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PETROGRAD REPORTS GAINS
IN DOBRUDJA; BOTH SIDES
CLAIM MACEDONIA ADVANCE

PETRoGRAD, Nov. "a.
Further advances In Dobrudja were an
nounced In today's official statement. I'VE
advanced southwark. reaching Tashul and
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q Lota q. caIIIarnIA

los ANGELES Nov 2f--JosaHA
rumuity President wilson's secretary. hes
selected Il Love You California" % =
played by the Inauguration bands
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PARIS Nov. IL
Further progress OF the Allies west OF
Monastir was announced in the French
Official statement today The battle north
east OF the Macedonian city is continuing
me italian troops under General Serial
are also advancing, having reached Nnzo-
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Tomorrow The Saturday Preceding Thanksgiving! !
n Thousands of Misses Co
s16.5O Check Velour Coats,
S12.9S

In brown-and-blaelS or gray-and black.
with belt. plated sides and storm collar.
Also number OF smart wraps In black
ahd-whits mixtures. with cloth. fur or
Yelyet-inIald collars.
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SOFIA. Nov R4.-IThe capture Of trenches
from the Allies by Bulgarian troops in
Macedonia was reported by tho bulgarian
War ohlce today In the following official
repot;
Between Lake ochridn and Presba
Lake tho enemy has rctreatod. An en-
emy attack east OF Lake Presba failed
The Entente troops tried unsuccessfuliy
TO capture Height 1850, east OF Pra-
love. wo inflicted heavy losses. Near
Boudamitz wero captured enemy
trenches.
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SAIONICA. Nov -.
Nearly zoo square miles OF Serbia have
neen reconquered from tho Teutuns In the
Allies advance around Munnstir. according
10 the Serbian official statement today.
Violent hghtlng occurred Wednesday
along the whole front north and west and
east OF Monastir, the Allies lEhtlng against
new German forces reinforcing the de-
feated German-RuEarian army. The Allied
advance northward continues, counter.at-
tcks being repulsed.
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declared.
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$3.50 Flne Coats. IS

OF velour. II broNn hlae. green e. black
also keraeg. chsFloEa. 1nlhe4 eIoEHa. plush
ana scotch mE3kaFea=faF ealaafs = many.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26
GADDI KEEPS HIS TITLE.
Defeats National Pion knnf-
man In Amateur Tournament.

Iohn ,;addi Of 81. Bartholomew Attn.
lctic club retained his metropolitan title
by defeating Adolph kaufman of the
Trinity club. the national rhampion. in
the 1aS pound class Of the METROPOLITAN
Association boxing championships at the
New York Athletic Club last night. II
was "A slashing battle and an extra round
WAS needed to decide the issue. Kauf-
man had the better Of the first half eff
the go. hu, Gadii rallied and eyencd
matters by the third round. The sum.
paries;
1875 Pound Glass, S%cmI.nnal.- WItm
Morris, East side House. defeated Nr,hur
De- MARITIME, East sid" House, throo rounds.
settlement A. &, defeated q. kstrIn'
Union settlement \. e.. thr,o rnuuts
Judges decision. Final william Morris.
tast Side House, defeated Fred Hamilton,
Judges decision,
las Pound Glass, Semi-hnals-J sullivan.
Union settlement, A. g, defeated ,icorgn
rounds. Judges decision, william smith.
bronx Church House, defeated i;enrpc
Shuman, unattached, three rounds, referee
decision,
is Pound Glass. semi hnals-irory.
Urucndler, Union Settlement \. G.. de.
featcd Albert. lmckman. Trinliy a, =.
three rounds. Judges decision; Il GLEASON
l.oma>, East side House, one round
Referees decision,
1855 Pound Glass. Final--lohn Gtddi, -.
bartholomew A. g, defeated Adolph K,nf.
decision.
ia Pound Glass. Final--R, Volsar. Edu-
cational Alliance. defeated Fahins X"llncr.
Trinity A. g, four rounds. judges decision
heavyweight. Class, Final--Hsrry Guild,
Trinity 4. c., defeated W, SOrenan, Trinity
A. C. three rounds Judge. decision,
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PrOfessiOnals Bar the Chuck.

