The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-27
EXPERTS OF The CUE
GLOW. SPEARS, HATLEY AND Pc
TERSON TO COMPETE IN
MATCH GAMES
CASH PRIZES AND TROPHY
Brunswick BaIke COIIander Com
pany Offers Prize EmbIamatic
of Northwest Championship
First Match at Fargo.

A billiard tournament for the cham
pionship of the Northwest will be opened
at Fargo on the evening of Nov. II, when
Charles Glow, of this city, will meet
Charles o. Peterson, of Fargo; George
Spears, of Minneapolis, and w. F. Hat
ley, of Duluth, win be the other contest
ants. The first prize will be purse of
$780, and the second prize, $780, The
Brunswick-B alke-Coilander company will
also hang up trophy or emblem
valued at $3.50 TO go TO the winner
All the contestants are well known ana
acknowledged to be the first billiard play
ers of the Northwest. They have met
each other time and again without ever
definitely settling the question as to
who was entitled to the championship of
this section of the country, and it is pro-
posed at this tournament TO settle the
dispute
The schedule is as follows: At Fargo,
Nov. II, Peterson VS.. Glow; No. II, Peter
son VS.. Hatley; Nov. Is, Peterson US.
Spears At Duluth. Nov. -, Hatley vs.
Glow; Nov. II, Hatley VS.. Peterson; Nov
Is Hatley VS. Spears. AT Minneapolis,
Nov. is, Spears Us. Peterson; Nov. i9,
Spears VS.. Hatley; Nov. 20, Spears VS..
Glow. At St Paul Nov. Is, Glow VS..
Hatley: Nov. 10, Glow VS.. Peterson; Nov.
q, Glow VS.. Spears.
billiard circles, having played in match
games in and about st. Paul fer num-
her of years. He was born at Warsaw,
n. Y. in 1869, and moved to st. Paul in
1856. He first began to play billiards
about 1891 at an amateur tournament I'M
der the coaching of Thomas Foley, the
we'll known expert. Since that time he
has made rapid strides in expert playing,
and is today and has been for some time
he tod ol, ofC A
present he is playing better billiards than
at any other, time during his career, and
his friends look to his getting in the
money at the coming tournament.
Spears Champion Now.
George E. Spears. of Minneapolis, the
present champion of Minnesota, is wide
ly known throughout the entire country
as player of extraordinary ability. He
is the champion fancy shot billiardist of
the Northwest. He was born III Mchi-
gan in 1871, and at an early age began to
play pool. at which game he showed re-
markable skill, and for several years he
was the best pool player in the state of
Michigan. In 1888 he abandoned his ca
Ieer as a professional pool player and
took up billiards, and since that time has
been rapidly improving and has met
some Of the best men in the United
States. He has defeated every player of
note in Minnesota except Hatley, of Du-
luth. His last match of any Importance
was with Charles Glow of st. Paul, for
the fourteen-inch balk line championship
Cf the state, and he won four out of the
SIX games played. He is considered as
The best man in the coming tournament
by his many Minneapolis friends.
- w. +. Hatley, Of Duluth, is among the
crack players OF the state. He lays claim
TO the title of champion of the North
west at the present time, and will it is
expected, give all OF his competitors in
the coming contest a hard run before
they defeat him. He was born in New
York state in 1854. He came West when
about fifteen years of age, and at that
time first began to play billiards. He
showed himself to be very clever with
the cue and the worries and has since
the beginning of his career played such
men as Ives, Slosson, Vigneaux and
Schafer. He recently defeated Spears in
an exhibition game at Duluth, and this
puts him at the head of the players of
the Northwest at the present day He
viii undoubtedly be heard from during
the tournament
Charles c. Peterson. of Fargo N. D., is
at present the champion billiard player
of Wisconsin. He was born in MilVau-
kee in 1879, and up until 1896, from the
time he first began to play the game, he
held place among the foremost players
of the state, and won his title to the
championship of the state in a series of
clever matches. He but recently went
TO Fargo, about two months ago, but his
playing has made him many friends and
followers, who are confident that he will
carry off the honors in the coming tour
nament.
This quartette of players should result
in some exceptionally clever and close
games, and it will undoubtedly be closely
contested. 1t would be q difficult matter
to attempt to name the winner on past
records, as all have shown themselves to
be masters with the cue