DAVIS A CENTURY

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 55, 27 November 1937, Page 17

DAVIS A CENTURY

FIFTY-THIRD SNOOKER BREAK OF A HUNDRED. Joe Davis, the world's champion, made a break of 118 in the sixth frame against Tom Newman in their Gpld Cup heat at Thurston's on' October 14. This was the fifty-third century of his career. It was a royal-'welcome back" to his greatest rival, Horace Lindrum, who had arrived in London from Australia only half an hour before. The break included 12 reds, 10 blaclts, a pink, a green and all the pool balls. . Earjy in the break it looked as if he might make it. by the all-black route, but. after taking the top colour for the fifth time the only available red was a long shot to the right balk pocket. He put this one down with unerring accuracy, but the black was not "on," and he had to piay the green to the other balk pocket using the long rest. 1 Playing with foroe he got back to the top of the table and the black ball. .Two more top colours were sunk, then in screwing back off a red he brought the cue ball a trifle low, and it finished up against the down-table face of the black. He went for the spotted pink, placing this in the oottom right pocket and leaving himself positioned for the last three reds in conjunction with a similar number of blacks. The colours followed without hesitation.