Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-01
POOL CHAMPION
LOSES FIRST MATCH
Challenger Keogh Defeats
Hueston in Opening
Nights Play.

NEW YORK, February Thomas A.
Hueston of st. Louis. professional pool
champion of the world, was beaten last
night in the first round of his 6OO-point
match with Jerome r. Keogh of Roches-
ter, who recently challenged for the
championship emblem, purse of $1,000
and a side bet of $3.50 The score of the
first nights play was 200 points for keogh
to 1913 for Hueston.
The play was considerably more 1istless
than is usual in a match of this import
ance and participants of such high caliber
as Hueston and keogh. The champion
was out-lucked at every stage of the pro-
ceedings: nor. for that matter, did he
play by any means up TO his true form
There was an intangible something lack
ing in his play that made Itself noticed
at the same time that it was impossible
of accurate definition. Also. through the
slowness and ultra-conservatism of keogh
the match was unduly prolonged. To-
nights match will be started promptly at
8 O'Clock for this reason, and the man
agement has promised a quicker game.
Big Crowd on Hand.
Six hundred men and women crowded
the concert hall of the New York Theater,
where Hueston and keogh are playing the
championship match, TO overfloWlng.
There was not even standing room in the
gallery ten minutes after Hueston first
broke the pyramid. From that time on
until well along into the evening specta-
tors crowded through the doors until they
were packed like sardines in the rather
too narrow confines of both the orchestra
chairs and the balcony.
The first and second shots to determine
who should break were ties. Referee
Jerry Weinberg decided On the third
shot Hueston lost and keogh let him
break Thereafter the luck was almost
all the challenger's. Hueston made. some
of the prettiest shots ever seen In cham
pionship match, but nullified their effect
by some careless or unlucky stroke. Once,
in the very middle of what seemed des-
tined to be a long run, he miscued ana
the error cost him at least fourteen points
within half as many minutes.
Keogh played very deliberately. rather
too much so for the comfort of the spec
tators. He took no unnecessary hazards
and carefully scrutinized the position of
the balls before every shot, even of, the
simplest kind. He simply could not and
would not be hurried. This delayed the
match very considerably SO that it was
not until after midnight that the first in
nings play was brought to an end.
Keogh's high run, which was also the
high run of the evening, was 81. Hueston
made one 20 and. but for his miscue,
would undoubtedly have carried that to-
tai very much higher. Both of the play
ers made some beautiful combination
shots, Hueston in particular shining. at
this method of scoring.
The champion was not shooting up to
form. but he did make some exception
ally beautiful shots, which, because they
were followed by a sudden costly error
did not produce the results that might
rightfully have been expected of them
Certainly a successful six-ball combna-
ton in the fifth frame, with the cue ball
the length of the table from the irregu-
larly grouped object balls. was in itself
almost worthy the price of admission.
Score by innings:
Keogh--l0, 3, ID. Is. Z, IL, II, s. 1, /, Q,
6. 3, Is, To- o. 9, 1. IA, o. Il. 6, ., 10, Z, IL
Total-o09. Average, s 1-26.
Hueston-4. II, O, o. s. 4, 3. &, II, 4. ), 6,
Il, 90, 10, >. ., l. Il, I. .. i, ), s, 4. To-
tales Average. 1928.