Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-04-18 | Page 19 | Former Billiard Star Claims That He Has Coming Amateur Champion

FORMER BILLIARD STAR CLAIMS CLAIMS' THAT HE HAS COMING AMATEUR CHAMPION William Henderson Is lathe tho Name Nanie and LUd Unless the Dope Is Upset Conklin Says That Tha ha He Will Be Bo B Beating Them em All Alif In Short Time CHIC CHICAGO GO April 18 LOOk Lok Look out for tor Wilham Wll Wil- 11 Ham am a.m. Hend Henderson Who on earth arth Is IB William Henderson Well William Henderson is a a dark d rk horse m in In th the th amateur mr billiard H HIs lie He HeIs lieis Is a a. member of or tho the Chicago board oard o of trade an and ha has been d discovered conred by Charles Charle Frederick former nations national an and International amateur amateur- balk ban line Une champion Cham plon pion When Conklin withdrew from the amateur amateur amateur ama ama- ranks he In partnership with Wit Wll lIam Burdick opened a a. billiard room o on Jackson boulevard directly across across th the street treet from the tho board of or trade At least leas Conklin and Burdiek acquired the room which had formerly been conducted b by Charles H. H pr president of ot th the Chicago o Federal league baseball club And it was here hera that Conklin first gothi got KO ot othi hi his hi lamps on William Henderson t th o coming national amateur balk han lino cham cham- pion plon i iSo So Impressed sed was Conklin with tho he nat natural ut ural 11 fine swinging stroke of ot Hend Henderson on that he be displayed a 0 keen interest in th the grain broker from the start Tai Taking ing him himon him himon himon on for tor a game gain Conklin found the dark a II worthy opponent and tho the ol old champion had bad t to step right along to beat bea I him hir Conklin averaged raged nine while Henderson's Hendersons Hendersons Hendersons Henderson's Hen Hen- dersons derson's clip was a a. trifle under under eight Henderson Becomes Pupil From that moment H Henderson became becam a a. pupil o of Conk Conklin Un and an apt one a at that His style needed correcting and h he was a a. bit shy on his draws and muses messes but In general his work was was' good am ana anaho ho he possessed all the earmarks of ot a a champion champIons Now Conklin has hae sometimes 8 to travel trave at a a a. twenty to beat the Oie newcomer new comer corner In the amateur field rl ld and only last las week took Charles Frederick ck measure in a a. point game me at balk line In that contest Henderson averaged eighteen and had the high run of or th the game gam a a. well wen accomplished compilation of Henderson though a a. man m of 40 0 years an or cr better ha has shown such ouch marked im provement under the earnest tutelage o o otho of tho former amateur champion that Conk Conk- Un has persuaded him to enter tho the national na na- na tournament next year feeling reelinG that tha he will viii have hav an excellent chance to leal carry f off the te championship lp And Conk Conklin n I Is 5 willing to w wager er a a od hat right now I that his will not finish than third in the big bl event of ot 1916