The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-23
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Ky NJ III. THOMAS
II win Be i rubber battle when
Ralph Greenleaf, outstanding pocket
billiard genius Of all time, meets
/ Joe concannon at the Arcadia Wed.
nesday and Thursday in = 6o-point
match.
over stretch Of years, Green
leaf and Concannon have broken
even in twelve contests. Ordinarily,
EGreenleaf's appearance in Washing.
ton would be nothing more than an
exhibition. This time he comes for
d regular duel.
And Concannon Is ready for him.
The Arcadia manager recently ran
lS5 balls which Is BY way Of playing
lots OF pocket billiards In q hurry
The experts win divide their
match into four sections Of I'D
points each. natinees starting
&c 3 o'clock and the evening
settOs at 3.
IN the meantime another event OF
i Importance to pocket billiard fans
/ viii get under way. Ed Tindell. the
District champion, will meet Gene
/ Newlin tonight in the opening con.
i test OF the Mayfair tournament, IN
which Ii entered o crack field Of
nine players.
The tournament viii christen the
| MAYFAIR. q new establishment IT
6IO Ninth ST.. Of which Harry
Garrison Is pilot. It's q cozy. we'll
equipped place. located over the
Little Theater. There are eight
tables.
A match VIII be held every
night. starting ct o'clock.
Prize money totals 1928. with
$50 going to the winner. SIS 70
i the runner-up, SIS for third
place and SIG for fourth. The
high run will be worth @25.
IT promises to be warmly contested
affair. The entrants are Tindell and
NewIin, Fred Reynolds, William
Davidge, n. =. Crouch. tr., Robert
Talbttt. walter Rogers, Robert "a.
Foutz and Thomas Purcell. names al
we'll known to pocket billiard fans.
There IL q prospect Of new Dis
trict record IN the Greenleaf-Con
cannon battle. Cracking records -
in line Of business for this pair. Con-
cannon, soon after becoming wash
ingtonian, established mark for the
city by stringtng s. shots.
Later he made this appear tnsig.
nificant with a run Of 1875. In an en-
hibition with Phil Bray.
/
Irwin Rudolph, the present
world champion, came along with
a string Of 1875 last year to take
hOnOrs from OOncannOn, Incl
dentaIly, Joe was the victim OF
the record run.
Greenleaf holds the world record
with 26S. The phenomenal streak
was executed at Stockton, CAL. in
1929. in an exhibition. He also holds
the world mark for championship
play, a string of 101 made at
Rochester, N. Y, in 1924.
GreAnleaf Is the best Snowman
in the game. The rapidity Of me
NAV is in itself remarkable. In
games that require consummate
skin the action usually Is slow.
Greenleaf hesitates on no shot. He
appears to know instinctlVely what
should come next.
Concannon is q graceful, conf
dent performer. 1t should be a
| pretty contest.
Which brings us around to
another ArCad1an now In the
limelight, Red Megaw. The
sOrrel topped cOmedian-bOwler
is so far i'm front In the
Howard Campbell Sweepstakes
that most fans consider final
victory for him . virtual Ger.
tainty. He il 81 pins ahead Of
his nearest rival, Henry Hiser.
and has an advantage over
Howard Campbell and Jack
Whalen, tied for third place, OF
% naples.
The defending champion. Glenn
Wolstenholme. is out OF the run.
ming, 1O1 pins behind the leader.
Only the most miserable showing IN
the final fiye-game set, at the
King Pin next saturday night
would prevent a triumph for
Megaw, unless some other bowler
shoots in reeord-breaking style.
1t is the opinion of, the experts
that nothing short Of illness could
stop Megaw, who hasn't rolled q
really punk set in organized COM
petition all year.
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