The chuck nurse has passed out ~
play. III 1918. when the Daly-Iiarris
book ca ne to public attention. an idea OF
the latter was expressed in conjunction
with the d scussion Of the chuck nurse
an idea for a method Icy which the
chuck nurse could be prevented. 1t
consisted OF enlarging the size OF the
anchor spaces from boxes 81, inches
by : inches TO boxes 7 inches square.
With these large anchor spaces. !, the
chuck nurse Is obtained with the balls
as;ridc the balk line. they AT" in instead
Of gu Of anchor. 50 that only ore irotYt
can Ne made AZ the chuck nurse pos ton
before driving. The larger box has hecN
adopted officially for use IN al yrrfcs
s!onal competitions, hut the smaller one
still IL used IN the national amateur
events. so that her. u IL SIN poss BILE
for this pretty mouTuyr. to Ice tried
II Morris Brown gets the balls In place
for a chuck nurse IN next years tOurna-
ment he ls likely to To NOR" careful
about losing the nurse and may astou!sh
his rivals with Il. I understand that his
plan for practice the next twelve months
includes extensive work AZ acquiring
the chuck as we'll as for maintaining
IL. His ability to count when once he
has obtained the nurse Is proved ny the
fact that ne recently Won a friendly
wager at the Hamilton Club by making
a run OF 200 points at Il.
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Considering IN" unlimited possibilities
OF III. chuck nurse. it is amazing that
II was not employed more generally b.
such men as Ives. Schaefer and Slosson
in the days when straight rail billiards
was the vogue and before balkline came
into popularity II Is Just az useful in
straight billiards AS In the modern game.
That II was known then IL made plain
by the fact thar John A. Thatcher. one
of the earliest writer's on billiard sub
Jects. included mention OF 1t in his little
the position. u" used the name ",huck
nurse for H. That term has been popu-
larizod since largely because Of ~ use
in the text boob 10y Maurice paly and
W. ". Harris. published IN 1913. Pre-
Nious 10 1919 ,he average billiard player
did not know tn" term. nor dd he know
Of thu" existence OF such "A nurse. for
Xxi" was made % 1t by the old timers.
Perhaps Ives, Schaefer ~ al. omitted
the chuck nurse from their stock straight
rail strategy because whenever the balls
are In place for the chuck they also
offer n chance for the rail nurse. al
which those old boys were so proficient.
Some. OF the credit for the present
fam" of tn" chuck uurs" should go TO
Charles G. Peterson Of -. Louis. was
in his room there one afternoon in 1909
when ho announced to "A number Of news
paper men tha, he had discovered a
way TO make loo points a minute play
ing Is: ar Is . halh line. They thought
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NAVY NINE BEGINS
BY DOWNING PENN
With Blodgctt in Box No.
slipmcn Beat Collcgians -.
by Score Of , to q.

