BILLIARDS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8407, 23 April 1907, Page 5

BILLIARDS.

Received April 22, 10.31 a.m. BRISBANE, April 22. H. W. Stevenson, professional ' billiardist, who is touring Australasia arrived by the Aorangi en route to New Zealand. Speaking at a Mayoral reception, .'Mr Stevenson said there had been great doings in billiards since he left England with regard to the cradle cannon. He contended that, for the. •sake of billiards, it should either be - abolished or only allowed, say, three times in a game. It was only one stroke, and a man couid stand in one position and his hand kept going like a pistol. It was quite possible to > start on Monday night and have an * unfinished break on Saturday night. Stevenson said that during his .Redhibitions in Australia and elsewhere he would not attempt the . stroke, because it was simply a monotonous repetition. Amateur billiardists liked to see all-round billiards. (H. W. Stevenson held the record for a break under the English rules (802), before the "anchor" or "cradle" stroke men came along • with their thousands).

A HUGE BREAK. Received April 22, 11.42 a.m. LONDON. April 21. Dawson, playing Lc ejoy, 25,000 Up, made a break of i ',769 (unfinished), including 11,71 o cradle canf nous.

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