New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-26
WORLDS TITLE
POOL TOURNEY
MELTED $3.50
Promoters Have Little Lett
After Paying Expenses
and Prize Money.

An itcmized statement OF the results
of the pocket billiard tournament iof
the worlds championship. winch began
at Chicago or February = and yer.
minated March 20, show ths: the eVe".
was managed at a net proht o. ~
$500. Cash prizes aggreSat'ng 500
we're distributed. Inc dental expenses
amounted 10 S3.i07.6O. BoNothce re-
CENTS were S4.333.90. and Sl,oUo vas
received from the participants, eac' VI
whom paid an entrance fee OF STU.
W. Emmett Blankcnship, Of Detroit
won the first prize OF $525 ana the
challenge cup. donated by the Brrns,-
wick -Balke-Collende3 Company. "hlch
must be defended continuously Tor
twelve months before it will become
the property OF the holder.
John Layton. Of Sedalla, 40. Won
second prize OF 1925. and Frank Iaoer-.
skl. of Schenectady. the third prlze o.
1925. Edward l. Ralph, Of Trenton \;
j.; George Clark, of BROOKLYN. ana
Kalph Greenleaf. o. Monmouth, Ill.,
tied for fourth, fifth and sixth pres
which were combined and divided each
player receiving S22l.6d.
Benjamin Allen, of Kansas CITY. NO;
James Nature, of Chicago; Mlchae..
Petrie, Of Chicago: Charles weston D..
Pittsburgh. and Joseph Concannon; o.
Jersey City, divided seventh, eightn'
ninth. tenth and eleventh prizes, each
receiving s92. Morris Fink. Of rhIIa-
dclphia. and J. l.. Chapman, Of CmcaGo'
Icspectively twelfth and last. were each
awarded $50. Thus Allen, Nature, re
trie, Weston and Coucannoa :eceived
: , MT
ton. while Fink and Chapman each
realized a loss o. $40 and expenses
Contestants in the tournament have
precedence over nor-contestants Wlth
respect to challenging fov the cham
lionship. Priority was established Dy
the order in which players finished.
Accordingly Layton may be tie hrst
challenger and TebersEi the next.
Those who were in tics drew lots 20
determine their positions as ch4lleng-
ers. As result. Tie relative eligibility
CT the players who did 10. finish first,
second or third is Clark. Ralph. ives
ton. Petrie, Allen. Greenieaf. Co2can-
non, Nature. Fink and Chapman.
When challenged the champion must
defend his title in not less than ttlrty
nor more than forty days. !. Vill be
oDtional with Inn whether to play iu
,he months Of Ju-c. July or August.
Challenges maturinc IN those months
need not DC acted upon before Septem-
Der. The must. however, be accepted
within ton days after chey have become
effective. Unless he obtains the con-
sent OF tic challenge he must meet
and he approval Of TIE Brunswick
Balkc-Colende- Company 20 other ar
rangcmcu;s, the champion must defend
his title in 4 public hal! in hi home
city.
Championship matches viii be not
less than $50 points and o. three
nights duration. r MATCHES are OK
tended beyond 450 points the quota
'or cacn night mus, be 100.
Charles Ellis. who wor he .Iroe-
cushion carrOm champ .onsh.p from A.
frcdo dc Orc at Philadelphia February
%, "a and %, has named Pittsburgh.
April 3, 4 and 8. as the place and dates
where and when ne will defend has title
sgainsc Pierre Maupome. Of St. Louis.
The contest will take place IN the
Harry Davis billiard nall. one OF the
largest establishments OF its kind in
the world.
Nathan Hall. o. Boston. the best
amateur palkline expert In Now Eng
land. and pronounced the sunerior @
any amateur in the country. has been
vory i'll IN England, there he has beor
representing Boston mercantile
house. lie had pneumonia and for =
;.mc fatal result was feared. lie is.
however, reported 70 be coryaleccent
now and is about TO return home.
At Buffalo On March IS Cochran and
Cassignol played ar exhibition Of 400
points, 1872 balbine. in which both
performed well. but as usual the boy
Wonders effort was iutilc. Cochran
made 344 points in nine innings. aver
aging SO 30. His aspirations pe~c
bliShteG by Tho French champion. who.
with 90 to 20. proceeded TO fnish the
same and average 40