The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-19
ROBERTS OUTPLAYS DE ORC.
NOM MEN CLEARED THE TiRLE IN
a SINGLE HAND.

The English Champion "sLinaea" the
America Table for the First TIme-It
Was Comb,nntions Against EnEn-b
Hazard Play Last Nisbt-Th- Cuban
Make. a Magnificent kt-- Combination.
II was Roberts who did the better playing
when he aud Alfredo De Orc. tho opponents OF
the gentlomen's gam OF POOL. started the third
night o! their big international match at mixed
Yankee ard English pool at the Madison
square Garden Music Hall. The evenings play
started with four frames at Yankee pyramids.
and the Englishmnn picked out IL balls with
pretty cuts and drives De Orc balanced his
right hand finger tips on n piece Of chalk In
lieu OF n bridge In thu framc-a very odd de-
vice that amused the critics. Club men and
ladies again watched with evident interest the
scientific safety tactics that both mon resorted
to in the second frame. The young Cuban got
n whnck at one OF his inevita bio combinations
and quickly turned tho tables on his stnlwart
adversary. making IL to 9 on his own hook.
He lost one ball for miss. ana tho nglish-
man forfeited on errors OF play. Then De orc
went at the pyramid with a dash Of enthu-
sasm and whiskcd the globes of the table
quick wink. Roberts almost held his own
on the American frame. the Cuban beating him
only 4 balls
The Cuban champion changed his cue when
the game was transferred to the big English
table, where the pool shots are difficult. It
was 17-ounce cue with smaller tip than
the lSh-ounce stick he uses at Yankee pyra-
mids. There was the customary marked fall
ing Off In speed when they tackled tho little
red globes and the smaller pockets The
Cuban executed some exquisite banks that
drew applause. They were u deal harder to
make than on the Yankee table. The Eng
lishman replied with some corking long
drives"
Asafety opening break by the Cuban m ad Q the
pool lovers clap their hands delightedly in the
following frame. lIe scattered the end balls
and drew them back into tho pile perfectly.
The Engiishman treated the pool lovers to
the most brilliant inning In the match. He
tell back on glorious hazards and pick ed out
fourteen balls the best run yet at the English
game. De Orc captured the remaining globe
by dizzy bank. Tho Englishman had whit
tied OF chunk OF the Am srican cha ID pion's
lead. The score was De Orc 1897. Roberts 2S7.
The Cuban knocked a bizarre combination
out OF the bunch into the corner pocket. and
gained the frame by Sto7. He repeat cd tho
performance in the next Frame but the big
Briton had beaten him IL balls on the four
More billiard lovers came in In evening dress
They got a chance to see that the English
champion was slowly improving at the Ameri-
ting style BY il to i. and the hal! rang with vH
I plG%dits for his aI@irabs skill fobeTts
eorner and tho mp Cuban l'' jumped i to the the
table and sent re globes fly ing in, great style.
to sSe tab 1t at ao e sss
balls. and lost one for sending the enc bail
o Of s msgo oar in h rsd
drsw for position Roberts PLAYED
and Robe1ts carried ' NJ the franz ny
~ss only 1G 80 haRns s4 to ~ SERIES lie
b some e1o :" II clever SAFETY sy marked
the play at times. He executed a. great kiss"
the and anSed It aesn cut nts
the side pocket. The, billiard lovers roared
defsated the Ensiishmae points on enG he bic
table. snd then started OF on some bewi!der-
YANKEES was 81 ereu 3w WorH .a oa
%,staks He nRps1 the entire trans
adversary was IIteraiiy swamped in n shs hand
sas aIs hs shd
stay : whirlwlnd. though. to stop the cuPan IS
Sobss 5 II sss seet n.
b bin 3P at times shSwing his miarity
ton was an Intensely Interested student of the
Roberts accomplished tho dazzling feat OF
hand. He had not before done this at Yankee
pool. and the throng shouted its delight.
The Englishman was back again OF the big
British table after this performance. and was
at home in preventing any further increase OF
his young rival lead. His hazards were con-
spicuously neat and accurate. He got nine on
one frame. thirteen on the next. and eleven on
evening exhibition In this frame. after pro-
longed battle fer the last ball. Roberta had
outplayed De Orc. and cut down the Cuban's
lead from "a to 20 points. The score by frames:
De o re H. T. Ga "a iss;s.I 124:1.o7 49, g.
- Robsrts.12, !, 3, 1910, - la, =. 10. 1889
TO. g. 4. 1b-p. IS liz 1888 +237==42b
English Game-Roherts. S7I De ORC, NJ.
American game-Roberts 1o1; De Orc 81
Referee-Mr e, 4. Kirby