New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22
FRENCH BILLIARD
PLAYERS Are BUSY
Maurice Daily, Returning to
This Country, Talks of
Foreign Stars.
THINKS CASSIGNOL
A MATCH FOR HOPPE
Eight Entries Likely for AL
Tourney Beginning Here
on April 20.


After FIVE week Of touring in Europe
Maurice DAILY arrived home on the
Imperator last Thursday. During brief
stay in Paris he met all the leading pro-
fessional billiard players. Speaking Of
them he said:
The academies have been doing good
business and the players engaged in them
have done well. Under police regulation
only Frenchmen are permitted to fill en-
eagements. NignauX. now siXty-eght
years old. is not playing in an academy
lie had some trouble with the propretors'
who say he wanted too much. lie looked
well and told me he was able to play
about as well as ever.
"Cassienol is the chief attraction He
certainly is a finished artist the nearest
approach 10 Hoppe Of all the players In
the world and beyond doubt the greatest
masse player. II. any player has n
chance to beat Hoppe. il is CassignOL lie
wants to play Hoppe and asked me TO
match him TO DO SO the latter part OF
May or early in June. when he Will be at
leisure because the academies close in
Nav. In the interest Of billiards / would
like TO arrange a match between the two
greatest players in the world. but Cas-
sgnol wants his expenses paid to and
from New York. and l can't afford to
back him and pay his expenses.
cure is playing we'll l saw him run
$50 in admirable style. Beau and Gibelin
display excellent execution, but DO not
play correct billiards. They have no sys-
tenn and slam around too much Adorjan
is in Spain. He and the Spanish PLAYER,
NIarva. have an academy at either Ma
drid or Barcelona.
Entries for the 141 balkline tournament
which will begin at the Hotel Aston on
April 90 will be closed by the Brunswick
Balke-C onender Company next SATURDAY
The probable entrants are William +.
Hoppe. George F. Slosson and koJi
Yamada. Of New York Harry 7. Cline. OF
Philadelphia. ora Morningstar, of PITTS
burgh. Al Taylor, Of Cleveland ana
George sutton and Calvin Demarest. of
Chicago.
The pocket billiard championship VIII
he the medium Of three nights contest
at Kansas city on April T. ana s. "neu
BENJAMIN Allen OF that city, the III"
holder. will defend his honors against
Edward Ralph Of Hightstown. y. j. ne
latter was the first champion OF the pes
ent style of.continuous pocket billiards
In April. 1912. at Philadelphia, Ralpn
won every game in the tournament when
introduced the game. James Nature oil
Denver, finished second and Aliredo lie
orc third. TWO months later, at Trenton
De ORC took the championship from
Ralph.
Last October in New York. Allen de-
feated De orc and acquired the utie'
which he has since defended against
Charles Weston and James Mature
Raw Pratt: of San Francisco, has chal-
lenged the winner of the coming cham-
: pionship match and other challenges OF
| similar import have been issued By James
Mature. of Denver, and Harry Hart oi
| Brooklyn.
With Dudley Kayanashs death, on
March 70. the first and the Oldest Of
Americas billiard champions passed
away. Michael Phelan, Of New York.
preceded him as recognized leader %
the profession. but kavanagh was the
first 20 win a championship trophy. rms
ne did I'm October. 1850, in six days
tournament AT the four-ball game. played
in New York on by u table, with Si<
pockets.
Al .Ireman's Hall. Detroit. on April 10.
1873. Kavanagh played in the first pubic
match 10 which admission was charged
&, the United States. His opponent was
Michael Foley. OF Detroit. whom ne de-
,eated bv the close score of 1909 TO $50.
In 1862 Kavanagh and Foley played
,b,e. matches. one at Cleveland, another
=, Runalo and third at Irving Hail.
7 Vow York Away from home Kavanagh
u,on both games At Irving Hail on April
Eolov defeated him. 1900 TO l.4se.
From June ] TO .. 1865. at IRVING Han ne
iron bis second championship in tourna-
: mont ON G by l.. four-pocket table. The
other PLAYERS in that event were LOUIS
,,ox Of Rochester; william Goldth"ait'
NJ BOSTON; Philip Ticman and John becfy'
or Cincinnati: John Secrciter and Michael
rolev Of Detroit. and Victor Estaphe' OF
! Philadelphia.
Two years later kayanagh participated