Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-23 | Page 16 | Caras Takes Pool Crown off Rudolph

Caras Takes Pool Crown Off Rudolph NEW V YORK Dec 23 UP The UPI The tradition that a good game of pool is a sign of oC wasted youth has been shot to pieces by Jimmy Caras of Wilmington Del Jimmy who celebrated his ty-fifth ty birthday last week today stands at the top of ot his profession which necessarily involves shooting i a good a-good game of pool pool pool-or or pocket billiards billiards bil bil- bil- bil hands as it is called in the championship championship championship cham cham- class Caras Cares won von the worlds world's championship championship cham cham- Sunday night by defeating defeating defeat defeat- ing Erwin Envin Rudolph of Cleveland to 53 3 in a inning 16 playoff match Jimmy stands out as the youngest player to win the major title since Ralph Greenleaf crashed Into the limelight at the age of 19 19 16 16 years ago Caras' Caras record shows him to be beI bethe betho I tho the most consistent shooter since Greenleaf took the title in 1929 In charging through gh his regular tournament schedule to win seven of nine matches rallying brilliantly when the pressure was put on to beat Rudolph Saturday and tie for forthe tho the lead Caras made a grand average average average aver aver- age of successful shots an in in- in ning fling f He continued that brilliant form formin formin formin in the playoff match for a average a A bit shaky at first Caras got gotI I started after six scoreless innings to take the tho lead with runs of 12 12 25 and 26 in succession He followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed this up in the eleventh frame with a brilliant cluster of 53 halted only when a difficult half hat masse maise shot went T a awry Rudolph whose best run was wa 30 essayed a comeback but ran into a series of scratches which took away most of his points Jimmy then ran out with a cluster of 15 George Kelly of Philadelphia finished finished finished fin fin- third in the tourney beating another Philadelphian Willie Mosconi Mosconi Mosconi Mos Mos- coni In a playoff game Saturday