New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-03
JAP WIZARD WITH CUE
Yamada's Skill at Billiards
Surprises Experts.
MASSE SHOTS HIS FORTE
Many Top Raters Hard at Work
Preparing for Big
Tourney.

The most interesting development OF
the past week relative to the world $
championship at 1872 balkline billiards, 10
begin one week from tomorrow at the
Hotel Astor, was the arrival Of the Jap
anese expert Koji Yamada. lie came
from Berlin, where he resided tor t"o
years and was highly esteemed FOR per
sonality and professional ability. lie Is
the smallest billiard player that ever en-
gagged In a championship tournament, ana
is remarkable in that he is ambideXtrous'
rarely uses a bridge and reaches ABOUT
table in manner that reminds one Oh
the late Jacob Schaefer.
At masse strokes he seems most pro-
icient, and has amazed spectators at
slosson's. where he is practising, by nrS'
executing a difficult shot with ms tight
hand and then using left-hand s'roke
TO make a similar one. The matter-ot-
fact and prompt way in which WIN
either hand he solved masse positions
astonished even Slosson and caused inc
comment: HE is great at that specially
and can make masse better with MS
left hand than | can with my right
Until Thursday night Willie Hoppe I'm
tod his practice to knocking the balls
around" as he expressed H. Ihen ne
engaged in a game of 400 points with
Morris ID. Brown, national amateur cham-
piou. The game lasted nine innings, ana
was featured by run OF 10
Brown was strongly impressed by the
performance and said Willie, In my
opinion. is playing much better than ne
was a year ago. His delivery Is free. MS
execution accurate and his line nui sing
is the best / have ever seen him do
Az Thum's Harry Cline is doing brill
liant work. His style is more attractive
than that OF any other aspiraht LOT tue
worlds championship. His lowest aver
age so far is 2j. which ne made against
Morris d. Brown. Against Willis ihoih-
SON and George Moore he has scored aN-
eraces Of Sc. 90 62i, and Il 81. His best
run. 2io. was made when playing lhom-
SON
Al TAYLOR. who represents MILWAUKEE
will finish his preparation at MAURICE
Daly's. where he will perform ever!
night this week lie is said TO nave llh-
proved greatly since his last professional
appearance in New York. when was III
the "shortstop" tournament in the con-
cert hall of the New York Theatre III
November, 1906.
George Sutton is playing as wei as
ever October % in a game OF 800 points
he averaged 100. In other games he twice
averaged So 10. Last Monday, with no
higher run than s., he averaged % IN o..
The following day he scored JO IN elsnt
innings. averaging 62i2. He ran III los
and ". g
ora Morningstar. who holds the lsI
championship. is in excellent pracuce'
and freuucnters Of Harry Dawes room
I'm Pittsburgh are enthusiastic over MS
chances. -.
And the veteran George r. Slosson, VINO
has held numerous championships mus.
not be overlooked lie is In excellent
form and playing with as much cary
earuestness and skill as ever before. Al
tha,igh his best runs during the week
have been lTg and 1856, persons VINO nave
watched him at exercise assert that ne
will be an element Of interest III not d
victor i'm the coming tournament.
The Brunswick Baike-COllendeT Cohh-
pany. promoters Of the tournament an
nourcns that on the first and second days
two games will be played each night.
Thereafter until the final is reached Tour
games will be played daily, two In the
. afternoon and like number in the even
ing. and there will be no reserved seats
for afternoon events. lnasmuch as TWO
games will generally be in progress at
! the same time. two referees VIII be re-
quired.