The New York herald., 1922-01-22

AIRY Bos OF Amsterdam, Holland.
champion amateur billiardist OF Europe.
has shown in his play since arriving in
this country that he is original. also in
imitable. Combining skill, peculiar style
and rare speed in action at a billiard
| table, he is freak and a marvel. About
| five feet nine inches in height. slim OF
| build, dark of hair and eye. small and
| keen of feature. at glance he i'm
! presses.
| At the Crescent Athletic Club, Brook
! lyn, playing against Frances Appleby, he
| executed every description OF carom in
nonchalant manner. and so rapidly
that Sidney W. Curtis was inspired to
| remark:
Il have never before witnessed mind
and muscle working in unison SO quick
| ly. This youns man Is extraordinary.
He Is ready to shoot as soon as the balls
stop rolling. and when they stop shoots
almost instantly. He is remarka BILE in
other respects. Six weeks ago he began
to study English. Now he speaks it so
well that he is able to satisfactorily con-
verse in It. Not only that. but he is
anxious to learn idioms"
Morris ID. Brown said: He plays
like man who has to catch a train
He shoots SO quickly he doesn't give
fellow chance to think what he is go
ing to do"
Charley Namacher, the clubs cham
| pion, remarked: He reminds one of DR..
Jennings-he is left-hand ed"
There the resemblance ends" ejacu-
lated William G. Ryan. manager of ths.
clubs billiard room.
Striking Individuality.
In attitude and action Bos is an ex-
ample of striking. extreme Individuality
His style Is not reminiscent of any bill
lard expert OF the past. nor is there any
similarity between his carriage and cue
operations and those OF present day
stars. His stance is erect, he does not
bend or crouch, apparently he does not
take aim but plays impulsively.
Nevertheless, he is 80 resourceful and
accurate that intricate billiard prob
lens are to him matters of Indifference
and easy solution. He works his left
arm like fail, an odd wrist motion
accompanying every stroke. Neither
studying nor hesitating he affects "end
of the table" play and with draw, drive
and masse strokes extracts points at
amazing speed.
In the European amateur tournament
held In Paris in 1920 by actual timing
he made 100 points in minutes q
seconds. The master of execution that
he is it seems incredible that he can get
tied up" or miss. Yet he does miss
To the astonishment of Ryan and
Namacher, on Friday he failed on
couple of masse efforts.
With reference to his development as
p billiard champion Bos- says: Il was
not taught. 1 learned to play by my
self. 1 was born November 5, 1892, so
am 29 years old. When II years old
began playing. There were no good
players In Holland. all second class, and
1 preferred to practice alone 1 copied
nobody. My style is my own.
I'm 1920 finished second To Roudil
in the championship tournament in
Paris. The games were 500 points.
When I needed 13 he ran s3 and beat
me. He is very strong. Ny high run
was f42, my best average 29.4. grand
average 22.e.
Now / am champion. / won the
tournament at Paris last year. The
players against me were Faroux and
Blanc OF Paris, Corty of Marseilles. Sells
CT Belgium and Robyns of Holland The
games were again 500 points. My grand
average was 23.5. don't remember
my best single average. My high run
was 1872 in the final game against
Faroux."
Trouble May Await Bos.