New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
DAILY SHOWS GOOD FORM
Leads E, Orc by Fifteen Points
in First Block of Match.
CHAMPION IN DISTRESS
Appears Nervous. FI119'n~ Easy
Shots and Shooting out
Usual CG~c

Despite q Let cf misses that y3oiled his
efforts. John DAILY the challenger. lied Al
fredo Dc Orc, the champion holder. last
night by counting 80 points at three-cush-
ion carron billiards to the latters 81. The
match played In John Doyles acad-
envy in West 42d street, and marked the
first block of three to decide the champion
ship.
Daily completed his string in 10 innings.
His best run wss Z. ha"fed by run OF
3. De Gro had only II turrs at the table
and his highest rtn 7-as B.
The cue work Of t,7e challenger, who has
previously held the che ,npionship for this
style of billiards, WAS at all times pains
taking Persistency was the key of his
playing On the other hand. De Oro an
peared often to shoot carelessly. He missed
easy shots and made difficult ones. once
he shot with Tho wrong bail at critical
stage. which cost hin, dearly Another time
he jumped the cue ball off the table to the
floor. He seemed agitated much of the
time as he vas never successful at gaining
the lead.
De Oro-s fidgety tactics began as he made
his string shot for lead. He rolled the
worries about and declared they were lop-
sided Four new sets We're brought out.
Finally the champion selected three balls
to his liking. Then there was another
: string for lead. This time DAILY won and,
selecting the white ball. he opened, missing
the regulation spot shot by four inches.
The champion began by counting pretty
round the table carroml of five cushions,
which he followed by safety. In the second
, and third innings De ORC counted one each
i'm Dntb ia of doubling
the cushions in the corners by the use Of
english.
Daily began his scoring on his fourth turn
at the table. He made two by natural
cushion ca1roms. On his next turn the
challenger counted three. The second was
the gem being q close follow around the
tab BILE for the count. This placed Daly in
the lead. lie played consistently, despite
the safety of De ORC, and 1t was only by
two great shots in which he snleared the
cue ball with english that the tally was bal
anced at in the thirteenth inning.
Once more DAILY forged ahead. He was
faced by the hardest of problems, for De
Orc never left a set-up. He kept gath
ering the points one by one, and it took
fourteen innings for De Orc to catch him
again at Ii points for each The cham
pion worked out three great shots, in diff
ferent innings, in pulling up. The first
was a three cushion bank to kiss for the
carrom- Then came pretty doubling shot
in the upper corner, and last, end rail
manoeuvre. in which the cue ball travelled
twice across for the count. This was the
shot that balanced the score
During the following turns at the table
the champion failed to count. He skinned
past the easiest of shots. his angles and
{la hoIi ncIxr
DAILY, on the other hand, piled lead of 10
points. His most spectacular effort in ac-
cumulating the collection came in his for
ty-third inning. 1t was a. five-cusfion up
and down the table shot, the ball travelling
fast under the impetus OF powerful
stroke. Two turns later DAILY put to-
gether a run of 3. of which was a vari-
alton of his earlier follow shot
Breaking his long series of zeros De Orc
counted in the forty-fifth inning He began
to overhaul the challenger. as DAILY ex-
perienced a lot of collisions that spoiled
his shots Withal, the challenger was play
ing carefully. That he was on the watch
and alert was demonstrated when he
caught De Orc shooting with the wrong
ball in the fifty-seventh inning. De Orc
had made one which was not allowed. The
error made a big difference. Daily put
in some timely runs, the best OF which
netted him ;, and he again widened the
gap which De Oro had threatened to close
up. A 7-cushion shot by DAILY during this
period. twice around the table. brought
the crowd to its feet with applause.
Toward the end of the string De Orc ad
ministered lot of safety that retarded his
challenger. Twice he Overdid 1t, so that
on his sixty-fifth turn DAILY made a good
run OF I. the best of the night. The last
run that Dc ORC counted near the end Of
his string contained a draw shot that
doubled the cushions in marvellous fashion.
On the whole. the chalenger's work was
pleasing and steady At all times.
The second block of points will be played
tonight