Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1910 — AUSTRALIAN BILLIARD CHAMPION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AUSTRALIAN BILLIARD CHAMPION

The big boom that billiards is receiving in this country this season is attracting the attention of the cue wielders abroad, in fact, promoters on this side of the Atlantic are making Btrenuous efforts to have a number of foreign cracks come to this country to compete in several tournaments to be held this winter. Several cracks have announced their intention of coming to this country before the new year sets in. Among them is George Gray, the Australian

champion, who at Leeds, England, recently broke the English red ball and world’s all-around record In successive days in a match with F. W. Hughes, the English expert. Although only eighteen years old. Gray is one of the most remarkable billiard players that ever appeared in England. He started playing billiards at Brisbane five years ago, when recovering from a broken arm, and in less than eighteen months had made a name for himself in Australia.

George Gray, Remarkable Cue Artist.