BILLIARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17526, 1 May 1925, Page 11

BILLIARDS.

A RECORD SNOOKER BREAK. The talk of most billiard rooms recently in England has beeii the wonderful world’s record snooker, break of 96 made by young Joe Davis against Tom Newman last week, relates George Nelson in the “Sports Post” (February 14, 1925), of Leeds. As no paper had any particulars of this break., I asked Davis how he made it, and he was good enough to send me an account of the break. He tells me that in the first shot of the game Newman smashed the balls up and fluked a red; but failed to pot a colour. Davis then went on and potted fourteen reds, four blacks, four pinks and six blues—in all twenty-eight balls. He further says that when he came to the yellow he failed to pot this, otherwise he would have bet even money on potting all the balls, as all the colours were on their respective spots, and thus in easy position for a break. The highest possible score in a game of snooker, provided a player get a black after every red, is 147. Frank Smith, jun.,, the Australian snooker champion, once made 89. Among the Australian’s remarkable are making game in two hits with 46 and 53, and also scoring 145 out of the possible 147. BAULK LINE BILLIARDS. Young Jake Schaefer reigns supreme in the international baulk-line world by virtue of his victory over Willie Hoppe in the final game of the 18.2 billiard tournament at Chicago, Ilinois, U.S.A., on March 3. The score was 100 to 173, with Schaefer running out from 296. This was young Jake’s second triumph over Hoppe, who lias, with the ' exception of a brief break, held the championship for more than seventeen years. Schaefer’s record in the recent competition was five victories without a defeat. To Schaefer likewise goes the lion’s share of honours for new world’s records set during the tournament. In a match against Erich Hagenlacher, champion of Germany, Jake ran 400 from spot, the Teuton never having a chance to draw his cue except for the bank, which he lost. BRITISH TITLE. Tom Newman, holder of the British billiards professional championship, was leading Tom Reece halfway through their match of 16,000 up for the title. Newman had scored 8002 points to 6677 on the part of Reece.