The Washington times., 1922-11-12


had beaten George +. Slosson and
the late Jacob Schaefer. father OF
the present champion, who bears his
name, for the l4.2 championship and
was permitted to become the owner
OF the emblem of championship, that
style of play began to be termed
too easy" An early suggestion TO
make billiards more difficult was to
increase the balk spaces to eighteen
Inches. IL was not, however, until
four years afterwards that any pub
lie effort TO conform to that propo.
sition was made.
In the spring OF 1896 Maurice
Daly promoted series of tourna-
ments in which Ives, Schaefer and
GARNER figured. They played 1872,
in New York, "A handicap at 1871 in
Chicago, and cushion caroms in Bos-
ton. The 1872 tournament was held
in the Concert Hall OF the Madison
Square Garden, March 80 TO April
!. The games were 600 points and
five shots We're allowed in the an.
chor spaces. which were 3h by 7
inches. The players opposed eacn
other twice. Ives and Schaefer
broke even. GARNER did not win d
a single average of fifty and a
grand average of SO 3O.64. Schaef.
er's high run was 176. his best aver.
age 80 and his grand average "a
1921. Carriers grand average was
3 7-75.
First Title Tourney in 1909.
Six years later, February, 1902. in
the Grand Hotel. Paris, the first
championship tournament at 1872
was played. 1t was for the cham.
pionship of France, for which Cure,
Fournil, Nignaux and Gibelin We're
contenders. Curt. Fournil and Wig
naux tied, while Gibelin did not win
game. The following month at
the Grand Hotel, Cure, Fournil and
Nignaux endeavored to unravel tn Fir
tie. but did not succeed.
The first 1872 tournament for the
championship of the world was held
in the Grand Hotel. Paris. February
ID TO 20, 1898. II was promoted by
the Brunswick k-Ealke-Collender Com.
pany. Cure and Nignaux represented
Europe, Sutton and Slosson the
United States. Although Schaefer
was in Paris at the time he declined
10 participate. Thus it was that Slos-
son, who was out of practice, was
prevailed upon to go abroad and COM
pete. Nignaux, Cure and Sutton
each won two games. Slosson was
beaten in every instance. Cure beat
Sutton. 500 to 4l5: FignauX beat Slos-
son, 500 to 146; Sutton beat Slosson,
500 to 306; Cure beat Slosson, 500 to
219; Vignaux beat Cure, 500 to 403.
Maintaining that the championship
and first prize should be decided by
the grand averages. Vignaux refused
10 play off the tie and appealed 10 a
French court for a decision. After a
delay of several months, a ruling in
his favor was rendered.
Challenged for Title.
Thereupon Sutton challenged for
the championship. Nignaux accepted
and named January 20, 1904, at the
Grand Hotel as the time and place
for a match involving the title and
stakes of 81 900. The result was Wig
naux, 500; high run, lac; average,
10 6.26. Sutton. 496; high run, 12S;
average, IS 1926. With 81 to go, SUIT
ton ran AZ, and. with the balls in
close order. made a fatal masSe ef-
fort. From a favorable leave, Wig
naux rapidly scored 23, all he needed
That was the first challenge match
at 1872. NignauX was not again chal.
lenged, and at the expiration of two
years, the championship emblem be-
came his personal property.
Since that time every important
professional championship tourna-
ment at 1872 balkline has been held
in me United States. They were
seven in number, five for interna'
tional and two for national honors,
all promoted by the Brunswicke.
Bake. .Collender Company. Six were
contested in New York one, the
last, in Chicago. The first was
held in 1906, the second and third
in 1909, the fourth in 1912, the
fifth in 1919. the sixth in 1920, the
seventh in 1921.
The respective winners were
George f. Slosson, orlando Morn.
ingstar. Calvin Demarest, William
+. Hoppe, William +. Hoppe. Will
lam +. Hoppe, Jacob Schaefer. Un.
til 1919 games were 500 paints ana
anchor restrictions were 312 by I
inches. In 1919 the games were re.
duced to 400 points and the anchor
spaces were enlarged TO inches
square. In each event two shots
were allowed in balk and anchor.
Retrospectively and comparatively
the 1906 tournament played In the
! concert hal of Madison square
Garden. April TO 21, is OF engros'
sing interest. 1t was the flrst event
of it's kind on a large scale ana
with the exception Of Nignaux. the
players who figured in u were @ @.ne
! foremost experts of the period Inc
: competitors were George F. Sios'
son, George n. sutton, Jacob Schae'
fer. William +. Hoppe, Louis 1ure'
Albert q. Cutler and Oranuo Mo,n
ingstar. They finished In the order
Of the naming. The trophy EN-
blematic Of championship was sup, sup,
loci 10 challenge and had to be heln
continuously for two years before
n became personal property. ~
was n medium Of competition Ior
six wears. In 1912 Hoppe became
the permanent possessor OF IT,
1921 Tourney a Classic.
international in character and IN
con, n,narable OF result, the tourna
ment for the championship OF the
world. at 1872. held In. the Auditor,
INN Annex, Chicago, November
4 - % 1901 stands out as the hlgn