ANNApotia. Nd, Mfrch 25.--1n an In
tercst'ng game which opened the base
ball season for both institutions the
Naval Academy won from the University
of Pennsylvania by Il score If . to q.
cross OF the visitors WAS hit much
harder than big Blodgctt. the Navy's
inainstav, hut kept the hits sufficiently
scattered 60 prevent runs except in the
sixth and seventh innings
The game was marked by some ex-
ccllcnt fielding. Moore, Pennsylvania,
made some fine stops and throws at
third base. while Fisher, who played the
same place for tn" navy. made at least
one particularly good pay. The my
error Of the gam" was when Todd. the
visitors second bascmau. failed TO take
a throw to prevent Il steal ana alowcd
Rogers TO score the first run for the
navy. The score
T. ~ P....... q q . % / I
Navy .........0 o ! | u ~ .
Bstteries-Cross and Swirloy AMI OIL
more ami llpch Blolg"tt AMI Connolly.
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uament between j. Howard Shoemaker
and Edward +. Ittynolds attracted such
= large crowd thai the cub parlor on
-" second floor Mas not bIc enough to
accommodate ill \oNt year. II he club
holds the ~uruaincn II IL probable that
the table VIII he set up In the great gym
nasIum for the final game and 1t VIII DO
easy then 10 take care of all who want
10 see the contest.
II tho suggested interclub billiard
league should hc formed next year there
Is a strong probability that the New
hor. \. e. Viii he represented in il. In
event that gtinoa in the league series
are arranged on a handicap basis, il Is
almost sure that the club VIII get in line.
Ihcr, ~ loss likelihood Of its branching
out IN that manner right way II the
games are played level, even M, Tor
there is NO on" man IA ia" club who
could hold his own wr,h such balklnc
artists - Gardner OF tn" NrIon society.
IoGgcnburg Of HE l.Icdcrkriu2, Brown
Of the Hamilton club, tn" .\ppl"bys Of
tia" Amateur billiard club or Nahm-
maCh"r of IN" Crescent Athletic Club.
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With the balls in place the player
must consider a umhe of things. OF
prime importance IS IL that he always
hits tn" cue hall on top. He Will notice
that this will cause the u ball to
ste, abruptly, since what was I, fol-
low when h" put II on the ball has
been transformed into draw when the
bail travels IN reverse direction. Suiii-
Client practice viii enable Il man to
judge just how to hit the cue bail TO
stop 1t after "a trip of only an inch or
half inch AZ almost exactly the spot
where he wishes TO stop II.
With the cue balls course under full
control the player then must remember
10 stop IL AT such a point that II will
barely touch the outside ball. on each
stroke il must just nestle up against
the outsids ball, not hit IL. The out
SIDE ball must not be moved at all or
"r"ck'd' over so gently on tho very
spot where r l"S.
Sttll or" more 'h'nC r essential 10
success VITA the cNlDN. III, ts the
U.s. %! English. y. compdrttiN" be-
gnnor IN billiards thinks Of English
only 49, a r"ieur" u govern the curse
Of th. cue bali. H. playing the chuck
nurs" English should not he considered
az all for i,s effect on the Gu. ball. hut
onl, for what II Will do to the trst Oh
j"ct ball. the on" IN the raj. Proper
us. Of il enable a player 10 save
the nurse when hr otherwise is In dam
ger OF losing II.
II the ball on the rail l. "A bit cranky
and nudg.s "A tiny hi, too far To the
right it may be forced to obey hy 'h-
correct application 81 - little right Eng
lish, ON the principle Of corwhcels
working together. right English on the
cue ball transmits a certain quantity uf
left English to any hall Il hits, Sow,
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with the frozen bail too far to the
light. II a little right English is put on
the cue ball and the frozen one thereby
acquires "a little lief, twist. the cushion
will act as a fulcrum for the English
TO TAXI and the frozen ball Will edge a
irine to the left. In the same IN
II the frozen ball gets too far 20 the
left. a modicum OF lef, English on the
cue ball will rNleem Il. but when en-
rloying English IN this way the player
must remember not to deviate from the
other rules for success. lie must al
ways hit the cue ball above centre, pre-
fcrably with The cue slanted downward
at a very gentle angle. must take the
frozen ball almost fun IN the face. and
he must barely touch. not hit. the Sec
uMl ohIrut hAll
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"a Outpoints Fits.im oas.

tainw.ight title. outpoiut"d Billy tlts-
simmons OF lonkcis Ia IN" chief ten
round hou, NJ tho stadium \. g. CMan-
haitian opera Housed last night. one
round was a repetition Of tho. others,
with Camp using "A suappv lstt hook TO
tn. face and AN occasional right TO the
body.
FIt1Siminous was inclined 20 clinch and
his tactics made tho bout slow, Many
attended the show.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

