THE CHAMPION BILLIARDIST, MR. W. COOK.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 688, 6 May 1879, Page 2

THE CHAMPION BILLIARDIST, MR. W. COOK.

Ss^mostjiMwesting and exciting match wasptayiolaat wees at the Athenseumi Melbourne, between between the champion and Kilkenny, the latter receiving 200 points m the thousand, the spot stroke being barred. For extraordinary play on the part of Oook it is not likely thjkgajng,, wjjl swn be matched. m< M r Q I gff period he was SbU points and yeIPM) wpn/evenfu^ly J?y7hearly a hundred points. The following accurate -description - o§"4foe -f 1»^ -M-woto -The The game wartfttlo up, Kilkenny receiving. 200 goint*. . In .the .first ' half of the-game it tfas/appaftsjnhthat Kilf kieß«tjtt»ww Oook app^^e^^bg^o|ntt^*omewTOt uncertain m his $}ay. Th° latter stßSceeded, hwjaw Wipp* m the first hundred ,(includuig_breakß of 52 and iß9lf ttncMfce ga^e,,wajfs^r%,»ftfirwards caU6d r ?rKilkennv ; ,3^ > , M C[o,ok^ HO,, For the |X^^^u¥ /o ,^i%enp'| ( pJa^ ( ;.^aß a -27} 31» 82. 98, and 32,. were, all obtained byo careful ( and^instructfvajDlay, $ie manner m which he succeeded In ** leaving" tJ^et baj^<for,jh^sn^xt,jßhot after playing a difficult stroke eliciting fre« jAuent^applause. Cook m, the meantime nact D'een playing 'with "anytning liA'i fiis usual brilliancy, his breaks being quite inconsiderable^ i Wheft Kilkenny 'a score had reached 080, Cook's stood at 186, and the numerous ' 'admirers of the Yorkshirernan's fine game began to hope that/he would jfchafc ejfeisu>gf{f|core his first, .win f roni the champion. Against asayer' Vno^fe madef*9o9 tii-6ak/here can, be i np< c&rtaiatyj \ of,,.winniugOßtil the marker, has called " game sVft¥U it 'playfflg'ijo 'excellently ><36ote»womW Require to put forth: all his powers to recover so: i i >lon# ; a/ lead, • > and many thought, from his apparent want,, of form early m the evening, that lie would not suboe^d> J% f ihjß,.Yery>|next break (jjppk^hawed that he /'appreciated tne ■W :il Wii«tel(i reinanbsred<ttito& this was necessarily procured by ajfartynd play, th¥ w*Jnd%rfnbahHl and precision riebessafy .to'JofctainvTit con be understood by the billiard player. —The score io>))Bto»d^-K|kel^y 686, Cook 362. wMoh still left a very large arrear forWe'ensmpW*dlnßk&iis.3 Kilkenny continued to play steadily and wetl/his brdakß{'hoWdVer;tnbt>eKc«B(iin}prflo^nd 30) until^hisisfloifeTsloQd^fc 769 to Cook's 435. At the point Cook missed a red losing hazard, fiis*lSa& ilttddng m the jaws of the pocket. .Fortune, however, was kind' j> ths-r^d ;b^i, I , after running down,, the, table, returning, and kissing his baU into' the pocket. lusWliofiblej m, .', yratctimg ' '%£'] platy ' df m*)P4ike Iloberts or Cobk, iiiiwTew^alte^thti flukes .fhey, get This «,, of course,, f)^^to r the fa>r&aV'&e^pl«y* fc the requisite amount of strength to dbtain the shoLt^eytaim at and Jeave thetwdls m a gobtt pbsmoti aneiF^aMs, so that, if they ; jmisa; « jin^ntjed] s,tifoke they ver^lfl^p / anftte?7'|mj».^ptner, jWiereas happy^Bnalt?6n"6f f knttw!n^ that before hfete ,oes|P^TfqSii»K/tho«gh the shot played^or^inay be missed, i£e whole three " may find themselves m toja player iJUkeTCbok was shown/by his scoring 46 off this' one! Shortljr_Xfterpretty br»k r <6nflßi;tUß tgb9r« () «»od-* Cook, 596; ffilketfry, 822. Oook'a next effoit WaS'th^ break of the evening, and for genuine, hpne% jdl«pound v play haii never ( beenl(exdebd«ansfMel' bourne. Starting at 001, frortLa_position which Kilkemiy had considered so safe that'hte did- r riot 'attempt to disturb the balls, Cook made a most difficult jlong hazard,, and having got the object balls tdgetherj Kepc onscorin^ CcSinons and hazards' bf air uescriptions with an ainaziiig regularity 'until heihad.pVt together no lesatban 202, when he broke down'atxatM ewyKßhoj^/ This is the largest Jbreak, Coqk, has yet made m Melbourne. The score "noV,. stood— KUkenny, 822 ; Cook, 806 ; aM iJHough tli!e'champi6nf*!6tt<M?m,ouß.breftk had cvi- '< dently i i djscoiiragsd} >^in\> , as At well , migh^ Kilkenny , made anotne/%lucky effort, and. by a Tsreak of 'SO reached 852. That 1 , however 1 , washis last chance, for Cook, who had* by this time reached 863j inhi^ next^reak^ded the game from the position of the. balls' '"when " game "waaf called,/ he might have prolonged indefinitely. '.' „ . -r-i- --. On Honi^evenh^^dK^pja^d Mr. Byrne, of Sandinfifet, r #iving*h«a 600 JdlnlJ m a 1 #u4Ei|dy ' fßyiE«| I< piys m rather a fliaah. a sn6wy ltyfeio'd6fttrast«ing. greajdy xhe' jrai^f," 'felu^ffianner ,of , , tfte , ( c^ampion. ' He^jilayd2b one or two breaks' vlvf l 'bu^ J gft3»iadlly Q^ok kept gaining on him 1 , 1 piMRk him at 882, and winning with an uftfihished break of ,50^ Tiere^w,aa r a.very good attendance. ; , , n"L J - I On T'ues^MetilMg'O^ played with Kilkenny, 'giving 180 points m 750. T)xe . ohampijpnM was not m form, whilst Kilkenny playeid ' '^munificently botiti iJie]. all r^cf 1 tt ' &n#^B spot stroke, ' and! '. eyeOTUWIy 7 J MjiA. 1 ' "Cook's score being only 290. The "winner was • loudly cheered. After the billiards the i twd i played" ) pyramids, | jvhich game Oo'ofc, had th^ ,best ; ot jt, ■ wn^ni^g five games Ito Kilkenny s, itwa,,gi^mg on© ball m each tgame, , > Tjie. jiyas well attended. .*hi, : .f nn^'-^v-Aiir