BILLIARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16714, 21 April 1922, Page 3

BILLIARDS.

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.j‘he smoker toumamgpt. ”in plO. giess awkhe Edmund qutlier‘sfj-'A§an-*cintionFClub ro'dms has “reach‘ed‘uthe ‘mmiflnd; stagguuxd is expected "to be finished li’ext Week. ‘ Q I H Although t (9% rd ‘ . .9. not .3 (q, “marital? ageing“); . fiué’fwi" is“; meeting ‘\‘ of the MiguerCom~ gmigtree probablyauoxt weekm‘q'déciap "regqnding :the_st:art of the league fompafitiou. ' This ~«31111343?»thE3313?a grgmy stucws;;la_§_t-t‘,year and Itll9éegr» pected that’seversl more gemsniwfil ’enter HHS/year. 'The Recurne'fij'fiél-Adieu-5' Asgofiintion Club won the :la’st competition, being defeated only twice . .... ' $3 The Returned Soldiers‘ Club intends to conduct a lady'sbilliard mama!” {ulna trqphy valued at £lO in about a. fortn‘ight‘s time. ... ‘ The following is an e:;trac‘t.from the annualirepnrt of the Returned‘Soldiev-s Club. Wlut'h was presented at the an~ 111 ml meeting held last erening:- ' “Amongst the traphim which haw-t bvan wan by the Returned Soldim' Associatinu Billiard team during the past rpm" are the Lutjohaxm Cup. L. B. Hart (711 p. “’nuchop Snooker Out, and fil‘fl Ilm Christchurch Billiaxfl Lengths Cltampinnshiv‘ Mr \V. Emits (Pod) vaaeded in again winning tins Canterbury Alcock Chrysulaw Chum» plUl.Sl‘llp. and was a Semi-finalist in fhfl New anlaml Amateur Billmrd Chaur [lmnfihip Im’ 19'21-2. The Rt.S.A. bi?— liarrl tr-am has nm-x succeednd in Winning nrerv lnrnl trophy which is upon tnr vnmpetitinn. -‘. T. Non-man made hath his billiarduuld Snooker rer'm-ls nf Sti and 1274 agains? ‘the Name pla3m‘. Claude Falkinerithn gear. 1m- wltit-h pertnrmance‘ he has hpen zrantnrl ofiir-lal vertlfittates by flu-a Hilliard Asot‘infinn, ... Stanley New man. Who i- a younger brother 41! the English Champion, is innw :ne.‘ with the Plll3. as he recenflv manlc :2 337 break and manx— ot-hers‘mer the third ramunu The Newman: may t-a L 29 [ho plar‘f’ m the Roberts familv is llw game. . Billiard: have speedecl up sinceyth. rules n! the game wen 3 revised and harmonised. and the penalties For an inlrjngements put under one heading. stale) " Ivor " in the “Sportmg Ghrnniclef' The “hole. character of tho game has hroadcnr'd. Everything llans proper place. tram the. safety miss to the played satety upwards. The close-range savoring is asserting an un« mistaknble superiority. The other aiternoou. while at the height of his lead over Newman. and maybe “ell inspired by the sight of the mark-ingboard and the: market’s announcvmegts. V Smith at-ttmlly scored a run of 150 points it. the. top of the table. and in doing so moved the Uhjf'L‘t ball only the distancu of just about one im‘h. i This 15. I consider. an unparalleled performance. I have never seen 3:!)thing apprtmvhmg it. He had the ob‘ject whim up agaillafi the tap cushion f r'xgln. behind the spot. My prmxous etlperiences 01 the Poinlhllltl€§ 0t retamng it thorn. by means of the old—‘faslliollcd Poqmau's Knock or dDuhl‘ kiss full—in‘the—faoe vannou cont-1t". under professional guidance. were wide ‘ and varied. .. ‘ Still. 130 points and moving lht‘ uhjem. “'llltt‘ one im-‘n throughout. the at‘lort is something in past.) down In rl‘.” book or records. Nu wonder Smith clamb that hr- haE loft len rod has? Hill. and marlf‘ himwh an :«H-rnund o‘ mutant tn Ile )ullv": “‘2'.“ l choke-l not. lm nrw- lnx ~llrpl‘ixcd tn finrl l-H‘m quzililvmg ‘ln tnkv on Tom R4l? :11 xha (-1050 vammn».

~\‘l'C\\' .\.\l.\'l"l".l'l’. HILLIARD CHAMPION. (Rpm-iii! :0 the " Star ..| LONDON" Mart-h ‘3 J. Gmhzuu Nunex a London sch“:m. is the He“ amateur hiliiai‘d cliam' pimx. Ho ha> twice previously held the tit-IQ, and ha: alu) Luir-v horn runner up. In the final uf 30in up he debated a nmuvomer to tho evmn in “I P. .\|uvl.eod. “ho hank Irom Middle“ brough. hy 333'. Srmcx is a line player 0] great experience. hm he was scarcely expected to heat MacLeud. who. before the match started, “:hvprodmmed hr the smmdesr n! judges ths- finest amaimxr exponent the wimp has'pi'odnced. It i< remarkahla mu, that. in spite J the l‘fi'Mlil. npinimu havo um rhangevi. Rather is allowanvo Inade- for the fa-"t that )lacLend flashed mm the puhhc eye and that circumstance: and the av—(tasion beat him. or at any rate were largely I‘erDHSillif‘ fur hip failure. This was the first fime he had attempted to >rure a thousand points in a day in a match. and now he was set the task. owing It) thv way the draw worker] out. of having to play on five consecutive days and score .3000 points. \Thilsv. his opponent “as resting for [“0 (1355, )lavl‘eod was engaged in his semi—final lip-at. and ten he did not start as {l'99}! in the final 21> he would have wished. Standing over six leet‘ he is not very l‘nbuixt‘ and there is no doubt that he felt rhv strain rather avuielv. Again he fell behind at, the first 9955 mm and he was strugglmg tor the rexr of the garnet Still. hi> “as a fine achieve—mont m rpm-h the final on hi: first ap—ppnrnnve in puhlir hiHinW‘ls. and there is linlv dmiht that <omi€r nr later the honours will {all In him. Symes piared extremely we“. w-nrina Yprv fitefidilr, and then- i» no (louht that ihc final WM pounded hv the UlO host Naxera of the day. S. 11. Frv “a: defeazod *3 .\[;:.;Lpnd in n prohm‘rary heat and 3‘?! play suggefitmi that his eyesight 1" 59‘ ginning to ‘lvt. him down ...—..—