The sun., 1910-02-01
KEOGH LEADS AT POOL.
Dutplayed HuestOn In First Night Of
~ Championship Match.

Jerome r. KeoRh OF Rochester who
challenged Thomas A. Hueston of 81. Louis.
the holder OF the pool championship. had
much the better OF the first nights play and
at the end had lead OF Al points. The
match, which is at 800 points, began last
night in the New York Theatre Concert
Hall. which was crowded with lovers of the
game The ma tch is to last three nights and
no points are to be pla yed each night. The
Stakes are $3.50 a side, purse Of 81 900. and
the cham pionship emblem. Jere Weinberg
OF Brooklyn was selected as referee.
Excitement began when the players
banked. Twice they tied. and then Keogh
won, and Hueston had to break. In the
FIRST frame Keogh took II balls and made a
scratch, while Hueston took g., In the
second frame Hueston got the balls rolling
lead, the only lead he had during the night.
Hueston broke when the third pyramid was
ssvSPtsRe sp sRe o and then sn Getting the bs
90 run, bagged theIS. Huesion broke again
Keosh showed that he was in fine form
He made three and was then badly tied
up. but he figured out hye ball combins;-
lfhe rs, making his run 30. Hueston broke
p Gafn and Keogh gathered in one; Then
< Ksogh played a three ball combination,
a continuous run OF 81. the highest OF the
ievening. In that frame Hueston made
ne followed e @ With ' two SS' more com6ins to
akots. This made the score at the end
fof the NTH frame: Keogh., So Hueston. "A;
70 drive two balls to the cushion, and lost
points, In spite, OF that he still kept up
his good work. Hueston after calling a
combination failed to make it and scattered
the balls, and keogh gathered IN II. This
he followed In the next frame by run OF
, 10 and then 2, and won the seventh frame by
SO far he had been playing. a careful.
plodding game. lie IL niue slower than
Hueston, but much surer player, and he
picked out some particularly hard COM
binations which he nearly always made.
In the ninth frame Hueston did little
better: keogh had failed to count on a
and his friends were elated because they
thought he had at last struck his gait. But
in the next frame KeoRh gathered in 5 and
Z In the next two q each. making the total
scores at the end Of the twelfth frame.
Keogh, I0I: Hueston, 80.
Hueston got twelve out Of the next frame
but In the next two Keogh gathered in the
IS which again put him well in the lead
fa%e e oOked as e Il he had 6een ee left
lutely safe. but again he picked out hard
combinetio and made it. In the six
nation. nation The The shot S ma made but but N the cue ball
was kissed all over the table and dropped
into a pocket too The shot was the most
heartily cheered. After that Keogh kept
ia the lead Once Hueston gathered in a
whole frame and took f1ve more on his next
play, which ma de his best run Of the eve
ming II took twenty-five frames to finish
the 200 and Keogh took the IS four times,
while Hueston took the. whole frame twice
200 to les in favor of Keogh so that he has
q lead OF II points, The score by frames:
Thomas A. Hueston. 81. Louis. IL, o. o, Z.
scTs,eh.: To.e Il ss y i Hsh iS r. runs F.
jerome r Keogh, Rochester.ii, ), rs. IS, J.
Scratches s. Totel 200 High runs, 81, no. IL.