New-York tribune., 1910-11-29
kEOGH LEADS At POOL
De Orc Trails in First Block
Thirty Balls Behind.
BIG CROWD WATCHES PLAY
Game Drags Along for Over Four
Hours in Match for the
Championship.

Showing that steadiness of execution
which had earned him the title Jerome r.
Keogh of Rochester last night led his
challenger for the worlds pool champion
ship. Alfredo De ORC. by 2IO balls to $50.
The contest was played in John DoyIe's
Academy or West 42d street, and was the
first block OF three nights of play. the
total string being 500 balls
on the whole KeoSh outplayed the ex-
champion. De ORC. by his panstaking care
and accuracv \ total Of twenty seven
frames was PLAYED. Keogh breaking thir-
teen times and DE ORC fourteen The un-
certainty of the portly Cuban's shooting
was especially costly. His long shots all
went asbew The angles and the cushions
were misiUdged so that he scratched no
less than ten times and each happened
when he seemed to have most promising
chance Altogether his pool was distinct-
ly poor. and he was frequently seWed up
by seeming carelessness. Keogh had only
six scratches on his score
The opening break of the pyramid fell TO
De ORC. A repre- sentative crowd that flied
every seat greeted him with applause be
speaking good feeling toward old cham
pion. The break was much better than
many of the Cuban's subsequent efforts
Keogh as is his custom. spent constderabie
time squinting among the cOlOred globes oe-
fore he essayed a safety. But there was
nossibIe shot and De ORC started off SO well
that the crowd encouraged him lie sent
seven of the balls into the pockets Ihen
the eighth presented one OF those length-
wise table shots. De Oro scratched on Ihe
attempt and that shot foretoid >he greater
mart of his poor pool of the night that was
! TO follow. Keogh cleared the table ana 50
| the first frame was an even affair
The first real skyrocket shot' loUi
| hall combination by which the object BAH
was kicked back into the left SIDE pocket
! fell 10 De ORC. The shot was STARTER
/ y curnr7sed the crowd, for few had been
/ able 10 figure it out This burst OF Drill
! isncv came in the second frame, after
| KAogh had attempted to play safely ana
! -, - tho challenger cleared the table.
! Then it was that the supremacy OF con-
/ troll for position and an unerring Judgment
os n s,eed made il possible for heogh 10
| forge 10 the front He discounted De GRO :
occasional bursts OF brflliancy by the per
l sie+e7cv of his effort. Not once did the
| dapper little defender OF the title leave
/ ANYTHING TO chance. Every possibility was
! caref1-11v gaueed each angle and position
work ed out so that his studied management
| Of the cue ball not only netted him greater
/ reward but likewise prevented the piilns
ND of scratches against his score.
( So instances of how De ORC seemed 70
throw away glowing opportunities, two IN
! the third and fourth frames will serve 10
/ illustrate the general sequence OF the game
In the third the Cuban had perfect saot
/ for the corner. but ne used two much eng
/ iish and the object ball jawed. The result
! v-as that Keogh cleaned up the frame. In
/ the next Keogh tried a combination that
7 missed fire He had played the shot with
such mower that De ORC grinned like the
nroverbfaI Cheshire cat at the scattered
/ globes. A full - looked too easy. he
! nocketed the first and then followed the
next into the pocket. Again the champion
reaped the reward.
Keogb was the first 10 tally one hundred
/ halls. This he accomplished IN his thlr-
-aentb frame. his total at this stage being
( lO2 10 s. for De ORC
Striving to administer that baf1lng safety
-nanoevuring which had allowed him 10
o,.erco,,,e orponents in former matches.
/ De orc made the playing difficult without
avail during the next few times al the
tehle. After Keogh had had some little
trouble he sriffened up his game. and as II
/ to show De GRO Wildt He C''-ii ~ iiO
,be table in the seventeenth and eighteenth
frames. In the first Of these the litTle
. champion executed a four-baH combination
Toward the end Keogh seemed 10 10Y
with his opponent. The cue work had the
annearance of trying out the challenger
and ascertaining what was his real speed
Whom tho Cuban came within striking
/ distance Keogh settled into his steady eX-
acutior again and finished out his string
with cleanup of the table and final
run of Il balls
De orc made the high run Of the night
with 25. while keogh's run was - balls
The game consumed four hours and
+birty-fve minutes OF play. The second
biock of points will be played tonight.