LINDRUM’S GREAT BREAK

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 841, 9 December 1929, Page 7

LINDRUM’S GREAT BREAK

WORLD RECORD OF 3,262 COMPILED BRILLIANT AUSTRALIAN L nited P.A—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON. Saturday. In his billiards match with Willie Smith, Walter Lindrum (Australia * compiled a world’s record break of 3,262. Lindrum never looked'like failing and beat his own record. He was as cool as a cucumber when he resumed on Saturday afternoon. At the close of the break the audience was insistent in its demand for a speech. Lindrum thanked Londoners for the wonderful reception they had given him. He said if he had any regret it was that he had made a world’s record break at the expense of so good a sportsman as Smith. Melbourne Inman, writing in the “Evening Standard.” says:—“Had Lindrum entered for the championship there would have been only one man in the contest. I was champion 11 times and there is nothing to prevent Lindrum from being champion 20 times.

No one ever played the nursery cannon in such a clean manner as Lindrum. He steers the balls round the jaws of the pocket in a way that is more than wonderful. The most extraordinary thing is that all his shots are his own. He learned nohing from anybody, which denotes he is a born genius.” The “Morning Post” says in an editorial article: —“There is no doubt Lindrum is the finest billiards player the world has ever seen. We used to think Willie Smith unbeatable, but by comparison with the Australian artist he is but an imperfect artisan.” McConachy has compiled 19.542 against Newman, his best breaks being 902 and 1.058. Newman is 18,672, including breaks of 764 and 740.

BEATEN BY A HAIR

FIBRE FROM BRUSH DIVERTS BALL WORLD’S GREATEST PLAYER Reed. 11 a.m. LONDON, Sunday. Lindrum broke down at the top of the table, as a result of a hair from the brush used in cleaning the table slightly misdirecting the white ball. Curiously enough, he felt in no way exhausted by the constant strain, but now and again he felt it necessary to look toward the gallery for a space of a minue or two, as a relief from concentration. He said that when a player is at the table for long periods, it is a great relief to look at something away from the table, no matter what he looked at. It was even a big relief to chalk the cue. “The fact that Lindrum has deprived me of tl>e world’s record in no way worries me,” commented Faulkner, who came specially from his own match to congratulate the champion. “Walter is the world’s greatest. It is fitting that he should hold the world’s record. I predicted 3,000 for Lindrum; I now predict 5,000. Anything is possible with that boy.”

VARSITY BOAT RACE

TIDE DETERMINES DATE British Official Wireless RUGBY, Sunday. The University boat race has been fixed for Saturday, April 12, because the tide will serve at about midday, although this is an unusually late date. It is exactly a month after the close of the Lent term at Oxford. RIFLE SHOOTING AUCKLAND CITY CLUB There was only a small muster for the third shoot in the second trophy series held by the Auckland City Rifle Shooting Club on Saturday. Weather conditions were bad. Drizzling rain and a changing light made visibility very difficult and A. G. Robertson’s score was excellent under the circumstances. He and R. McLeay won a spoon each. The results were; —A. G. Robertson, 45 at 300yds and 43 at 500yds, total 88; R. C. Russell, 43, 43 —86; R. McLeay, 43, 42—85; P. J. Pring, 39, 43—82; C. J. M. Clark, 41, 40 —81; W. Judkins, 44, 31 —75; C. H. Hirst, 40, 29 —69; C. M. Ramsey, 35, 32—67; J. Murray, 33, 33—64: V. Beckett, 28, 28—56. With the shoot at 300 and 500yds next Saturday still to come, trophy points have been won as follow: Robertson, 5; Russell and Dunningham, 3; Thompson and McLeay, 2; MeLachlan. Summerville and Hirst, 1. The first round of the knock-out competition will be completed in the weekend.

MORRINSVILLE BOWLERS

GOLDFIELDS’ STARS RETAINED From Our Own Correspondent MORRINSVILLE, Today. A Morrinsville bowling team retained possession of the Goldfields’ Stars on Saturday, defeating a Waihi challenging rink narrowly by 19 points to 38. The rinks were:—Morrinsville: A. Yardley, N. Howie, S. H. Cornish and R. C. Branch. Waihi: Taylor, Ward, Loriraer and Mannir. This is Morrinsville’s third stars’ win of the season. The percentage fours competition was also continued, with the following results: —D. Goodwin. D. Mulcahy, A. Needham. F. Donald. 17.- v. 0.. Sonnies, Welch. W. Hetherington, D. Coghill, 16; H. Turner, H. Kirk, H. Howie, T. Martin, 23. v. Fulton. W. Moffatt, B. Chapman. W. Butler. IS: Sanders and Sing, 22, v. A. Meharry and G. Howe, 18.