BILLIARD TABLE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17032, 4 May 1923, Page 3

BILLIARD TABLE.

(By “CUE.”)

The committee of the Canterbury Billiard Teague was to have met last Tuesday evening to arrange the draw for the first round of the inter club league competition. The meeting was postponed tor a week, however, to allow the entries of two additional clubs to come before the association. These two clubs announced that they intended to enter teams in the competition, but owing to the fact that there has been no meeting of their executives for some time, nothing has been definitely done in the matter as yet. The league lias already received six entries. Last year the entries numbered ten. r „ handicap snooker tourney at J. attersalls has entered upon its third round. So far only three games have been played. The following are the results to date:—W. Smith (10 behind scr) beat Mann (40 on) 140-82. Cossins (25 on) beat Baton (45 oiT 100-81. Kerr (30 on) beat Hancock (35 on) 104-65. Clark M* Gonachy, New Zealand's champion billiardist, is at present touring the West Coast and playing exhibition matches. He will be' in Christchurch in about six weeks’ time PI«.Y exhibiton games wth the best players in Christchurch under the auspices of Billiards Ltd. He will leave for England at the end of the year to compete in the 1924 English championship. M’Conachy will be j away for about three months and will play games in South Africa on route. 1 Whlle -England he may not play ) any exhibition games at all. giving his j sole attention to the championship. j The handicap snooker tourney at the ! vtiam! Billiard Parlours is nearing the end of the first round. The following , aie the results to date.—Johnston (15 I on) beat Preddis (18 on). The loser was well below form and played a very 1 poor game. Hardwick© (15 on) beat i By ford (18 on). A good close game, j Hardwick© winning bv a small mar- ! gin. Thompson (15 on) beat Narebe} ! (18 on). A keen game with little to choose between the players. Bush ; (10 on) beat M’Dougall (io on). Each 1 player wanted the black to win in both ganies._ Malloch (18 on) beat Thom- ! son (15 ou). Malloch played tlie betcer game and thoroughly' deserved his ! win. Agan (10 on) beat Buxton (18 ! on). Buxton played well and was a j tnfl© unlucky to lose. Quane (20 on) I beat Gawler (18 on). Storey (18 on) beat Brown (18 on). A very close scor- j 1 ing game. Storey won with the last •' three balls. Bryan (10 on) bent Jamie- ; sou (18 on). A spectacular game, j Bryan played very artistically and won ! comfortably. Appleby (10 ' on) beat ! Harliwick (10 on). An even game. A. Gawler (20 on) beat Buckley (18 on). Buckley was twenty in the lead at one stage of the game. Taylor (20 on) beat Adams (15 on). Adams had the balls running against him. Johnston (15 on) beat Milton (30 on). The win- ' ner played much the better game. Wil- ; son (15 on) beat Watson (20 on). A j very close game. When you swing your cue do not j raise the butt any more than can be 1 helped. At the moment when the | cue is in contact with the ball in the j stroke the haft of the cue should lie | almost touching the rail of the cush- ! Cecil Harvers.on tells a good story of i the late Autocrat of the Table, who had invited fourteen of the best play, ers to take part with him :n a tournament at the old Egyptian Hall. Composition bolls were to he used for the* j first time, and the players learning ! that the manufacturers woi e giving i Roberts a big fee for their use, deput- i ed Cecil to wait on him and demand j a cut. Ou arriving at the hr. 11 he was j ushered in and started with : “ Good j morning. Mr Roberts (Jolm was writing and did not look up), the players j are under the impression that they j ought to have some of that composi- ; tion ball money." John continued his letter until it- was finished, and then, without looking up, said: ‘• That ! impression will soon wear off.”