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Show HOW FRENCH PLAY BILLIARDS M, Boucher, at a Critical Moment, Shot So Hard He Went Through a Window. Alfred Houcher takes his billiards seriously when ho meets an opponent worth) of his vigor. A tow nights ago ho met audi an opponent, and In addition addi-tion the run of the balls was against him. The gamo had reached a crucial stage, and all depondod on the shot a very difficult round-the-table car om. Tho cushions woro hard and far from roBlllent. As M. Houcher know, the Blioi required not only address, but sheer physical strorgth. Ho put his wholo body behind It Tho table was near a window, and ho missed his shot. The result was hardly comic. Thore was a sound of breaking glass, and tho too strenuous player shot head foremost through tho window to the pavement 30 feet below. He was picked up with a fractured skull'. Paris Letter to the London Telegraph. |