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Show CUE LEADERS j FACINGTESTS Scovills Bars Path of Cochran, Coch-ran, Only Unbeaten Man in Tournament CHICAGO, Jan. 25 (UP) Veteran ivory experts will test the skill and cunning of the three leaders in the world's three-cushion billisrd chara- pionship tournament today. Welker Cochran, San Francisco, the only unbeaten contender, runs against Frank Scoville, bespectacled veteran from Buffalo. Cochran has three victories. vic-tories. J. N. Bozemsn Jr., Vallejo, Cel., and Augie Kieekhefer of Chicago, the defending de-fending titleholder, face stiff competition compe-tition to hold their positions in a second sec-ond place tie, each with three wins and one defeat Bozemsn meets Tiff Denton, expert from Kansas City, in today's opening match. Toinght Kieekhefer meets Otto Rel-selt Rel-selt Philadelphis. Reiselt scored bis first victory yesterdsy. Johnny Lsyton, Sedalla, Mo.; Arthur Ar-thur Thurnblad of Chicago and Reiselt were yesterday's victors. Thurnblad toppled Tiff Denton, 50 to 43, in 4$ innings. Denton and Jack linn, hv thir Hfeala alirf ,,, af Ik. four-way second place deadlock and entered a third place tie, which included in-cluded Layton. 1 Layton got back in the running with a 50 to 42 victory over Allen Hall of Chicago, in 30 innings. It was Hall's fifth successive defeat leaving him the only player in the tourney without a victory. The standings: Hllh Boat i, - . Won Lest. Run. Oama. Wtlkar Cochran. Baa Praaciaeo IC IQ I ..... 1 S SS J. N. Boaa.ua jr.. Val, lato. Cal .., ..I s 41 Ausia Kitekhalar. Chi. I i I t) Clarence Jack ion. Dal. i 7 4S: Till Danton. K. C i I 40 Johnny Layton. Sedalla. Mo I 11 si Prank BcovtlW, Sulfate 1 44 Arthur Thurnblad. Chi. 1 1 10 4 Otao Rrlaelt. Phils I 4 I AOea Ball. Chlraio ... t t .. |