New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28
M'COURT PLAYS
MOORE In TITLE
BILLIARD MATCH
Three-Cushion Exponents
Who Meet at DOyle'S
Are Opposite Types

On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Of this week, at Doyle's Academy,
Charles A. McCourt, Of Cleveland, and
George w. Moore, of New York, will
engage in a struggle for the cham
pionship of the world at three cushion
carrom billiards. They will play the
regulation championship quota Of $50
points, in three sessions of fifty points
each. Stakes of $500. purse Of $500,
added by John 7. Doyle, and the dia-
mond challenge trophy, donated by the
Brunswick Balke-Collender Company,
will depend on the result. The winner
will have to defend the trophy against
Horace B. Lean, of Chicago, between
March and IS.
Moore is the holder of the champion
ship trophy, while McCourt is the
champion of the Interstate Three
Cushion League. Their cue work pre-
sents a striking contrast. While
Moore is careful, smooth and accu-
rate executant and an ideal tactician,
McCourt is a bold, spectacular and
dangerous opponent. a great shot
maker who affects scoring first and
safety last.
Moore was born in Youngstown,
Ohio, October "a, 1869. McCourt is
nearly eight years younger, having
been born in Allegheny City, now part
of Pittsburgh, on August 10, 1871.
Each developed his skill in his native
city. Moore had no tutor. McCourt,
according to his own statements, was
a crude performer at three cushions
until Ora Morningstar taught him
the fine points of the game. Moore. Is
the logical favorite for the coming
match and odds Of 10 to 8 that he Will
win are offered.
Looking healthy and prosperous,
Ora Morningstar and koji 1amada
arrived in New York Thursday, morn
Ting. They came from Philadel phla,
where they played a three-days en-
gagement at Allinger's. Morningstar
has a billiard room, containing twenty
tables, in San Diego, but may abandon
II 10 accent a lucrative position with
the Sweeny-Huston Company, OF De-
troit.
Koii Yamada has become round OF
bodv and face. He is no longer the
spare little Jap who came from Berlin
in 1912 to play in the 1872 tournament
AT the Hotel Astor, in which event ne
scored victory over William +. Hoppe.
Nevertheless, he claims to be weary
His reason IS:
"For three years | have been travel
ling. Last year | go with Hoppe to
Honolulu. Then | go 20 Japan, stop
there n month and half, come back
here and make engagement to travel
with Morningstar. | go back to Call
fornia with him. Then ] try to stop a
wear in one place. In Japan | found
great interest in billiards, but tables
all small, 4la by 8; saw only one by
I 10. People want me to play Tamura
and | play him four games. We play
| in places fine as Hotel Aston ballroom
Big crowd. On this trip Morningstar
plav good. sometimes good, some
times bad. At La Crosse | make run OF
1 29S. Irving to play like Hoppe ! spoil
nv game. Now try to get back TO ber-
/ lin again."
( Frank Taberski, Of Schenectady
champion of continuous pocket bill
iards, has accepted the challenge oil
! Louis Kreuter. of New York, the sew
/ enteen-year-old aspirant for the cham
pionship, and they will play about Feb
I ruary %. Taberski will have to name
the date and place for the match by
February II.
I Ralph Greenleaf, the "boy wonder,
/ of Monmouth, ILL.,, was in Washington
| the week before last, and last week at
/ the Regent, Philadelphia. At Washing
/ ton he was to have played Frank Sher-
man. but the latter suffered from lum-
! bago and was unable to play. His OPP
ponent at Philadelphia was Georg1
| Clark. His skill and personality have
made him a great favorite in the
( Quaker City and vicinity, and he is
not likely to come to New York before
March /. Since his defeat by Taberski
/ at Doyle's. October l8, 10 and 20 last
/ Greenleaf has not lost contest OF any
I kind. He says Thomas Hueston, one
I time champion, has expressed an inten-
I ton to challenge for the title now held
by Taberski.
Melbourne Inman, champion OF Eng
/ lish billiards, has announced handl-
cap at $4,000 points, in which he will
play from scratch" and concede the
, following starts to four other proml'
nent British players:
Thomas Reece, 1000.
Harry w. Stevenson, 1000.
Thomas Newman, 1000
Claude Falkiner, $500.
He supplemented the handicap BY
saying: =,