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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21431, 4 September 1931, Page 12

The Otago Tramping Club held its fourth winter'evening social on Wednesday, when there was a large attendance. The whole company engaged in a game of flag bridge, and prizes were awarded to first and second table winners. After supper had been handed round dancing was indulged in for an hour. During the interval the president asked for suggestions for the Christmas holiday tramp, but as only one—that of a movable caravan picnic—was forthcoming it was decided to postpone the decision to a later date.- -7,. ' . —Why are there no great women billiards players ? Women are constantly challenging men in so many forms of sport—and in more serious things as well—that it seems rather astonishing that they are so much behind men players in this game. But the fact ’ remains that they are. In. the recent women’s amateur billiards championship contest the highest break made by the winner of the title was 28, and breaks of 12 and 13 were considered good. Compare these twofigure breaks with the four-figure ones attained by players like Lindrum and Reece. Or, comparing amateur with amateur, we have J. Earlam’s 435 at Liverpool in 1926 (the highest break made by an amateur) and L. Steeples’s 354 last March, the highest under the new rules. Kaitangata burns brightly to the last, radiating an even, lasting heat. —Advt.