New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
PUBLIC APPROVES
BILLIARD MATCHES
Attendance at Hoppe-Demarest
Match One of Finest
Ever Attracted.
INNOVATION IN BALKLlNE
Coming AL Tournament viii Be
Played with Seven-lnch Spaces
to Kill "Chuck Nurse"


Demarest and William +. Hoppe. at the
Hotel Astor. on Monday night. f. b.
Kurtz. president of the National Associa-
ton Of Amateur Billiard Players, declared
that it was to him a source of gratidca-
ton and pride.
"It was" Mr.. Kurtz said, zone of the
finest gatherings l have ever seen IN any
hall. The ladies and gentlemen who ws:e
there presented fine picture of human
itv in a beautiful setting. Considering
that the horse show was on and that the
night marked the opening of the season
Of grand opera, and that il was also the
first night at several theatres, the at
tendance was a surprising testimonial TO
the popularity of billiards
George +. Slosson's comment was: Il
have played billiards from San Francisco
to Paris. and before some striking assem-
blages, but | must say l never saw any
attendance at a billiard game that sur
passed the one before which Demarest
and Hoppe played"
The al balkline tournament when the
Brunswick Bake Collender Company has
scheduled to begin April l3 will introduce
an innovation. The anchor spaces, instead
of being inches along the rail and ga
out from IT, as they are under the Isl
and 1872 rules, will be Z inches square
This departure was urged by Maurice
! DAILY. who suggested the tournament ana
| it was approved by George F. Siosson.
| The object Of IT is TO put a check on the
/ chuck nurse" at which William NJ.
/ Spinks ran ], los at Los Angeles last win
/ ter.
Advocating the new lines DAILY said:
| The 141 game is one that, if properly
/ safeguarded, will endure. The chuck
nurse is a speciality just like the old
anchor which Schaefer and Ives mastered
and made so effective that competition
| against them was practically eliminated.
have experimental with it and know its
possibilities.
IF il is not barred or restricted some
of the young players will practise and
master il and whenever they get the
position play will become monotonous and
decisive. What can be done with the
position was shown over in Brooklyn by
Morris d. Brown. He placed the balls
and ran 100 or 200 whenever he wished.
Obviously the proper course for the
Brunswick Bake Collender Company to
adopt in the matter is to arbitrarily i'm
pose a rule that will dispense with the
chuck nurse BY so doing l believe
they can make al balkline one of the
most interesting and popular of billiard
games"
George r Slosson's views were: THE
| chuck nurse should neither be recognized
nor tolerated in a standard champion
| ship billiard game. The thing to do Is to
| shut il out. There are not many VINO
can get the position and few who can
play 1t when they get H. but any one
who gets it and can play 1t may be able
TO dispose Of all opposition. / have seen
Wilson p. Foss demonstrating what can
be done at it. He can place the balls ana
manipulate them for 100 or more, Usually
he gets tired and quits. l am emphat-
ically in favor of finch anchor lines.
At Cleveland, where he is now located
AL Taylor is averaging from 25 to ~ at
| l82 balkline. A match between him and
! Ora Morningstar, of Pittsburgh. was
suggested, and elected the information
that Morningstar had decided to devote
his time to instruction at Harry Davis
room, where he Is employed, and wouid
not play any matches this winter.
Practising 1872 balkline at the Morn
! ingside room early last week, Kot va
mada the japanese expert, made run
of 2se. 1t is likely that Yamada will
again try 10 wrest championship honors
from William f. Hoppe. Maurice DAILY,
who has high opinion of the Oriental s
skill, has expressed a willingness to con-
tribute toward the required backing for
the contest.
Commenting on the. matches at Eng
lish and balkline billiards, arranged be-
tween Melbourne Inman, champion of
English billiards, and William +. Hoppe,
worlds champion at balkline, THE
| London Sporting Life says: Hoppe is
strictly a cannon player; he does not
play billiards as We understand the
game"
FL w. Stevenson and George Gray, the
Youthful Australian expert, have been
| matched 10 play 1900 points at English
billiards, with ivory balls, under the
rules of the Billiards Control Club, of
| London. for $3.50 a side. the win
ner 10 receive 60 and the loser 40 per cent
Of the net gate receipts. Heretofore
GRAY has rigidly adhered to the use OF
castalets or benzoine balls. with which
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