Chapter IX: Part II: Plate XIII (7)

=Fred Eames vs. Jevne.= Denver, Col., January 28th.—$500, former getting odds of 10. E., 85; J., 61. Table possibly a 4½ × 9.

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=St. Louis Tournament.= January.—Clarence Hutchings lost but one game, and that to Wright after having already won the tournament. Wright tied Clayton and Brock for third place, G. E. Hevner being second, and also having the best general average (.44), besides standing off Hutchings, Brock, and Wheeler on high run (5). Best single averages were Hutchings’s .65 and Wright’s .63.

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=Metropolitan Academy Tournament.= N. Y. City.—Ending April 4th in ties between Wm. Gershel and “Williams” for first and second, and W. S. Johnson and A. D. Ferguson for third and fourth. Gershel won by 4 in 35, averaging .52 (averaged .55 against J. V. B. Rapp), and Ferguson by 35 to 25, averaging .40. “Williams” ran 5 in the play-off, but in the tournament proper the highest was 4, by Gershel and others. In the tourney of November, 1903, Ferguson was winner-in-chief, and Gershel last.

1903.

=“Mussey Challenge Trophy.”= Closing March 20th at Mussey’s Room, Chicago, “Harris” (scratch, 50) averaging .57, won final game from “Wadsworth,” who took second prize, as well as that for high run (7) in an amateur field of eight.

In April, May, and June, a larger and higher class, numbering eleven, comprised a new tournament for the “Mussey Challenge Trophy.” “Harris” made high run (12), but Avery won first prize, and “Harris,” “Wadsworth,” Riley and Wheeler tied for next four places. In the first challenge match that followed, June 19th, Avery was defeated by “Wadsworth.” This challenge series is still (February, 1904) playing, Morin, “Wadsworth,” and Riley having severally won the most matches. Had Morin won the match he lost to Riley in January, 1904, the emblem would have been his to keep.

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=Gallagher vs. Luis Vasquez.= Daly’s, N. Y. City, May 27–29th.—Purse game. V. made the highest run (11), but lost by 200 to about 170. This was the Spaniard’s debut in the East.

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=Jevne vs. Barutel.= Same room, August 3–5th.—Purse game, J., 150—.55—4; Barutel, 147—4. This was Jevne’s first formal bow in the East, although years before he had three-cushioned privately here with De Oro.

1904.

=San Francisco (Café Waldorf) Tournament.= December, 1903, to February, 1904. Won by Mitchell (George), with Pellage second, in a field of eleven.

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=Billiard Club Championship.= N. Y. City, tournament of eleven contestants, ending April 19th.—Winner, F. R. White, who lost not a game. E. O. Presby, second, was beaten by White only.

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=An Amateur Average of 1.03 in 50 Points.= Tournament at W. P. Mussey’s Room, Chicago, April and May.—Won by James Shea, who in one game scored his 50 in 49 innings, although his best run was but 7. Tieing Riley for second and third prizes, Henry W. Avery lost the play-off. Charles Morin won fourth prize.

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=Professional Tourney in Los Angeles, Cal.= Begun at W. H. Berry’s Room, May 2d, contestants being Arthur Seymour, George Kenniston, Walter Johnston, Robert Upton, and Joseph W. Carney, who finished in that order. On the 13th, Seymour scored his 40 points in 40 innings, an average of 1 flat. His general average we figure as .628, or not far short of two-thirds of a point to an inning, and the average of the whole tournament was almost half a point. As in Shea’s case, table was a 5 × 10.

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=Other Notable Averages.= In an amateur handicap tournament at A. M. Clarke’s Room, Chicago, Charles F. Conklin, defeating Kasey by 30 to 12 in the final regular game, September 2d, averaged 1.07. This made a tie for first prize among himself and Hyatt (30 each), John Daly (scratch at 35), Scovil (25), and Kasey (20), the five having severally won seven times and lost thrice; and Daly, in defeating Hyatt in the play-off, was reported in Chicago newspapers as having run 17, 7 and 5, and averaged 1.25. The run especially needs verification.

In November, in a tournament at Hauser’s room, St. Louis, the press of that city credited G. Gundaker with running two 6’s and two 4’s and averaging 1.20 in defeating Coon by 30 to 13. There a 4½ × 9 table was liable to have been used.

About the same time, it reached here through Duluth, Minn., papers that Wm. F. Hatley, in playing an amateur in that city, averaged 1.03 in 150. Here, too, a 4½ × 9 table was peculiarly liable. Moreover, the length of the game suggests that it was an exhibition of two or more sessions. Considering the number of points, the average is phenomenal. It is not known to us that Hatley has ever claimed it.

In October, 1905, in Davenport, Iowa, Lloyd Jevne, in playing Louis Magnus, was reported as having scored a game of 50 points in 41 innings, which is an average of 1.22. There was no higher run than 7, which each player made.

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=Team Tournament.= W. P. Mussey’s, Chicago, November 28th to January 10, 1905, playing in pairs.—Messrs. Sayles and Jones, who had led almost from the start, won by defeating Messrs. Wesseling and Short in the final game by 50 to 39.

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=Down-town Amateur Handicap.= Keyser & Garraty’s Room, N. Y. City, beginning February 6th and ending March 31st in the success of W. “Goodday” (20) after tieing T. French (40, scratch) and F. “Shawt” (34) in a tally of 7—2. The highest run (6) was made by both “Shawt” and Roux, and up to the last regular contest the best winning average (.67) was by “Larry Dooley” (34). In his first and last games, however, French averaged .63½ against Stone (30) and 1.03 against “Goodday,” who had won his first seven games straight, lost his eighth to “Dooley,” and now lost his ninth. The 1.03 is the best average to date in a tournament in the East. The general averages of the three leaders were: French, .48; “Shawt,” .42; “Goodday,” .25. In playing off the ties, April 4th, French lost to “Goodday” by 7 and to “Shawt” by 1, and “Shawt” to “Goodday” by 8. Wallace (21) won fourth prize. The other contestants were Freeman (32) and “Professor Turnero” (21).

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=Team Tourney at Mussey’s, Chicago.= Ended week of June 3d, Shea and Howe (45) tieing Morin and Burdick (50), and outscoring them in the play-off by 45 to 44.

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=Single-handed at Bensinger’s, Chicago.= Week ending June 3d, Lawrence won by defeating Huey by 45 to 24. Ball won second prize, and Huey third.

1906.

=Handicap Heat Tournament at G. F. Slosson’s.= N. Y. City, January 15–26th.—Eight were forced out by their one defeat in the first week, and of the remaining eight the ones longest to last were Rinehart (scratch, 40) and J. A. Pallasco (36). The latter averaged .38, and the former scored 33, Pallasco thus winning first prize, a costly fur overcoat.

