juealand. Real interest m the games was discounted by the absence of the Aucklanders, and it was impossible to disguise the fact that Mr.. Warren's absence made a win for Mr. Siedeberg inevitable, and so it proved. The Dunedinite had been drawn to meet Mr. Goodwin, of Wellington, m his heat, but the latter forfeited. +i % southern player was placed m S e al > his opponent being the plucky Mr- W. N. Tucker. The final game of 2000 up was played m three stages. The ™*st session saw the scores at Siedeberg 666, aucker 465, the best breaks being: S iS d ?}? ere 22 23 27 81 43 32 29 59 44 43 102; Tucker 22 21 21 31 23 30. The second session ended with the scores: Siedeberg 1332; Tucker 670, the best breaks being, Siedeberg 30 39 25 44 64 29 39 88 43 105 29; Tucker 22 and 29. Naturally, with such a lead as that of Sledeberg's, lt was practically all over, and the final scores were: Siedeberg 2000; Tucker 1164. The best breaks on the third night were: Siedeberg 23 25 .35 26 34 50 43 83 47 43; Tucker 25 20 33 22 52 24 and 20. <* • * <* The games for the Wellington Crystalate Cup are m progress, and this week are m the -concluding stages for the Auckland gup, m which E. W. Warren is competing. * * * s» The game for the Australian championship between the Lindrum brothers, Fred and Walter, resulted m a draw. The game was for 18,000 up, but it was not completed m the scheduled time, the scores on Saturday night, August 31,. being: Fred Lindrum 16,741: Walter Lindrum 16,750. According to a Sydney paper this unsatisfactory ending robbed the championship match of its honors and interest.