With the exception of the world championship, tournaments were played on a handicap basis; Davis would concede a set number of points in each frame to his opponents, for example beginning each frame from 0 points whilst his opponent started from 14. He won the "News of the World" Tournament on three occasions during the 1950s, whilst his brother Fred and future world champion John Pulman each won it twice. In 1959, Davis attempted to popularise a new version of the game called snooker plus, which had two extra —an orange and a purple—and was used for the 1959 News of the World Snooker Plus Tournament. According to Everton, "the public rejected the game for the gimmick it was".