WAsHtSGToS. Il. G.. March 25.-Ths
las, entries for the Atlantic Coast
bowling tournament either have been
received here or are now in the nails.
and = complete list - IN" entries will
Ice read tor publication IN q few DAYS.
II IL known that tn. number OF entries
Will b" large. and IN. tournament will
AXE eighteen days. beginning on April
%. Play VIII begin each day AZ : o'clock
ana Will continue until midnight.
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Pop Warner. Il veteran baseball PLAYER
and voluntary guardian OF Colunrb as
baseball cares and i.ys, kicked some
snow Yesterday afternoon ~ as to bare
the turf OF South Field. measured the
thickness Of the whit" layer with his eve
and then turned his weather eve west
ward, Al III" conclusion OF his expert
meut he said tlat no game Of baseball
would be played with Manhattan col
lege on "Wednesday. ~ Warner il not
connected with the team officially there
il "A possibility tha: tn" game may lee
PLAYED.
Coach coak,eN said that four days OF
real spring weather viii put tho field in
shape for playing Those who know
the ability Of South Field to act like a
lake Ions after most natural lakes have
dried up do not agree w,tN him. l'ntil
he can transfer the baseball squad o.
forty men t. South Field Coah,cN wil.
try 10 get IN some practical baseball IN
IN" gymnasium. lie has limited t..
work 10 pitching. batting and fielding
~ground"rs, In order 10 add interest to-
,ac practice period. two teams viii hr
picked. \ ban htttcd over the pitcher .
head which hlts In" netting behind him
~ a Inc viii count as u hit. only hits
and passes can Ice turned into runs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26
SHARPE FAVORS PRINCETON.
CORNELL Coach Says Tigers VIII
Win Basketball PIay0n.

Iff''N, y, y, March 25,-That
fI'.''on should beat Pennsylvania in
~ Hl-h"thall game TO play OF the tie
~ '.' Intercollegiate Basketball League
j, '' opinion of Dr. Albert ~, Sharpe,
'"'H ui the cOrnell' five. DR.. Sharpe
N... no" Tigers the better team ofcn-
t''H and defcnsivcly. lie regards Haas
'i Princeton as perhaps The best man
~ 'te hague.
Ih' Cornell coach has also picked the
following All collegiate five. which he
u'nts based on their work at the end Of
~" season could beat n other team :
i''n. Dartmouth, forward Haas, Prince
ton. forward Sutterby. Cornell, centre /:
h'n''g, Yale, guard McNichol. Penn.
guard,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

UANoyFR, y II, March - Harry
Wurth.ue,on, national broad jump cham.
piuu, AVID tlar'no" Si'dlt, al America
football guard, hung up 'Wp new lrcurl,
il the broad Irimp tud euot put r,,p,,-
lively to-day In the iulrr,l,Ss track meet.
Worthin2tou Jumped - fee, loHl inches
and Spears iIt tn" shot 90 'cet
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chnngc In Piping Rock Dates.

II" lIpiug Rock Racing Association
suho4u'cd Yesterday that the dates for
ITS 'Itug meeting had been changed so
.''a' me opening day would not fall on
't.n,AlIon Day. This action was X
'' 'i' ''qlcst of the Westminster Racing
association, which viii bc racing ri Bel
mon lark on the holiday. In return
W Ntstrhester Racing Association will
I'l hold any steeplechase at It's track on
Ihe 'Np days set for the Piping Rock
n''u'o The days of the Piping Rock
Weei viii he June ! and June :.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

A match for the matcur is = balk-
line championship Of Connecticut be-
tween Frederick g. Burnham of Hart
ford and william j, Hahn OF New Haven
ended last week with Durham victor.
They played 500 points in Hartford and
the same number in New Haven, Burn
ham taking both blocks,
In the ilrst game "a, Hartford, Burn
ham won by 800 10 :6l. making
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and To the right or left TO such n de-
gree that a line drawn perpendicular
TO the rail from the .dge OF the first
ball viii just fall inside the edge OF
the second. The cue ball must be just
away from the first ball. 40 that kiss
shots played directly back from the
full frozen ball will make the cue bail
Just bump the edge OF the outside
sphere.
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NEW YORK A. G. TO
BOOM CUE AFFAIRS
Club Title to BE Played For
Next Ncar-OsbOrnP Invites
Stars to Bridgeport.

