Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-23
DARING SHOTS MADE
HUSTON POOL KING
De Orc Had Bad Luck, But
Was Careless and Out
of Old Form.
From the s.. Louis Globe Democrat.

From the s.. Louis Globe Democrat.
Displaying not only the worst form he
has shown in a pool match in twenty
years, but also playing an apparently
listlcss and careless game Alfredo De
Orc. worlds pool champion, for the third
successive night was oGtplayed by
Thomas Hueston. challenger for the
title. al the Rex billiard auditorium last
Wednesday night, Hueston winning the
championship. $500 side wager and entire
gate receipts for the three nights by a
score of GOO to 436. The score Wednes-
day night was 1SS to 104.
Monday night De ORC overlooked two
fouls by HueSton, which. if he claimed,
might have made difference Of sixty
balls in the score. Wednesday night.
when he had the balls scattered all over
the table. he made bad foul. Another
time he miscued Twice he overlooked
or was afraid to try combination shots
that HuestOn ripped into without mo-
mentS hesitation and made
De Oro's error in not seeing the fouls
that HueSton committed Monday night
was due to the fact that he was talk
ing 10 ii friend, On one of the fouls
when Hueston was shooting out of the
bunch he rolled one Of the worries a
full eighteen inches with his cuff. but
shot at the next bail hurriedly, and De
ORC did not notice the foul. Hueston
deserves his victory. All through the
match he outplayed the Cuban. When
he was not shooting he had his eyes
on the table. De Oros foul Wednesday,
night was Il slight one. but Hueston
was on his feet in an instant.
Bad Breaks for De Orc.
ielf ,I--
were against De ORC. he might have
made the balls break better for him.
Hueston, cool, confident and playing
in almost perfect form, tried for the
most difficult shots on the table. What
might be called a follow draw shot on
the rail to pocket a ball in the corner
drew out such applause from the crowd
OF 400 or more persons present who
packed the room that Hueston had to sit
down until the crowd had finished He
made no less than three brilliant combi-
nation shots Wednesday night, breaking
the bunch.
At that Huaston was a bit overconfi-
dent. When he would get near the
end of each frame he would become
careless and several times allowed the
last two balls to so to De Orc. When
1t came down TO question of hard.
steady safety plays or difficult shots
once he made shot that the crowd
could not understand. He had two
scratches charged against De Orc in sue
oe.ssion. Hueston could have played
safe and then De Orc would have to
hit ball, breaking UP the bunch in all
probability. If De Orc did not hit ball
Hueston could have CLAIMED the fifteen
balls. Hueston. however on his turn
shot for the bunch to play safety and
broke the triangle I'D considerably. He
L bo haI1c - ,otl Inv
to De Orc, as some said, as the Blond
Haired Wonder has no sympathy for De
Oro and was considerably annoyed when
he realized that he had overlooked a
chance.
Hueston a Great Favorite.
Tie crowd favored Hueston because of
his brilliant style of play, and also that
it was comparatively young man
against a veteran. De Oro's efforts to
pull himself together were almost pa
thetic. On one occasion he was In a
place where If he tried to play safety
ne might scatter the balls. On the con-
traIy IL he played safe by merely moving
the ball, which would have been a scratch,
Hueston might have done likewise. De
Orc figured for second. put down his
cue, walked to the table, took drink of
water, chalked his cue tip. wiped his
hands and walked over and talked to
friends. Finally he played scratch
safety.
Hueston made some combination shots
that few persons in the house knew how
they went except the players and Referee
Peterson. Once with the cue ball almost
frozen against the triangle of balls De
Orc could see nothing to shoot at and
merely touched the cue ball with his
cue. constituting a foul. Without hardly
a moments hesitation Hueston shot for a
and pocketed the ball he
called