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=Bensinger’s Professional Handicap, Chicago.= January 15–20th.—Charles Weston (50), third; George Wheeler (45), first; Clem E. Ellison (42), fourth; Frank Maggioli (40), second.

1907.

=Amateur Handicap.= W. P. Mussey’s Room, Chicago, closing in April.—Ties played off made Stanley first, Austin second, and Lord third. Stanley and Lord, with Fuller, were scratchmen.

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=James Ryan vs. Benjamin Laurie.= Imperial Billiard Room, Boston, nights of April 1st, 3d, and 5th.—Ryan, 150; Laurie, 139. They played again May 21st, 22d, 24th, Ryan winning by 150 to 144.

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=Amateurs in Los Angeles, Cal.= Jas. F. Morley’s Room, June.—Thirteen entries, and 25–point games. J. B. Bayne promised most, but was eventually overhauled by Clark, who beat him for first place. Milsap and Lacey were next best. J. G. Kendrick won prize for high run, which was 9 in a game wherein Chapell beat him by 25 to 22.

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=Championship of Los Angeles, Cal., Club.= July 17th to August 27th.—Nineteen entries, with handicaps from 25 to 12. Only one of the three scratchmen, T. E. Gordon, finished among the first three. Dr. R. B. Griffith (18) was first, Gordon second, and Carter (15) third.

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=Championship of New England.= “The Hub,” Boston, November.—Won by Albert G. Cutler, who “out-safetied” his strongest opponent, James Ryan.

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=Lambert Three-Cushion Championship of America.= St. Louis, November and December, tournament for the Lambert Emblem.—Contestants were Henry P. Cline and John Daly, tied for first and second; John Horgan, third; Lloyd Jevne, fourth; Alfredo De Oro, Thomas Hueston, and Frank P. Day, tied for fifth, sixth, and seventh; and Horace B. Lean and Joseph Capron eighth and last. Thus the two best known as caromers, Cline and Capron, were first and last, for Cline defeated Daly by 50 to 41 in playing off. Runs never reached double figures, but Day, in defeating De Oro with no run above 5, was credited with the remarkable average of 1.32 for his 50 points.

St. Louis, February 6th, 7th, 8th.—First match, three nights, 50 points per night. Henry P. Cline (champion), of Philadelphia, 133; John Daly (challenger), 150. The winner averaged .66, and on neither side was there a run above 6.

St. Louis, May 7th, 8th, 9th.—Second match, same terms. John Daly (champion) vs. John Horgan (challenger). Daly, 150—8—.59; Horgan, 142—6. The money-stake in this series is $250 a side.

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=A Game of 568 Innings.= City of Mexico, November, six nights’ play, 50 points a night, continuous.—Luis Vasquez, 300—7—.51; S. Johnson, 282—5.

1908.

=Amateur Handicap at G. F. Slosson’s Room.= February 3–11th.—Contestants, Messrs. Gremmels (50), French, Blair, Strauss, and Pallasco, the last four at 40. Won by French, who in his final game, defeating Gremmels by 20, averaged .52. One higher average (.67) had been made by Blair when he ran 6 and defeated Pallasco by 40 to 34.

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=Three-Handed Professional Exhibition.= Maurice Daly’s Room, week ending February 22d, 50–point games, playing twice around.—Won by Edward McLaughlin, who lost only his second game with T. J. Gallagher. Morningstar won only his first game with Gallagher. The latter made the highest run and best winning average of the tournament, respectively 6 and .67. McLaughlin’s .55 was high general average, .65 being his best winning one.

BEST PERFORMANCES.

There are few unquestionable records. Most of the professional
games, whether short or long, have of late years been played in
“academies” by “academy” employees. To admit one such to record, on
the plea that there was a public admission-fee, as well as more or
less of a staking, would be to admit all. Then, again, this is a
game that has never had a standard as to length. It is unlikely that
since 1878 there has been a better average for 50 points in a match
than Wayman C. McCreery’s .94; but there may have been before that
year, and without attracting any attention whatever. In a tournament
game of 50 points at Mussey’s, Chicago, Avery surpassed it by making
.98 during season of 1901–2. The best verified run is 14. Two
amateurs made it—Peterson in St. Louis, and Avery years afterward in
Chicago, both in Mussey’s rooms. Also in Mussey’s, in 1905, James
Shea, another amateur, reached 1.03 in a game of 50, while Charles
P. Day, in the St. Louis tournament of November and December, 1907,
attained to 1.32 in 50 points.

BEST PERFORMANCES BY AMATEURS

The New York Racquet Club was the first to institute a national championship of amateurs (1887–88–89–90), which it did not attempt to renew. There was no second essay until the Amateur Athletic Union entered the field in 1898–99. Anything in the nature of amateur record, therefore, may be said to begin in 1887 and end in 1890, to resume in another direction in 1898 and continue until now.

AVERAGES AT REGULAR THREE-BALL GAME.

17.33 in 300 (championship)—Orville Oddie, Jr., 1889.

11.03 in 1500, gen. av. (championship), Orville Oddie, Jr., 1887.

RUNS AT REGULAR THREE-BALL GAME.

257 in 300 (non-championship), Arthur R. Townsend, 1890.

195 in 300 (championship)—Orville Oddie, Jr., 1889.

BEST RECORD AVERAGES AT 14:2 BALKLINE.

57.14 in 400 (championship)—C. Demarest, Chicago, 1908.

42.86 in 300 (tie game of championship tournament)—J. F. Poggenburg,
New York, 1907.

BEST RECORD RUN AT 14:2.

202 in 400 (championship)—C. Demarest, Chicago, 1908.

BEST RECORD RUNS AT 18:2.

175 in 400 (championship)—L. Rérolle, Paris, France, 1908.

151 in 400 (championship)—C. Demarest, N. Y. City, 1908.

BEST RECORD AVERAGES AT 18:2.

33.33 in 400 (championship)—Lucien Rérolle, Paris, France, 1903.

28.57 in 400 (championship)—C. Demarest, N. Y. City, 1908.

BEST GENERAL AVERAGES AT 18:2.

20 in four games (1600 points, championship)—C. Demarest, N. Y.
City, 1908.

16.26 in five games (2000 points, championship)—R. Mortier, Paris,
1908.

15.91 in seven games (2800 points, championship)—L. Rérolle, Paris,
1903.

BEST PUBLIC MATCH RECORDS.

109 run in 1200 (non-championship)—L. Rérolle, Paris, France, 1904.

12.24 average in 1200 (non-championship)—L. Rérolle, Paris, 1904.

