Evening star., 1911-01-18
DE ORC HOLDS LEAD
Draws Further Away in Play
for Worlds Championship.
CLEARWATER A BIT TIMID
Winds Up, However, With Run Of
Forty-Two Balls by
Clever Work.
CLEARWATER A BIT TIMID

NEW YORK, January 1S.-Eagle-eyed
at discerning the possible combinations
and showing perfect judgment as to posi-
tion and speed, Alfredo De Oro. the de-
Tending pool champion, further increased
his lead last night over William II. Clear
water. his challenger. The total score for
the two nights OF the match in John
Doyle's academy, in West 42d street. was
4os balls to 3c1. In the second block of
points De Gro tailed 200 balls, while
Clearwater fell 81 balls behind his open
ing's nights play by getting only 1872
The trouble with Clearwater seemed to
be that he was tirnid as to speed and
force. When he put some punch into his
stroke near the end Of the nights play
he worked up with a run Of A. Through
out Clearwater had the worst Of the luck
Even when he did a good bit Of work it
availed him little. The challenger broke
twelve times In the twenty-three frames.
Each had six scratches and De Oro's best
run was SO balls.
Jerome Keogh, the former champion,
was a spectator and has challenged again
for the title. Tho order of the challenges
now is Thomas A. dueston, Jerome
Keogh and William p. Stofft.
Both Scratched.
Clearwater broke the first pyramid and
scratched. Then De Oro did the same as
he made a combination. But he had
opened up the bunch so that the challen-
ger began dropping the balls into the
pockets, cleverly holding position. Finally
Clearwater hung up a ball in the jaws
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and De Gro easily rolled the remaining
six from the table.
The real effectiveness of the Pittsburg
players position work was revealed in
the next frame. De Gro elected to break
played safely DE Oro's keen eye dis
cerned a possibility in the way Of a COM
bination. 1t was screamer that kicked
ball off one corner of the bunch into
On the following shot. however. the length
OF the table, De Gro missed and Clear
water gathered In all of the others.
Despite a baffiing breeze as he sent the
fifth ball Of the next pyramid TO the
pocket, De Orc managed to add the entire
collection to his string. His work in this
frame was exceptionally brilliant.
Clearwater Going Well.
There was no shaking off the challenger
at this stage. He came back with a great
combination shot in the fifth frame, and
in regular order he picked OF the balls
until he made a clean sweep of the table.
De Oro took the hint. That was the be-
ginning Of a lot of crafty safety play on
his part by which he gradually but never
theless surely drew ahead Of the chal-
lenger.
The seventh frame afforded an example
of the manner in which De Orc steamed
along. At the beginning each played
safely for half a dozen shots. Finally the
Cuban saw his pet two-cushion bank to
knock the five ball of the end of the
pyramid into the corner pocket. The
back action carom set the crowd aglow
up the bunch he neatly cleaned up. He
was fairly treated by fortune. too. Even
when Clearwater got chance he usually
froze to a ball or got the cue ball sewed
up by bad roll SO that he could do
nothing.
In the ninth and eleventh frames Clear
wateE opened UP with shots that surpass-
ed anything De Oro had made. He made
a single cushion bank the length Of the
table to begin the eleventh frame. 1t
sent the ball from the apex OF the pyra-
mid to the corner pocket. The shot was
easily the best OF the night. Again it
brought no reward, for he eventually
missed an easy one, and DE Orc got the
Rapid and Sure.
The defending champion turned into
his third hundred of the match on the
twelfth frame. His work was rapid and
sure. So gayly was he going along that
he rolled them into the pocket two at a
time. much to the amusement Of the
crowd.
Clearwater seemed driven almost to de-
spair as he saw lead of seventy-two
balls pile up against him. Inspired by
the advice Of friends, Clearwater began
to put more power into his stroke. There
by he cleared the table on the eighteenth
frame as he scattered the globes and then
shot them home in rapid fashion. 1t
was the same thing in the succeeding
frame. clearing of the table, filled with
the prettiest sort of control of the cue
ball for position maneuvering.
It was too late. however, as De Orc
ran out the necessary 200 balls in the
twenty third frame.
The score follows:
De Oro-6 /. il. II. o. IL, 10, ., 10. 10,
II, Il, II. IL, I, Il. s, 0, Q, II, i. II, II.
Nights total, a06 balls; scratches. 6; net
total. 100 balls: grand total, 4O6 balls.
High run. IS.
Clearwater-9. Il, 0. 4. i. 3. 0, Is. ).
:. 4. 8. q. 4. IA. I. Z. Is. Il. I. ., g. 1.
Nights total, 13S balls: scratches, 6: net
total, 13c balls: grand total, 81 balls.
High run, AZ.