New-York tribune., 1911-01-19
DE- ORC HOLDS HIS TITLE
Defeats Clearwater in Match
for Pool Championship.
WINS BY A WIDE MARGIN
Challenger Winds Up with a
Dashing Run OF Forty
four Balls.

! Alfredo De ORC successfully defended his
! holding Of the worlds pool championship
| last night In the deciding block Of points
of the three nights match he defeated
/ William H. Clearwater, his challenger. GOC
balls TO j03.
! At the end Of the string, however, Clear
water treated the crowd that sat about the
/ table in John Doyles Academy. In West
42d street TO lit Of sensational play. He
! cleared the table four times In succ' ssion
when De ORC bad only three balls to count
10 end the match. In working out this i'm
/ pressive bit Clearwater scored the high run
of the competition-44 balls
The phenomenal burst came as the Pitts
burg player seemed TO relax from his tense
ness De ORC was at the threshold Of VIC
tory. He was distanced. But he had his
turn at the table and he could at least
finish glorious!y. He did. At shooting the
balls into the pockets from solidiy punched
pyramids at position and at every phase
OF the game he played easily and fault
!essly. But the good work came too late,
and he was defeated by wide margin.
On the nights play the challenger al
most held the champion by his big piece
I
Twenty-six frames were necessary and De
orc broke nineteen times. He had
scratches TO for Clearwater. De ORC
also made his best run of the match-i2
balls 1t is likely that De ORC will accept
the challenge of Thomas a. Hueston. He
has been unable TO get John DAILY TO agree
| TO terms for the three cushion carrom
championship. so that that contest is off.
Hueston stands next, and so De orc must
either Dlav or forfeit, and he will let his
decision be known within the next five
days
Slack. uneventful playing caused the
| opening of the deciding block 10 drag.
There was no solidity TO Clearwater's cue
work. He brought off stirring combina-
tion for a beginning. Then he picked Off
balls and iawed the ninth. De orc man
aged to clean up for the frame On the
next frame both had q number Of chances
at the table. But the opening Of the
pockets seemed as narrow as the eye OF
the pToverbial needle. De orc, seemingly
feeling no pressure Of a contest, fell far
below his usual form. He could not clear
the table at this early stage, even when
Clearwater scattered the spheres as he
tried for a daring combination.
To the credit of the Pittsburger II may
be set down that he was taking every gim-
mer Of a chance that showed. He tore off
q number Of spectacular bits, only 70 trip
over the easy ones. Often Clearwater's
lack Of all semblance Of position manpuv
ring sewed him up in a hurry.
Clearwater enliveued things by opening
the sixth frame with dazzling combina-
.g.. ~, ,.-ft
into the corner pocket. The shot split the
pyramid finely and he managed TO get
every ball. 1t was the first time that the
table had been cleared, and the perform
ance seemed 10 waken De ORC into action
WELDING his cue with precise action, De
Odo controlled for position so well during
the following three frames that when he
had made a clean sweep OF the ninth his
total was 4S2 balls to 37S for his challenger
He had drawn ahead to a lead of more
than a hundred balls. At this Clearwater
tried the experiment of making De orc
break whenever he held the option. 1t all
lowed the Pittsburger to make some great
and interesting combinations. But he was
always ia trouble as TO position, and con-
sequently mis- efforts were only relieved by
some Of the fancy cut shots by which he
scored
With all OF Clearwater's ingenuity in
finding the possible shot out of the triangu-
lar bunch, De orc surpassed him in the
thirteenth frame. After studying the pyra-
mid after his challenger's safety, De Oro
called ball that lay imbcdded in the
centre He made it, and the crowd cheered
ITS approval, as it did over much that the
noted Cuban accomplished
De orc played along steadily 10 the end
when Clearwater scored his four remarka-
/ Die frames. 1t did much to show the real
skill OF the challenger and dispelleI tLe
wonder that some expressed that he had
ever held the title All through the match
Clearwater experienced COnsiderabl hard
luck, and this had much to DO in Shaking
his courage
The score follows:
De Oro-7, 4, 4. 6, o. 0. 10, 10. 10. 3. :. u.
y, : -, -, :, o. l3. $. -. 0. o. o. o. g. Total
~ baI.s scratches =, grand total, 600 balls,
high run, -.
Clearwater-S. 3, II, O. 6, Is, .. .. O. p. 5
~ ., Z, 10, D. I, 9, .. 7, o. 10 -, lJ Is, 3
Ioiai, Isl balls, scratches .; grand total, 5O3
ktiCTcv-Alhert @. cutler.