Original sentence: In some carom billiards games, deflection plays a large role because many shots require extremes of english, coupled with great speed; a combination typically minimized as much as possible, by contrast, in pocket billiards.The highest score ever achieved in world competition was 374, by the Frenchman Jean Reverchon in 1992, while the highest score in competition overall is 427 set by Belgian Walter Bax on March 12, 2006 at a competiton held in Deurne, Belgium, beating his own previous record of 425
Edited sentence: In some carom billiards games, deflection plays a large role because many shots require extremes of English, coupled with great speed; a combination typically minimized as much as possible, by contrast, in pocket billiards.The highest score ever achieved in world competition was 374, by the Frenchman Jean Reverchon in 1992, while the highest score in competition overall is 427 set by Belgian Walter Bax on March 12, 2006 at a competition held in Deurne, Belgium, beating his own previous record of 425