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Show THEY DON'T SHOOT "POOL" ANY MORE More Polite to Say "Billiards" Bj I n Kl M Mill RRY, . i; siafi Corrcspontieut. CHICAGO, No,. 8. -You never hear anj t. ion- of the boys playing' pool." They play billiards straight billiards three-cushion billiards of i pockol billiards. A few years ago the term "pocket J billiards'' v a: substituted for "pool." Il'ii it tooh a lonu lime to supplant j it. Now- fhe to w name is the. fash-I ion. "I'ool" Is obsolete, the word Is I ns.-.l largely in I'fert tue to gambling! "pnols." Itlt. TOI RN1 hiclv all b ads, up id the greatest great-est systematic campaign, now on in Chlcagb. to popularize pocket bll- I lards Tournaments havt been held before, and there have been championships. cham-pionships. Bul never on such a scale as this. Tell thousand dollars In prizes have bee,, hung up. Twelve men from all parts Of the Country who thought en-oul;Ii en-oul;Ii of their skill to risk $100 In an entrance fee. begun playing n pi limlnary lournam'enjt the middle of October, eaeh man playing ever) other entrant. There art six preliminary Lourna-menl Lourna-menl prises, 11000 for the winner. $.sJo for second, $Tn for third, $.".o for fourth $3ioi for fifth and $200 for sixth. The three leaders on November 8 will Btart the final series in competition compe-tition with Ralph Grecnlcaf, the 21-v 21-v i. old youtll of y-nniouth. III., who last year won i ho- national pocket billiards . hamplonship (Cat h o: the four will play even other entrant FOR i III vi R Winner of in. fbial tournamenl vill receive the national championship champion-ship emblem. .. pn-e of I 0i and a "salary" of $2400 for playing a fe exhibition games Second place will bring J1000, third $500 and fourth $250. Should au entrant win the preliminary pre-liminary tournament and then also take first place in the finnls he will not only be the new pocket billiards champion bul he will take in a total of -I9o0. Not so bad for ., , ,,i io s,v nothing or the big money a new champion can make in a national tour. RALPH lie's iuM a kid this national p u . I billiard champion bin b Is as liaUdj Willi III. i lie US Babe Until Is Willi a willow lcls " Ralph t.iccn-lar t.iccn-lar annexed tin- national title a vcar il" He'll have keen competition wb o le di IcihU bis LitlC in the IM ilonal tourncj wlilch opens at Chicago Chi-cago Soy ember 8. |