By our billiards correspondent the inimitable c . Hirjee was in sweeping form , when even with a handicap of 115 . he got the better of M . Karamally ( 20) by 723 points to 149 in the final of the J. N. Roy memorial break handicap billiards tournament final at the great eastern hotel on Sunday evening .

This is Hirjee's first title win in this tournament since its inception in 1946 .
The breaks which contributed to his victory were 206 , 144 , 210 and 163 as against Karamally s 30 , 24 , 40 , and 55 .

Karamally , the reigning state snooker champion , however failed to produce his usual form and often broke down in sight of 20 breaks . Hirjee on the other hand , not being in competitive billiards for 4 years , was found wanting in concentration . in this match , Hirjee averaged over 350 points an hour and it s a pity such a great potential scoring machine , now only 40 years , should have been out of action from competitive games all these year.

SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP
The Calcutta amateur snooker championships starts today at the YMCA (Chowringhee) with two matches on the card- (5-30 p.m.) A. B. Mukherjee Vs. S . MITRA ; (7- 30 PM.) N. J. Lilaram VS. D. A. Dwyer .