The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-26


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Fanciers oc the pool game In ST. Louis
are anticipating with much interest the
coming tournament at the Broadway par
iors for the championship Of the world.
Frank Benson. the matchmaker for the
broadway. has secured list OF players
that includes the best known in America
Alfredo De oro. the Cuban wonder. is
perhaps the best-known player already en-
tered De Gro . the present champion Of
the world at nfteen-baH continuous pool.
the styie vhicn VIII govern the proposed
tournament
Experts On the game throughout the
United State. ar. almost unanimou, In
a.,,.-,. IT., ... ~-..,.., IT.. $1,000,
=, ~. es,aans.m IN 80. :. ~, ~ -,
conoly Of baize-cloth knights pick him TO
"a, ~. ,o,-n.,- ,,,, an -, a., -" IN
VIE 'ns 'ou.nes. ou. Az anihi. 'ha' ne ~.'
nave the hardest engagement OF MS ca
reer when he measures cues With the ex-
,e-,s already .,,.,.1 %, IN. oc,ob.,
-.
EBY TO PLAY DE ORC.
Grant Eby. champion OF the United
local players are mosS desirous OF seeing
in action against the worlds champion.
Las. .i,te, ,ls ,.,, r.,s IN h.x. nl.x>d
.e -. " y, -
and interes, was at a high pitch. but they
s,d M, ,n.e.
So
u,oeiS'ooa .nA' Hu'uAi
io' an o'i.' Ao''1'S - WHAT
kept theni apart
But IN tne PROPOSED championship n'stch
al the broadway the pair are bound TO
cross cues and .es. their ,eneralsh;n on
,ho a. sx,o ,.,,o a.. -.
'ie ois 'Ai' 'ao'e IN the academy
however. who will give considerable ,rou-
pie 10 De ofo ard Eoy-
was in New York and visited Jerome
kecsh's parlors at Buffalo. Keogh was In
practice at the time. getting ready for
Of Keosh. said: When the tournament
Is played I will place some OF my money
on Keosh. His playing on the resuiation
table at his place IN Buffalo was a reveIa-
,loI 20 me ne puts ne worries INTO the
euraey. and his eeneraIssin - maIuo,a,s sno
Unless I am badly mistaken there viii be
q new champion aneE The tournament il
he Viii be- Ierone Ka5sh y, u "a, q ,piopHs'
. "a fei'ao' ~
F-,k pa,,o, ,,.,-,u
% ssscss bsson ,hs n, na,uraL.y y. Gees rot IKE
20 uisJuss the chahces OF the various en-
,s ,snes' .,,, psn on pas, perforTa,css nee he says
a., Ia .ai ns ,.,ea %. fEusou.s has
a.. et.ai Win any man IN tne
S says mat while
C,ear "aeer rs no, me pest match game
payer IN tne Worid ne Is. perhaps. the
greatest OF thein All IN tournament
WASHINGTON REPRESENTED
Frank Sherman. the Wasbiny,on n r
eh.'y. oe'ea,ed pe oro at Washington
by winning from Sherman a few weeks
later al Richmond
Clearwater and Eby PLAYED a match
game here last year. and Eby won after
the most stubborn kind OF a match Ehy
outganed the Pittsburg man toward the
end and. got the contest on the last frame |
The entry from Butte. ". W. King. Is
not very well known IN the pool world bu,
local players who have seen him in action
say that he is really one OF the hes,
players In the business. They admit that
he lacks the technique Of some OF the
other players. but claim that his daring |
manner OF making Combination rhofs
THE LOCAL ENTRrr-s
G, ro,J. ,,.~ -.
81 i-ou's may haVe Two entries in the /
tournament. Already Tom Hues,on the
local exper, has ,;sninad h,s ,r..,,,o, =,
s,..,s,. u,,..,,r> ., .h VI
0e"" ~ the youngest player \
entered for the laes two years he has
ana last year he gave to Grant Eby q |
very hard argument In their match at the
Broadway-
The youngster Is practicing daily and
mas attained wonderfully accurate
stroke His Improvement over the form