The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13
Chief kiely Orders
Fighting Stopped at the
Local Boxing Clubs.

! considered by followers of the game the
| greatest shcrtstop player in the world.
IL, Is still very clever cucist. and. II 4
E;iine can be arranged between him and
cation. an Interesting match should result.
Frank Day is another player who mis MT
make things interesting for Cation. DAY
has not been well. hut be is player OF
class and in n match with such man as
! catton he might brace up.
The other player who could make inc
| visiting billiard player hustle IS Banker"
! John Morgan. AT the three-cushion game
| Horgan is as good as any player III st.
| Louis. In him Cation would find very
| calculating opponent in the angle game of
II Glenn Ellison were at his best he
could give Cation a game. He is not at
Frank Day, Ellison was clearly out
! claSscd by the State champion.
| Van DYKE is perhaps the best mechan-
. ical player in st. Louis. He has Il perfect
| stroke. and enough confidence in himself
Ia make him n worthy rival for any of
the local players. He is u bit careless.
however. and this habit has gotten him in
/ trouble on more than one occasion.
Henry Stofft, the Cleveland wonder. 6e-
parted for his home IN Cleveland ycster-
day. Stofft will more than likely return
II Benson can arrange q tournament. IN
the academy games Stofft did not show 10
the best advantage. lie lost more 'har
his share of games. His brilliant style:
however. showed him 10 he player oil
class. In a gene of $50 points or more.
perhaps Stofft could give any Of the play
ers 1T Benson's place Il hard ruh.
Tom Huestor. 'The Pride cc Belleviile.'
is still forging to the front Last winter
Hueston went stale, and did not play
billiards as well as he could have done had
he been IN condition. Tom. however. is
now In splendid trim and in the academy
games plays as wei! as either her 10y or
Clearwater. He easily had the enee on
Stoift in 4 fifteen-pont game
Alfredo De Orc has added another VIC
tory to his long list. Last week. at Balti-
more. he defeated Sherman. the Washing
ton expert. by q soofe. Of 80 to 3i'. Ac-
cor,liuC to Eastern scribos. Re Orc is still
the great player he always was. His long
illness has not dut,ed either his ey: or
touch, and he can stili pick out comhina-
tions that simply astound not only the
spectators. but his opponents Speaking
OF De orc. Il prominent pool player said
the other day:
II do not believe that De Oro's equal
lives. He is the greatest player the game
has ever known. He is to pool what Jake
Schaefer is to billiards: In all hiS career
he had but one legitimate rival, Frey,
and he is dead.
when he orc passes away the game
will have lost its greatest exponent. The
When mere boy his father who owned
one of the fertile plantations near the out
skirts of Havana. sent De ORC 10 New
York City for commercial education Dc
Orc was iHtrc SUcei to the game of pool
He was 4 success from the beginning. and
before he returned to cuba he could beat
any OF the crack pool players around New
York.
DE Ores father learned Of his sons
accomplishments with the cue, but was
not Over-entiiusiastic. shortly after hear-
ing OF De oro's great playing, his rather
sent transportation Ia him with a curt or
der to return to his home. DE ORC obeyed
orders. He was in Cuba but Il short tine.
however. when his overrowerinS passion
for the worries returned.
After following the peaceful pursuit of
a plantation ovarseer for several months
De ORC took Il trip to Havana. In Il
shcrt time he located the best billiard hall
in the town. His playing attracted atten-
zion. and in few months time no was
backed for large sums against the best
players i'm Cuba. After defeating all the
cracks In his native lnud. De Orc again
sailed for New York. and has since spent
most of his time there.