IRREGULAR CONTESTS

=Ives vs. John Roberts.= Henley’s Circus, London, Eng., May 29th to June 2, 1893.—$5,000 a side, 1,000 points nightly. I., 6000—run, 2540; R., 3821—run, 249. Roberts’s total has been variously given. The figures here are from Major Broadfoot’s “Billiards.”

This was styled a “compromise match” at the English winning-and-losing game on an English 6 × 12 six-pocket table.

CENTRAL MUSIC HALL. Chicago, September 18–23.—$5,000 a side. Ives, 6000; Roberts, 5303.

LENOX LYCEUM. N. Y. City, October 2–7th.—$5,000 a side, R., 10,000; I., 8738.

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=De Oro vs. Roberts.= On October 16–21st following, at Madison Square Garden, N. Y. City, these experts played alternately on an English and an American ball-pool table for an announced stake of $1,000 a side and the championship of the world, De Oro winning by 1000 balls to 927. No two players can ever be justified in creating a championship.

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=Hugo Kerkau vs. Johann Trebar.= In 1900 these experts, German and Hungarian, engaged in more than one series of “straight rail” games in the chief cities of their respective countries. The two were known to be far apart in skill. In one series, Kerkau scored 40,000 to Trebar’s 4998, and made runs of 1656, 1743, 2194, and 3843. It invalidates these runs as comparisons with the lesser deeds of earlier men that, although scarcely through fault of Kerkau, they were not achieved under similar conditions. Years before he ran his 3843, Kerkau ran 3092 against Woerz in Berlin. This was under the old rule as to “frozen” balls, but it was probably also on a 4½ × 9 or smaller table. The 3092 were made in January, 1896. When, not far from that time, Kerkau was here, he showed capacity for but about half that height on a 5 × 10.

FIFTEEN-BALL POOL.

A 5 × 10 table, unless otherwise stated. After the close of 1887,
the game is always “Continuous Pool.”

1878.

Record properly begins with the

=First National Championship Tournament.= Union Square Rooms, N. Y. City, April 8–20th.—Best in 21 games of 61 up, for an emblematic gold medal and $550 in four parts. Among the contestants were all the recognized first-class American caromers of that period, with the exception of Albert Garnier, Maurice Daly and Jacob Schaefer. In addition were the pool-players Samuel F. Knight, Clarke E. Wilson, George Frey, J. McWarble, and Gottlieb Wahlstrom, “The Swede” No. 1. Winners in this order were C. Dion, Knight, Wahlstrom, and J. Dion. McWarble and G. F. Slosson tied for fifth and sixth places, Wilson got seventh, Wm. Sexton eighth, and A. P. Rudolphe tied with Frey for ninth.

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Wahlstrom and Wilson had played a match (December 13, 1877, Terrace Garden, N. Y. City, which “The Swede” won by 26 games to 13 out of 50) announced as for the championship of America and $500 a side; but they were not warranted in thus appropriating that title to the exclusion of other experts. The medal of 1878 was held successively up to 1881 by C. Dion, Knight, Alonzo Morris, Wahlstrom and Knight again.

1879.

=First Championship of Indiana.= Crescent Hall, Indianapolis, January 2–11th.—Won by D. Hough from Albert Hawkins, George Morris, and R. E. Whitney (tied), C. Eden, Weller, Gould, and Mack. After losing his first game to Eden, Mack forfeited his remaining six by withdrawing.

1881.

=Début of Albert Frey.= Union Square Rooms, N. Y. City, December 29, 1880, to January 5th.—Frey, Chas. Schaefer, Otis Field, and Joseph King were graduated from a preliminary tournament of nine into the one next following.

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=Second National Championship Tournament.= Union Square Rooms, N. Y. City, January 6th.—Under amended rules. Winners of the five prizes were Wahlstrom, Frey, A. Morris, King, and Knight. Among the other four participants was Jacob Schaefer, beaten by Wahlstrom, Frey, and Knight.

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=Only Match for the New Emblem.= Tammany Hall, N. Y. City, June 2d.—Money-stake, $250 a side, best in 41 games. W., 21; Frey, 18.

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=Frey vs. King.= Tammany Hall, September 29th.—$250 a side. F., 21; K., 16.

1882.

=Frey vs. Knight.= Tammany Hall, March 8th.—$500 a side. F., 21; K., 18.

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=First Tournament at Pyramid (Eight-ball).= Republican Hall, N. Y. City, May 3–17th.—Best in 21. Frey beat John Dankleman in playing off for first money and the pyramid championship emblem. George Sutton (début in public) won third, and Jacob Schaefer (tied by Thomas Wallace) fourth. The others were Eugene Carter, John Bessunger, Knight, C. Schaefer, and Albert Lambert.

1883.

=First Amateur Challenge Championship.= C. E. Mussey’s Room, St. Louis, October 15th to November 7th.—Matches were to be 150 balls up, for $25 a side, none but St. Louis amateurs eligible. E. Thompson, tied with E. Block for first prize, won play-off. There were eight other contestants.

In the match that followed, December 4th, Ed. Dale won championship by 150 to 98.

1884.

=Third National Championship.= Madison Square Hall, N. Y. City, beginning January 10th.—Call ball, but not pocket. J. L. Malone won emblem and first money, $250, Frey and King tied for second and third, George Sutton took fourth, Lambert and Charles H. Manning tied for fifth and sixth, and Knight, Dankleman, and J. S. Leonard were the trailers.

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=First Call-ball-and-pocket Tournament.= Morrissy’s Room, Syracuse, N. Y., January 28th to February 15th.—Eleven were in, the prize-winners being Frey, Malone, Sutton, Leonard, and King.

During this year, as well as in 1883 and 1885, the leading players named above, along with Knight and others, all supported by local talent, figured in tournaments in various cities, all partaking of the nature of exhibitions, but Frey almost invariably winning.

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=Championship of Ohio.= Won by Gus Heman in tournament ending April 6th, Cincinnati.

1885.

=Peter Rodgers Defeats Malone.= Bumstead Hall, Boston, Mass., December 11th.—$100 a side. R., 21; M., 11. This contest was regulation neither in table, which was a 4½ × 9, nor in size of pocket-openings, which were large.

1886.

=First Match of Multiple Nights.= Maurice Daly’s Assembly Rooms, Brooklyn, March 15–19th.—80 to win in best 31 games nightly, $250 a side. Frey, 80; Malone, 72.

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=Frey vs. Malone.= Irving Hall, N. Y. City, May 11–15th.—Same terms as above, except that stake was $500 a side. F., 80; M., 63.

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=Henry Claess vs. C. Schaefer.= St. Louis, Mo., October 15th.—$50 a side. C., 16; S., 14. Same city, January 29, 1887.—$500 a side. C., 21; S., 10. January 29th, S. beat C., and in a later game C. beat S., each for $50 a side.

1887.

