The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-10
AL DE ORC TAKES CASE TO
 POOL BOARD


 Alfredo De Orc, who recently lost Robert Cannefax, in New York, and who has since protested the match on the ground of a foul committed on the second night, last night is- sued a statement of his side of the controversy. The protest will be re- viewed by the proper authorities and decided on its merits, but meanwhile the former titlehoIder feels that he has been unduly criticised for, as he asserts, merely defending his rights, In his statement he says:
 During the second nights play MT. CannefaX made foul on the white ball, and instead of stopping he then made a second strike, thereby placing the balls in an unfavorabl ble position. Upon my claim that the | balls should be respotted in their ori- ] ginal position-whieh was very favor l able-the referee, MT. Cutler, refused to do so, saying. I know of no rule | which allows me to do so.' I inme- diately stated there was such a rule, and called for the rule book. I con- | tinued to protest, and stated, T ob- l ject; l protest
 l The rule covering this point is as | follows: Rule 29-If, after having made a premature stroke, 1t shall be l assumed that he does so to prevent 1 his opponent from having favorable l position, and the opposing striker l shall have the option of playing on l the balls as he finds them, or having | them replaced as nearly as possible where they were when the second stroke was made
 l ''The referee being in error on this point of rules gives me the right to protest. This decision materially af- fected my chances of winning the 1 championship, due to the manner in which my protest was received, and l l onliy scored one point throughout the rest of the nights play, yet on the following night clearly outplay- ed and outscored MT. Cannefax. l have protested to the Brunswick l BaIke-CoIlender Company who are final arbiters in all professional bill Hard matches.
 T feel it is an injustice to me to create the impression that my con- duct is unsportsmanlike, as under the rules of billiards, as set forth above. I am merely protecting my rights and those of my friends
 Whether William Hoppe, the ba1k- line billiard champion, will meet Ja- cob Schaefer or Welker Cochran, his two most persistent chalengers, will probably be defeniteIy determined Monday. At that time R. B. Benja- min, manag ger of the champion, and ] representatives of the other players | will meet at the New York offices of the Brunswick -Balke-Collende Company to reach a decision.
 There is little doubt that a match will be arranged between Hoppe and one of his chaIlengers, since the champion has now closed his eXhibi- ton tour and is prepared to enter in to match in the Fall. But at pres ent there is some question as to the date of the match, whether it should be played before or after the propos- ed championship tournament next October, and also as to which of the younger asptrants will have the first chance to meet Hoppe. In all prob | ability Schaefer will be the opponent for the champion.
 However, the match in any event
 will not be for the worlds cham
 pionship as is generally supposed
 Though Hoppe is the recognize
 champion, the emblem of the cham
 pionship is now his personal prop
 erty, he having defended it for the
 year required by the rules, and the
 title cannot come into competition
 Before a championship match can
 be played there will have to be an
 other tournament creating a new em.
 blen. So, if Schaefer meets Hoppe
 before the tournament is played, he
 cannot hope to win anything more gently been enormously stated tha1
 there was some controversy over this
 point, but both of the challengers
 realize they cannot play Hoppe for his title as things stand at present.