Show KOJI CAREER abandoned course at Hei heidelberg delbe ro university in germany famous japanese billiard lured to game by chance addia much impetus to Gent lemans sport in his country Ford forsaking aking what promised to bo be a brilliant career as a surgeon to become a billiard champion Is tho the story of 0 koji bojt yamada the jap who la Is a member of the champion billiard players Play cra league famadas Ya madas father la Is classed the roost most prosperous and progressive citizens of 0 japan ile ho was waa ambitious for a distinguished career for his hid son and desired him to havo have tho the best advantages ot of education which tho the world could offer with this in view it was waa decided that kojl should attend tho university of 0 heidelberg germany and prepare himself for the practice of surgery kojl koji was waa not only willing but on en thus and for a time was waa ono one of 0 the tha most promising ot of the young sta etu dents at the german university it was merely by accident that kojl koji found out that lie he would bo be more successful as a billiard player than as e g surgeon burgeon prom the first ho he not only showed remarkable skill no as a billiard player but become so fascinated with the game that he spent more time at the students club billiard hall than ho be did at the lecture room when kojl koji returned homo home ho he tailed to bring a diploma from hut but he did bring with him tho the billiard championship of germany this fact had much to to so with adding an impetus to the gamo game in japan and before coming to america kojl koji had accomplished complis hed the easy task of 0 annex annexing tria the championship of hla his own country and tho the somewhat mote mota mot a e difficult task of renewing the of ia father la in a son who had gono gone contrary to 4 V 4 4 kojl koji yamada the wishes of the father now kojl koji Is eyen eten a bigger man jsn in japan than it he be had pursued his studies and returned home with hla his diploma since coming to this country he played a sensational game perhaps the best mateli match in which he be has appeared was the one early in the sum aum mer with willie cioppo la in now york the champion was given tho the hardest battle of hla his career and tho the jap lost in a match by only six points the most wonderful thing about yamada IF ta that hla his game has constantly improved and his skill will be ba watched with much interest when he appears in the coining championship games |