New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Cochran Now
Acclaimed Star
At Close PA,
Speed in Exhibition at Dal,,
Dazzles-Miss Haywood's
Game Does Sex Proud

Playing game of 400 points u .
balkline against Ward, of the Bos,os
Athletic Association. Thursday off,.
noon at Maurice Daly's, Welker Co.s
ran gave a wonderful exhibition =.
skill. He finished the required nnu
Der of points in three innings, ayers,
ing 1873 13, and continued his clos;r,
run until he had scored 326.
Holding the worries at the head e,a
of the table, he made only three Ion,
drives. and punctuated the run with
exquisite nursing along and just ont.
side Of the latitudinal line. The speea
at which he made the run is reAectsd
by the fact that it was timed in twer.
ty-five minutes. Thus he scored a.
the rate of 13 to the minute.
Those fortunate enough to watch n.
performance declared they never befors
| had witnessed so dashing and accursts
sn exposition of close manipulation
One veteran observer remarked: aIt
was as brilliant as the best ever
shown by Wizard Jacob Sehaefer ana
as methodical as the work of Frank z
Ives. He was simply absolute"
Recently two gentlemen in SisM
Avenue restaurant gave universal sut.
frage due and divergent consideratioo
[ Opposing suffrage, one argued: "put.
woman at anything a man does, and in
six months she will do it better than
he can"
The Impossible" Possible
Miss Clara Catharine Haywood, 0.
Philadelphia, the most skilful femals
billiardist known, is an excmplifcation
of what women can do when they in.
wade zones of activity in which thu
sterner sex is considered supreme
Four years ago it was considered i'm.
possible that any girl or woman could
master the intricacies of the game n
billiards as she has. Of the million,
of men throughout the world who Ara
devotees of billiards there are not mora
than hundred, including both profs,
sionals and amateurs, who are her
equals at the game.
She combines genius and art in
manner that enables her to make djt
ficult fancy shots with ease and demon
strates amazing proficiency at straigh.
rail balkline and three-cushon cs..
rOms.
During this week she will appesr
each afternoon and evening at the Pal.
ace Theatre in brief exhibitions a,
billiards, in return for which the man.
agement will contribute q liberal sum
to the Billiards Ambulance Fund. In
her exhibition at the Palace she will
be assisted by Welker Cochran, Maurice
Daily, Albert G.. Cutler and probably
Harry p. Cline. her tutor.
Kieckhefer to Defend Title
won the Brunswick Bake Collender
championship Of the world at three
cushion carroms, from Alfredo de Orc
will defend the trophy on "Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of this week al.
Chicago. His opponent will be Robert
l.. CannefaX, of ST. Louis, from whom
de Oro wrested the championship at
st. Louis, September 5, and 7. In
the Ambulance Fund tournament al
Chicago CannefaX made run of Is
and was awarded a $50 Liberty bond.
offered as a prize for a high run. The
contest will be at $50 points, fifty each
night. for $3.50 side.
Otto Rejselt, of Philadelphia. is
pressing Pierre Maupome, of Cleveland
for the lead in the Interstate Three.
Cushion League.
On February 27, IN Cooks billiard
parlor, Elmira, William Mcdonald,
eighty years old, of that city, made an
unfinished run Of 100 at straight rail-
He had the balls in a favorable posi-
ton when the run terminated.
Frank Taberski exhibited in Cleye-
land during the last two weeks. The
first week he played at Helms for the
benefit of the Ambulance Fund.
In a match for the three~cushion
carrom championship of the North
west, played in Seattle February % and
! %, Chase Sibley. champion, defeated
of 100 to 95. On the final night Solo
mon made run of II. The proceeds Of
admissions were contributed to the
= Ambulance Fund.
$ The challenge of Joseph Chapman. o.
: Blrmingham, to play anybody in the
e world 1O8 games of smoker for $500 4
4 side has been accepted by Willie Smith
y Of Darlington. The match will tak'
:. place in London. The British sports.
p mems Ambulance Fund will receive %
per cent of the gate receipts.
Thomas Reece defeated Henry W,
. Stevenson for second place in the tri-
i angular tournament, of which Mel
u bourn InMan was the winner. Nov
- English billiard authorities are trying
', to explain how Reece, who appears 70
!, be Inman's superior, fails to win from
/ the latter in serious contest.