New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-09
De ORC RETAINS TITLE
Noses Out Mature with WORLDS
High Record Run.
CLEARS TABLE FOUR TIMES
Spectacular Finish in Pocket
Billiard Tourney Sets
Crowd Wild.

Alfred De ORC retained his hold on the
pocket billiard championship last night
by defeating James Mature, of Denver
his challenger, in sensational FASHION
The final score Of the match was 600 balls
10 49, The old champion fairly swept
the crowd in John Doyle's va street
academy off their chairs with the phe-
nomenal display Of cue work he put up
/ At the close, with Mature rev Oalls
ahead OF him. De orc put together
| record run OF fifty-nine balls al the new
free ball break. lie cleared the table four
times in succession. II was brilliant con-
troll of the cue ball. and his greatest ell
fort of the thrty-four frames OF the
match.
Mature lacked the same certainty 'na'
had distinguished his earlier play. nv
! faltered on easy chances and also had 'he
worst Of luck. De orc soon cut down
Natures lead Of ninety-tNo balls ana
/ while the challenger was puckN nc vas
no match for his famous adversary "heh
the latter was at his best. De orc Al the
| close of the match accepted the challenge
| of Thomas Hueston, a former holder oil
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! the title.
! De orc led Of with the break Of the
pvramid In the final block. He spread
the globes. but played the cue ball SAFE
Nature fearlessly attempted hve-oall al
fair that came nowhere near to the marx
| and he left the old champion layout
! that looked like the presentation OF the
| frame But after picking of two, De GRO
| 6zzled on a cut shot into the left side
| pocket
Then tho Young challenger rapidly put
eleven balls into limbo. TO miss a snort
/ direct shot to a corner This made II pos
/ sible for De ORC 10 count the last pail
get the break OF the second pyramid ana
clear the table I'm his inimitable style with
sensational combination or two that set
/ the crowd wildly applaudlng.
Right through the first ten frames De
/ ORC toyed with his challenger. lie was
not missing the long shots nor the thiniI
cut ones into the corners. as on the hrst
/ two nights He cleared the table SIX
/ times. and his total for this portion OF
| the match was ss TO &c for the challenger
/ from Denver During this stage De GRO
PLAYED position with all OF his prismatic.
! crafty cleverness. Every shading OF
/ cushion draw and follow was worked.
and so we'll that IT became procession.
/ for Nature trailed and it was poor eN-
| hibition of Tagging al THAT
! In the twelfth frame De orc lapsed. and
he missed a runlbor OF easy shots. Ma
turo was evidently suffering from the
strain OF being overhauled at express
train speed lie bungled shots with the
rockets in front OF him as vide az
barn door Each had several 'urns al
the table before the old champion got
slightly the better OF the frame.
DE ORC carefully held TO the advantage
Of the break. and he played first on the
free ball in twelve Of the first sixteen
frames.
The sixteenth frame proved an eventfui
ono as the Cuban cleared the table and
balanced the score with grand total
tally OF 45e balls each The score for the
night was ISL for De orc To :" Tor M
challenger. De orc had been controiling
the balls in marvellous fashion ana ms
cushion shots brought frequent applause
Natrro had his nerve with him. how
ever. and he got II balls out Of the next
pyramid. after the champion worked
| wonderful kiss shot at the beginning got
/ more. and then failed on narrowly
/ eaused one To the side pocket In the
nineteenth frame the champion went INTO
The lead by taking off - balls from the
nvran,id. His control Of the cue ball was
wonderfully certain at this stage ana ne
further increased his lead by collecting
all of the next frame.
Right here De ORC had some Of the
luck that falls To the portion Of the sue
cessful PLAYER. lie seemed able 10 snap
of all sorts Of skyrockets. while the chai-
longer missed a lot OF shots by hairs
brcadths.
The lead that De ORC established proved
only temporary however. as Mature
caught his stroke In the twenty 81
frame. For six frames the younger play
or fairly electrified the crowd. He played
a number of pretty long ones FOR the
upper corner pockets. until at the end OF
the twenty-sixth frame Mature led by the
score Of 53S to 5l1
Four frames later De ORC began a
wonderful exhibition, clearing the table
four times in succession and tabiishing
a worlds record run at the free ball
break Of ~ balls without a miss. The
former record was made by De orc In
! Philadelphia and was IS balls. This run
broke Natures game, and he got only
one ball more before the champion I'm
ished his string.
The score follows
De Oro-3. a. H. H. ~ u. II. II. .. -. ~.
s. 81 l. H. Il. 3, TO- II, "a. 3. 4. ~. ., T. 3. IL,
|. D. IA. IL. IA. IA, II. Total. %3; scratches.
II: net score. 202 High runs - and 10.
! Grand total. 600.
Maturo-i1. o. 2. o. o. "A. q. 3. .. o. o. G. ..
49, ?. %. H. 4. 2, ., .. 10. a. 9. 10. H. 3. H. o..
o. o. q. l. Total, III. scratches. >: net score.
1888 High run, 10 Grand total 563.
Referee-Albert G. Cutler.