The games comprising the Second Division Professional Championship will, after all, probably be decided in the Provinces, as was suggested in my notes in the October issue of The Billiard Player, the Council having been notified that the likely entrants now favour playing in the provinces rather than in London, as at first indicated. It is also the opinion of the players concerned, that games of 3,000 up, as originally suggested for the preliminary heats, do not afford a fair test of a competitor's ability, and it has therefore been decided that the Council will raise no objection to games of a week's duration being played in the provinces, at the mutual convenience of the players. The venues of these games can be fixed after the draw, which must take place not later than December 15, and, in case of disagreement, will be decided by the Council. It is almost needless to mention that there is no foundation for the strange statement which appeared recently in one of the weekly sporting papers, to the effect that Arthur Peall had sent in his entry for the "Senior Championship," but had some doubt as to whether it would be accepted.
The conditions governing the Professional Championship of 1922 make it perfectly plain that his only channel for taking part in that event is by way of the Second Division Championship.