Show KEEN INTEREST IN THREE CUSHION TITLE TOURNEY During the second week of the cha championship three cushion tournament at the Orpheum parlors Q a. A A. A Davis pulled up to a tic tie with A A. A J J. J Speight for the thc leadership defeating three of the strong entries In Gleeson Liddle and A. A Hyde While not playing high average billiards Davis showed a flash of the form which welch won him the championship last fall outplaying his opponents at the close of a tight game and winning by a few points He defeated Liddle by one point Gleeson by three points points' and Hyde by six points Otto King and Clarence are In second and third places neither hav hay ing suffered Buffered a defeat and the next games on the schedule may bring them i Into the first place tIe The Thc s standing of or the players Is 18 as 38 rot fol l tows lows Won on I os t. t Speight t i. i 3 3 0 Davis s L 3 3 0 King r 0 f J g 0 Milner l 0 i Bozung 2 2 1 11 Griffith 2 2 1 J Jensen n 1 1 Canton Caxton 1 1 1 Gleeson 1 t 1 I J Jr J i. i 1 1 1 Palmer 1 J 1 f 1 1 Liddle 1 al ti i 1 Collision Co i 0 0 1 t Brown 0 0 0 O 1 Rinehart 0 2 Russell o 0 0 3 Hyde A A. A A. A 0 o 3 Fred Griffith has quite a lead lead In the tie billiards per Pcr Inning avera averages es holding tho tune mark for or the best beat game same of the tournament tournament tournament tour tour- of oC 35 points In 62 innings and another game of ot 35 In 68 Innings Otto Olto Kill King who led the last lall tournament in he tho billiard percenta percentages es la is In second place with A. A A J. J the sensational sensa sensa- o In third The Tho a averages compiled from Crom this course ors ara as follows j Griffith t 45 45 King KI n iS 42 42 2 Speight 10 40 0 Caston Callton 4 i 37 17 Bozung r 3 33 3 f f. f 33 33 Brown B. ro n u S 32 3 I Davis t 31 31 ri 31 31 H ile A A. Y 30 30 t 3 30 30 Milner r 29 29 H Hyde JIlle dc J J. J 27 7 I JRussell Hu Hutsell sell i 26 2 Jensen 24 RInehart RInchart i. i 21 24 21 I ICo Covington 21 24 I The cr a averages of th the leaders leader compare I very cry favorably fa with the remarks set sot by hv the tha proCessionals In th the r Chi Chi- sago go tournament their marks running J fil-J but little over oven 50 The Tho mark of ot five fIe set et b by E E. H. H Caston tho first week In is Instill still hl high h for the tourne tourney Considerable Interest has been beon aroused among the tho followers of or the pocket billiard game b by the the- arrival of oC Blonds Blondy Butler Northwest pocket hilard bil hi- hi lard hard champion Pocket billiard players players players play play- ers claiming championships of various sections elections of the country countr arc are by no means rare but Butler s seems to have o the goods both In tho the wn way of ot press peRS notices of ot victories throughout the Northwest country countr including including- ono one close match against Allen worlds world's champion and in the thc way of or skill at nt tho game During the pa past pRill t week Butler made a aTun arun arun run Tun of or two sixty halls balls at the championship champion champion- ship fourteen ball rack style of oC game at atone atone atone one of ot the local halls s. setting a new mark for tor the city A match Is la now beIng boIng be- be Ing arranged ed between Butler and F F. S. S Har Harper r. r cU city pocket billiard champion to take place at Quinns Quinn's some time during dur dur- ing InI the next week t The match will bo bl i for tor the best two out of ot three games and will probably bring out some Iome of ot the tho best beet pocket billiards ever seen In this city Tho The standing of ot tho the pocket billiard tournament at at nt th the close ot or the s second cond week Is as follows I Won Yon Lost Holmes 2 0 o Harper 1 i 1 0 n nines limes 1 i 1 o 0 Bonk Bon k 1 i o 0 Rowan RO n 0 1 i 1 0 f 1 i 0 o Anderson 1 i 0 o Van Meter Ieter 1 i o 0 K tes 1 i 0 Kennelly 1 i o 0 Powell i t. t o n 1 Hobbs n 0 o 1 Murray 0 o 1 Ferris o 0 1 Timmons O 0 o 1 woodmansee 0 0 n 1 l Peterson o 0 o 1 Herman o 0 0 1 Batley k 0 d n 1 l McCarty n 1 2 During tho the second week th Interest r it t In this tournament received a n big hoo boost t hy hv the tho entry etry of five o new w crick cracks te r-te Rowan Rowan Ferris FerrIll Powell Powen and R Shurtleff These pla players ere took the place of live five entries entries en en- tries who proved a L trifle weak wel for tor the tho class s and every game sune from Crom no now should see eo two top pitted against I each other n. n Bonk set a n n new w- w high run balls marls mark during tho the past week of 31 I |