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BETTY NUTHALL'S TRIUMPH.
FIRST SUCCESS IN OPEN
"CHAMPIONSHIP.
Miss Betty Nuthall won her first open championship at Rochamp- ton in mall week, when she beat! Misa S. C. Lumley Ellis in the final for the hurd-court championship of Surrey by 9-7, 6-2. Mias Nuthall thus creates a record for this event by winning it at the age) of 15, S. M. Jacob won the men's singles championship with a G-4, 6-0 victory over G. R. O. Crole- Rees.
Crole-Ress and Jacob won the London, May 23. men's doubles from J. E Pogson Herbert Jolly, the Foxgrove Smith and L. R. C. Mitchell by 6-4, 6-1. Mra Bruce May and Club professional, replaces Abe Miss E. R. Clarke won the women's Mitchell, who is indisposed, in the doubles, and Pogson Smith and U.S. golf tournaments, and will Miss Clarke the mixed doubles.
E. Higgs, the Old Haileyburian was all for "America to-morrow-who won the Gallery Club tourna
Router.
When Reece completed his re- markable break by means of the newly-devised cannon stroke in his championship heat with Inman, the question immediately raised: Should the stroko be bar- red? The injustice to the ingenu- ity of the player could not have) found stronger emphasis. It is clear that the game of billiards is still in course of development, and although it is old in its his tory, there may still be scoring methods which remain unknown. To vete any type of stroke, or any method of scoring, until it had had
ment last month, and has created such a splendid impression in the Davis Cup triala, on Saturday won the men's singles in the Finchley an illustration of the great danger Country Club Hard Court Tourna which attends any form of spement, defeating F. H. Jarvis, the cialisation. Having discovered what promised to be a match-win-revious holder, by 62, 6–2, 6-1. Jarvis had previously con- wing method of scoring, Reece tested a gruelling match in the continually endeavoured to obtain position, but although he nearly semi-final with D. B. Holmore, and did so on several occasions he had won by 4-6, 11-9, 6-3.. In the. not been successful again when final he was no match for Higga. the last day's play, begun. The
a thorough test would seem to re-impression left after watching
present the negation of good intent. the game was that although the AMATEUR GOLF TITLE.
if the enterprise and ingenuity of man is to be stultified by a pro- écss of hysterical dogmatism says a correspondent in the Observer, It may well be that the end might soon he written.
For many years Reece has been one of the outstanding exponents of the game. Ilis playing ability is known, and his ability respected.
stroke may be comparatively casy to make by such an artist in the more delicate phase of the game as Reece, the position is extremely difficult to obtain. In the process
of endeavouring to secure it a player must necessarily sacrifice
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Among those to arrive in the Throughout pected to make better progress oversens challenge, will return to
of the Colony yesterday as one his career he has given a thought had he scored by more all-round Britain.
Five out of the eight American staff of the troopship "Neuralia" to the game which has been bene methods. The difficulty of obtain feinl to its development. His doing the desired position by getting competitors have been defeated. was the well-known ex-fighter liusey of touch has enabled him the two object balls in the should-These are Lawrence of Oakmont, Jack Hare, the "Globe Tratter, to engage in certain phases of the ders of a corner pocket, on the W. Platt of Whitemarsh, Hunt of whe was in Hongkong some months. game which are given to few of modern fast-running table with Riveroaks, Azbill of Essex County, back.
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legislation.
Since its utility. That is essentially matches. The former is the fav-wonder of New Zealand, who, it subsequent then the losing hazard has come a point which will have to be conqurite for the contest. The most will be remembered, put up such under the ban of the controlling sidered before any definite deci notable defeats of this round were a big fight
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Larger Breaks Possible. -
season.
an even larger break than he con- tributed last week.
