New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-02
'THREE-CUSHI0N
EXPERTS MEET
IN TITLE PLAY
Champion Ellis Defends
Crown Against Maui
pome This Week.

The three-cushion billiard champion
ship will be disputed in Pittsburgh on
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday Of
this week. Charles Ellis, Of that city,
and Pierre Maupome. of St. Louis Will
be the players in action Ellis won the
championship in Philadelphia on Feb
ruary %, "a and % by vanquisning
Alfredo de Orc. August Kieckhefer, of
Chicago and Maupome. in the order OF
RAINING. were challengers for the title.
Kieckhefer withdrew his challenge
which made Maupome eligible to be-
come the first to contest against Ellis
for the title. Ellis named April 3, 4
and as the days for the match.
The match will be played in the
Harry Davis billiard rooms, Pittsburgh.
Il will be for $3.50 a side. the champion
ship emblem donated by the Bruins
wick Bake Collender Company, and
a purse of $500 added by Harry Davis.
The contest will be one of $50 points,
OF which 90 will be played each night.
Challenges for a chance at the winner,
each supported by a deposit of $500.
have been filed by Charles McCourt, of
Pittsburgh; Hugh Heal. of Toledo;
George W. Moore. Of New York. and
Alfredo De Orc. of New York. Horace
b. Lean. OF Detroit issued a challenge
which was entitled to priority over
those Of Moore and De ORC, but he with
drew il last week.
Prospectively the event will be OF ex-
traordinary interest. The principals are
in good form and are well matched.
AS contestants for the interstate three
cushion league championship, after
having completed bout t..ree-quarters
OF their respective schedules, their
standing is so close that Ellis has IN
his favor only slight percentage,
which may be eliminated by one or two
games.
Ellis won the interstate title year
ago. This season he has been closely
pressed and occasionally headed by
McCourt and Maupome. In the worlds
championship tournament at Chicago a
year ago Ellis won tive games and lost
six. At Philadelphia on March Is, play
ing against Frank Jones, he scored 90
points in thirty-seven innings, sur
passing the previous interstate record
OF thirty-eight innings, made b. Rob
ert Cannefax. of st. Louis. He IS an
accurate executant who rarely affects
safety tactics, preferring TO try ioi
every possible count.
Pierre Maupome is spectacular and
sensational player. He often supports
weird conceptions by fantastic execu-
ton. Using twenty-four-ounce cue
ne ncgotiates draws. spreads, force fol
lows and reverse English strokes that
TO the average amateur devotee Of bill
lards. are suggestive of necromancy. A
wonderful memory is his most remark
able attribute Persons who know him
we'll say he never forgets anything.
His weakness is in the execution OF
what are termed ordinary "naturals'
lie makes difficult problems appear sim
pie and frequently fails 20 make the
easy ones.
Challenges for the pocket billiard
trophy. won by W. Emmett Blankenship
Of Detroit. in the recent championship
tournament At Chicago, have been IS
sued By John Layton. of Sedalia. Mo.
Frank Taberski, of Schenectady; Ed
ward !. Ralph, Of Hightstown, y. J.
and Ralph Greenleaf, Of Monmouth, i'll
IL ~ probable that Blankenship will
name Detroit as the place where he wi
play Layton, whose challenge holds pri-
oriiv. and the game Will take place
about May /. The winner viii have 70
play Taberski, but may not do so until
fail, .nasmuch az II; is optional with a
champion whether or not 20 play IN
Jane. July or August.
August Kieckhefer, who came 20 New
York 20 defeat Charles Otis, % 20 "a. AZ
the Brooklyn Billiard Academy last
Wednesday night. says the next meet
Ing Of the interstate three-cushion
lesguo will be held at Chicago on May
} 5. and that thorough reorganization
Il the league is probable. In his opin-
ion. young Jake Schaefer is the coming
balkline player.
"For six weeks before ! left home. 4"
fai1 Kieckhefer. "in games Of 300 and
400 points, 1872 balklinc, Jake averaged
from 10 10 80. That's going some"
Another opinion Kieckhcfer expressed
IS That Ellis will defeat Maupoinc in the
championship match at Pittsburgh.
On the Western trip Of Fermin Cas-
. figuol and walker Cochran they played
400 points at the Erie Club, Erie. Penn
/ The French champion ran out in -four
innings, making an average OF l0C
points per inning.