De Backer again shows himself stronger than Leppens

BLANKENBERGE - The difference in quality was not as great as the score tabel showed, but Peter de Backer defeated Eddy Leppens this afternoon in the balkline 71/2 thanks to a termendous run of 103.The opponent he defeated was the player who earlier in this week could not stop De Backer in one cushion.

Then, in that match, De Backer won 150-137 in fourteen innings, now in 71/2 the score was 250-156 in eight innings.

The result of that match does not mean that the struggle in this discipline is open again, because Frédéric Caudron is with two wins and an exceptionally high average of 62.50 the leader and the favorite for the win. The deciding match, as expected, between Caudron and De Backer will be played on Saturday evening.