The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-20
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WELCOME TO THE CHAMPION.
Frank Sberman's Victories in Pool
Remembered by His Friends.

Frank Sherman returned to Washing
ton Yesterday at o'clock, bringing back
| 10 his home city the championship of the
world in pool, having in a recent tourna-
| ment in Boston beaten the former cham
| pion, De Orc.
| great welcome had been prepared by
| the friends of the great pool player, and
he was greeted right royalty. The real
! ovation did not, however, begin until
| o'clock in the evening Then, with the
assistance of Haley's Orchestra, Mr.. Sher-
mans friends celebrated in fitting fashion
the homecoming of the victor. The lob
bies of the National Hotel were crowded
with friends. anxious to convey their con-
gratuations for the wonderful game he
played.
After the orchestra had played a long
programme and the stream of congratu-
latory friends had diminished enough to
give him an opportunity 10 get away,
Sherman gave a short exhibition of his
work. and played some of mis- original
shots, which had so dazzled the people in
the North.
Music and congratulations were by no
means all of the reception. His friends
had something more substantial in store
for him. In the earlier part of the even
ing he was given an immense basket of
flowers, but the climax was the presenta-
ton of a magnificent diamond-studded
watch charm, as token of the esteem
in which he is held by the pool playing
fraternity of the city. The watch charm
is a magnificent piece of work, in solid
gold, almost completely .encrusted with
small diamonds.
Frank Sherman is now manager of the
billiard parlors of the National Hotel. He
is young man, not having reached his
h ri.sth 10 Nr,-t A.,
Pa. and 1t was In that city he had his
first lessons In pool playing, His first
practice games were with Keogh, who
was defeated for the pool championship
man has been in Washington several
years, long enough, in fact, for him to
be considered a Washingtonian through
and through. He was first in charge of
the billiard and pool rooms in the Co
lumbia Athletic Club.
The tourney In which the championship
was won was played in Boston, and be-
gan February IS. 1t was for medal and
d money prize, offered by the maker of
the table upon which the games were
played. There were seven contestants, De
Long. William Stubs. the Canadian
champion; William Clearwater. and
Frank Sherman. Sherman's victory over
the former champion. De Gro, was most
man beat his rival by forty-eight a rec
ord which is simply unparalleled when
the standing OF the players Is considered.
by the rules of the tourney, each player
was 10 play every other player. and CON
sequently Sherman's Supremacy Is in
contestable out Of six games played he
made clean record of six wins, defeat
ing every man who came to him. De
Orc lost two games out of the six. and
was tied by Stofft. which necessitated n
play off, De ORC winning Grant Eby was
the FOURTH man on the list, winning three
out Of the six games
AS a fancy shot player Sherman is a
phenomenon, and is especially known be-
cause of his original combinations which
ne develops entirely on his own lines. un-
IKE the shots Of any other PLAYER He
mas run as high as 1G6. although In the
championship game no runs were made
a q nity-SeVen. AT the close of the
tournament in Boston, De orc issued n
10 Sherman for three games
one IN New York, one in Boston. and one
ia, Hshlnston for Sl,o?0 side. The chaI-
as yet been set. '