The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-30
WHITE
JUSTIFY THEIR
Original Favorites for Glass B Balklne Title Share
Leading Positions After Weeks ~Play-Clarke
Loses to Moon, 800 to 272.

iNss shppdt ~ NhtIf Nii'h NhiuC Wi
sists OF furnishing inspirations TO Cas-
signol. The better the boy plays the
better the Frerchman plays.
Wednesday night Cochran had W
innings which yielded runs of 1875 and
80. lie did not get a third Cas-
signol scored 26. 81 and ego md aver
aged 100. Thursday night In eight
innings Cochran obtained a total of so,
opposite which Cassignol placed EOS. In
the next inning the Iowa boy. playing
in championship style, gathered $50
points. getting within is OF a winning
performance. With 90 to go Cassignol
began his ninth inning in a deliberate
manner. When he got control OF the
spheres his execution became rapid and
superbly artistic. causing Cochran to
remark: ~ wonder II he is going to
run II out on me again" What the
boy wondered happened. A more beau
tiful finish than Cassignol mad was
never witnessed on a billiard table.
experimenting Cochran's spectacular
run. OF which observers manifested due
appreciation. IL naturally developed
extraordinary enthusiasm.
John Smythe and David Gideon sat
together during the game on Wednesday
night. After its conclusion they We'd
In expressing admiration OF c~assignols
Skill. Smythe. a warm friend OF both
Wizard SHaefer and Napoleon Ives and
"A firm believer that Ives never had and
never would have an equal. declared he
never had seen such billiards. That
run Of 220." said he, was "A master
piece. IL was the most skiltul. artistic
n perfect execution I ever saw. The
ease with which that fellow got out Of
bad holes and varied his stroke from
extreme force TO the limit of delicacy
was nothing short OF marvellous"
Gideon. who has played billiards for
nearly half a century and has been a
strong cushion carom player. was equally
a~pprobative. lie remarked. During
my experience I AVE seen all the great
players OF the world perform. After
having done so | must say | saw to-
night the best billiards | ever saw.
c~assignoi's execution Is incomparably
beautiful"
Gerald :. Curtis. a member OF the
Racquet and Tennis club, who prior To
the war was FOR several years an annua
European tourist. tells "a new story about
the experience OF Calvin Demarest when
the latter went 10 Paris ~ 1911. II
saw" said he. 'Cassignol and Demaresi
as opponents in garne OF ESQ points In
one OF the Partisan academies. and on
Ave successive nights Demarest did not
ktt ii flONs Esdtn llkhN l'i "'h
the bank and ran the game out from the
spot. Many Americans who were in
Paris went to the academy TO see Deina-
rest play. During five nights all they
saw him do was make five losing banks.'
August kieckhefer held the Interstate
! Three Cushion League average record
for a brief period. On January Il
at Chicago he defeated James Mature
and made the required 50 points in a
innings. thus heating the record OF A.
innings made by Pierre Maupomc. A
week later AT -. Louis. playing against
Marcus Cation. Robert Cannefax scored
so points IN 81 innings.
During this or early next week Al
fredo DE orc will notify Charles Ellis
who has challenged for the three cushion
carom championship. where and whei
the next match for tn. emblem. which
, the Cuban now holds. will be played.
Elliss challenge 10 the winner of tn
match between Jevne and De ORC va
dated December 10 and became effective
on the day following the match, Tn,
rules governing the emblem provide tina
when challenged a champion must de
fend II In not less than thirty no
more than forty days. and must civ,
a player whose challenge is in efcc
ten days notice OF the time and plaC
where he will meet him. The limi, rela
tive 10 the Ellis challenge will he reach-,
February 20. Hence DE Orc will indi
cate his selection on or before Februar,
10,
II IL probable the coming match vii
he decided in either Cleveland or In
dianapolis, Ellis was In New Yor'
Tuesday, when he defeated Joseph Ston
at Thum's. Speaking about the comm
match he said II do not care wher
II is played. John Love. who IL back
Ing me. is a resident OF Indiauapoll,
where I lived for fifteen years. n
wishes 20 have the game There, but wi
not oner a special Involvement for IL.
edward Helm Of Cleveland. who is abot
10 open "A new room in which he wi
have an academy OF ample size %
match contests, undoubtedly will max
a bid for the game.
!, Flfmin Cassignol. for a change. on
broke even in his 1872 balkline game
i, with Welker Cochran at Dal,'s yeste-
day. He beat Cochran. $50 TO II. in ~
, afternoon, running 80 ana 81 and ave-
ag!ng 30 TO Cochran's is high run AN
. average, In the night game cochra
played splendid billiards and won b
$50 10 l15. The boy wonder made rul
. of Sc. So and 30 and averaged l6a p
Cnss!gnol ran 1860 and averaged IS Ia