HORACE LINDRUM - Billiards Champion Uncle's Criticism MELBOURNE, Sunday. - Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) - 26 Nov 1934 (original) (raw)
Mon 26 Nov 1934 - Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954)
Page 8 - HORACE LINDRUM
For the fll:t time in 27 years the
Australian professional billiards title
changed hands on Saturday night
w?hen Horace Lindra:m, holder of the
Australian snooker title, defeated Fred
Lindrum, his uncle, and the holder of
the billiards championship. 'lhe mar.
gin was 0611 points after a match
whidh lasted a fortnit.._. Before half
the match had been played it was ap
parent that only a remarkable Im
provement by Fred Lindrum could
save him from defeat. Scores:
Horace Lindrum ...... .... 18,754
Fred Lindram .......... 9,143
Fred Lindrumn strongly criticised the
treatment the new dhampion had re
ceived. Fred said that Horace Lin
drunm had been a great ,player for some
time, but he was positive that the
young Champion had been stopped for
the recent snooker challenge match
for £100 between Joe Davis and
Horace Lindrum. Davis had insisted
that the match should take place on
the table on which Davis had just
completed two weeks' championship
play against the world dhampion.
Horace Lindrum .ad had little or no
opportunity of becoming conversant
with the table, and was doefeated.
Horace Lindrum had never been given
a chanceto compete in the world bil
liards championship. He had complied
with all the conditions, yet he had
never been advised whether he had
been accepted as an entrant.
Fred Lindrum said that-during the
matcbh just concluded, Horace Lindrum
had compiled breaks of 11209, 1086, and
a number of smaller runs near four
figures in the last week of the match.
Such scores had not been approached
by the so-called champions who had
taken part in the world championship.
Fred Llndrum added that he was fin.
ally putting down his cue. The game
was not what it should be. In fact,
he thought it was unclean.