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Show CONAN DOYLE IN BIG TOURNAMENT A cablegram from London staten that Dr. A. Conan Doyle .intends tj enter the amateur billiard (ourunmeiti ! for the championship of England This Is another indication of the hold which the billiard game will secure on a player when he has unusual abll- ity. Dr Doyle undoubtedly Is a first class amateur and will stand a chance ! to win or he would not make a show ot himself In competition with the best amateur plaers in London In this country we have two nma-teur nma-teur players -.f Dr Doyle's class, who have always been aot onl first class players hut hae Invariably done all In their power to promote the billiard Wilson P Foss of New York is one of the best amateurs In this conn-try. conn-try. He Is a multimillionaire and ha3 I donated considerable money to play-'; ers and In promoting ihe study of' billiards While he never enters any! of the competitions he plays many 1 games with the professionals In New i j ork. Hoppe is a favorite of Foss'. and II tho latter often plays practice games with the champion Foss at times Ifl as fast as a professional and many of his friends In the east believe he is the fastest amateur In the world Foss Is the man who encouraged Yamuda, the phenomenal Japanese billiard professional, while in Berlin, Germany, to come to this country and enter the professional IS 2 balk line tournament, recently held In New York. Foss has announced that he Intends to challenge the winner of the Hoppe-Sutton championship mati Ii behaif of the Jap. Any student of the billiard game ian depend on receiving material assistance as-sistance from Wilson P. Foss. lie believes in encouraging the promotion of billiards as one of the cleanest of sports. Billiards is a game which soon obtains ob-tains a strong hold on a player and the study of the Intricate shots and delicate manipulation of the ivory balls will keep the student interested tor all time Unlike some other; sports, the billiard same Is always unearthing un-earthing something new of interest; Bome possibility which has never been discovered before There are always' new fields to explore, yet all coming under the general head of the bil-. Hard game It is a game of wits, nerve and bold ness and when the competition is . keen it will bring out the weak and -t iiik characteristics of the players J vividly. The game will show the player 1 where he Ifl weak, so he can devote 1 1- a ill to overcoming the defect. He ! ! does not need to he told where his j weakness lies, but will discover it J for himself In hlr- first trying con- 1 test. I 1: la without doubt the most InterM csting indoor sport of the) day, 1 |