=Fourth National Championship.= Fifth Avenue Music Hall, N. Y. City, February 14–20th.—Tournament under amended rules again. Alfredo De Oro, of Havana, Cuba, making his first public appearance, tied Frey and Malone, but was third after play-off, Frey being first, with King, Manning, and James Hamilton fourth, fifth, and last.

The first match for this championship, represented by the Grote Challenge Emblem, was played at Daly’s Assembly Rooms, Brooklyn, March 28th to April 1st. Frey, 80; Malone, 40.

On May 15th, Frey forfeited to Malone by failing to cover his challenger’s money within the time set by the rules, and on May 30th Malone forfeited to De Oro, declining to play when challenged; but they came together for the Grote Emblem on February 10th, 1888, at Slosson’s Columbian Room, N. Y. City, in a single night’s contest, 125 balls up, best in 31. De O., 16; M., 15.

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=De Oro vs. Manning.= Turn Hall, Springfield, Mass., April 7th.—Pyramids, $300 a side. De O., 16; M., 12.

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=De Oro vs. Claess.= Schaefer’s Room, St. Louis, May 21st.—$500 a side. De O., 21; C., 9.

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NOTE.—This year established 4½ in. at the points of the corner-pocket jaws, and 4¾ in. for the side pockets, as the standard width in conjunction with 2–5/16 balls.

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=First Continuous Pool Tournament.= Daly’s, Brooklyn, January 30th to February 9th.—$50 entrance, games, 150 balls. Frey and Malone tied for first, and Malone lost play-off. Albert G. Powers was third, Daniel Lawlor fourth, De Oro fifth, Manning sixth, and Knight seventh and last.

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=Wm. Clearwater’s First Tournament.= Grand Billiard Hall, Syracuse, N. Y., February 20th to March 3d, continuous pool. De Oro and Clearwater tied for first and second, Malone and Powers for third and fourth, Manning won fifth, Myron Eggleston, George Kuntzsch, Dankleman and Wharton tied for sixth, and Louis Shaw was last. Clearwater defeated De Oro, but Malone and Powers did not play off.

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=Powers vs. De Oro.= Hub Billiard Palace, Boston, Mass., May 1–3d.—Best in 101 games of pyramid on a 4½ × 9.—$300. P., 51; De Oro, 35.

1889.

=Fifth Championship Series.= Hardman Hall, N. Y. City, February 25th to March 2d.—Continuous pool, 100 balls up, for the B. B. C. Co.’s Challenge Emblem and money prizes. Frey, De Oro, and Malone tied as the first three, Clearwater and Manning tied for fourth and fifth, and King came next and last after forfeiting to Manning. The first three ties were played off in Daly’s Assembly Rooms, Brooklyn, March 11–16th, 300 balls, 150 per night, and resulted in Frey first and De Oro second.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES FROM 1889 TO 1904. By rule, 200 balls nightly for $150 a side and the emblem. Albert Frey having died suddenly of pneumonia, the first match was between De Oro and Manning, and was played at Daly’s, Brooklyn, June 20–22, 1889, De Oro winning by 600 to 564.

Same hall, April 10–12, 1890.—De Oro, 600; Manning, 565.

Hardman Hall, N. Y. City, May 8–10th.—Powers, 600; De Oro 569.

Daly’s Room, Brooklyn, June 19–21st.—Manning, 600; Powers, 489.

Same hall, July 31st to August 20th.—Champion Manning’s opponent was Geo. Kuntzsch, who did not appear on third night, and Manning was awarded match.

Same hall, October 29–31st.—Manning, 600; Powers, 526.

January 6, 1891.—Manning forfeited to Powers.

Recital Hall, Chicago, March 16–18th.—Powers, 600; P. H. Walsh, 392.

Same hall, May 13–15th.—De Oro, 600; Powers, 517.

The emblem became De Oro’s exclusively in May, 1892, and in Syracuse, N. Y., in March, 1893, there was a tournament for another B. B. C. Co.’s emblem, which, like the one of 1889–92, was meant to represent the championship of America, but came to be accepted, in courtesy, as for the championship of the world. De Oro, Sherman, and Stewart tied for first, and won play-offs in that order, Clearwater being fourth.

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=First Match.= N. Y. City, June 15–17th.—De Oro, 600; Walsh, 398.

In November, 1895, this emblem having run its time, the B. B. C. Co. gave another. Clearwater won the tournament, with De Oro, Keogh, and Walsh second to fourth.

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=First Match.= Pittsburg, Pa., March 19–21, 1896.—Clearwater, 600; Keogh, 535.

Pittsburg, April 22–25th.—Clearwater vs. De Oro, a draw, and played over May 7–9th: De Oro, 600; Clearwater, 544.

Hardman Hall, N. Y. City, June 11–13th.—De Oro, 600; Eby, 404.

Illness forced De Oro to forfeit to Stewart.

N. Y. City, May 6–8, 1897.—Stewart lost to Grant Eby, his first challenger: 583 to 600.

Palm Garden, N. Y. City, June 7–9th.—Keogh, 600; Eby, 505.

Academy of Music, Scranton, Pa., August.—Keogh, 600; Clearwater, 350.

Bumstead Hall, Boston, Mass., March 7–9, 1898.—Clearwater, 600; Keogh, 567.

Pittsburg, Pa., April 27–29th.—Keogh, 600; Clearwater, 447.

Chicago, Ill., April 11–13, 1899.—De Oro, 600; K., 515.

Daly’s Room, N. Y. City, November 30th to December 2d.—De Oro, 600; Fred Payton, of Omaha, 479.

Same hall, April 19–21, 1900.—De Oro, 600; Keogh, 481. This was the final contest of the series, the emblem becoming De Oro’s.

[For Boston tournament, won by Frank Sherman, see 1901.]

Sherman vs. De Oro. Odd Fellows’ Hall, Washington, D. C., April 16–18, 1901.—De O., 600; S., 498. This was the only match for the emblematic medal, which became De Oro’s personal property in the following April.

[For Brooklyn tournament and the “Green Trophy,” won by Clearwater, see 1902.]

Green’s “Montauk,” Brooklyn, N. Y., May 8–10, 1902.—Clearwater, 488; Eby, 600. First match for Green Trophy.

Pittsburg, Pa., December 4–6, 1902.—Second and last match for the Green Trophy. Eby, 600; Walsh, 375.

This emblem became Eby’s by time-limit in May, 1903, and up to October, 1904 (see p. 340), no other championship has been instituted.

1890.

=Tournament for Kuntzsch Medal.= Geo. N. Kuntzsch’s Room, Syracuse, N. Y., March 17th to April 8th.—Medal and $125, De Oro; $100, Powers; $75, Clearwater; fourth, Manning; fifth and last, Joseph Dinning.

