The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-18
MOORE NIPS De ORC;
LEADS BY APPOINT
CHAMPION Scores so to 10 for
Challenger in First Block Of
Three Rail Match.
NIGH RUN OF Z BY c r

George W. Moore. champion. took the
,.,d In the first block OF the $50 point
,,a,ch for the worlds three cushion
ballard supremacy last night at the
,,,slc hall OF the New York Theatre
puilding by nosing out Alfredo de ORC.
,be challenger. The lead was 81 slight.
,oveycr. as 10 he hardly noticeable. for
,As men left the table with the score Just
"a 10 40 I'm the champions favor. Scant
q. This lead looks It means much. espe-
claly when Il Is taken into consideration
that a, one stage Of the match the chal-
LANCER had a lead OF 81 points. a seem
,nsIy overwhelming advantage In 80
,oln,s At that time the score stood DE
oro 39 and Moore II. with twenty-five
inning completed. and II took the cham
MON nfty-one more rounds TO get his
other 80 TALES.
The game WAS one of the most pic
,uresoue contests for a billiard trophy
seen in many a day. The trophy at
stake is the Diamond Championship
emblem. which has taken the place OF
the Lambert prize. Moore had Just
Sres,ed the title from a big field In Chi
esgo. which included De ORC. the Cuban
wizard. almost a perennial champion.
The folks hat were there made the
match picturesque too. Everybody and
his brother and quite a few Of his sisters
we're In the gallery. Although habitual
billiard fans were In the preponderance
persons Interested generally in all kinds
Of sport were there. John McGraw.
manager Of the Giants. watched the
game from a seat close to Jose Capa-
blanca. the chess master.
There was a whole platoon OF add
mirers OF Moore from the West, and
they made the nal echo with the repli-
cation OF their shouts, reminding n
OF a football or baseball game rather
than a billiard match. De orc had his
admirers too. and they had the first
innings. While the Cuban was amass-
Ing his big lead they gloated and when
Moore climbed the others gloated. and
~ IL went. Probably the gloating Of
the Moore ans had something to do
with his victory. for at no late stage
In the game De ORC showed signs OF
excitement. while Moore was as I'M
emotional as the Statue OF Liberty
throughout.
The game was n corker even IL 1t was
nothing more than a shot making ex-
hibi,ion. But hen II had to be IA case
OF the better shot maker winning. for
under the new rules safety cannot be
played twice in succession. De Oro's
early lead gave him an advantage at
the new game inasmuch as he could
take chances, but the advantage did not
help him much. The only bit OF bad
judgment. according to the new rules.
was made by Moore in the .forty-slxth
inning. De Orc had played safe ana
the champion, instead of following the
Cuban's example. tried a hard shot and
left De orc an opening from which he
ran five. Had Moore played safe at
this time De orc would have been COM
PEELED by the rules TO try for a count.
After the twenty-hfth frame Moore
picked up steadily, a run of seven, the
highest Of the night. in the very next
frame, cutting "A big hole in DE Oro's
lead. While the champion was getting
points in one and twos DE orc shared
q run OF ten zeros. but at that ii Vas
not until the s~eventy-third inning that
Moore caught him. The match will con-
tinue tonight and tomorrow. The
score: