The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-29
BILLIARD EXPERT MUST
LIVE A MODEL LIFE
Ciea" Eye and Steady Nerve Neces.
sary Aid to Success-Unerring
Judgment Also Essential.
GAME GROWING IN FAVOR
Formerly Frowned Upon by Parents
and Clergymen, Now Featured in
Homes and Church Clubs--Pro.
fessionals Earn Big Money.

Clean living is the big essential to
good BILLIARDS.
There is no other game which de-
nands as steady Il nerve, az clear an
eye. AS unerring a Judgment as that
of the cue and the ivory balls.
At the same time there Is no other
and offers so liberal Il remuneration
to its professional followers. Can II
few are Wiling u to MAKE Eee the hees sa erin ss
demanded man of the billiard expert?
Younger element in, the game. The
and youngsters who yet lack years OF
reaching their majority arc already in
the field after the honors now held by
i has not been so very long ago that
billiards were frowned upon by we'll
cierEymen. That time is in Vide con-
trast to the present time when the
. play the game. but many thousands OF
homes In this. country are provided
With haro tina tables
ere taught the first principles Of this
nn% hoM1ESe pns,,me billiard tables
nortant part of the equipment of hun
dreds OF church clubs:
tinme n Moral Uplift.
! that the home and the church hnvs
conn moral 1 1ooE n npon this game Kind
first essential OF the. game is temper re
n an ,n . TO pIiny good billiards one must
mentally. 4 shalty hand cannot hold a
cue; blurred eye cannot see the ball,
angle for the difficult shot.
Every one who plays billiards is am
5itions to improve his game. Ho can
! The topnotchcrs in billiards are few.
You ALMOST can name them on the
Sutton, Cline, Cochran. Cutler. schacfer..
Yamada and Morningstar Each has
made. or is making fortune with his
cue. There Is plenty of room for the
top.
And the reason is not deeply hidden.
TO become proficient. 1t takes time and
! patience and practice to play we'll. and
one n must possess natural skill in
there are some who have succeeded by
keeping everlastingly at it. 1t is the
has kept It's ranks OF experts so thin.
Tor q; is human nature to bend ones
energies along the lines OF least re-
Many BUSINESS Men Are Players.
! And yet whilc all this is true. per-
any other one game recurring skin and nd
physical eXertion. There are innumcr-
gable players among the business classes
who never indulge In other games:
! These lack the time or money for golf
or polo. the opportunity for baseball OF,
tennis. or the inclination for track and
But the golfer and the ,pololst plays
billiards, the baseball star plays bill
college athlete. In fact. almost every
| body is more or less of n billiard player.
but there are not many experts. Yet Il
the baseball stars. the tennis stars or
the golf stars.
With all of the recently added inter-
\ m l,on l,,,t IL In
he the ranks n, Of the nrofeT
amusement and playing with the object
I and baseball
Billiard stars develop like baseball
stars-from long practice and foun-
dation of natural ability. Except in
| the game is more diiiicult and more 'e eSo
acting. Ana y Is the clean living that
gone "A long ways towards Whining for
these n habts havs a nnXbhI h hha
to successfully defend these titles so
The wonderful skill shown by young
Welker Cochran could never have been
attained had he disobeyed the correct
said OF all the others who are now
prominent n the billiard world.
as RTSafsttS a nH baseb Is perhaps
doubtedly, ball player receives n
fessional billiards.; can carr during
a wear. But the fact must not be over,
looked that the billiard player retains
his Skill and earning capacity to a ripe
old age. while ball players years of
activity are few and full OF trouble
/ 1t has been estimated that tho aver
age professional billiard player of first
rank can easily earn from $4,000 to
$4,000 year. while a worlds cham
pion is good for at least $4,000.