The New York herald., 1922-01-15
FOREIGN CUEMEN
PLAYING PARTNERS
Hagenlacher, German Cham
pion, and Koji Yamada, JAP
anese Expert, to Tour.
BY THOMAS j. GALLAGHER.

Erik Hagenlacher. the German billiard
champion, who arrived from Berlin on
New Years Day. has been engaged to
be an exhibition partner of koJi
! Yamada, the Japanese champion, under
the management of Edgar G. Spears OF
jackson, Mich, who has had Yamada
and "handless" Sutton as a team on the
road.
George Spears, father Of Edgar G., IL
well known Western billiard expert,
who occasionally runs 900 and more
1872 balk line. makes unlimited perform
ances at straight rail and has few equals
as fancy shot entertainer, reached New
York for the first time on Thursday
| evening. Friday morning he met Hagen
lacher at the Brunswick Balke- Collender
Company's warerooms, where on a pri-
vate table he engaged him in game
OF 400 points, 1872. The German scored
the game in ten innings, finishing with
q run OF 1853. Thereupon the younger
| Spears began negotiations for Hagen
lacher's services, which were satisfac-
torily arranged Speaking of the en-
gagement Spears. Jr., said:
az had never before seen him hit a
| ball. What he did and the way he did
1t satisfied me that he Is q remarkable
player. Unless / am very much mis-
taken he IS sure forty man, good
enough to play anybody. I had heard
that at the Morningside room he had
run 100 and averaged~f0, but was skepti-
cal about his ability. Now I am con-
vinced. II he does we'll on a tour with
Yamada / will match him against any
body excepting Schaefer and Hoppe. I
don't intend to send him after the big
gest game first. Just now I am en-
thusiastic about him. Later I will be
more or less enthusiastic. hope 1t Will
be more.
"His first public appearance In this
country will be at the Mornhgside
room, Wednesday, Thursday. Friday
and Saturday he will play Yamada at
Maurice Daly's. They will exhibit each
afternoon and evening. Following their
games Sutton and my father will per-
form fancy shots. When we leave here
the two teams will split. Hagenlacher
and Yamada will travel one route, SUIT
ton and my father another"
Edouard Roudil, famous expert and
former title holder Of Europe. arrived in
this country aboard the steamship Paris
of the French Line yesterday. He is
the first OF the foreign competitors TO
arrive for the reestablishment Of the In
ternationai Class A 80 balkline cham
pionship tournament under the auspices
Of the National Association OF Amateur
Billiard Players.
Roudil said that his greatest desire
was for plenty Of practice. He was
pleased to learn that q special table had
been set UP in the library Of the Manu-
facturers Club. He left for Philadelphia
late yesterday afternoon accompanied by
Joseph Meyer. The Frenchman will
probably return to New York for brief
visit during the latter part Of the coming
week. He was desirous of learning
who would stand as possible contestants
with him. When he heard that Edgar
Appleby had touched an average OF so
for single game recently and held tc
approximately s5 as a grand average
for more than 700 points he retorted tha.
Il was almost enough to send him back
to France again.
schaerer Seeks Mild Climate.
Champion Jacob Schaefers health Is
a matter of concern to his friends. On
January 2 at Lawrence, Mass, while