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=First Handicap Tournament.= Lawrence’s Room, N. Y. City, ending April 26th.—Playing off for first prize, C. Erickson (95) defeated P. H. Walsh (95). Powers (100) was third. Later came Edward Dougherty, Edward Barton, James Luddington, Stewart, and Dinning.

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=Binghamton, N. Y. Tournament.= Keogh first in field of seven.

1891.

=Clearwater vs. Kuntzsch.= Grand Central Rink, Pittsburg, Pa., January 29–31st.—$300 a side. C., 600; K., 428.

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=Second Medal Tournament in Syracuse, N. Y.= Grand Billiard Hall, and thence to Standard Theatre, February 23d to March 16th.—Powers first, De Oro and Clearwater tied (De Oro lost play-off), Frank Sherman fourth, Jerome R. Keogh, Wm. Wenrick, and Kuntzsch tied for fifth (divided), and Chas. Strewe, Nathaniel Ward, and Luddington, together with Eulalio Saborido, of Cuba, bringing up the rear.

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=Binghamton, N. Y., Tournament.= March 23d to April 4th.—Clearwater, De Oro, Sherman, and Eggleston tied for first, and Stewart and Powers for fifth, Stewart winning play-off, and the quartet finishing finally as named above. Keogh, Kuntzsch, and Wenrick were the others.

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=De Oro vs. John Werner.= Recital Hall, Chicago, April 9–11th.—$500 a side, Werner starting with 75 balls. De O., 600; W., 493.

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=Chicago Tournament.= “White Elephant,” April 27th to May 2d.—$100 entrance, with $300 added by the B. B. C. Co., 125 balls up. Powers won first, with Clearwater, De Oro, and Eggleston tied for second, and finishing play-off as named. Werner was fifth.

1892.

=Powers vs. Clearwater.= Philadelphia, March 2–4th.—P., 600; C., 420.

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=Syracuse, N. Y., Tournament.= March 7–18th.—$500 in prizes, games of 100 points. Winners—De Oro, Powers, Werner, and Clearwater.

1893.

=“White Elephant” Tournament.= N. Y. City, January 16th to February 1st.—Professional games for money prizes. Winners—P. H. Walsh, P. Rodgers, H. E. Stewart and Wm. Wenrick.

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=Championship of America.= Syracuse, N. Y., tournament ending March 24th. First, second, and third winners—De Oro, F. Sherman, and Stewart. [For match, see under 1889.]

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=De Oro vs. John Roberts, of London.= Madison Square Garden, N. Y., Oct. 16–21.—Match of 1000 balls for $2,000 on standard English and American tables, playing every sixty balls by turns on the two tables. De O., 1000; R., 924.

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=Clearwater vs. De Oro.= Pittsburg, Pa., November 2–4th.—C., 600; De O., 447.

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=Binghamton, N. Y., Tournament.= Won by Keogh.

1894.

=Pennsylvania Championship.= Philadelphia, closing February 22d.—Winners—Keogh, Sherman, Dougherty, Wilson, and Tate.

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=Clearwater vs. De Oro.= Cleveland, O., April.—As reported at the time, there were two series, C. winning the first by 1000 to 863, and the second by 1200 to 1188.

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=T. E. White vs. H. King.= May 7–12.—Half in Philadelphia and half in Washington, $1,000. W., 500; K., 372.

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100 to 0. Pittsburg, Pa., May 17th.—Clearwater thus won a game with Frank Munsey. Probably a 4½ × 9 table.

1895–96–97.

=Championship Tournament.= Syracuse, N. Y., November and December, 1895, closing 14th.—Clearwater first, De Oro second, and Keogh third. For matches, see under 1889.

1897.

=Seventy-five Balls Consecutively.= Dallas, Tex., January 9th.—The late Samuel Barnes, giving his opponent odds of 60, holed 75 balls from the start without a miss. Almost certainly on a 4½ × 9 table, and probably, also, with pocket-openings above regulation size.

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=Ninety-seven Balls in Succession.= Toledo, O., September 10th.—By Clearwater. See remarks above. There is the further objection to going outside of a frame to count pocketings as “runs” that the best players are not usually their makers. Such “runs” tend rather to come to losers. A player anxious to win cannot afford to run a risk that, sometimes justifiable when far behind, is folly when commandingly ahead. Besides, the rules themselves have been in conflict, one championship code (expired) having required the winner of one frame to open the next, while a later championship code (also expired) made it optional with him. The Toledo game was probably a mere exhibition. Clearwater has since holed 118 balls on a 4½ × 9.

1898.

=Roomkeepers’ Championship of Philadelphia.= November.—Horning and Levy, 5—1 each; J. Thornton, 4—2; Ed. Burris, 3—3; Sol Allinger and Rhoades, 2—4 each; McCabe, 0—6. Horning won play-off.

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=Championship of America (Nominal).= Syracuse, N. Y., December 10–13th.—Tieing Eby and Horgan on 7—2, De Oro won play-off. Challenge matches were not contemplated.

1899.

=Professional Tournaments.= N. Y. City, January 23–28th.—Won by Keogh. That in Chicago, Ill., ended in favor of De Oro by his defeating John Daly by 125 to 97.

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=Special Championship of Philadelphia.= February 15–17th.—Match. Dougherty, 600; Kelly, 504.

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=Keogh vs. De Oro.= Daly’s Room, N. Y. City, 150 balls nightly, for a purse. K., 900; De O., 813.

1901.

=Championship Tournament in Boston.= Hub Billiard Palace, February and March.—Announced as for the championship of the world. Frank Sherman won by 6—0, Stofft and De Oro 4—2 each, Eby 3—3, Clearwater 2—4, and Wm. Stubbs and Irving Long 1—5 each. De Oro beat Stofft in play-off, and then De Oro and Sherman entered into the only match ever played for the emblem. See under 1889, “Championship Matches.”

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=De Oro vs. Eby.= Boston, Mass., March.—$250 a side. De O., 600; E., 463.

1902.

=World’s Championship, 1902–03.= Clarence E. Green’s “Montauk,” Brooklyn, N. Y., March 10–25th.—Continuous pool, 125 balls, for championship emblem and money prizes. Clearwater and Charles Weston tied for first and second, and former won play-off by 20. Wenrick won 6, Keogh 5, Walsh and Long 3 each, Eby and H. P. Stofft 2 each, and W. McCune 1. (For the two matches that followed, see under 1889.)

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=Championship of Louisiana.= Miller’s Room, New Orleans, May 26th to June 20th.—Eugene Price and Emile Carreche tied on 5—1, and Carreche lost play-off.

In first match, Carreche took emblem from Price, and Tarleton made it his own by winning the next three from Carreche by 250 to 214 and to 160, and by 250 to 225 from Price in between.

