Show BILLIARD SEASON IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE Activities of This Year Have Been Most Successful Successful Successful Suc Suc- Ever The final lap Ip In the billiard activities of the season of or 1914 15 was WilS started last week Two big tournaments with schedules Ie running running well toward toward summer months have been opened to furnish the tho climax for the most successful leaton sea lea ton eon ever enjoyed by this game In this city Seventeen of ot the creel three cushion players have havo entered In the championship champion champlon- ship tournament at the tho parlors par par- lors bra tho tue winner to re receive the title which was relinquished by D. D T. T Frederickson Fred Fred- erickson due to 0 change chango of residence Of Ot the entries MIlner l Covington Davit Da vit viM King Rinehart Caston L Liddie Cleeson and Brown are arc veteran tournament tournament ment performers having competed compete In several tournaments this year as well as in Lloyd Jevne's day Ru Russell sell Speight Lynch Jensen Jensn Palmer Griffith Grif Hyde and Borung Bozung arc comparative comparatively ely e ly new to tho the game rame not having been seen In tournament competition before and arid their work will be watched with Interest by tho the billiard fans Of this thia number r. r Speight Lynch Palmer Palmer- and Jensen are youngsters oun st of great Ereal promise and with a little more experience any anyone anyone one ono of ot them is 15 capable of ot reaching tho the top rung runs in the three cushion ladder Another pocket billiard tournament has haa been started at Quinns Quinn's during tho past week with a limited entry list of twenty players This meet follows the theone theono ono one held for the city championship rc rc-i recently and contains the stars of ot tho the preceding tourney as well a as several now new players of reputation While no title is at stake In this tournament the tho play Is expected to b be I oven keener duo duoto duoto duoto to tho the more uniform class cluss of ot the players play play- ers era the entry requirements being more moro strict than in the open championship event o City Champion Champlon F F. S S. S Harper Is again entered catered and although his title hUe la is not end endangered the players who finished fin fin- second to him in the championship championship champion champion- ship event will strive to oven even up old scores cores The Tho balance balanc of ot th the entry lI list listIs t tI I IM Is as follows A. A E. E Kennelly U. U B B. KennellY Ed Hobbs N. N E. E Watson A. A J J. J Powell D. D Herman H Hv Ho Holmes A A. A E. E Anderson F. F I L. L Murray H. H Bonk Donk H. H McCarty J. J Jensen H. H Bergstrom Van VanMeter VanMeter Meter titter W. W F. F Willard I M. M Peterson A. A Batley A A. limes Hines and W. W Timmons In addition to these tournaments two jer events will bo be held at the tho corn Com om- om k 4 t- t c 1 j I- I 4 F F. F S S. S HARPER City champion pocket who defeated a field of forty entries for fortt tt the f titi Jn In the he recent tourney a at I club rooms und under r tho the direction of I the tho billiard manager man Jim Cutler Manager Cutler announces ono one tourney for the straight rail mil players and one one for tho the three cushion o exponents Local billiard followers nave been ex ox- ox great Interest t in the tho big hiS championship cham chani- three cushion tournament at Chicago since th the entry of Lloyd nc Jevne former worlds world's champion and a at al ono one ono time proprietor of ot a billiard room in this city This tournament Is th tho largest larg largest larg- larg est event of Its kind lelnd ever held and the entry list comprises tho the pick nick of tho the three cushion stars stats of ot the world aswell as aswell well as several of ot the balk line experts Hucy practically lI unknown before this tournament Is n U the tho lead and nd aston the billiard world with the tho record tournament run of 13 In a match this week Jevne has played two games losing both A special effort Is III being Ing made mado by the tho proprietors of ot the different billiard halls balle in the city to arrange arrango match games be be tween the tho employees of or various business business busi busi- ness nees houses houseR This has been tried out In other oher cities clUes with great results both from the tho financial standpoint of or the tha room keepers and tho the promotion of othar har harmony mony among the employees employees' for tor tho the If It the store owners present plans planK can m carried out the billiard players of the tho city will have havo l leagues next season i the same warno plan as tho the bowlIne bowling bowling bowl- bowl operated on ing Ine league lenSU el each h house being and meeting in a regular reg rog- bya b a. a team lean ular schedule |