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On the 9.5. Berengaria in the company of Ben Tillett, Teddy Baldock (world's bantamweight champion), Alf. Mancini (coming lightweight champion) and Jack Hood (welter- weight champion of Europe), and he is the proud possessor of a photograph taken with himself! among this distinguished
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Under adverse conditions the com-scoring was not good, the winner of the Soldiers' Club Challengo
It was certainly ingenious on A Problem Solved. When the number of consecutive Reece's part to apply himself so
assiduously to a mission of dis- The postponed exhibition match covery which resulted in the in-between Messrs. Ng Sze-kwong and ball-to-ball cannons was restrict- ed, the players quickly devised a
troduction of the stroke in one of T. Honda vs. S. A. and H. D. Rum- method of overcoming the small the most important matches of the jahn will take place at the Hong- difficulty presented. The inter-
The limitation of twenty-1 Kong Cricket Club Ground, to-mor mediate cushion cannon solved the five ball-to-ball cannons was easily row at 4.30 p.in.
Jack Hare reports that the sale If the weather does not permit, of his book "Gladiators of the problem, and to-day it is possible overcome by the use of a clever by rule to make a long run of cushion stroke, and it is conceiv- the match will take place on either Prize Ring, and my World Travela" these delicate strokes, providing able that when he obtains the post- of the following days at the same has had a splendid sale, and that there are copies on sale at the the condition of the cushion is ad-
Yours Truly Tobacco store, 22, hered to. After many months often again he will be able to make place and time."
Des Voeux Road, at the reduced consideration, Reece devised
price of $1.00. To all interested plan of varying, and possibly ex-
By reason of the new.atroke the
in the ring of yesterday, when tending, the activities of the close-
Jack Hare himself was a notable cannon player. To this end he match between Inman and Recre
fighter, the book makes really in- practised diligently, and evolved naturally created even more inter-
Leresting reading. the plan of keeping the objects than otherwise, it might have balls in the laws of the corner done. If for the moment the pocket, and making a series of glamour attaching to a novely gliding cannons, with a cushion formed the nutstanding feature of cannon periodically intervening, inzeres, the sterling all-round That it is a conception of great play of Inman was of equal im- cleverness, all billiard players are partanes. In his long career Ja agreed, but its possibilities are to man has always displayed fight be seriously questioned in relationing qualities, which are not pos- to other methods as a match-win-sessed by all. The way he tackled and the aeroplane. It is not un- the situation after Reece had made usual, especially in international ning factor.
It travel, to find that the conveyance Methods of a freakish character his big break was admirable have never yet won a champion was obvious that if Recce could one wants to use for the continu ship, and it is to be greatly con secure the position once or twice ance of one's journey, only left & sidered whether this new type of more the finest player in the world few minutes ago. cannon will ever become a serious menace to the best principles en which the game itself is built
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could scarcely hope to defeat hin. The National Railroad Company end of last week was subjected to This point can never have been out and the Deutsche Lufthansa have considerable interruption on ac- of Inmin's mind, and by relentless made arrangements by which the count of the weather and it was When Reece srung his surprise safety tactics and brilliant stroke schedules of the train and aeroplane found necessary on the pubile and on his opponent play he placed himself in such a services are to be revised in order Company and Battery
vide the most interesting competi- strong position that his success to bring about the most favourable which had been expected to pro- became almost assured.
tion of the shoot.
as well, it at once had to be grant- ed that the idea was extremely clever, and the potentialities enor mous. By making a break of 1,151, which included 568 cannons, Reece established two fresh cham- pionship records, which may ba expected to stand for a long time. The whole question which is now. presented is to how far his newly devised method of scoring can be developed, and to what extent it is likely to become a danger to the The value of game generally.
this stroke must be considered in Its relation to the purpose it has served the player who invented. it. A discovery of this sort is bound to bring additional interest to the game, and it would seem to be the reverse of wise to bring in new legislation before this form of development has had free rein, and full opportunity has been pro- vided of determining whether its use is likely to become detriment-
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Inman's Fine Fight.
In spite of the fact that, 'owing to the big break which was made against him, Inman temporarily lost the lead, he started the final day of the game with an advantage of 1,867 points. In the circum- stances it may be said that Reece's Invention has proved anything but a blessing, except to his opponent. From the time the break was made the course of the game provided
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