The national amateur pocket blizzard
tournamcn; that wound ~ Friday night
at tho New York Athletic club marked
the entry Of the organization into On
Hard affair ~ a big way, lhlrsH u'i
been uulet Al the club for u number
of wears, 80 far as gu. tompettloiE are
concerned. but the success of the lrlls'
Jus, concluded has launched q boom
in interest there that viii lead to con-
siderable activity in the future.
Previous 70 the national tournament
there had been no regular competition
At the New York A. 9. since 1911. F"r
nearly twenty years befor. that ther" was
a regular annual club championship our
nament Al poke, billiards which brought
out "a high grade Of talent. william
A. Tilt won the club sup emacy IN
1911, hut the following year inIeres'
had Jagged to such II degree that the
competition was discontinued il IS 20
be revived next winter. and there vii!
he regular club championship compc
tItions at other games--at balkline ana
possibly three cushions.
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MORRIS D. BROWN OF BROOK YIN FIRST TO USE CHUCK NURSE IN
NATIONAL AMATEUR TOURNEY THEORYAMD HISTORY OF SHOT

Diagram Of the chuck nursc po-
sition. Balls out Of anchor and
also out Of ba1k. The cue hall IL
hit high, with barely enough speed
To make II come away and touch
the outside ball. II ball 4 works
to the right = little right EraIish
viii make II move hack ca the left.
and vice versa. a. hail must
land sO lightly on hall u that hail
n IL not moved. The dotted lines
show the tort Of anchor bOx, seven
Inches square,. now used In profess
siOnaI matches aud which eHcc-
lively prevents the chuck nurse.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

