THE BILLIARD CHAMPION

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 679, 19 October 1876, Page 2

THE BILLIARD CHAMPION

Sow tb«t Fo'ifttt bin arrived inihk province, aud his play will e.t r more or lt'ta 'into decusaioit, it may not be nniulereati ir to iur readers »o tome little u aigl'fc iuto hisamuiier of liaudlio^ tLc >.uc. lUoiu the Syikuy "Towu *ud

•Country Journal" we take tt l .>e followin r : — "In a, bieak whore the Churap'oi made tw«nty conneeutivn • spots,' some wo o mull with j ist anffi lriit -t'p»i»tli 't > re.vo i 'he v O(il *et, "th m mtnvj h"".r harjt r a d here and there * hart tr<>kr* ut wl i h «he pmy- 19 hill a 'tor tr< i . t^ all round' m'A< b r ong'it A^'kiH into position ■"for ttn spit stroke 8s '«> the spot atroot, iiu i^'ist-d to be R •burn's spwoiali y' he male daring t'us hreak which ftinonn c 1 to 151, to, no beau if >«l losing baa id< by je mm, pull backs, gom^ 'through the v' jotj ot ball, and follow n.j •1 >ug tha ousti.oi with au nmouat of ■l le perfaotly nurvelloud. At one time, the Champion completed bia seventh hundred in the game in the op cc <f fiv« m nutea. Further on, it i« re mark d hit the play of the Champion w k chi fly remit' kable for h* wonder ul 'Q'> etn »<, and freedum from a^otati in wita«uoh «s u<u*lly etec ify eprctit>rv Thero wm a gcntleueaa and retiuemf*nt al><jnthia pl-*y winch we of thia country hwo i.by r bvforo ke i n exemplified by any pr.(i nor of thi gman of bildarda. Hap * ap >ta hii built very fuil for losing hjitria a id lirat intention CAnoooa, aud n<,vtr pi»y» tn* »iinple*t atrokea without lotn of, alov* aide, and tho moat notioible ditfirence batwdea bis phy and that of o'hera with w w>m be contends, ia the •t til ahaei c< of a >U'id when giving aiJe to hia ball, whi!e ether player-, as a rule cn»a:« to ißidorable uo.sy between the •cut aui th iro*o ball. Roberta playa wi h a very tii.e pointed cue, which, he chilk-t v ry frtq inntly, never fulling to exitntue tQe point ater ev>-ry at.okp, an 1 yit we can hardly imagmd a faster jjl.yar thin he ta Aa a'rvady atated t « rj were few aenaation shots, but chose im»% remvr kable were the 'slow aide,' whioh would orawl and curl along the cuhsion, touching it threejor fourjtimea on their j luruey from the objejc to the pooUe., and it any be a*td th.it the atroke ot the night was a side fallowing ball, piyel wnh the lift hand, up tLe side m him int.) tnti right hand top corcer. lv » game of a thoiunnd up, with a Mr L z\r, whei th i Chun non h»d arrived an 995 he played for a cannon off rbe top cinlu'Q wi h his uauil side, but the /■myar't Ka'i going wide by forced intension. Mr Lvzir j imped up to play, th n .in^ the ea moo wan mi if el, ana his a-ito iun<ue it miy be better imagiued thai described wheu tht ball striking tho onahiou crnni off with the required niilrt od the red. Chj next. «tr >ke wou the gttinj, Mr Lizir being 997, after receiving COO