BILLIARDS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 676, 29 November 1909, Page 11

BILLIARDS

r LINDRTJM DErEATS GRAY. Tho oxhibitlion billiard matih of 8000 up hotween Mr. Fred. Lindrum, Australian champion, and Master Georgo Gray, of, losing hazatd' fame; was 1 concluded on bnturday . evening,• Lindrum'-(who'conceded 500) winning; by' 313 points. At vthb '. com'mencoment of ; tno; after-' noon's'.play.' the scores wcre V. Grayv '6750;, Lin- : drflm/ 6566. ' Gray made hvoifiiie -breaks of .306 and 27J, and Lindnlm had the balls'running woiron' four 'occasionsl-'tho result being breaks of 107, 157, 154, uud 00. ; • The filial session' began with Lindrum still 118 behind,- the 'figures:being: Gray/ 7377; Lin-: drum, 7259. Lindrum, who was playing a nice careful ; itiiiie,"had tt' succession of . good breaks —105, 116 (111 of which wero off.the;red), 99, and 167. YoUng. Gray, on thei othef, hand, was ! not playing' up to his best' form, and ho was passed -at ;7387. ;His most.., athactive break , was one of 133, and. apart from this effort, ho had not- much success with the cue, 48 being the next highest- break. At ; one stage the'scores were- Lindrum, 7700;-Gray, 7573,-and from this out the iyoung i'/Red Marvel" let .Lindrum, have the .'table imore and. more to himsehi until tha final, numbers; ..vrereput up: Lindrum, 8000; Gray. 7687. .i'i : . V-- 1 -' ■'-■