Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-08
De ORC SHOWS STRENGTH
IN FINAL NIGHTS PLAY
CIever'y Defeats Carney for
Three-Cushion Title by
$50 to 143.

NEW YORK, November S.-Alfredo De
Orc, the champion, successfully defend
ed his title to the three cushion crown by
defeating Joseph Carney OF san Fran
cisco, challenger, last night in their
match at Doyies billiard room. The
islander outplayed the westerner through
out the nights play, scoring I'll to ~ in
the final block of the setto. The total
score for the three nights play was 80
to 1t3.
From the very outset the champion
showed remarkable strength, and opened
the eyes OF those who, after the second
| night, were prone to suggest that Father
Time had commenced to put AlnA IN
the old masters skill. Carney started
| the ivories rolling in an unfinished IN
ming, but failed to count on a compare
| lively easy snot. For eight more rounds
the challenger through his lnaccuracy,
was forced to return 10 his seat without
| clicking off u point.
De Gro Keen of Eye.
| De ORC. on the contrary, was Keen of
! eye and steady of touch, and during the
| first nine rounds gathered in L total of
| five The Cuban showed remarkably
good control over the balls, whether he
played for points or for safety. Carney
| was not SO sure and ne missed shots by
much wider margins than his adversary.
and ne seemed unable to play the title
i holder safe.
| Beginning with the tenth inning the
man from The coast broke into the scor-
| ing column for the first time, and run
! ming up 10 the twenty-seveptn ne shovel
some of the folm that helped to push him
| into the lead Thursday night. Although
in this section of the contest Carney 5
! best run was three, he grabbed OF ones
fairly often, while DE GRO went scoreless,
and at the twenty-seventh was only two
points behind the Cuban for the night,
the score being, Carney, 10, De orc, l..
/, In the twenty -e{gnth, from BAG
| leave, De ORC snine "a beautiful sho
and followed itStp with eight more
! each one surprising it's predecessor IL
I brilliancy. The run OF nine is only two
| behind the match record of eleven,
| which is credited to the Cuban. Carne!
had a string OF ten goose eggs, start
ing from the same round. while the
champion forged steadily ahead unit
he evencd the match in the thirty.
| fourth.
De Orc Takes the Lead.
\ run Of five put the islander in the
lead III the thirty eighth inning. Car
ney squared things III the Iorty-1irs t
but lie orc came right back in his turf
at the able and collected two more
which put him III front again. From
that time on the Cuban puiled ava,
from the challenger steadily, Il run o
seven III the fitty-third helping hin
mate rally, until 1T the sixty-sIx.h in
ming he led in the match at liz to ~,
and on the block at Sc to 20.
Carney rallied at this point ant
playing more steadily than he had il
the early rounds pulled up 10 liu II
the eightieth inning, when he nurse,
the worries for run OF seven. IL
fifteen rounds, from the sixty seventh
TO the eighty first, the Cuban mad,
only one point, and the score stood Il
1" 70 14U, DE ORC leading.
carney continued to show gran,
: form and brought the spectators t,
their feet when he tied the score i.
the eiShtysecoBd. by running three
De oro Tailed one in his half and too.
the lead, never 10 bc headed. This
| champion made four in The eighty
fourth and finished with two in tn
i eighty-scyenth, his last two carom:
being on par with other brillian
shots that he had made earlier.