The New York herald., 1921-12-12
CHICAGO WILL SEE
TITLE BILLIARDS
Schaefer's Selection for Chal-
lenge Match With Hoppe
Blights Local Sentiment.
BY THOMAS j. GALLAGHER.

By IHOMAS j. TX.
The 1872 championship match be-
tween Jacob Schaefer and William f.
Hoppe will take place at Chicago, in
Medinah Temple. which will seat $500
persons. The time has not been def
intely settled. but an arrangement for
the use of the hall on an open date, be-
tween March Is and April l. has been
made Schaefer elected to name Chi
cago for two reasons: He believes that
under good conditions he can play better
in that city than elsewhere. He be-
lieves that the table and balls and other
requirements for good billiards will be
similar to what they were in the recent
tournament, when they were approxi-
mately perfect.
| Local devotees of billiards, including
| business men, capitalists, clubmen and
| clergymen, have expressed regret that
the match is not to be played here, also
hopes that the champion may be in
duced to reconsider the selection he has
| made. Evidence of local sentiment on
the subject Is presented by the action
of Harry Mollenhaur of the Hanover
Club, Brooklyn, who has announced that
in case the game be played here he
Will subscribe for 100 tickets at So each
The matter of possible change from
Chicago is not however, within the
control of Schaefer. 1t rests with
Hoppe. Without his consent change
cannot be made. 1t was not necessary
for Schaefer to have named the city
In which the match should be played
until twenty days before the date for
the event, but having formally and
officially named the city he must abide
by the action taken. His only alter
native is an appeal to Hoppe.
In January Cont, the young French
man. who is Schaefer's playing partner,
will have to so to Chicago and report to
the French Consul there to undergo
physical examination to determine
whether he will remain in this country
or go home to join the national army.
In January last he was examined by a
French military board. which tempo
rarily excused him to report year
later, when he would be older and
probably stronger. BY correspondence
with officials in Paris permission to
have a revision at Chicago was
granted. If he be pronounced fit for
army service, home he will go. AS
Cont expresses his position, It is: "If
I go in army, I am one year, no bill
lizards"
thumpAOn.
The next big billiard event in this
vicinity will be the "Class A" or cham
pionship tournament of the National AS
sociation of Amateur Billiard Players, at
1872 balkline, which will be held at the
Crescent Athletic Club, Brooklyn, begin
ming January 80. Among the prospective
contestants are Charles Heddon. of
Dowagiac. Mich. Percy Collins and Cor
win Huston, of Chicago; Edgar II. and
Frances S. Appleby and Jacob Klinger
OF New York and Edward w. Gardner
of Monclair. Collins. Huston and Gard
ner are former champions
August Kieckhefer of Chicago, who
won the national championship of three
cushion caroms at the recent tournament
in Pittsburgh and John Layton of Sc
dalia, Mo-, champion of the preceding
year. will compete in championship
match of $50 points in Recital Hall,
Auditorium Building, Chicago. on the
nights Of Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day this week. In the tournament which
decided the championship Layton and
Alfredo de ORC tied for second and third
prizes. They divided the prizes and
tossed for the prior right to challenge.
which Layton won. Kieclihefer and Lay
ton will decide sixty points each night.
On one night Of the 1872 balkline
championship at Chicago seven judges of
local courts were among the spectators.
VIII BE Pocket Expert or Suicide.
Maurice DAILY has sreceived a letter
| from a boy of II. resident of West
ern city, who wishes to be taught the
pocket game of billiards. He says he is
feet inches and weighs 1876 pounds
(table side) and IL he doesn't learn the
game so well that he can tackle it's best
aNnOnentS he will kill hin1snlf Tpag-
much as DAILY is not pocket star, nor
even a novice he will probably answer
that should he undertake to teach the
game he might kill himself. and having
no desire TO commit suicide will refrain
from taking chance. SO the ambitious
and desperate youth will have to look
elsewhere for an instructor.
The rule in pocket billiards which re-
quires the players tc call each ball by
number Is to be suspended for the forth
coming championship matcn between
Ralph Greenleaf. the title holder, and
Arthur Woods at tho Hotel Astor, De-
cember 81. 22 and %. Tho suspension
of the rule was brought about by the
committee of the Billiard Room Owners
Association, which, in conjunction with
the Brunswick Ba Ike Collender Company
is promoting the match. 1t is being done
to speed up the contests and TO remove
what has long been regarded as Il weari- !
some feature OF pocket billiards.
A tournament of interest TO the de- |
voices of amateur three cushion billiards |
will start at Thums Academy tonight
with ten players.