Too Hot For The Englishman!
NE of the best stories about the Lindrum family concerns a patronising Englishman who entered their billiards rooms in Melbourne one day, paid for a game and then, noticing the old marker standing by, said to him, "I say, would you care to have a game with me?" The "marker, who was old Fred Lindrum, agreed, and was then ordered to "break them up." With a superb shot, Fred promptly screwed into the top pocket off the red and ran out the hundred in no time at all. A little disconcerted, the Englishman nevertheless said, "That's pretty hot stuff. Would you care for another game?" " No thanks," said Fred. "but -this youngster here will probably have a game if you ask him." " This youngster " was Fred’s son, Fred Lindrum, junior, and when confidently ordered to "break them up,’ he, too, screwed it off the red and ran out. Blinking in astonishment the Englishman then said, " That’s too hot for me," and calling over a lad in short pants who was standing by, he observed airily, " At least I’ll get a game this time. Come along and try your hand, sonny." But the boy in short pants was Fred Junior's younger brother, Walter Lindrum, and he, too, screwed it off the red with his first shot and rattled up a 100 break in a few minutes.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 124, 7 November 1941, Page 9
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230Too Hot For The Englishman! New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 124, 7 November 1941, Page 9
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