The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-20
Billiard News and Gossip

The most novel and what promises
to be the most interesting inter-city
billiard tournament ever held. will
open tomorrow night at Mueseys ia
nous halls In Chicago when two
teams Of star balk liners. representing
Chicago and Detroit, will line up In a
great home and home battle at 1872.
Each team has Ave players. carefully
selected as follows:
Detroit-Clarence Jackson. Arthur
Seymour, Charles Heddon, Corwin
Huston and Irwin Huston.
Chicago-Welker Cochran. Fred
Conklin. DIR. Harley Parker. H. l. Nc
Gtnnis and Wilson Henderson
The teams will play series of ten
games, 5000 points in all, total points
to count. Cochran and jackson, ac-
knowledged of better class than the
rest OF the experts, will play 400
points in each contest and the others
500.
The schedule for the opening half
OF the match at Musseys follows:
Monday. Jackson VS.. Cochran: Tues
day. Conklin VS.. c. Huston; Wednes-
day, Heddon vs. Henderson: Friday,
Parker vs. I. Huston.
The rameS at Detroit will be played
at the Sweeney-Huston rooms, OPEN
ing December 4. No admission will
be charged for any of the tournament
contests and all expenses will be
borne Jointly by the Mussey and Swee-
ney-Huston establishments. The idea
10 to instill interest," in the gentler
style OF billiards. the delicate. artistic.
beautiful and fascinating game Of
balk line. and though the inter city
games would doubtless draw big
hN. %ov-~ no. Anr a
that admission shall be free so that
they may reserve seats not only for
their own patrons. but for scores Of
other enthusiasts who will be admit
ted by invitation. On paper the
teams appear very evenly matched.
making 1t extremely hard to forecast
the winner.
After three Interstate Three Cush-
lon Leaguers Of the modern school Of
angle billiards had monopolized tho
Brunswick title, emblematic OF the
worlds championship for the best part
Of a year. 1t has again fallen Into the
hands of the old school. George Moore.
OF New York. having recaptured the
coveted jewelry from Hugh Neal re-
Gently at Toledo. Moore will have to
defend 1t against another Of the old
guard In the near future when he
faces Alfred dc Orc. the challenger
who has held 1t many times more
than any other player.
De Oro's name usually strikes ter
ror to the heart Of prospective OPP
ponent, but probably not 10 with
Moore, a. little George not only beat
Alfred In the championship tourna-
ment at Chicago eighteen months
since, which Moore won, but he later
trounced the Cuban in defense of his
title only to lose 1t to Bill Huey. Of
Chicago. So II there ID anything in
the dope" Moore should master the
.'old master when they clash.
Oflcial dates for the match will be
announced In fortnight It doubt
legs will be played In New York.
though Chicago. Detroit. Boston,
Cleveland. Pittsburg. and other cities
would like to draw the plum. More
match than any for months wherein 4
championship has been involved.
Balk line fans were In hopes that
George Sutton would make Z better
showing against Hoppe than he did.
No longer will they string with one
OF the veterans to upset the cham
pion and are about resigned TO the
fact that TX anyone beats SIR William
1t will have TO be young1ter. OF
these there are 1t present only, two
that have q chance to develop 70 that
It would be possible to turn the trick.
One IL Welkor Cochran and tho other
Jake Schaefer. both Of Chicago. Coch-
ran IL q wonderful player capable Of
biz runs ana high, averages, which Ne
puts up regularly In his Exhibitions
lin the Windy CITY. but 0chaetoGso pros-
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