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Show HOW FRENCH PLAY BILLIARDS M, Ooucher, at a Critical Moment, Shot 8o Hard He Went Through a Window. Alfred lloucher takes his billiards seriously when he meets an opponent worthy of IiIh vigor, A fow nights ngo ho met bucIi an opponent, nnd In addition addi-tion the run of tho balls v.an against him. The game had reached a crucial stage, anil nil depended on the shot a very difficult round-the-tablo carom. car-om. The cushions wero hard and far from resilient As M. lloucher know, tho shot required not only nddrcss, but sheer physical stret gth. Ho put hts whole body behind It. Tho tablo was near a window, and he missed his shot. Tho result wbb hardly comic. Thero was a sound of breaking glass, and tho too strenuous player Bhot head foremost through tho window to the pavement 30 feet below. Ho was picked up with a fractured skull. PariB Letter to tho London Telegraph. |