Show 0 m m o t tm m p b o r P E a c 1 tip r 1 t T s t t f d l 02 is S l fH 1 12 C W a i F Ly 2 1 K AA i I I MOl t voce VO tiE ES 5 AD ON Ott I CO r COi-r d r w HAS NO N t R t 5 rA A 5 t M t To r tits O toe r N t A. S' S OClA N Z co n. n c I I By B Billy lly Evans Baseball has its Ty Cobb football has its Jim Thorpe billiards its Willie Hoppe but to my w way y of thinking J. J H. H Shoemaker Shoemaker Shoe Shoe- maker maler national amateur pocket billiard champion is an equally interesting char char- acter For tho the ninth time In tn succession Shoemaker Shoemaker Shoemaker Shoe Shoe- 1 maker has won the amateur pocket bbl bil billiard i liard hard championship of the United States In the old days they used to call the title just plain pool championship In the tournament recently staged by bythe bythe bythe the Cleveland Athletic club Cleveland O. O Shoemaker easily proved the class or ot orthe the field He alwa always s seemed to have something In reserve AMATEURS RARE In these days when the amateur In any sport Is a rarity as proved by the recent scandal in college football we take take- great pleasure in presenting J J. II Shoemaker of ot New York as the ike real thing Shoemaker Is a New York business man He represents a big belting con con- cern Pocket billiards is his pet hobby Just as golf appeals to some billiards to others CREDIT TO 10 GAME Shoemaker Is a credit to the game It is a fine thing for pocket billiards to to- have such a a. representative business manas man manDS manas as DS its champion It lends a tone to the game The time nine-time champion has no set rules to follow He has no definite advice advice advice ad ad- vice to give as to how one should go about it to develop de into a champion Shoemaker is of the opinion that temperament temperament tem temperament tem tem- has much to do with success successor or failure in pocket billiards He says that he watches the temperament of ot his player as much a as his game particularly If he is playing his opponent for the first time CHAMPION NEVER WORRIES I can usually tell after an opponent opponents misses s an ea easy shot r ot just ho how dangerous rous I Ia a player player-he he Is Few games are more tryIng trying try try- ing on the nerves I I am fortunate in having a Ing disposition I feel that my temperament temperament temperament tempera tempera- ment Is half hair my success I always make It a point to smile when things break against me Sometimes it Is mighty hard to do but hut I always manage to put it over Its It's Its the ps psychological effect it has on your our opponent fussing fusing and fuming about some miss I know hi his hie game is going to suffer PRACTICE IMPORTANT I Practice of course is most essential Practice makes maltes perfect In every sport Pocket billiards is no exception I Then there is the power of tion I have found that younger players have a habit of or growing careless Such uch Sucha ucha l' l a lapse often spells defeat Adapting your game to that of your our opponent is also a a. necessity You cant can't I I take chances chanceR with a a t. t f fellow lIow who v la is Con nn con v con st tl p y playing you u s safe In nine nice years of competition for WU-I WU the amateur championship of the the- United States Shoemaker has lost only onty three games in sixty Eddie Reynolds Harry Barry Osborne and Earl Patterson have been the only players to win a game from him Shoemaker has played seven exhibition matches with Ralph Greenleaf the present present present pres pres- ent professional champion He lie has won three and lost four matches with Green Green- leaf I |