BILLIARDS

Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1929, Page 5

BILLIARDS

LINDRUM MAKES A RECORD BREAK (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, Dec. 7. N In bis billiards match with Smith Lindrum put up a world’s record break of 3262. Lindrum never looked like failing, and he beat his own record. He was as cool as a cucumber when he resumed on Saturday afternoon. The audience was insistent on its demand for a speech, when Lindrum thanked the Londoners for their wonderful reception. He said that if he had any regrets, it was that he had made a world’s record ,at the expense of so good a sportsman as Smith. INMAN’S COMMENTS. MELBOURNE, Dec. 8. Inman, the billiardist, writing in the “Evening Standard,” says: Had Lindrum entered for the English Championship, there would have been only one man in the contest. I was champion eleven times and there is nothing to prevent Lindrum from being champion twenty times. No one ever played the nursery cannon in such a clean manner as Lindrum. He steers the balls round the jaws of the pocket ,in a ay that is more than wonderful. The most extraordinary thing is that all of his shots are his own. He has learned nothing from anybody else which, denotes that he is a born genjus. LONDON, Dec. 7. The ‘Morning Post” says in an editorial: “There is not a doubt that Lindrum is the finest billiard player that the world has ever seen. We used to think that Willie Smith was unbeatable, but, by comparison with the Australian artist he is but a perfect artisan.” \

LINDRUM WINS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 7. In the final session Lindrum aggregated 1291 to 934. A fine break of 893 included runs of thirty-seven, seventyone, and seventy cannons. Also breaks of 101, 124, 113. Smith took an unfinished break of 335 to 455, thereafter making breaks of 168, 122, 441. Final scores—Lindrum 28003, Smith 21962. (Received this dav at 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, Dee. 6. Lindrum broke down at the top of the table as a result of a hair from a brush, used for cleaning the table, .slightly msidirecting the .white ball. Curiously he felt in no way exhausted by the constant strain,. hut ’.how and again felt it necessary to look toward the gallery for the space of a minute or two as a relief • from the concentration. He said that when at the table for long periods it was a great relief to look at something away from the table. No matter what he looked at it was even a big relief to chalk his que.. “The fact that Lindrum deprived me of the world’s record in no way worries me,” commented Faulkiner, who came specially from his own match to congratulate the champion. “Walter is the world’s greatest. It is fitting he should hold the world’s record. I predicted three thousand for Lindrum but I now predict .five thousand. Anything is possible with that boy.” (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 8. McConcahy is 21,378, including breaks of 403, 426; Newman 20,334, including a break of 500. Davis is 20,200, including a break of 808; Falkiner (receives 3000), 20,586, including a break of 684.