Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-30
MANY WATCHED
THE POOL GAME
White Defeated COnCannOn After
One of the Closest Contests
Every PLAYED Here.

Hundreds of sporting men from
this city and surrounding towns filled
the Kirby pool parlors yesterday aft
ernoon TO see the pool match be-
tween Joe ~Concannon, Of Wood
bridge, and Jim White, the color
ed pool sharp of Jersey City. The
match was for a side bet of $25 and
was 1926 points. Wight won by sew
enteen balls. The score was 1925 TO
los.
White, who has been in town for
several days shooting against all
who we're willing to come his way,
arrived at Kirby's about 2:30 O'Clock
and shortly afterwards Concannon
put in an appearance. The boys did
not get down to the game at once as
some dispute arose about the amount
of money they were to play for.
White seemed to understand that it
was for SIS and Concannon claimed
that it was for $25 and said if this
amount was not posted he would not
play. Wight agreed to the s25 figure
and shortly before ; o'clock the
match started.
In the first frame the score was 9
to 6 in favor of Concannon. In the
second frame C%oncannon was again
ahead, the score being 16 to IA, but
in the third frame the man from Jer-
sey City pulled ahead and the score
was changed to his favor. to the tune
of "a to 20. In the fourth frame
the score was 50 to 90, still in
Whites favor. The fifth frame saw
Concannon still behind, but only one
ball for the score was 81 to SO. In
the sixth frame White pulled away
ahead, the score being 81 to 81 in
his favor.
When the seventh frame was
broken things were warm and it was
only after some good hard work that
Concannon was able 70 get one ball.
The score at the end of this frame
was SO to s.. In the eighth frame
White was still in the lead, the score
being 81 to 81.
When the ninth frame was started
Concannon called Wight, saying that
the man from Jersey City had made
three straight scratches in this
frame and according to the rules of
the game, Concannon took the frame.
A dispute was started, but it was
quickly ended when the matter was
looked up and Concannon was found
to be in the right. At the end of
this frame the score was 65 to GA in
favor of C~oncannon.
The tenth frame started off with
White behind the Woodbridge man
one ball. The Woodbridge mar tried
his best to pull ahead and made
some neat shots, but White was too
much for him. SO at the end of this
frame the score was 65 to so in favor
of White. At the end of the eleventh
frame White was still ahead, the
score being II to 65. The twelfth
frame saw a big change and at its
end White was still in the lead, but
the score had been changed to 80 to
60. In the thirteenth frame Con-
cannon made three balls and White
made thirteen. This made the score
104 to 6S in Whites favor. The
fourteenth frame started off with
White away in the lead, but Concan-
non managed to do some good work
and White succeeded in getting only
four balls while the Woodbridge man
made eleven balls. The score at the
end of the frame was los TO 70, in
favor of White.
In the fifteenth frame the score
was 112 to IS, still in favor of the
negro. In the sixteenth frame the
score was 122 TO 80 with the Jersey
City man leading. In the seventeenth
frame the score was l22 to los, in
Whites favor, and as this was
mighty close it was agreed that the
only thing possible was to play an
other frame. In the nineteenth
frame White made l25 and Concan-
non had 10S. White won by seven
teen balls.
Beside the side bet considerable
other money changed hands. At first
only Concannon money was to be had
and it was around in punches any
where from IS to 500, and with but
few people to take 1t. But when the
crowd found that the colored man
could shoot. and good at that, they
were not slow in gobbling the money
Of Concannon's friends.