1903.

=Professional Tournament for Money Prizes.= Clarence E. Green’s “Montauk,” Brooklyn, ending February 6th.—Stofft and Weston, 8—1 each; Kirkland, Sneden, and Rodgers, 5—4 apiece; Burns, 4—5; Smith, Ward, and Wenrick, 3—6 apiece; Hamber, 1—8. Stofft beat Weston for first money, Sneden defeated Kirkland and Rodgers for third, and Kirkland won fourth from Rodgers.

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=Buffalo, N. Y., Tournament.= Schwabl’s Room, March.—Byron Gillette unbeaten in field of nine, and Charles Porter, beaten only by Gillette (150 to 108), second.

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=Championship of Louisiana.= Miller’s Room, New Orleans, April 17th to May 12th.—New annual series. Mark Tarleton won 6—0, and E. Carreche and James Vorhoff tied on 4—2 for the other prizes, Carreche winning the play-off. Price was fifth only, Geo. Vorhoff being fourth. The others were Harry Alana and David Moore, who tied on 5—1.

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=Championship of N. Y. Athletic Club.= This annual series of tourneys merits mention now because Dr. W. G. Douglas, who for several years had been the club’s champion at both caroms and pool, this April lost the pool tournament to S. W. Becker, who had long been of promise.

1904.

=World’s Championship Tournament.= St. Louis, Mo., October 12th to November 2d.—For a trophy emblematic of the championship of the world, and given by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., with money prizes in addition. Contestants were Alfredo De Oro, Jerome Keogh, Wm. H. Clearwater, Frank Sherman, Grant Eby (all ex-champions then), Thomas Hueston, Charles Weston, and Benjamin H. Brumby, of Marietta, Ga. This was Brumby’s first in tournament, and he withdrew after playing four-sevenths of his games. On a game-tally of 5—2 (beaten 11 balls in 125 by Brumby, and 18 by Eby), De Oro tied Keogh and Hueston for the first three prizes, and defeated both in playing off. The decisive game was De Oro vs. Keogh, and the score 125 to 120. Having already defeated Hueston, Keogh took second prize. Clearwater tied for fourth and fifth on 4—3, Weston was sixth on 3—4, and Sherman won no game apart from receiving forfeit from the Georgian. Hueston was the first challenger in this series, wherein the stake must be at least $150 a side, though by mutual agreement it may be more.

St. Louis, November 24–26th.—De Oro, 600; Hueston, 470. Eby challenged next.

St. Louis, January 15, 16, 17, 1905.—De Oro, 600; Eby, 480. Keogh challenged on January 20th.

Late in March, the official stakeholders, on appeal by Keogh, awarded the championship and the full stake of $150 a side to the challenger because of De Oro’s failure to comply with the rules as to place and time of playing. De Oro was the next challenger, and each side wagered $100 in addition to the usual $150.

Concert Hall, Buffalo, N. Y., May 18th, 19th, 20th.—De Oro, 600; K., 563. W. H. Clearwater challenged.

St. Louis, October 19th, 20th, 21st.—De Oro, 600; Clearwater, 409. Winner was challenged by Thomas Hueston.

De Oro declined to play, on the ground that he had already held the emblem for the required one year, whereas he had forfeited it to and reacquired it from Keogh no farther back than the prior spring. Hueston demanded play or pay, and the official stakeholders on December 20, 1905, awarded the emblem to Hueston.

San Francisco, April 9–12th.—Hueston, 800; J. W. Carney, 512.

1906.

St. Louis, February 8–10th.—Hueston, 600; Chas. Weston, 589.

St. Louis, May 17–19th.—John Horgan, 600; Hueston, 542.

St. Louis, October 4–6th.—J. Horgan, 600; H. B. Lean, 454. Horgan resigned emblem to Jerome Keogh.

Rochester, N. Y., November 21st, 22d, 23d.—Jerome Keogh (champion), 600; Fred. Tallman (challenger), 346.

Buffalo, N. Y., December 27th, 28th, 29th.—Jerome Keogh, 507; Thos. Hueston (challenger), 600.

New York City, February 7th, 8th, 9th, 1907.—T. Hueston, 600; Edward Dawson (challenger), 368.

New York City, March 21st, 22d, 23d.—Thomas Hueston, 600; Jerome Keogh (challenger), 497.

Keaggy’s Rink, Greensburg, Pa., April 23d, 24th, 25th.—Thomas Hueston, 600; Wm. H. Clearwater (challenger), 537.

St. Louis, January 27, 28, 29, 1908.—Thomas Hueston, 600; Jerome Keogh (challenger), 584.

This, conferring upon Hueston permanent possession of the emblem, brought this championship series to a close.

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=Amateur Championship of “Greater New York.”= Tournament ended at Clarence E. Green’s, Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 24th, 1905, when Albert F. Young, Jr., won the final game, defeating Clinton Robinson by 100 balls to 11. This defeat tied Robinson with Geo. Kowenhoven for second and third. Messrs. Lewis, Fancher, Lake, and Alexander finished from fourth to last in that order. Defeating Kowenhoven and Robinson in a challenge match with each, Young soon made the emblem his own. Later, or ending April 20th, he and Arthur Hyman were matched to play four nights—half at Green’s and half at Samuel Gruhn’s Room, Manhattan—for a separate championship emblem. Young won by 500 to 356.

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=Championship of Cook County, Ill.= Thomas Foley’s Room, Chicago, March 29th to April 25th.—Eight contestants, of whom McNamarra and John Daly forfeited five games each. George Banks and Martin Fey, each of whom had won six times and lost once, played off, Banks winning by 100 to 88. Tripp, tied with Pelletier for third and fourth, beat him by 100 to 89. This was a challenge series, there were a dozen or more matches, and the emblem changed hands several times, its winner oftenest and finally (from Pelletier) being Fey in the winter of 1905–6.

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=Strollers’ Club Handicap.= Begun May 31st, N. Y. City.—Played in heats instead of rounds. There were 128 entries, but many of them forfeited without ever hitting a ball. The one to last was W. S. Fraley, who represented the Rochester, N. Y., Club. Next in endurance was Evan A. Gamble, of the N. Y. A. C., whom Fraley defeated in the final game by 150 balls to 98. George C. Smith, of the Union League, Edward F. Gray, of the Strollers, Dr. Walter G. Douglas, of the Billiard Club, and Albert F. Young, Jr., of no club at all, also lasted until near the finish. It was Gray who put out Smith by 10 balls, and Young who finished Douglas by 125 to 97. Aside from the final game, 125 balls constituted “scratch.”

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=Championship of Illinois.= Tournament at A. M. Clarke’s Room, Chicago, July 17th to September 2d.—George Banks won, with Dupree and Martin Fey tied for second and third. Pelletier was fourth, and John Daly fifth.

