The sun., 1916-12-31

AMATEURS LED IN
BILLIARD WORLD
Professional Balk Line Mar
ket Of 1916 Swamprd by
Too Much Hoppe. p
GARDNER GAINED LAUREL.

wv MIN FIN UAINED I,N( MEL
Activity In professional biilia rds for
1915 was restricted to cha llenge matches
for the Brunswick Bake Collender Com.
pany three cushion carrom emblem.
. pocket tournament. matches for the
pocket trophy and a special match for
1900 points at Is: g bslkline. for S75"
. side. between william F. Hoppe and
George Butler Sutton. There was no
championship event at balkline. for the
reason that Hoppe had become the
owner OF the IA. 1871 and iS;?
trophies and there was no title "a .
medium OF competition.
The match between Hoppe ana SUIT
ton. play At ~. Louis. October -. 81
and November I. was not In any sense n
contest. sutton made n total of Sos
His nightly scores were 1876. 2l7 and
ss. Hopes high run was Is7 and his
average 20 1853. Sutton's best run
was 60 and his average 3 40-52. SUIT
ton provided his own stake OF $3.50.
Angle Title Changes Hands.
Alfredo de Orc held the three cushion
championship when 1916 began. He de-
: Tended II against Lloyd Jevne. at Bos-
ton. January -, IL and ~. the scores
being $50 and 133. At PHILADELPHIA,
February 90. - aud 2s. he lost it TO
Charles Ellis. then of P%ittsburg. Ellis
retained II from Pierre Maupome, rep
resenting st. Louis. at Pittsburg, April
J. 4 and 3. On May ~. is and 10, at
Pittsburg. Charles C. McCourt, also OF
Pittsburg. won the trophy By the close
score of $50 to l4s.
At Pittsburg. September IS. 3s n
~ HnRh HAL tnDL h> -l---A.-
from McCourt. whom he beat $50 TO
lSs. At Toledo. November s. 2 and ..
Heal was forced to surrender the title
TO George w. Moore, who won by fS0
TO l:j. At Doyle's, New York, De-
cember ~. 20 and 81. Moore successfully
defended the championship against Al
fredo de Orc. whom he beat $50 to 1913.
The Interstate Three Cushion Carrom
League championship was won By
Charles McCourt OF Pittsburg.
Pocket EIperts Active.
A tournament to Introduce a new
pocket championship was held at Chi
cago. February &c to March 20. inclu-
siNe. The contestants were W En-
NETT Blankenship OF Detroit. John Lay
ton OF Sedalla. Mo. Franz; Tab.rsNi of
schenectady. Ralph Greenleaf ~ Mon
mouth. III. George Clark Of Brooklyn.
dward l. Ralph OF lIightstown. ". j.:
NJ. Pe:rie Of Chicago. James Mature
or Denver. Joseph %concannon o. Jersey
city. G. Weston OF CHICAGO. Bcniam
Allen Of Kansas City. Morris l.. Fink
| Chicago R,,ul.,sbin ,"np'""m VI
| Mon nv winn,ny ,.n Euaih.
two ~ 81" "s"-
A. D.,ro,, Ma, q,
wrested the championship from Rla
SNIP. Layton yielded the title to
pla,.d a, ..d,ii. o.," ma"
T, h.rstIs a., ,r, va. ~" y
: with G,..nla,, rhon, w. wa"
Doyl.'s New yorl oc,onar
90. Ills n.x, ch,rs,.ar ~
who WAS hea,., -, ',r''
y-nb.r al a, ,,d p.oom,S -"
Ana'emr. Keep busy.
r.. r.,
Biir,rd pI,r.,s h.r, ~ N.haleu'
n,a,,s ,,.a.. ~ 4ou' 'ourha-
nork., ,,,,. 'rh. ~ NC az the
w.r. a,,-ca"n o''N,Ine payers
and o. r,,s. ne 'nasseN. -
'he national championship
comp.,e Then, ,onnsm.n,
a, the M~orningsld. Ar,J.n, n.r.
) To Is ,nclusiy. Eirs, n, 49,.
! cnp .mbl.rn,i n, 3D.. - u
81 ID We're won by DR. 81 IA yIl,- -
panhury, Conn vh, m,ds :, ht.h
Of 20. a hiyh ay.rap. az 4 os- 49,"
s'and average of "a g - Moor T.,
Levine and tI,d. . Jarr, ~;
FOR second. third mud fnu,,h n,.s
Terry mad. IN. hjyh..t ,un ~ -
S-rvatius made Inc hes, 49,
20 1919. PLAYING or ties I.uins a.
tsined second pr,ze Moo, ,nira aw,
: Terry fourth ~ y"
Francs :. Appleby wo, IN. C,as. u
cha mpionship in a ,ournamer, nI.x.
nj the Rrooklyr Eiul,rd Acaa.rv 80
J%.nuary ., TO L.hru,,v a inctn.. n"
made "A high run OF :. and . h,.r
average OF 2l-3l ana a grara 80
age OF % Ills hro,b.r Ed..r
who finished second. mad. tho ht.h...
run. Sc. the highest ayerau. =, 80
grand average of s.ab. Tbe o,h.r ~.
Elephants wer. g.. T.. White F. r prrn-
ham OF Hartford, George y. n CiarL.
G. r. Moon, it,. and Fred Iowsrth.i'
who finished AZ named A. 49,. :
their performances the >nnlshy hro,s...
were advanced into class
Gardner National Champion.
~ ''h'H rem uafS ~ and