Here and There Notes
- Even when Falkiner made 1,500 in a single session,
averaging 100, Smith was not put off his game, and
still won.
- Newman has given a gold souvenir watch to
Lawrence as a memento of the 1,024 break made by
Newman against Lawrence at Burroughes Hall last
season.
- In The Daily Mail a contributor says that the tendency
in all games and sports seems to be towards lighter
implement's. Does this apply to billiards at the present
moment?
- The question arises: Do the public want a billiard
championship? The man in the street is a pretty good
judge, and knows, invariably, who is "top dog."#151;
Sunday Pictorial.
- It now seems to be understood that the professional
championship will be played at Messrs. Thurston's
hall, in Leicester Square, commencing April 3, and
it is hoped that all the leading players will compete.
- A very interesting "future" is the match between
Newman and Smith, which is due to commence at
Thurston's on December 12. This will be generally
regarded as a kind of unofficial championship.
- A good judge of the game describes Tothill as a
second Reece, and, having seen him perform on several
occasions out of London, states that Tothill is a much
better player than his display in the recent tournament
indicated.
- The prize of £35 in the Junior Professional Tournament at Burroughes Hall was presented by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle to Arthur Peall; Davis received £15; and
Lady Conan Doyle handed a silver cigarette case to
Carpenter by way of consolation prize.
- On his way here, McConachy toured India, and in
that country compiled an Indian record with an effort
of 870. From there he went to South Africa, where he
had a very successful time. In Brisbane, Australia, he
made a break of 639 in a match with F. Weiss. He
has also to his credit a 500 break in a match of 500-up.
He broke, and, scoring with his first effort, ran to his
points without his opponent getting one stroke! Of
course, all this was with bonzoline.
- Appended is the draw for the winter handicap at the
headquarters of the B.A. and C.C. in Cranbourne
Street:Byes: C. E. Barker, W. J. Gask, G. W. S.
Willins, V. Fieny, F. Afriat. Heat 1, Col. McLean v.
J. C. Bisset; 2, L. Stroud v. S. C. L. Hatch; 3, J. J.
Meakin v. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; 4, R. J. Corbett v.
C. E. Horner; 5, H. Hardy v. A. J. Peters; 6, R. Penso
v. Major R. O. Edwards. Byes: A. Wright, Rev. D. J.
Thomas, E. W. Whithorn, C. M. Everard, W. Bessemer-Wright.
- In the Bristol League, the 100 has been exceeded (by
Mr. C. Harris, North Bristol Institute) for the first time
in twenty years.
- In Leeds there is so much match play going on in
public rooms that ordinary players are asking where
they come in as regards the use of the tables.
- The Stock-Exchange Billiard Handicap, which has
attracted in entries, is proceeding, and will be specially
and pictorially dealt with in the January issue of The
Billiard Player.
- Inman says that Smith has no more chance of ever
giving him a start than he has of climbing the dome of
St. Paul's. Of Diggle, Inman says that what he learned
from him helped him considerably on the long road to
the championship.
- In one of the amateur break competitions following
the junior professional tournament sessions at Burroughes Hall, Piccadilly, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle scored 19
from the position left by Arthur Peall, who, on resuming
from the same position, made 6. It is not always thus,
however.
- The Parliamentary Press Gallery Billiard Handicap
for the Sir Emslie Carr Challenge Cup, at the Leicester
Square Minor Hall, was won on November 4, by 70
points, by Mr. Alec Read (editor of the Official Debates,
House of Lords) (rec. 45), playing against Algernon
Locker (Punch) (owes 10).
- Breaking the balls at snooker, Mr. Walter Critchell,
of the Cock Hotel, Kilburn, took six reds, three blues,
the pink, and two blacks, or a total score of 41. Is
this a record for an opening innings? Mr. Critchell
has also made a 65 break at snooker. The official
record is 86 by T. Newman.
- The way the late John Roberts used to "stun" the
cue ball into barely dribbling on to the white, and then
chalk his cue while the red was running all round the
table to finish eventually within an inch of the other
two balls, never failed to "bring down the house."#151;
George Nelson in The Yorkshire Sports Post.
- Harverson is now teaching, as well as playing, billiards in South Africa. When coach with Messrs. Burroughes & Watts, in England, he gave lessons to
Mr. S. H. Fry, and fixed him up with the cue that has
since won the well-known amateur so many championships. Harverson, on his recent tour, won 53 games
out of 54.
- There were eighteen interesting matches in the middle
of the month at Burroughes Hall, Piccadilly, between
Diggle and Davis, respectively a veteran and a quite
young exponent of the game, the latter of whom, nevertheless, usually won. In the following week Peall and
Goundrill were partnered in four-handed matches with
Davis and Raynor.