The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-10-08
GOOD OUTLOOK ''
i FOR BILLIARDS
WORLDS EXPERTS TO sE sEEN
IN SERIES OF MATCHES IN
4 ft,.N america. q
SUTTON WILL DEFEND TITLE
Has Accepted Challenge from Jake
shaefer and viii Meet Him In Chi.
cago November 5--Famous French.
men Plan to Seek laurels In
America.

Billiard contests between the worlds
greatest cue experts are to form very
Important feature in the indoor sea
son of winter sports this fall and
winter. the preliminary steps being al
ready taken for several events Of this
kind.
George Sutton has accepted chal
lenge from Jake Schaefer for match
at lS.2 balk line, and has named No
vemher as date acceptable to him
and Chicago as the place. Sutton
holds the worlds championship EN-.
blem given by the Brunswicke. Bake.
Collender company, which Schaefer
desires to add to his collection. eli.
ready having won the 1871 emblem.
The game will be of 500 points.
y. The committee of the National As.
sociation of Amateur Billiardists of
America has Formulated plan for
holding a series of matches In this
country between French and Ameri.
can players. This contest Is the ont.
growth of the recent challenge from
the French association.
Plans for holding the class A ma.
uonal championship. won last year
BY Calvin Demarest, Of Chicago. will
also be considered. Chicago wants
the tournament this year. and the
Licderkranz club of New York. which
held II last year, will also he bidder.
The date will be in February or
March.
, j. Ferdinand Poggenburg. Of the
Liederkranz club; ]. G.. Jenkins, Jr.,
OF the Hanover club. and Dr. A. b. Mil.
Ter. of the American Billiard club,
have been appointed a committee to
draft a reply 10 the communion tion
from Comte de Dree of the French
Billiard association. concerning the in.
ternational tournament between Euro
pean and American amateur billiard
experts.
This committee will report to the
next meeting of the National Associa.
ton of Amateur Billiard Players.
They will prepare reply embodyine
a plan for international! games to be
;layed In tho United States the com.
ing winter, which win he submitted
for actioa. Tho association will modi.
fy the report, but there is every prob.
nbility OF approvol and ratification.
That no effort wiil be spared TO bring
about the contests suggested Is as.
5urcd.
Among the French experts who are
likely to come here are Rerolle. Far.
Tox, Darranticre and Compile de Dree
The first neined has been recognized
as the International amateur cham
pion since he defeated Wilson p. Foss
and the trophy he then acquired has
row become his personal property. H..
Is 49 years old and the dean of the
Partisan amateurs. Farroux, consid-
sidered equally skillful, Is about 30
years OF age. He Is Clyil engineer
and editor of L'Auto. In 1904 he visit.
ed New Yors as the representative of
q French Automobile society at the
Vanderbilt cup race. While here ne
played game for pastimc at Maurice
Days, his opponent being Narcotic,
the Montreal expert His perform.
ance was one that compared fayorably
with tho work of llrst-class short
stop professionals. OF the skill OF
Darrantiere and Compile de Dree little
IL known here. Maurice DAILY, how
ever, was informed during recent
visit to Paris that both are strong
players.