New-York tribune., 1910-09-09
YANKEES PILE Up RUNS KEOGH HOLDS HIS TITLE
Beats Hueston by Safe Margin
for Pool Championship.
BRILLIANT PLAY THE RULE
Challenger Makes Uphill Fight,
but Shows Weakness on
Long Shots.

TnmindfuI Of the occasional flights of
brilliancy on the part of his opponent.
Jerome Keogh successfully defended his
holding of the worlds pool championship
A DoyIes academy last night. In the final
block of points Keogh ran out the grand
total Of 500 balls while his challenger.
Thomas A Hueston. had only sol TO his
credit The total for the champions last
block was 1a5 balls. while his challenger
made 173 on the opening night Hueston
led by 213 balls to 166. but on the second
night Keogh entirely changed this by smoth-
ering the challenger. so that the lead was
reversed. Keogh being ahead on the second
night 405 to 322. The entire match con-
suned seventy-six frames-twenty- six the
first night twenty-five the second. and end
ing with twenty-five frames
The important piece OF manpuvring e
which appeared TO have the greatest bear
ing upon the match was the inability of
Hueston TO play a long shot. Keogh dis
covered this weakness in the middle Of the
string last night. At the end of the eighth
frame he was leading by 106 balls TO 70
Then. by amazing show of certainty in
his position play. coupled with rare dis
cenment in his selection Of Combina tons.
Hueston sent an even hundred balls to the
was spectacular shooting Furthermore. it
disturbed Keogh somewhat as he added
only FIVE balls to his string for the same
period
It was toward the end of this impressive
run that the champion discovered Hueston' s
uncertainty on long shots. The challenger
missed several. and Keogh took advantage
o II at once, and in 2 manner that while
risky. was effective.
The champion thereafter made the breaks
and spread the pyramid a little, leaving a
long but attractive shot for the upper cor
ners. When Hueston missed. the balls were
scattered enough to open the way for runs
that quickly brought the match TO an end.
At finding combinations and in playing
closely for position Hueston seemed. be
cause of his rapidity of cue manipulation
tc be the superior OF Keogh- The champion
was the same steady plodder, with only
rrifes in the way Of brilliancy. He began
the night with a procession Of frames that
were filed with careful and methodiCal po-
sitOn playing He was richly rewarded as
from the fourth to the sixth frames in
elusive he tOtalled a run Of Il The first
eight innings netted him total of 106
balls L vas then that Hueston came with
his rush that seemed as if it would over
vhelm the champion
This rush. by the way. began with . Won
derfuI shot on the break as Hueston played
daring kiss off after striking the bunch
The applause was long and loud, for II was
easily the best shot of the match. and by
II HuestOn cleared the table for the first
time in the nights session.
keogh PLAYED carefully toward the end.
It was futile for Hueston to try safety.
and he had the good judgment not to at
tempt il At picking out the three and four
ball combinations. the champion seemed
more adept than usual. He excelled in this
direction on the other nights play It was
tlcklish work for him, for ne found that
Hueston was inclined to take all kinds OF
chances, and another sequence Of remuner-
ative frames meant that the challenger
would probably forge into the lead.
In keeping the shots at long range KeOgh
somewhat handicapped himself. and the
ending of his string contained four scratches
that were due to his spreading Of the ivory
globes. How dangerous Hueston was came
10 light in the twenty-seCond and twenty
third frames. when KeOgh slipped up
break. The challenger cleaned the table in
each Of the frames mentioned, and he was
SO perfectly for position and with
such CIeanness in sending the balls into the
pockets that there was no question that he
vas not to he triffed with.
Keogh nipped Huestons aspirations for
regaining the title in the next two frames
for he played with unusual care and ran
out the match with the last ball on the
able being cut into side pocket at diff
fcuIt angle.