BILLIARDS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 672, 24 November 1909, Page 7

BILLIARDS.

,':;>; THE GEATrLINDRUM! MATCH. = Tho.exhibiHonbiiliarS'ihatch'of■ SOOO up between Master. George.'Gray, ; and.,. Mr. ■■ftei.i Lindruni,. jun;, was.,continued yesterday' 'after-i noon at : Goodwin's i Buildings,')' Cuba' Street; 1 The game is, progressing rapidly,-2791 points | having .been, scored ; .oa the -first. day, > and 2765 ■ "yesterday. .'■.:' ; ;,:t.',, ..•> [ ..y-i: ;.. : - ,; .: '-'-\:\ '■.-. '. Vv -'■ Lindrum, 1 ■■'; professional Champion' of Austra- ■ lia,' tackles all :mariner, of •unthinkable shots, and; his confident treatment' of the bails at the topj.of ithe; table is' good to see.' Almost"every shot is oleanly'execrated,' the -.most'-; intricate cannons .work ont, wonderfully simple; and the .pockets .'seem always to be. very wide 1 to'him. : The more ..classical shots .are, supplemented ■ by samples' of the olass which have earned for his youngi opponent the title of ','The Bed Mar-1 vel."; Grays, play; is; quite.different". "''He has a careful style, and in', playing a stroke ;his ! shinirests almost on:the cue.:- While provedly capable o£; all-round billiards,- he resorts largely i to,;,the losing hazard;when the balls rim that '\ Way;'; and; then .the.; score, goes '.up. in, a:, long; 6ucoesslon:o£ '-'threes.'?-''Abilliardist so' young may_ well, be proud of tho achievement: of a ;of 838—the , world's record—and ;if he continues to;improve its he has been'doing, he, will doubtless again demoastrate what an endless game, billiards can be made. '.' • .-••

On resuming tho match yesterday, tho scores were Gley, 1458, Liadrum (who is conceding 500), 1333. During the afternoon, Gray made a break of 352, nhich is thought to bo tho largest ever made in Now Zealand on a standard table. Other good breaks were Lindruni, 242, HO, 127, t , Gray, 156, 95, 87, 79. The session endpt, .a Gray at 2300, and Lindrum at 20Q0, mm an unhnuhed break of Tho evening session was attended by a large number oi local enthusiasts Both players were in-form, and Lindrum commenced b\ adding 35 to his uncompleted 93. This brought tho scores at tho outset to 2035 and 2387 iespectively. During tho e\enmg Gray made bl3, and Lindrum 55G, tho former reachina 3000, in an unfinished break of 43. Tho young ■Australian could not place the middle pockcta at first, and Lindrum also had some difficulty lift 0 i. , n he ot his second break (64), no followed the white in at tho top in order to get position on tho red, which ho thou missed at tho centre pockot, Grav's biegest break (227) was mado early in the evening. Ho found the balls in easy position, and kept them running along tho same old lines, tho white dozing on the top cushion meanwhile. At 05, the red almost crept into baulk, but was found handy for an "in-off" at tho bottom pocket Position was.recoveied audi -ho game did not vary until tho scoro' had advanced by another GO points Then a pot in tho centre was resorled to, tho subsequont in-off straightening i,p the red for another spolL At 158 the red was agam potted, but the break ended with that bil\ in Tiaulk tho white being unfavourably placed Latoi on, vi hen both balls iioro in baulk, Gray mado a pretty, fast cannon off the bottom cushion and, again at tho top of the table he scored with a startling masso shot. Earlv in Lindnim's nest break (14fi), luck took n hand. Tho champion missed an easy m-off in tho top corner, and the red ncnt down at tho middle Points then piled „ p ,fl£ balls being kept nicely together. The scores at tho dose of last ovenVs session were Gray, 3000, Lindrum, 2556 Tho biggest breaks ? er s' 9n % B L IM > 58 ' M > « (nnfinisheuV Lindium 148, 128, 92, G7, 04, 51 °'"-u;. The pair concluded with exhibitions of trick shots "-*

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