New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-02
ALLEN PLAYS WINNING
POCKET BILLIARDS
Beats De Orc by Big Margin
in First Block of Match
for the Title.
NERVOUS AT THE START
Father and Mother Lead Cheer
ing as Western Boy Takes
Lead on Clever Shots
at the End.

Bonnie Allen. OF Kansas City. champion
pocket billiard player OF the West. out
played and led Alfredo De orc. the Cuban
title holder, In the first block OF their
match at Doyles rooms last night. The
youthful Westerner. playing with re-
markable skill and rare nerve. scored go
points TO his rivals 14s while crowd
which damned tho hall 10 the point OF
suffocation looked on and applauded
Prominent among the spectators were AL
lens father and mother. and led in the
numerous outbursts of cheering for his
clever, nervy shots. De Oro's young son
sat close beside his fathers chair and
saw TO II that no shot made by his dad
went unnoticed.
Allen won the first block clearly. and
on his skill which. for tho night at least.
was superior. He closed out the evening S
play with an unfinished run OF 80. driving
home the loose ball OF the new style break
and scattering the pyramid so that had It
been necessary he might we'll have
cleaned the table He also clicked of
runs OF q and 26 at various points in the
match. while clusters OF u. II and II fig
ured IN his score
Nervous and in n measure unsteady In
the first few frames. the youthful West
erner made some bad plays and missed
shots which cost him many points. his
execution was good. remarkably. but his
inability to play close position bothered
him not little. Many times he shook
his head when the cue ball wandered
ha uFnfl
have had 1t lie. but his great skill pulled
him out OF trouble.
AS the match wore along Allen regained
his confidence and shot n game which
caused many OF the critics 20 predict
stormy times for the veteran champion.
As II bewitched. the cue ball obeyed his
every stroke. and his stroke, IL seemed.
bent the knee 10 his wish. AS ball after
ball scuttled into tho pockets as cotton
tails into their burrows. difficult cuts.
seemingly impossible combinations and
just common shots. the crowd, led by MS
father and mother. cheered him TO the
echo Not I'm the least hustered by his
SUCCESS. Allen kept right at his knitting
and sunk ball after ball until he had
enough.
one OF the remarkable features OF his
play was the way IN which he left his
rival safe The crowd has grown accus-
toned TO seeing DO orc have all the better
OF the safety play. but last night he met
his match. one or twice Allen tripped and
left openings, but then the honors were
easy on that score.
II. orc. IL seemed. did not play quite up
20 his usual form. or. at least. snch was
the opinion OF his many admirers. Ile
missed many shots which appeared to be
easy in the extreme. on occasion he got
a bad break. and two or three balls hung
on the lip Of the pockets, just falling to
drop.
Aliens efforts were spectacular in the
extreme. one OF these. when he played
the II ball In tho corner pocket, Kissing
il of the t., had the crowd on its toes
while another seemingly impossible cut
shot dropped the C-ball into the side pocket
PLAYING De ORC safe IN the seventeenth
frame. Allen left tho Cuban down frozen
aGains. the rail. but ut an angle which
made il possible for him to get the proper
cut on the 7-ball. nesting In the middle
OF the bunch. I.N" crashed that 7-ball'
and with the Other spheres scattered
about the table. DE orc went right ahead
at cleaning them all of.
Ono OF tho amusing Incidents OF the
match to every one but De orc occurred
I'm the twelfth frame. when De ORC mis-
called his shot. playing what he believed
10 be the 7-ball. II was In reality tho
2. and Allen claimed a foul which was
allowed. Several times thereafter when
both red balls were on the table De orc
called one or the other wrong. but always
corrected himself. much 20 the delight OF
the crowd.
The score follows:
Allen-s L 10. 10. O. -. o. 10. IL IL. a. lt
s. o. O. g. 2. 49, H. T. ~ Q. "a. "a. i Total.
20l. one OF for n scratch.
d. Oro-Il. 10. !. I. Il. TO- 6. Il, !. o. O. IL. 0.
G. "a u. II. T.. l. 0. o. O. =, o. Total, 49, two
OF for scratches l4s. .
High run--Allen. 3. unfinished; DE oro' !"