New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
DAILY Wins THE TITLE
Defeats De Orc for Three -Cush.
ion Billiard Championship.
CHAMPION is 0UTPLAYED
Fails to Make the Brilliant Fin.
ish Expected by His
Adherents.

| John ". Daily won the three-cushion btl
lard championship last night He defeate
Alfredo De Orc, the champion by tota
of 80 points TO 30, IN John Doyle's acad
| emy, in West 42d street
In the final block of the match De Or
managed to crawl up a bit. slightly out
playing the challenger, as their respec
tive totals were 80 points for DAILY to D.
Oros 60.
The entire match consumed 252 innings
OF this liz were necessary to decide tn,
honor last night. The reason for this wa:
that both men devoted the greater part o.
their skill to maneuvring the balls SO tha
II would be impossible for the other t.
count. On the whole this produced Ions
and uneventfui periods. marked only oc-
casionally by flashes of brilliant carroms
The work of the new champion was or
the whole the better. He made the high
run of the match, a Z, on the opening
night. He also played the steadier. His
figures were the more siza BILE, and on the
second night he held an average of one
q
ton of his string. The best run that De
Orc made tailed 1.
Even at his best the old title holder was
outpiayed He had shade the worst OF
the luck. which was in a measure made
up during the final innings of the contest
De Oros chief trouble all the way seemed
to be that he failed to judge the angles
correctly. Furthermore. during the first
two nights he devoted himself to playing
safety, that avaied him nothing against
such a daring executor as DAILY For all
of the three nights of the match the
academy was crowded, the majority expect
ing De Orc to make his accustomed specta-
cular finish. In this they were dis
appointed.
At the beginning OF the last fifty points
upon which hung the title Daily started
we'll BY small counts he got . before De
Orc scored by a pretty doubling of the
cushion which was luckily kissed on to the
carrom. Then the battle of safety began
DAILY never went to the table with anything
like possibility. He just went at the
ivories as best he could. On the other hand
he did not make any presents Of attractive
leaves to De Orc. The champion had to
work. On his fourteenth turn at the table
he managed to get one by dazzling re-
verse English shot by which he held the
cue ball TO the end rail-
From that inning De Orc began to draw
slightly ahead OF Daily On the nights play.
His swing shots across the end of the table,
the clever use of English and dexterous
at the short table allowed him
TO pick up ground. While he was doing
this he held Daily of and from the thirty
third to the forty-seventh inning DAILY
failed TO count.
The champion finally broke long. un-
productive period by three great shots in
his fifty-hfth inning The first was an
around the table bank, then came a beauti-
uI spinning end rail shot. while the last
was a double swing for twice the length
of the table to avoid a kiss De Orc tried
rainly, and lucky roll of the bail en- his
first attempt made 1t possible Tor him to
count or his seTenty-second turn. On the
second shot the ivOries bumped TO a freeze
That gave De Orc a chance TO respot and
le got two more before missing around the
corner.
De Orc fell of badly in his cue work In
he closing innings He tried to check
Daily. The latter improved and won by
lumber OF brilliant shots.
There is no challenge in for the three
cushion title. William Clearwater has
De Orc for the pool champion
hip and they Will meet at Doyle's Acad- |
my for three nights, beginning Monday.
January l6. II is said that In the event Of |
De Oro's successfully defending his title
nat he intends to retire from activ. match |
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