New-York tribune., 1911-12-27
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Keogh Asks Some Questions
About His Pool Challenge.
OBJECTS TO THE RULING
John A. Heydler Off for Pitts
burgh to Draft National
League Schedule.

Jerome r. Keogh, who challenged Alfred
he ORC for the worlds professional poo
or pocket billiard title, is still far fron
satisfied with the ruling that his chaIehs
was received too late and that the troph!
passed into the keeping of tho CUBAN IN
INTERPRETATION of Rule is the point at Is
she. as the board of control named by th'
| Rrunsvick- Bake Collender Company de
cided that "a challenge is not legally bind
inc until It Is in the hands of the stake
holder"
Keogh contends that this was directly op
posite 10 what the board had ruled when M
was I'm this city and makes answer as fol
lows, asking some pertinent questions:
I'm your letter you say that you do not
agree with my Interpretation of Rule o. II
such is the case, | would like you to ex'
plain the following:
why was ] called by the president oi
the board to New York, and, when ] ar
rived. was asked to withdraw my challenge
# the challenge was not in on time? Why
did you say. when the question of the chal-
lenge being received I'm time was raised,
that It was in on time and that | could
play # I wanted to? Why was the chi
cago office lax in notifying the New York
office or Mr.. De orc until four days had
elapsed?
In your letter you give only part of Rule
G. The part that applies to my case says:
A challenge issued while there Is no match
pending shall take effect upon the day OF
its date How can YOU get away from
this?
"T am posltive that there is no rule which
SAYS that a challenge is not binding until
il Is i'm the hands of the Stockholders. and
Il appears that your opinion to that effect
was made to 1T this particular case"
Keogh also calls the attention of the
board to the fact that i'm two cases the rule
which says all matches must be played
within forty days after date OF challenge
was allowed to be violated by De orc, but
that when he asked for an extension Of a
week for a match with De orc. which was
played November 2S to 30. 1910, the authori-
ties wrote back that the rules say the match
must be played within forty days.
Harry Pollok thinks a boxing bout be-
tween Jack Johnson, the heavyweight
champion Of the world. and Jim Flynn
would draw in this city, and 10 that end
offered a purse of $4,000 last night for
ten rounds here The offer was wired TO
Curley. Flynn's manager Word came back
that Curley would meet Pollok in Chicago
on Sunday to discuss the terms. but that
he was not in favor of ten-round bout,
az Johnson might go strongly for that dis
tance whereas Flynn would show to better
advantage at twenty rounds or more.
As suggested in The Tribune when the
report came from Chicago. no joint meeting
Of the schedule committees of the two ma
jor leagues will be held here this week or
next John A. Heydler, secretary of the
National League, left for Pittsburgh yes
terday to consult with Barney Dreyfus,
chief owner Of the Pirates. over "A rough
draft OF the playing dates. Thomas j.
Lynch, the third member Of the schedule
committee Of the National League. did not
make the trip. but he will go over the
dates before the final draft is made.
For about the third time within ten days
Oryal overall the star pitcher Of the Chi
cago Cubs IN 1910 declared yesterday that
he is through with major league baseball
and will confine himself in the future to his
mining business and some occasional games
with independent teams. Overall is at
Youngstown. Ohio having his arm treated
by DR. Reese. better known 10 baseball as
"Bonesetter' Reese.