The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06
BILLIARDS LOSE
PARIS PATRONAGE
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care for the exhibitions. Therefore. the
ordinance that was framed TO shut out
the Americans proved a boomerang, not
only TO the academies, but also TO the
French experts. NignauX, who is now
61 years Of age. and Cure, whose health
is poor. arc the leading players IN the
Paris academies at the present time.
How to Play.
I am constantly In receipt Of letters
from billiard enthusiasts asking me
what are the qualities that go 10 make
ND the successful billiardist. and what
is the method Of perfecting good style
of play The subject is rather large
one but ! viii endeavor to answer 1t
10 the best OF my ability. To begin
with, n player must have natural aptl"
tudc, which means that one must have
fondncss for the game and ambition
to master it. Having become interested
i'm billiards, man or boy will naturally
try TO learn all the fine points of the
game and TO become proficient In IT. In
order to be success he must acquire
three REQUISITES These are Il perfect
bridge. speed in execution and Judg-
mcnt of distance, so as 70 properly
gauge his stroke. The bridge should
neither be too long nor too short. but
the happy medium and should be made
Then comes the stroke. which must
be free. quality that can only be at
tanned by flexible wrist and arm mus.
cles. These also enable n nlaYer to
perform with necessary speed without
much fatigue, On the other hand, q
ulayer whose muscles are not IN good
condition. and who has cramped, stiff
attitude at the table and an incorrect
bridge Will tire very soon.
essential tp SucppSS billiard
ist, is perfect eyesight. a keen eye
enables a PLAYER to calculate on angles
and also TO Judge of the distance. When
n PLAYER is enabled TO Judge of the dis
tancc so well as to graduate his stroke
perfectly, then he is In way TO do
well. But even when player pos.
scsses all these good qualities, he will
not succeed unless he takes care Of
his health Good hours, plenty of sleep
and exercise in the open air are abso-
lutely required, and no matter how
much skill a player has, he will not last
long if he Deglccts his health.
The fact that the approaching, 300
point match at 1S,2 balkline billiards
between Ora Moruiugstar and myself
in Wright s new room in San Francisco
has caused some adverse comment, and
several critics have arisen to inform me
that Harry Clin0 is the present lS.2
champion and that neither Mornlngstar
nor myself hold any title whatever,
prompts the statement that Cline is Mt
present technically the title holder OF
that style Of play, but ] think the public
will peneerallv concede that the form
shown i'm the Pittsburg match between
Morningsiar and me was so superior
that there is no question as TO the iden-
tity Of fhc real champion. My grand
average Of 3 lc against l. by Cline needs
little comment so far as the intelligent
followers of the game arc concerned,
True. Demarest won in tournament, but
the ablest player IN that tournament.
Sutton. was so out of form that his
performance was not within 40 percent
Of his usual gait. However, as ! have
a challenge in for the winner of the
Cline. Cutler match. the question Of
titles, technical and real, Will all be
settled when 7 meet the winner of that
contest
Sutton Likes Title.
Ny excellent friend Benjamin Garno,
does not seem 10 think ! have any
Ground for complaint against Sutton for
Gis attitude in reference TO my challenge
for The ISL emblem, which is now held
by him through default, He says that
I have no ground on which to claim
forfeit. but ] disagree with him. SUIT
ton verbally consented 10 play three
nights game FOR the emblem, and then.
pleading i'll health. refused to accept a