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Show 00 GIVEN PENSION FOR BEING CHAMP In recognition of tho fame ho has given hlB native country in tho billiard world, Alfredo Do Oro, recent winner over Cannefax for the three-cushion world's honors, has been voted a pension pen-sion of $150 per mouth by tho Cuban government. For thirty years De Oro has beon a prominent flguro in the cue sport and in that time ho has won tho pocket billiard and throe-cuBhion blllard titles more often than any other player. No champion, so far as Is known, has ever been awarded by his natlvo country coun-try in a similar manner. |