The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-20
BILLIARD SEASON
STARTS In EARNEST
Amateurs Take Precedence
Over Professionals.
ALFRED DE ORC COMING HERE
To Play John Daily I'm Bib Match
at Sherman's-TOm Gallagher
Defeats Gray in Practice Billiard
Match-Other Gossip of Interest
to Billiard and Pool Enthusiasts.

Billiard activity has begun in New
York and promises to continue through
out the winter. Amateur events are
likely to take precedence over those of
the professionals, for the National Asso-
citation of Amateur Billiard Players has
already made provision for five tourna-
ments, four at carom games and one
at the pockets.
Hereafter what was formerly called
pool will be designated as pocket bill
lizards. The fact that poolrooms In which
there were only billiard tables with six
pockets have been in the public mind
associated with establishments where
betting on horse races was conducted
was responsible for the change.
The National Associat TONS carom games
will, be at 1S-2 balk line. and there
will be tournaments for Glasses A,
B. and c, and one for the international
tournament, in which France and Ger
many will be represented. Class B will
begin its series at Maurice Days No
vember q. The entries include Charles
E. White, c. E. Conway, ]. NJ. Millette,
Claude Lewis. DR.. Eric c. Beck, George
Clark, and Mark Muldauer. The games
will be 800 points.
Glass c tourney will open January Is,
in the Morningside Academy. 1t will
be open to amateurs who have never sur
passed a grand average Of five in a
tournament, but are considered capable
of doing three or better. Entries Will
close December 81.
The Glass A, or national championship
tournament, will be decided in February.
When the international championship
will be scheduled depends on the con-
venience of the foreign experts who wish
to compete. 1t is however. probable 1t
will be held in February. At present the
national championship is held by Edward
W. Gardner, of Paterson. Fred Conklin,
of Chicago. has the International title.
The committee in charge Of these two
major events is composed of Morris D.
Brown and Harry +. Mollenhauer. of
Brooklyn; DR.. A. B. Miller and Charles
D. Coleman, of New York City.
The pocket tournament will begin March
4, and is expected to last two weeks.
The committee in control is DR.. Walter
G. Douglas, of the New York Club; Will
lam A Tilt, of the New York Athletic
Club, and Richard Everett Many Of the
leading clubs in the country are expected
to make entries. Mr.. Tilt is now re-
garded as the most, skillful of the pocket
billiardists among the amateurs Of New
York
On Tuesday, November q, Willie Hoppe,
champion, and George Sutton will play
for the professional championship Of the
world at 1S-2 balk line at Madison Square
Garden Concert Hall. The game will be
500 points. Sutton has been playing very
strongly in practice in Chicago. having
made several averages of from 30 to IS
and one run of 422. He will finish his
preparation in New York at Days, where
he will play this week.
Hoppe has been practicing for three
weeks with George F. Slosson and has
M lie
ances have been uniform, occasionally
featured by high runs and averages, but
have not equalled those of Sutton. Hoppe
holds the ISL title. and nobody appears
willing to seek to wrest II from him.
However, in the event of success in the
coming 1872 contest Sutton will be likely
to challenge for the Isl trophy.
If Thomas ]. Gallagher, who is prac-
ticing here in Washington and playing
1871 as he does every evening at Scan
Ions, can play against top-notchers as
he does against local experts, he should
be in line for championship class Last
Wednesday evening. with George Gray,
the best of the local experts, as an OPP
ponent in a game of 300 points, he fin
ished the game in seven innings and
made seven additional points before
missing on his last inning. His scores
were 20, 80. go g. rs. 26, 81. total of
So7 and an average Of 43 81
Alfredo de Orc, the champion three
cushion player, is expected to be in
Washington shortly. He will play John
DAILY $50 points for $1,000 a side in three
or four weeks. and a few weeks later will
meet James Carney. of San Francisco,
who has challenged for the champion
ship. and Frank Sherman is endeavoring
to induce him to do some of his prac-
ticing here. Sherman hopes to have him
meet Thomas ]. Gallagher and local ex-
perts. Sherman is also trying to bring
a Philadelphia amateur and Gallagher to-
gether.
A peculiar claim of foul was made in
an amateur tournament at the Leader
Club Thursday. After having made the
deciding shot, while the balls were still
in motion, the winning player threw his
cue on the table. Thereupon the losing
player asserted a foul had been COM
mitted and protested the game. The pSo-
test was not sustained. Had the cue OBJ
structed any of the balls a foul would
have been established, but it did not, and
the balls came to a rest without touch
ing. Rules governing fouls in billiards
apply to the last shot as we'll as to the
first.