Robert Weld, member OF the board OF
governors, who was chiefly instrumental
in having tho National! Association of
Amateur Billiard Players award tho
national event to the club. has made
tentative arrangements for another at
traction In the near future. lie has
invited Edward W. Gardner. the national
amateur Is - balkline champion, to play
An exhibition match at the club against
some other leading amateur, Morris
II. brown or j. Ferdinand Poggenburg
probably viii he his opponent, though It
Is possible that Edgar Y, or Francis
:, Appleby will play against him.
The club Is well fitted to take care Of
itself in billiard affairs II II once de-
cides to go in for them rs Il regular diet,
Plenty Of capable players at all styles
Of play are numbered among It's mem
bership. and every facility is available,
The club billiard DON Is one OF the
best in the city. equipped with seven
pocket tables and five rarrom tables
The floors are heavily carpetcd IN deep
red. The dark color scheme 81 the
wallis and hangings makes II pleasing
match and the most rcstful sort Of con-
trast with the bright green # the billiard
cloth. with u place lik" this in which
to practise there il every chance for
the ambitious members 20 improve their
games,
May Join lntcrclub League.
The nnal match Of the national tour.
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w AJsnlnk ~ 1htSttI VI nv ii"' 49,
accumulate counts in that way does give
an Impression of ridiculous ease. To
appreciate the difficulty of 1t a player
will have to try II himself, taking the
halls with his hand and placing them in
~nerfect location. Even a first class
nlayer capable OF an average OF six or
more has no nance at all to manipulate
IN. chuck unless he understands its
principles thoroughly, Not only that,
hut he will have to undergo diligent
practice before he can get the feel OF
the stroke. After starting with perfect
n~osition perhaps twenty times II IL al
most certain that the averag" six player
cannot get more than six or eight points
before losing the nurse. The chuck Is
no exception to the general maxim OF
billiards that What looks easiest Is ac-
tually hardest
THE chuck nurse is rsally "A varia-
,ion of one of the positions that arise
during the rail nurse, There are three
important points Of difference between
the two nurses. In playing the rail-
nurse it In necessary sometimes 10 MI
the cue ball below centre-draw u bit
In the chuck nurse the cue ball always
IL hit on the upper half-a sort OF
follow effect. In the rail nurse some
shots are played of one object ball and
some on the other. In the chuck all
are made of the same ball. The rail
nurse calls for several different kinds
of shots, with the general location OF
the three balls constantly shifting along
tho rail In n direction. The chuck
nurse IL absolutely stationary and
every shot Ia the same nv the one be-
fore except for the slightest variation
in the way the cue ball Is hit.
Correct position for the chuck de-
mands that one ball be frozen on a
cushion. The other must be out from
II about as far al the width Of a ball
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'''''. Pm. bullrG ~ IA" NTH inning
d! IH-. ...... 100 Z / q " q a - o
J. .. ....... 81 - u - - y .
t.- k,vN pumrgo. Yolu-, >tanasc, Bush,
' ,Nd t nN I'almcrO. %; 10y Schauer. @;
q .tN-nam. 4 Hts-On Boland, .; OF
I nero. on srhaucr, d? Hts appor'ioned
- h' and. s. OFF Pdimcro, I; OF schauer.
! Two 1a-" hits BJsh, iIarper. Three base
- ks inhI-h sacrifice tiy-Bush Stolen
ti''- htt iuIu.h. Rou-h, Fletcher = Sac
T. 1t- Bush struck out-By Boland. !; by
,'n'gr F.. 10y CUNNINGHAM 4; by Schauer, !
i't struck out Bv Boland, !; by Pal
.TI. nv cunningham I: by Schauer, J.,
tf,' Hi.r on hall--By Boiand, .; by Schauer,
! hy gunluGhsm, !. Battcrs hll-By Pal
i"'. First ba~" ON errors New York.
|'f' ON ha-"--New York, 3; Detroit. 4.
" I H',I By >haurr, !. Time hour aud
TO-, umplrcs-Morsan Spencer and
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they scented one Of his Jokes and
wouldn't bite. lie offered to wager the
dinners on the proposition of making
500 points In four minutes. There were
no takers. so he agreed to do the trick
Just for the fun Of It.
cores 500 In Four Minutes.
Pete had a table marked for balk line
WITH the recognized anchor spaces OF ~.
inches by : inches-the spaces known as
"Parhcr's box" lie set up the balls
for what experts now call the chuck
nurse. with one ball in anchor on one
side Of the balk linc and the other out
OF anchor on the other side Of the
halk line. Peterson. who has n mar
>ellously rapid stroke-he probably plays
At least 10 per cent. faster nan any
other prominent man that eve handled
a cu~e--operated the chuck nurse for his
500 points well within the time limit.
phe glory OF Pete's feat va exploited
In the 81. Louis papers and word Of IL
travelled TO Denver. where an amateur
FAMED Frank Dre.her began to practise
the shot. Gradually gaining in mastery
OF Il. Dre!he- eventually ~astounded bill
Hard players al, over the country when
word was flashed from his home city
that he had made n run OF cas- AZ it
the first time an amateur had been
known to control the chuck. Dreihcr
turned professional! shortly a~fterward.
SO IL remained for somebody else to
introduce tho nurse TO the national anna
teur tournament-lt remained for Morris
Brown. william \. Sp!nks. who COM
pared with othe. leading professionals in
his day. but who now Is retired. aCCumu.
lated loo points at the chuck In the
fall OF 1872 and ceased play with the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

Henry : osborne, representative of
the Algonquin tluh Of bridgeport, in the
national amateur pocket billiard tour
uamcnt, has extended an invitation on
behalf of his club I" Shoemaker. RAY
nolds II CeCil NJ. Muno2 OF the ANA.
teur Billiard Cluh of New York TO visit
bridgeport ana play a It'll. lnterclub
tournament with himself and two other
Algonquin members. They have prac-
ticallv accepted and the contest probably
viii be arranged for about two weeks
hence.
In return the New Workers have asked
Osborne 80 have the Algonquin trio come
80 New York aft"rwaid. thereby maKing
il u, home and home AFFAIR. More COM
petitions of this general sort may be
arranged shortly among players Of other
clubs.