Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-13
GREAT POOL PLAYING.
A Splendid Exhibition by DE Orc and She
man q. the C.. a. Club.

A Splendid Exhibition by DE Orc and Sher-
man n the &. a. Club.
What one did not know about pool was easily
discovered last night a. the pool exhibition be-
tween Alfred De Orc. the worlds champion,
and Frank Sherman of this city, who finished
close second to him at the Syracuse tourna-
nent. Apparently impossible shots we're picked
out and made with ease. Difficult banks. pretty
combinations and kiss shots were played to the
delight of the enthusiastic audience which wit
messed the performance. The table had been
set M in the gymnasium Of the Columbia Attn
letic Club. whose billiard and pool rooms Sher-
man has charge of. The seats about the table
were arranged in banks and with seats on the
running track above every spectator had an ex-
celent view of each shot.
Naturally the crowd was with the local
player. but II not partisan one. and De
Orc won the admir- alton and received the hearty
plaudirs of all by his clear-cut style and pre-
cision of play He paved with apparent conf
dence. and after taking the lead in the thir-
teenth frame he steadily forged ahead. win
ming his two hundredth ball when Sherman had
142. sherman started out in good style. having
IS in the twelfth frame. when his opponent stood
at u, but at that point he YVES unfor sunate in
the way the balls rolled for him. and in his
break on the next frame De Orc pccketed the
one ball in sight. at the same time placing him
self for a combination which scattered tine
bunch. after which he holed all fifteen. From
this poin. the Cuban played a wonderful game.
clearing all fifteen balls three times in success
sion after Sherman had broken. This gave him
a clear lead and confidence in his play. which
did not desert him. Sherman did not at any
time lose his nerve or become disheartened.
He played steadily and we'll throughout, pick
ing up AT the very close by going in three
frames from Ill to 143. In the next frame he
made a scratch, which brought his score down
to 142.
During the exhibition De Orc cleared the
table OF all the balls five times. while Sherman
accomplished this feat but once. De Oro's re-
markabie control over the cue ball was appar-
ent. He was almost certain to bring himself
into correct position and he never shot without
being able 20 tell what ball he would play next.
His ability to see all kinds of combinations in
the punched balls was surprising. De Orc
made six scratches, while his opponent was
credited with seven.
The players were introduced by Mr.. Harry
King and were heartily received. the scorers
were :. r. Elder and William Willis. E. D.
Fox acted as counter and A. W. Hodgkins as
referee. Play began at S:45 and it was nearly
II 0 clock when DE Orc pocketed his last ball
One of sherman's shots made during the game
was beauty. 1t gas a four cushion bank COM
bination.
After the game both De Orc and Sherman
gave a surprising exhibition Of fancy shots
The former closed with shot in which he
placed six balls in the middle Of the table in the
form OF the letter y. and by one stroke Of the
cue ball drove each bail into a different pocket.
On Friday and Saturday Sherman and De
Orc VIII give exhibition pool matches in Ba!ti-
more. The score by frames of las: evening
contest was ~ follows:
De Oro-2 Z 81 6 IL Is o 10 8 IS Is Is
Is Is Is 5 2 1920; scratches, 6.
Sherman-13 s 8 Is 81 o Is 2 u 0 o 0
6 IL 0 . 10 10 Is O-142; scratches. T.