1906.

=Fifth Avenue Hotel’s Second Annual.= New York City, February 15–16th.—Contestants, who played from “scratch” and in heats, one defeat distancing, were Geo. A. Roff, Edward Rice, Joseph E. O’Donahue, Gillman Collamore, S. J. Dewey, Franklin Bien, Jr., F. B. Colton, and Mr. Schutt. The undistanced were Roff and Bien, and the winner of their game, by 100 balls to 46, was Roff, who was awarded a sterling silver cup. All the earlier games were 50 up.

1907.

=Third Fifth Avenue Hotel Annual.= New York City, February, 1907.—Eight competitors, George A. Roff winning the silver loving cup by defeating Franklin Bien, 100 to 95, in the final game.

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=Crescent A. C. Championship Annual.= Brooklyn, N. Y., February.—Having defeated leaders like J. M. Heatherton and Augustus S. Hart, lost to nobody, and needing to play only H. M. Barrett, who had won but one game out of six, E. H. Griffith was beaten by Barrett. This tied Griffith with Hart, and their play-off increased to 200 balls, terminated in favor of Hart by 77, the latter thus winning a championship that Griffith had to wait for until December 26th. In the tournament of that month he lost only to Williams (third to Kryne’s fourth), and twice defeated J. M. Heatherton (second).

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=Amateur Championship of Houston, Tex.= “The Brunswick,” ending February 22d.—Twelve were in, and Messrs. Thompson and Smith, each having lost but once, played the final game, which Thompson won by 75 to 56. Lubbock won third prize.

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=N. Y. A. C. Championship Changes Hands.= Annual tournament closed April 16th in game doubled to 200 balls, E. A. Gamble deposing W. A. Tilt by 200 to 108. This tied Tilt with Dr. W. G. Douglas, and his skill as a coin-tosser made Douglas winner of second prize. J. M. Heatherton was among the contestants.

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=Championship of Ohio.= So announced, as well as for $400 a side, in September, when a four nights’ contest at E. A. Pearce’s Room, Columbus, Ohio, between that player and McCoy, of Cincinnati, holder of the title, ended in favor of the latter by 800 balls to 513.

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=Championship of Louisville, Ky.= December, three nights and 600 balls for a purse of $50 besides.—Emmett Doran, 600; Ed. F. Schu, 352.

1908.

=Final Match of Professional Championship Series.= For Hueston-Keogh contest, see under 1907.

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=Last Fifth Avenue Hotel Annual.= Held in closing week of February.—Contestants, Geo. A. Roff, Franklin Bien, F. B. Colton, Gillman Collamore, Putnam, and Andrews. The last and decisive game was won by Roff from Bien, 100 to 99. The famous hotel is slated for other uses. Roff has its loving cups for the last three years. This February’s tournament was the fourth.

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=N. Y. A. C. Championship for 1908.= Tournament held in February and March. The chief winners were W. A. Tilt, J. M. Heatherton, and E. F. Crowe, in the order here given. Heatherton and Crowe tied for second and third, and the former won the play-off.

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=New World’s Championship Series.= Tournament held in Recital Hall, Chicago, April 6th to 17th, for a championship emblem given by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., and money prizes. Won by Frank Sherman, of Washington, D. C., whose tally of games won and lost was 6—1; Charles Weston, 5—2; Alfredo De Oro, Thomas Hueston, and Edmund Pelletier tied for third money on 4—3; Benj. Allen, 3—4; H. B. Lean, 2—5; and Martin Fey, 0—7. De Oro, Allen, and Hueston promptly challenged, the first being first to do so; and he and Sherman played the first match of the new series in Allinger’s Academy, Philadelphia, May 18, 19, 20. Frank Sherman, 597; Alfredo De Oro, 600.

The money-stake in this series is $250 a side.

RULES GOVERNING VARIOUS GAMES

These can be had, free of charge, on application to the
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.’s publishers.

RULES GOVERNING PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

At present there are but two, whether at caroms or at fifteen-ball pool, whose terms have not expired. The elder of these is the 18:1 (Eighteen-inch Line, One Shot in Balk), and the other the 18:2 (same line, with Two Shots in Balk). The rules appended relate to the making and the conduct of matches, and not to the general playing.

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=World’s Championship at 18:1 Balkline.= 1. Contests for the Emblem shall, in addition to the Emblem, involve a money stake amounting to $500 a side. This amount is necessary in order that the holder of the Emblem may not be challenged by unskillful players, whose only object in challenging would be to gain notoriety.

2. The sum of $250 must accompany all challenges to give them validity.

3. The holder of the Emblem must cover his challenger’s money within ten days after being notified that he has been challenged. Failure to do so, without sufficient cause therefor, will entitle the challenger to the Emblem. The holder of the Emblem shall not, however, be required to cover the money of more than one challenger at a time.

4. When $250 has been put up on each side, the $500, as well as the Emblem, becomes subject to forfeiture. The remaining $250 must be put up at least ten days prior to the date of contest, and after such final deposit the match shall be “play or pay,” i.e., death alone relieving the players from their contract.

5. The holder of the Emblem may be required to play at the expiration of sixty days from the time of being challenged, but not before. Should either party refuse to play within the specified time, he shall forfeit his claim to Emblem and stakes. Should both parties conspire to defeat this or any other rule relative to the Balkline Emblem, the match shall be declared off, and the stake money returned. The Emblem will revert to the original donors.

6. To define the above rule, a challenge issued while a match for the Emblem is pending, and being next in order, shall go into effect on the next day after that match has been disposed of either through play or forfeiture. A challenge issued while there is no match pending shall take effect on the day of its date, provided it is not in any way subject to the rule next below.

7. The challenge of a player who has been defeated while contending for the Emblem shall not go into effect until fifteen days after the contest in which he was defeated.

8. There shall be no umpires, and no one will be allowed on the platform after the game is called, except the contending players, the referee and the marker. Should there be no platform erected in the hall to set the billiard table on, and for the players to walk on, then no person except the above mentioned shall be allowed within ten feet of the table.

9. The referee and marker to be mutually agreed upon by the players. In case of failure on their part to agree before half past seven o’clock of the evening of the match, then the donors of the Emblem shall name the referee and marker.

10. All games to be 500 points up.

11. The holder of the Emblem will be required to defend it for two years against all comers. During this probation he must deposit with its donors, The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to insure its preservation in good order, and its delivery to the donors before 12 o’clock noon of the date named for any contest in which it may devolve upon him to defend it. Failure to do so (without good and sufficient cause) will entitle the challenger to the Emblem and the stake money, and the donor of the Emblem to the amount deposited as a guarantee for its safe-keeping and delivery, as hereinbefore provided for.

