The New York herald., 1921-10-09
YAMADA DESERVES
TOPLAY IN TOURNEY
Such Is the Opinion of Maurice
DAILY. Veteran Promoter
Of Billiards.
BY THOMAS A. GALLAGHER.

81 want THE NEW YORK HERALD to
quote me as saying that Kohl Yamada
should be In the tournament to be held
in Chicago next MONTH" announced
Maurice DAILY yesterday afternoon. That
declaration was inspired by practice
run Of 24i at lS2 ballSlIne made by
Iamada and closely observed by DAILY.
Continuing. DAILY said;
That was beautiful billiards, as nicely
played as anybody could have played.
Now Why should player like him be
excluded from the coming tournament,
which Is called a worlds championship
event. II the Brunswick Balke-CoIien-
der Company. which is promoting the
tournament, wishes to give series Of
contests 10 provide a worlds champion
ship let them make it real interna-
tional tournament. open 10 every player
In the world who Is willing to enter and
put up his entrance fee. Yamada is
great player. lie represents Japan.
Why should he be excluded from an In
ternational billiard competition? That
Is my sentiment and the sentiment of
nearly all my customers
when the tournament was first an
nounced II was said the contestants
would be limited to six. Such a tourna-
ment would require only fifteen games.
Now we are told that seven entries will
be accepted. II so twenty-one games
Will have to be played. Eight players
would make twenty-eight games neces-
sary. The players who are reported as
accepted are Hoppe. Schaefer. Morning
n
Cont The eighth player may be and
should be Yamada. Besides being a
strong, attractive player he is a fino
little gentleman
Jap II Modest.
Yamada spent the summer in japan.
where his wife. whom he married In
San Francisco. and fourteen -months-
old girl baby now are. Realizing that
he needed practice he visited Daly's yes-
terday afternoon and made the run that
excited the admiration of the veteran
proprietor. Speaking OF his game he
remarked:
MY play is not good. Seventeen
days on boat from japan TO San Fran
cisco and five days from the coast to
here not good for billiards I stop one
week In Frisco. one day In Chicago.
but get no rest Feel tired. To-day
play best since come back.
/ don't know what do. II not in
tournament I may so back to japan
and open billiard room. May 60 any
how Can get big place--twenty-fou
or twenty-five tables"
Orlando Morningstar came here from,
San Diego with the avowed intention
OF challenging anybody to play 2.40O
points 1872 balkline for from $500 to
1900 a side. but was admonished that
II he hoped to participate in the Chi
cago tournament prior to November II
he must not play against any entrant
Adjusting himself to the situation he
has arranged to play Albert G. Cutler
| q series Of exhibition games. In 1909.
In a tournament for n worlds cham
pionship, held at Madison Square Gar
den March % to April 2. he won six
straight games and the title. The other
! players were sutton. Slawson, Cutler,
| Cure, Cline and Demarest
| On Friday night, playing against Al
| Taylor at Allingers Philadelphia, Jacob
Schaefer averaged 100 I'm a game of 400
| points, 1872 balkline, and concluded with
an unfinished run of 346, the highest
evef made at 1872 in the City OF Broth
| eriy Love.