Billiards.

Southland Times, Issue 10996, 27 July 1907, Page 3 (Supplement)

Billiards.

(By ” Spot.”) A reply is expected from Melbourne Inman and Fred J.imlrum by*first mail ''ith regard to the invitation to give a series of exhibitions in Invercargill fit connection "ith their New Zealand tour, which commences in Auckland eaoly next month. Stevenson is flow playing in Sydney ag-ainsl Parker. During the first .session his best breaks were 311, 2111, 3M7, 1131, 248. 137. ISI and 123. Parker's best breaks were 10 and 32. On tho second day Stownsou's performance was magnificent. From his unfinished brealj of t>s he played with great vigour and reached 429, and this magnificent score (iuclnding flie 53) occupied 22 minutes, or 5i minutes per cenlurv, which stands as hi? record for the pr.sent tour. Nursery cannons were -tho feature of the pflay, and he was loudly cheered. Me subsequently by fine play made breaks of PIO, 293, 113, 313, Iho, let OS-1. 233, 0.35, 235. 11l '.'unfinished). HUsf i.iggost break occupied only 14 minutes. i a the evening the play closed witli an '->1 (unfinished) break, which was the start of the Australasian record for th 0 present tour, and nfteV resuming play ilia score finished at 173.

.Later, lie started op. a 214 unfinished breaki. lie at once found his touch and Kept the spectators under a spell while he reeled oil points at a great pace and I.'il behind the record established by John Huberts at Brisbane six years ago. 'the applause which greeted the champion when, at 558, he brought off a run through' cannon which gave him the record, lasted so long that the marker had to request order so that Stevenson could continue. At -580 the innings closed owing to Iho champion’s failure to bring off a masse onunou. Messrs fierir,n and Smith then presented Stevonson with a cheque fee £IOO which they had offered lor a now Australian record. This marvellous break was the forerunner of successive visits which yielded 475, 391 and 580 In forty minutes, ag£re£fttintf XiiG.G, wliicli is fet-Q'* cnson ft own record for throe innings. After a deal of 7iogotiaU>i£ arrangement a have been made net ween Stovcnsoii and Inman to play two games 0 f 9000 up. The first match will commence at Sydney on Monday next, and the sdCtmd in Melbourne on loth August. j>oece has finished his task of 5100,000 up. and put up several records —2*19,5.>12 ca l nnons in a break of .199,X>>5 untmished, which, took 85 hours 49 minutes in U» execution. The cradle camion was the medium. .

Inman defeats Memmott.—Charley mott nt his best plays a good .game, but when he's had lie's horrid. ’ and his play was just horrid for the first few daya of his engagement, with the English visitor. l Just fancy our champion averaging 3 for a wession ! set it was so. How he ever consented to play in the billiard condition ho was In ilaat week) is incomprehensible. Certain it Is thathis fgicuds should not Take tiny stock in’ llio showing. All the same, young XniiUvu pbrylng sterling billiards, it is doubtful If even the greatest player to-day would have lived with him on the opening day, when he put in breaks of 339 and 218 unfinished in the afternoon, and an averft.ro of 84, scoring Tol to Mommott’s 29. After that sensational performance bis rate of progression steadied somewhat, and be finally won by 2900. Inman’s average for the whole game was 37.2 and Mommiott’s 14.1.