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MONDAY, MAY
HISTORIC BILLIARDS
ENCOUNTER
PEALL AND ROBERTS PLAY FOR £10,000
BIGGEST MONEY MATCH PLAYED
(By W. J. Peall)
my
FIRST. I must tell you of John after an argument sold him
interest in the gate receipts · for Roberts, the W. G. Grace of £475.
billiards.
Roberts did very well out of this. People were clamouring" to
He was big and masterful. He pay a guinea for a seat.
had personality. He brought drama to the billiards table.
thousands worshipped him.
"
*
* *
I was champion player
Exactly £3,090 was paid for ad- mission during the · fortnight, - w And record for any billiards match, and
I had £476 in my pocket instead of the £1,030 I should have cleared then-if I had taken my chance of a
but that was before the spot-stroke
third.
was barred. I could keep on poc Shee never saw a stroke of the'
ball off the apot|play. keting the red
Roberts,
having bought the into the two top pockets.
whole gate, refused to give my Roberts could not but he was backer complimentary pass
my superior at the all-round game. Shen, a stubborn man, vowed he
So you have the stage set for the would not pay to come in, kept his
Not only was the gate a record:
HE third sweepstake race for
Royal: Hong Kong Yacht Club great drama-Roberts, worshipped word, and stayed away. members was sailed yesterday over by the mob, and I, Peall, the apot
rival..
a course of seven miles with the stroke master, longing to beat my and the stake another record, but following results:
3RD, SWEEPSTAKE RACE
Course (V)-
Start Club Line West to East.
(1). Channel Rocks (S).
(2). Mark on Line (8).
(3). Kowloon Rock (P).
(4), Rumsey Shoal (P).
Finish Club Line West to East. Distance.7 miles.
Preparative
gun-10.30.
Starting gun-10.35.
High water at 01.47 and 11.30. Law water at 04.05 and 19.58.
Yacht
Carpenter Oslo Wasp Artemis
Linda
Isabel
Jose
Gull
Cicada
True Blue
Jan ..
Finished Plan. Pts.
11.58.12
I am certain that a great deal more
I never had the opportunity. money changed hands over the Roberts would never play me "with match than in any other game be- the spot in," knowing that this fore or since. msant odds on his defeat in a level), match.
---
•
Challenge and counter-challenge were issued.
المہ
The Bets.
As soon as it was known in the sporting clubs that Fry was back- Followers of Roberts would not ing Roberts and Shee supporting these men hear me mentioned in same me, the standing of
stamped the match as straight be- breath as their idol.
the
Then the floodgates were fairly
My supporters, a sturdy contin-yond question. gent, were always ready to back their man for a level match "under opened.
Tot.
8
4 9 24
6 the ordinary rules of billiards."
11.65.50 D.N.S
2 0 21
Fry, the mammoth bookmaker, was an admirer of Roberts.
He
11.55.33 1 12 28 placed his favourite frat and the rest nowhere. He did his betting! 1 6 20 in thousands.
D.N.S. 11.57.65
11.56.51 5
7.31
4 8 12
11.68.39
$.8
11.57.07
1166.31
It meant at least £1,000.every
5 time he pencilled a bet in his book.
06 29 Billy Shee, another bookmaker, Private race for "H" class over the was my backer, and when the pair
same course, Besults qu follows:
Wishnet at a race meeting he tackled The spor-stroke W. J. PEALL made
Fon Fry about backing' Roberts against 423 Famous, more
¡me.
(Started at 10.25).
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Of course, Fry would not discuss All the years of accumulated
a match in which I was allowed to argument were now something to play the spot-stroke. He refused bet about
that at any price, but said be: Partisans of Roberts were con-
3 Unp. thought that Roberts could give fident that he could concede me me half the game start "spot-half the game spot-barred. barred," an opinion. prevalent at
My followers were as fully-con-
the time among the followers of ident that be could not, and the. heavy betting which resulted must. Roberts.
"I'll back Peall to take half the have made the £5,000 a side almost
Roberts a mere detail by comparison.
game, spot-barred, from for a monkey," said Shee.
"Make it a thousand," suggested [Fry.
"Two, if you like," replied Shee. "Three?" said Fry,
"Four, if you want it."
"Make it five and it's a bet."
We played at the Egyptian Halt from March 14 to 28, 1891.
*
This was the favourite pitch of John Roberts, and he also had his own way about the make of table, so he started with the 'conditions.
"Done!" said Shee, and that is on his side as far as he could get how the greatest money match in them.
the history of billiards was made.
*
I do not blame him for this-"A
match well made is a match half.
The extraordinary thing about won."
it was that Shee, my backer, did
Beyond this, however, Roberts.
not know the first thing about never tried for the least advantage. billiards. He must have been Rumours were flying about that. the world's worst player, but "ha was trying to put me off my
would back himself or his play.". opinion for big money."
There was never the slightest foundation for them.
John Roberts was very clever at Once, I remember, I was playing getting as much as he could of his Roberts with the stipulation: that
if I made 100 spot-stroker in a
own way before play began, but
break I had to stop. Towards the during the whole of the many end of the match Shee came to me matches I played against him
always' found him a scrupulously in a terrible state.
fair opponent. J He had wagered £500 to £1 that
I made a run of 100 spot-strokes He once objected to my using before the match was over, and the "spider, that is, the high rest, could not understand why I had which was very useful to me in - not done it. writes W. J. Peall in the playing some difficult shote. He Sunday Express, we said that this implement was "for I explained matters, and as I Pyramids only" But I feel certain was thousands in front and a break this was only bluff on his part Anyway, his claim was disallowed. elther way did not make any pror(Conɛnad on Page (1.) difference, I deliberately made a
run of 100 apots and let Roberts in on purpose to save Shoe's money,
That was how much my backer HONG knew about the game he stood to
win or lose 20,000 upon.
An
What is more Inexplicable Fli
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