Evening star., 1908-01-26
Rueston Greatly Improved.

The other title to be placed in jeopardy
will be Thomas Huestons $ poo champion
ship Hueston has SO far improved In
two years that he has twice defeated his
prospective opponent, jerome keosh of
Buffalo The latter still has the idea
that he can defeat Hueston, and chal-
lenged for the third time Their match
will begin January n
Lovers of both games surely Will enjoy
a treat at these contests. Cline, who
was entered in the three-cushion cham-
pionship merely to fill in. from the start
deve loped wonderful form and steadiness.
He lost but one game in the eight he
played and that one went to Frank Day,
an also ran at the finish. One by one ne
took the star players. from former Cham
pion JeVne to John DAILY. down the line
and treated them TO beatings
Cline made d hit from the outset HIS
coolness under fire his splendid execu-
ton and his Willingness to go after diff
ticult tries caught the eye OF the crowd,
ard before he had won three games ne
became a popular favorite and this, too.
notwithstandin john Daily went TO the
trcnt and won four straight games right
off the reel.
Daily is really a clever executor and
will probably go after Cline at the latter
own style He gave Cline a splendid run
for the game in which he was beaten,
after being far behind at one stage.
For the pool championship the two best
men in the country are probably matched.
De Orc, king of them all when at his
best, in the old days. was forced to his
limit to win the deciding game of the
tournament from keoGh, who beat Hues-
ton in the play-oT of the three-handed
tie in the same event. On that form
Kco2h figured to beat Hueston. but when
he twice challenged and played the latter
later on. after Hucston had secured the
medal by forfeit. he showed that he has
either gone back that Hueston has
taken rapid strides to the front. Hueston
beat Keogh out in the latter'S own hall
at Buffalo and later took him to New
York and thrashed him at Morningstar' $
Hall.
Hueston has undoubtedly improved, and
the Improvement dates from the time he
began playing with old veterans of the
cue like Horgan, Jeyne and Day. With
the stroke of a champion. Hueston for
merly lacked Steadiness, coolnesS and the
sang froid to face close situations unruf-
fed This he picked up: he steadied his
execution, bettered his judgment and got
rid of the last trace of nervousness.
When he and De Orc met In the three
cushion championship tournament game.
the last test needed to show the temper
of his mettle was survived Samely De
ORC had refused to play Hueston for the
pool championship and made the aSser-
ton that neither would he play him In
the three-cushion tournament. The Ill
feeling between the players attracted a
houseful to the game when the promoters
finally patched up the difficulty and put
on the scheduled game. Hueston won
a hard. uphill battle all the way. De Orc
came with a marvellous rush at the end
and seemed about to win from Hueston.
passing him near the finish. But Hueston
never faltered and Crawled out with the
victory by some excellent shooting at d
critical moment
Hueston today. in the opinion of many
players is as good as De Orc at pool too
and the popular belief is that Hueston
will win from keogh easily.