The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-12
.DEMAREsT BEST
BILLIARD AMATEUR.
Young Player From Chicago
Easily Leads Competitors III
1A.2 Balk Line.
is GENIUS AT THE GAME.
Polished Up by sehaeffer, Who
Declares Boy Can Now Make
Better Masses.

NEW YORK. March lit has re-
manned for the seventh annual tour
nament for the 1i2 amateur billiard
championship. in progress at the
Liederkranz Club. to eclipse all pre-
vlous meetings In the standard OF
play. Calvin Demarcst, who came
from Chicago with the highest cree
dentials. has mare than sustained his
nome reputation by not only win
ming all three matches he has so far
participated In. but he has beaten all
iSssay Fss''ss VIZ az 60 ny s4 IF
Ferdinand lfJro9 gen burg re-. 'p althoseb
not Boosting clean score, stamped
his title to rank among the brilliant
amateurs by an unfinished run of 101
and an average Of nearly II 1-2.
Turning to the last man. ]. w. s.
Rolls. OF Philadelphia, who has played
his requisite five games and failed
to score victory, the quality of the
billiards may be gathered from the
fact that the philadelphian's best
average was IA $40. while his high
run was eighty.
Demarest Leads All.
AS matters stand at present Calvin
Demarcst has played three matches
j. NJ. S. Rolls. J. +. Poggenburg, and
DIR. L.. l.. Mial--without Il defeat. He
has got to meet his club mate. G Il.
Conklin. and f. w. Gardner, the title
holder.
The last named also has two
matches to complete his sequence. the
one with Mr.. Demarest. the other
with DR.. Mai. but was beaten on Sat-
urday by Mr.. Poggenburg.
y Most interest, however, is centred
in the youngster from Chicago, who
has got to beat Wynian McCreerys
high run of 1Sa to make clean
sweep OF all records.
Az to Mr.. DcInarests position in
the amateur ranks. there is unani-
nifty of opinion that he stands in a
class by himself. And the fact that
he Is unassuming and diifident on all
questions relating to his own work
warrants the suggestion that he Is
a genius.
1t SENS that Mr.. Demnrest took up
the game some three years and a
half since. and the manner In which
he played 80 impressed Lance
Perkins, the instructor at W. 3. Mus
sey's rooms in Chicago, that he asked
permission to take him In hand. The
youngster proved SO apt a pupil that
six months later he won O straigh,
rail handicap tournament at Mussey's
withRa high run Of "A and an average
4 OF 4 1-2.
Shortly after this he played two
matches against Mr.. Conklin, both o,
which he won with grand average
OF fraction more than g. He ther
won an amateur tournament at Mus
seys with a grand average OF 10.
In last years championship tour
nament he finished second to Mr
Gardner after tie with ar. Poggen
burg and II. A. Wright, OF San Fran
r,tu ,c1, hut int TER q n
two defeats 10 his credit. In this tour
nnment young Demarest had n CRANE
average OF fraction. more than ~
while his high run was Sc. which In
cludcd an average OF nearly is In hi
play-oif match against Mr.. Wright,
Since then Mr.. Demarest playe
Ora hrorningstar, the professional
for six nights at 1872 balk line, and h
defeated the latter, with a grand aver
age OF 16 l-2 and high run Of IS:
His highest average In any one nigh
on this occasion was 80.
Although pupil OF Lance" Perkln!
Ar. Demarcst has perfunctorily bee
Deltshed up by Jake" schaffer. espe
cially as regards masses. In fAct, IN
wizard" has declared that MT. oe maj
est plays masses ms we'll as, u nc
better than he himself did before h
injured his wrist
their present tournament there ar
not only prizes for the first five, b,
a handsome bronze figure is donate
for the highest run, while anotht
trophy is given for the highest sing
average and still another for tho be-
grand average.
This afternoon Mr.. roggenbul
meets Mr. Conklln, and Mr., Gardn,
plays Dr. N1ial In the evening,
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