New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-26
0E ORC OPENS BIG
GAP ON HUESTON
Earns Lead Of One Hundred
Balls in Play for Pocket
Billiards Title.
Rig CROWD SEES MATCH
cnban Makes High Run of
Fifty. five Balls, Only Four
Behind His Own Worlds
Record Mark.

Alfredo DC OIO ou'pIdNtu iuO''"'
,,ss,oD last night in the first block of
.,ar match FOR the pocket billiard cham
,.-ship title in John Doyle's 4od street
,..dsnv. The score at the end of the
,;~bt was zoo balls for De orc and 9S for
bic Young challenger
There was never moment during the
.n,re tyenty-threc frames when Hueston
,,ratened the champion. The latter inn
.roved as the match advanced. and tow
.rd the close of his string put together an
,ocosinc run Of 30 balls. which lacked
~, four If the record which he hung up
4, his recent match with Mature in the
,,e academy. Huestons best run was
ls balls.
:, was the resourcefulness Of DE orc
eonnled with his mastery Of combination
.nd position play. that held him saieiE Ill
,hs lead. There were brief PERIODS When
,bc challenger momentarily checked mn"
~. adroitlv man1uvred safety playing, out
!. sesroed impossible for lIueston 10 main
80, h;s good work. and as De ORC always
sought the break Of the free bali ana
On, !, sixteen times out Of the twenty
,hrse II WAS easy for him TO keep HUGS
90, bebind him TO the end Of the FIRST
nights session.
A big crowd sat about the taole ONe'
IN ne Oro's corner was his usual ADVISOR!
hoard. consisting of Tim FLYNN Jake
Rosen. George Boehn and Harry Coles
Along the front ROWS Of seats WeTe
.rouped T. T. Smathcrs. John Z. Drake
Henry Tobin. Al. Thomas. the playwright:
Al Hudson. John ShauShnessey. Jakey
Josephs. Willie Hoppe and George Consi-
dine They encouraged Hueston when he
won the bank for lead and commserated
with rim when he scratched a. tho be-
ginning in trying 10 pocket a long shot.
Il was the champion who 1T once came
In ior the major share Of applause. De
ORC in the first two frames put together
run Of - balls that for position play
PROV d gem. The Ieft-handed wizard of
the cue was never behind in the score
thereafter He instantly saw the posi-
bility Of the combinations. At safety he
outplayed Hueston. despite the fact that
the challenger had Il brand that compelled
all the ingenuity Of the champion in some
Of The frames. At picking off the long
shots and making use OF billiard strokes
10 effect his ends De ORC far outshone
his challenge and the latter likewise
never approached isis formidable rival in
manouyrng for the free bah break now
so important i'm the new rules under
which the game is played.
lIuestou was the first 10 bring off a shot
Of dazzling brilliancy. II was the first OF
the ;nird frame and the challenger worked
a daring two cushion bank on a seven
ball combination for the side pocket that
fsirly electrified the crowd The cue ball
a, the end OF is roll frozc to the'rail. 1t
va. safe am lie orc. after fussing over
another safe shot. made il possible for
liueston 10 clear the table
As the two worked into their strings
Hucston played more strongly. His cut
shots were clcvcrly handled and he rather
had the better of De orc at long range.
Still he experienced more than his share
Of the bad luck partly due to faulty
position playing. 80 that the champion
profted by his mistakes and drew further
and further ahead.
After playing some spasmodic fancy
shots Ilucstun attempted to settle down,
and IN che twelfth. frame did his best
work. But DE ORC was quick TO see That
bis opponent was improving. Likewise
be waited in the next frame, and after
some puzzllng safety picked out the COM
sination key. a pretty fourball affair. TO
the corner and ran of the collection.
Opening the following frame with
great draw shot that pulled the cue ball
back to break up the pyramid, De orc
again cleared the table. He repeated in
the next, and seemed on the way TO 90
Il in the nineteenth when. after sendinS
thirteen balls into the pockets. he bum
sled a shot for the side. attempting TO
land too thinly on the ball that was TO
be free for the next break Of the pyra-
mid. This finished his run OF %. and IL
set the crowd bowling with delight.
From then on 10 the end, which came
four frames later. De ORC outplayed his
challenger. who began 10 miss all OF his
Ion. shots when he had enticing leaves.
The second block OF points will be piayed
tonight
The scores follow
DO oro-la. 70. o. Il, Il, = 8. u, /. II. 5, J.
"A "A, .. u IL "a, IS. o. 10. a.. . lo.a!. 10
halls: scratches. {; net score. 2OQ baiis' i'Sh
Iiues,on--i. !. "a. .. o. ~ S. 0. 10, 3. 8. u.
0, J.. o o. o. I. IL. !. o. Total. 1o1 pans
scratches. ); net score. rs balls. High run. 10
baL
Eeferee-Johu Dankeln1an