Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10
BIG MEN OF BILLIARDS
At ST. LOUIS THIS WEEK
KiccIlhcfer, Worlds Thrce-Cushiou
Expert, to Defend Title Against
CanEefaX.
INTERESTING STORY OF EXPERT
IL Took Him Years to WreSt Homo"
From DC Orc, Who Once Gave
Him His Most Humiliating Beat
ing-Tourney on March 1918.
'Ii,y Associated rrcs..l

CHICAGO. March a.-The greatest
billiard SHOEMAKER in the world and
the most cratic player in the game.
will meet when AuGie 'Kieckhefer. OF
Chicago, worlds champion three -cush .
ION expert. defends his title against
COB Canncfax. of ST. Louis. here March
IL. Is and IA. Eieckhcfcr is known
TO billiard fans as the most brilliant
player developed in recent years. one
who practically discards safety play
and shoots at anything and everything.
CanneraN. on the other hand, is con
sidcrcd remarkable player. but. uu-
fortunately. plays an unbeatable" gam.
one day and then loses to mediocre
player The next.
tho youngest billiard stars in the cour-
try. rho cham ZION ia twcnty-rine
years old. and CarnefaS IS twenty .iX.
Zach has come TO the front randy
and has had moro than one test in
world championship events.
Kicckhefer began playing billiards
in Milwaukee when aboit twelve years
oid. IN hia first game he shot left
handed. for some unknown reason. as
he is right-haldcd a everything else,
and since then has ALWAYS tecr n south
paw when handling cuc. lie can
shoot IiEht~handci. however. and fire.
auentiy shifts 10 make difficult shot.
WON INTERSTATE: TITLE
IN 1915. REPEATING IN 1916
II 1915. kieckhefcr won the Inter-
state League title and repeated in 1916.
Then he challenged Alfredo de GRO.
the Cuban. 70" the worlds champion
ship. That mach has Sone down into
billiard his,or-. for the Cuban estab-
lished worlds record, by making $50
points in 1i5 innings and gave lIinck-
hefcr such n beating that the young
*ter raI6e no effort to get revenge for
two years.
The little billiard plavcr-hcs on" of
the smallest IN the country, ha:ing
learned from the De orc match that
he was rot yet OF championships cal;bcr
dropped from the limeiignt 10 GER
tair extent. lie practically deserted
chaE7r onship vents and devoted his
time 10 practice. lie moved Ia Chi
caeo. playing :or that city In The In
terstate League. but was unable to re-
tain his league supremacy.
After yea. Eieciiiefe: decided III
was ready 10 tackle De ORC again. But,
IN the meantime. De ORC had lest the
title. hieckhcter wanted the title, but.
more than that, re wanted 20 wir 1t
from the man Who had SO Eum.lia;n cd
him-De Orc. So. he did not challenge.
but waited for De Oro TO regain the
championship.
In the fall II 1917 De ORC resaiaeti
the title and Kieck hefcr challenged, but
was preceded by George Dti=. OF New
York. Fearing that De ORC again
wonld lose The championship. Kieckhe-
.cr Kept on practi,ins. -" O-o defeat
I'd otis and agreed to ,nce' Lice kh.fcr
in Chicago. February 6. : and S.
DE Gro. for thir:y-onc years Il holder
Of some kind OF championship went
into that match with his usual tactics
down his opponent. At tho
end or the Irs. nights plav De Gro led
by eight points Followers Of &c
game began to predic' another over
wheln1in ing defeat for t.ic:ki."fer. bu:
they failed 10 recion Y III his greatest
nerve AS orc PLAYER or
pressed IL: "Ycu can beat .Au~ie but
YOU can't make him quit
GIVES DEMONSTRATION