BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1150, 10 June 1911, Page 13

BOXING.

PAPKE DEFEATS SULLIVAN. Bj TclesriDh—Press Association-CopyrieM _ , , London, June 8. Papke and Jim Sullivan, middleweight boxers, met here to-day. Papko won in the tenth round. (Rec. June 9, 9.30 p.m.) _ „. London, Juno 9. Sullivan out-pointed Papko until ho was knocked out. ■ BILLIARDS. GRAY FORGING AHEAD. Bj Telecrapb—Press Associatiun-OoDyrleht . (Rec. Junt! 9, 9.30 p.m.) London, Juno 9. In the billiard match between George Gray, the Australian, and Melbourne Inman, the English player—lG,ooo up, level terms—the scorc now stands: Gray 5,251 Inman 3,152 Gray's lead 2,089 RED HAZARD SPECIALISTS. [By Marker.] During tho past week "Fred" Lindrum, jun., has proved to "Tom" Reece, tho English professional, that tho all-round billiard player has no chance against tho man who sticks to red hazards. As the hazard is an Australian native shot', or waddy, that is just now being used with distinguished success in both hemispheres, to knock over the English professionals, it must bo spoken ot with t'ho utmost, respect. It is not monotonous or, at any rate, is not quite so monotonous as might bo supposed. To the unobservant person, a flock of sheep is monotonous for, to him, one sheep looks precisely like another. But, to the trained eye of the shepherd, each has his special character, that differentiates him from all his brother muttons. So, to tho expert, there are many hazards quite distinct from each other though, at first sight, they appear identical. Tabo those middle-pocket hazards, for instance, where the red ball is driven straight down the table without using the side cushions; carefully watch an expert as he plays these particular hazards, and it will be seen that ho makes tho shot in at least five different' ways. If spotend hazards were considered, together with those into tho middle pocket wkoro the side cushions are used for securing position, it would be possible to distinguish at' least 12 well-defined varieties. It is interesting to watch Lindrum's development as a losing-hazard specialist. Until this season ho used the hazard as a reserve force, only to bo brought into action when the white was lost. Ho recognises, however, that if he is to beat the front-rank men in England, when he goes Home in July, it must be by means of the losing hazard. And it is doubtful now whether any of them will liavo much chance against him. Stevenson, and perhaps, Inman and Reece, are his superiors at the top of tho table but, if they lose the white, they are comparatively helpless. Lindrum, if he can only get an- opening hazard, will always have a good chance of making a big break with the two balls only. The hazard game has come to stay—for a few years, at any rate, and, when the novelty has worn off, there are many who will regret the passing of the old. order. Exactly what offect tho development' of the hazard game is going to have on billiards, from the paying public point .of view, it is, in one sense, not difficult to conjecture At present this style of gamo draws well enough, for the reason that the public want to see how tho thing is done, and the amateur wants to study the technique of the one shot which ho can, with more or less confidence, liopo to master. Again, in the transition stage, no end of interesting billiards is on hand. Even now, in the Lindrum-Recco game, both men apparently seize every reasonable opportunity to get the red into play, and the bright patches of tho top-of-the-table play, and the all-round game, become rarer as t'lie sessions go by, and the waits between have become correspondingly long. It was this state of affairs (says an exchange) that led to the following remark, which came from the back seats during the course of a long sequenco of "losers" by Lindrum, when for once ho lost position with the red, and wa9 forced to bring the while into play again: Joe to his mate, whom Lindrum's automatic accuracy had lulled to gentle sleep—"Ere, Bill, wake up, 'e's jfoing to make a cannon!" In a letter to a friend "Tom" Recce says that he is sorry to state that he will be unable to visit New Zealand this season, as his Australian engagements do not conclude until August, and ho is due back in England in October, but adds that in all probability ho will bo out next year. J. W. Read, the Now Zealand champion, has just returned from a very successful tour of the West Coast, where _ he player! eight matches and was victorious in all. In many of his games Read had to concede his opponents two-thirds of the nninfa.. "With the clo=e of Gcorce Gray's engagement with the firm which hn represented from October 1 to Jfarch 31, a list of the breaks which he mnde (luring that neriod is of interest. It will lw» seen that there is one break over 2000. 19 over 1000 and under 2000. eight, over 900. seven over 800. 12 over 700, 22 over 600, and <18 over 500,

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