12. The Emblem becomes the property of any player who wins it from the champion and successfully defends it against all contestants for a period of two years.

13. In all matches for the Emblem, the stakeholders shall be the donors of the Emblem, The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., and all challenges to the champion must be addressed through them, in order that each challenge may be officially recorded, and the champion officially notified.

14. All matches for the Emblem shall be played with 2⅜-inch balls, upon a 5 × 10 table, manufactured by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., and furnished with their “Monarch” cushions.

15. The city in which contests shall take place must be located in the country of which either party is a resident. In case of a disagreement between the parties as to the selection of a hall or room in which the contest shall take place, the donors of the Emblem shall have the final decision.

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=World’s Championship at 18:2.= The foregoing code governs, with the following amendments and additions as adopted by the undersigned players finally on April 4, 1906:

Sec. 4 is made partially inoperative as to a challenge issued at any time within sixty days of the expiration of the two years’ term. The champion must cover the forfeit, and himself either play or forfeit, even if challenged as late as the day before his term would otherwise expire.

Sec. 8 is amended so as to require a railing around the table, and “not less than seven feet from the outer edge of the table.”

Secs. 8 and 9 together are modified thus: “There shall be no marker.”

The championship term in Sec. 12 is contingently prolonged as provided in Sec. 4 above.

15. The holder of the Emblem has the right to choose the city wherein the contest shall take place. However, he is bound to select a city located in the country in which he or his opponent has his legal residence. In case of a disagreement between the parties as to the selection of a hall or room in which the contest shall take place, the donors of the Emblem shall have the final decision.

16. All litigious points that might be raised by either of the competitors in connection with the challenge herein mentioned, either before, or during, or after the contest for the World’s Championship Emblem of the 18–inch balkline (2 shots in) game of billiards, shall be settled, without appeal, by the donors of the said Emblem, and the competitors shall have to sign a copy of the present rules, accepting The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. as supreme referee in all difficulties that may arise between them on account of the contest.

THE ADDITIONS ARE:

1. There shall be no intermission, neither shall it be allowable to brush the table or wipe the balls during the progress of the game.

2. Winner shall take all receipts and pay all expenses.

3. The balls shall have a medium-polish finish—that is, between a dead finish and a high polish.

4. There shall not be any string of markers over the table.

GEO. F. SLOSSON,
JACOB SCHAEFER,
ORA C. MORNINGSTAR,
GEO. SUTTON,
LOUIS CURE,
WM. F. HOPPE,
ALBERT G. CUTLER.

INDEX.

Acute draws, 128, 160, 170

Aim and delivery, 26, 27, 56, 57, 77

“Albany Pony,” 8

Angle, false, 92, 93

Angles, 54 to 57, 64, 81, 86, 87, 90 to 92, 106 to 112

Around-the-table, 84, 85, 116 to 119

Attitude, 21 to 23;
for females, 22, 23

Averages:
how to figure, 204;
decimals best, 204, 205;
general or grand averages, 205, 206;
true and false, 206

Balkline Games described, 261, 264

Balkline Games recorded, 261 to 319

Balklining an American idea, 7

Ball:
ivory and its care, 14 to 18;
composition ball, 18;
standard size, 18;
fractional divisions, 27, 29, 41 to 44;
slowed in play, 38, 100, 103, 104, 115, 124, 127;
sometimes slides, instead of rolls, 31, 38;
illustrated cue-ball as struck for draw, follow, twist and massé, 28

Bank shots (cushion first), 167, 168, 178 to 181

Billiard-room:
its proper dimensions for various tables, 9;
how best to light it, 9, 10

Billiard-table arranged for different games, 72

Billiards:
pre-eminently a mental pastime, 1;
participation its chief charm, 1;
as a spectacle, 1;
historically considered, 4 to 8;
progress of, 1 to 8;
in its new forms, essentially American, 7;
appliances, their choice and care, 9 to 18

Bridge hand, 35, 36, 68, 69

Buist, Andrew, 8

Care of ivory, 14 to 18

Care of table, 11

Caroms illustrated and directed, 46 to 199

Carr and his magic chalk, 7

Chalk, 7, 13

Change of impingement, 56, 57

Changing habits of play, 19, 20

Close draw, 193, 199

Cloth, 12, 13

Cue, 12, 13, 24;
how to hold, 25, 26;
elevation, 38, 39

Cue-ball, 28;
divisions of, 27, 29, 43, 44;
control by means of, 53, 106, 107

Cue-leathers:
alleged origin, 6 to 7;
choice and care, 13, 24, 25

Curve, convex and concave, 48, 49;
allowance for, 53

Curve massé, 130

Cushion-carom Game, 8, 320 to 328;
change of rule, 322

Cushion first (see bank shots)

Cushion follow, 88, 89, 136, 137

Cushion kiss, 67, 137, 138, 144, 147, 149

Cushion shots illustrated, 55, 56, 58, 61, 63, 64, 72, 73, 82, 84, 86,
88, 92, 96, 99, 100, 107, 117, 119, 122, 130, 147, 154, 158, 160,
163, 167, 182, 186, 188, 191, 193

Cushion twist, 60 to 63

Cushions: their requisites and care, 13, 14

Degrees of cue-elevation, 38, 39

Degrees of strength of stroke, 47, 75

Delicacy of touch, 24

Delivery, 26, 27, 31, 50

Diagonal, retrograde, rotation and impulsion, all in one stroke, 58

Diagrams of strokes, 46 to 199

Dions in England, 8

Direct caroms, 74, 78, 82

Direct draws, 152, 153

Division of cue and object balls, 41 to 44

Doubling object-ball, 100 to 105, 134, 172

Draw, alleged origin of, 6

Draw, acute, 128, 160, 170

Draw and twist combined, 112

Draws and spreads illustrated, 32, 77, 120, 128, 130, 133, 153, 160,
163, 167, 172, 192 to 194, 199

Driving shots illustrated, 100, 103, 104, 124 to 129, 142, 143, 150,
177, 186

Early billiards in America, 5, 6

Elevation of cue, 38, 39

“English” (see twist)

Equal angles, 56, 57

Estimating odds, 202, 203

Excessive twist, 88, 91, 92

Eye at instant of stroke, 26

False and natural angles, 90 to 92

Fifteen-ball Pool, records of, 314 to 324

“Fine-cut” caroms, 117, 154, 184 to 187

Follow cushion (or cushion follow), 88, 136

Follow shots, 29 to 31, 52, 53, 77, 88, 136, 172, 174, 175

Force of delivery, 50

Forearm movement, 22;
with wrist stroke, 112

Forfeitures, 200 to 201

Four-ball Game, records of, 208 to 236

French (or Three-ball) Game, records of, 237 to 260