The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-03
MADE A Big AVERAGE
REMARKABLE ACHIEV EMENT OF
MAYMAN NCREERY, ST. LOUIS
AMATEUR BILIARDIST
EXHIBITION WAS IN PRIVATE
teen in SiX-Thousand-Point
Game With Tom Gallagher
Statement Is Vouched for by I'm
inlpeachabIe Acknowledgements
list Maffitt VIII Back McCreery.

CHICAGO, Feb. billiards must
have advanced wonderfully in the last
few years, when a fuIl-fledged amateur
dixie Wayman c. McCreery, Of st.
Iouis, can make a grand average OF
nearly sixteen in a 6000-point match
against a man like Thomas c. Gala
CHER This performance is vouched
for by George R. Jippey, the st. Louis
representative Of the big billiard sup
ply manufacturers. The performance
is said to have been recorded within
the last two weeks.
The games were played between
gallagher and McCreery in the private
billiard room Of the company in st.
Louis and were supposed to be abso-
lutely private. A disinterested person
was selected to keep the score and
there was no marker, each man keep
ing his own score and telling the scorer
what it was as soon as his inning
closed. In this manner and without
any witnesses from outside, 5000 points
lat fOurteen-inch balk line were play
ed. The games were played in certain
blocks. 1t was not continuous match,
some afternoons and nights as high
tas 500 points being decided. The aver
age was kept a secret until the total
number of points had been played and
then it was figured up. It was frac-
tion less than sixteen, a truly remark
liable figure and far better than it
might have been had the playing been
continuous.
BACKED FOR \ FORTUNE.
The remarkable performance was
not made public, but a few personal
friends of McCreery were told of it.
One in particular was impressed with
it, and. after being told it would be
possible to get on an almost unlimited
amount of money on the result Of the
tournament, said he would be willing
to bet any amount up to $4,000 on
AIcCreery against any of the other two
men in the tournament
This man is Charles c. Maffitt, prom
inently connected with thoroughbred
racing interests in the West. He is a
man with q reputation for doing ex-
actly as he says he will, and when
NcCreery goes to New York to COM
plete his practice work for the tour
nament Maffitt will no doubt be his
strongest supporter.
There will be but three contestants
In the New York tournament, which
will really be the biggest thing in
billiards ever seen in this country.
They will be Martin Mullen, of Cleve-
land; Wayman c. McCreery, of st.
Louis, and W. P. Foss, of Haverstraw
N Y Glenn Ellison, of this city, was
to have played, but declined, as did ].
Byron Stark, winner of the New York
class 3 tournament. The games will
be SEQ points each and the tournament
will be a double round robin, each
man playing each other twice. The
total games won will count in deciding
the winner. The principal prizes will
be a trophy emblematic of the cham
pionship of America and one for sec
ond place Of almost equal value.
The different games are likely to be
among the biggest betting propositions
ever seen in billiards in the country.
They will also be social events of i'm
portance. as admission will be by in
Nitation only.