SCENE AT SNOOKER
WILLIE SMITH INDIGNANT. LONDON, Jan. 13. The usually placid atmosphere of snooker was .disturbed during a Gold Gup match, when Willie Smith, playing Newman, was snookered. He played a cushion shot and missol tho reds, and the referee, Mr Chambers, immediately declared that it was an intentional miss. Smith -retorted: “I disagree with your saying 1 am not a good sportsman. I’ve a good mind ” Smith broke off. Later, when he miscued, he said that he had done that to test Mr Chambers.
‘‘l am not going to lie called a cheat publicly,” lie declared. Some spectators shouted: “Get on with it.” Others, including the Duke of Tloxburghe, walked out.
Smith later said that he had no quarrel with Mr Chambers, but with the rules, after which he and Mr Chambers shook hands amid applause. Players generally agree that tile rule under wliigh Mr Chambers acted is a bad one, as it imposes upon the referee the delicate task of deciding whether the player tried to hit the object ball or played a safety miss.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 46, 22 January 1938, Page 7
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178SCENE AT SNOOKER Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 46, 22 January 1938, Page 7
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