s NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1910 Statue Yon Steuben To Be Un-Vetied in Washing^
"MILITARYINSTRUCTION.' THE STATUE. "COMMEMORATION." Group cne side of pdesstsl. Albert Jaegers, Sculpt Group on side of pedestal. 1 •*> ; his sword ho hi following one side of the monument shows M models, de- monument in Lafayette Park The sculptor has depicted the general OB the hilt Of The cost of the statue and ped- Isubmit sketch and the one Ition of the of the perienced warrior instructing a youth in statue of Baron Fried- House. consideration so standing on an eminence, inspecting the with keen interest the movement 1 jsigned by Albert Jaegers wag accepted Iwas taken into special use of the sword. On the other sitla estal was $50,000, -which was appro- 1778. heavily troops. the rich Wilnelm yon Steuben, major iby commission upon the ia? to bring it into harmony with the great manoeuvres of He is represent* ABKOXZE the recommen- The group. "Military Tn 4 The De Oro-Keogh Mtt.tcfi Recalls Incidents of Pool an:! BilliardExperts Have to Confront Dif- Cloth ficult Situations Constantly Interest for Which Greer in Tourneys. Served a.s Arena. the world's billiard map hi one particular.- .->? -I ivory ball? soon fascinated the .to?* opinion horse- which Keogh had overlooked. Keogh : TNSerencv of makes Tves had the temerity to seek the cham- As he tella Ithimself hi soon took occasion wrote in one of his might see it also jf his attention "was not early rscine."' Mark Twain pionship at English billiards from Rob- to try his hand at rarroma In the The might forced in its concentration upon the shot Btorier genial humorist Just ert?, in London. was the idol of morning, and then work like a beaver to it pool or billiards. he was attempting. So De Oro leisurely Roberts as . si!} have BMde tiw* and was regarded as un- make up for the lost time. He had beea ip to one side of the table in the op- Kiei!shnien. for the application as accurate. And TTB.llß.inll loner at his solo playing and had achieved of the posite direction from which the possible beatable at the style that the Britons call then. Mark Twain WOO a lover cannons, the game being played on a some exp^rtness. when he was found out. ivory balls, and up to the shot lay and within the radius of Keogh's games with the pocketed table, somewhat larger than the One morning •'Uncle Ben"* came around usually put in an vision. There, apparently paying no last years of his life at- poo! table, with earlier than was his usual custom. Toting important to Keogh's shot, he ground the present American . and appearance at all of the tention balls, To the Si..:-;=on. engrossed in his play, did not hear chalk upon the leather tip. Th© strategy smaller" three in number. matches. consternation and tne great financial los* of the door gently open and close. He went of opinion between con- served. From Keogh's miss De Oro forged that The difference the English suorting fraternity. Ives sig- right on. suddenly to !u>ve the fact who devote ahead and won the tournament and cham- Wm, testants and their followers nally defeated Roberts. The blow was another was present made know* to gentle of car- pionship. as their attention to the art such a hard one that the Rnglish at once as Tacit Ben" let out a low whistle ha through strange byways of All or the characteristic manccuvribg roms leads made changes in the roles with the in- executed a pretty good shot. He expected of v.hi'h Pc Oro has learned in his man}' th» j.cy. ••>..i..irv Peculiar demonstrations tention of protecting their championship to DC dismissed. Eut "Vnele Ben" saw witnessed by all of those matches was in evidence throughout the mm pro- this have b<>en from further depredations at the hands possibilities of the lad. and he any degree nights of play In his recent match to bflio attend matches with of three of American wonders.. Ives's pool pesytng moted from his position room cleaner whose fame for the ihajnpionship with Keogh. The 0/ regularity. Alfredo I>e Oro. as responsible for this, but he never romething better. that, ultimately led •» fascinating game players afforded a marked contrast. a* a master at the of two game England fame anil a degree of fortune. The uneasy, seemingly volatile tempera- tried to make the work in jwol. an.l whose record has never been Hoppe and Ms older brother Frank be- de- ment of the tail and portly Cuban found ithe second time. V-.'H" duplicated bo this country, once turned ', gsoi as boys giving peat exhibitions around contrast almost restful peace- Of much the .same class as Iv\u25a0 s. \u0084, victory the chalking of a cue. its in the • gam* feat : by "Wizard" Schaefer, who died a year ago. the country. The Im boys learned the match playing fulness of the dapper little Keogh. In father's shop Itwas a long session of was a remarkable performer at pool, and jin the back room of their brought De the knowledge that size, in action and deportment the two where they that Oro he won a fortune at the same, although jat Ccrnwall-on-tbe-Hudson. things, or those that appear so, wtro as far apart as the poles. Kvery matches, either crawling trivial :he was never recorded In the annals as a ! played impromptu change the outcome of a game. It untoward thing appeared to arouse De Or». make the or lug- of.en champion at It. It was the contention of 'i upon the table to shots happened 11-04 De Oro was tied His opponent seemed undisturbed to the i " around on that in \u25a0 that pool taught the absolute ging an empty box or a chair Keogh— whom he met re- point of cold indifference. Schaefer 1 into position. with Jerome It. :control of the cue ball. In his lifetime which to stand so as to get championship— From the beginning of the match De Oro spectators wer» and Thomas \u25a0 cently for the POOL MATCH FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. was a frequenter of In their first matches the a disposition to question every- A :he also out-of-the- hilarity spr- The triple tie was the result of exhibited \u25a0 spasms of at Hueston. way rooms, not that he played there, but often moved to academy at St. Louis. thing. As he piled up an Innumerable - upon and IMB the tournament held • shop ISS9. Sirce that occasion the two have met he had a theory that beginners. becauj-e ing the boys crawl the table leading Oro jiuiiilr at scratches by the cue bail thi.s respect. He had a way nondescript set of balls, of the jigger in » In tho play-off K««i:-. was De the Cuban In frequently, although with the unvarying any fall off the tap to the Boor, order rolling into the lower corner pocket he spec- frequented by the students, De Oro mas- of being untrammelled by technique *nd the came was at a critical stage. of peering through his large-rimmebalkline. that line; play, saw a far spirits of the Cuban soared. the With Keogh at the table, there was no lows backed De Oro to enter. past His perform- are sa . in bis to the point of shyness, has in the brought the crowd to its feet with cheers, !runs and averages. wonderful £im--l2; comparatively easy shot ceeding five frames his execution was noth- talked with spec- was. however, that he knew that his ' at»• and repose for De Oro. He often caused him to be underestimated. were some due to a pointer ar.ee making \u25a0 run of 155 carroms :\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0"-- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 , ing short of marvellous. He tallied in explained shots and mother, to whom he was devoted, would times picked In Philadelphia tators. He his recent Still, the matches that he has played dur- former style of game in sequence i..i '.. 15."13. a and 15 .balls— balls were rebel- never consent. to his competing at what she OX from an unsuspecting tyro. excuse.! his misses. The balls ing the past year have that Ing the last is ampl* proof of \u25a0\u25a0 threatened to overwhelm All considered a gambling game. It was finally demonstrated who died ago ! week in ail. a'total that He could do nothing with them. Dave Pulslfer. . three weeks supremacy. lious. under the as- his skill is of that calibre that is sure to ability to maintain BBS Keogh. . the luck was against him. What could one decided that lie should enter in this city, was chiefly responsible for of Balboa, the schoolboy name carry him far toward the achievement or With, this ..hurst of brilliancy. De Oro expect? All the while he would fidget with sumed name brirjring Schaefer out. It was his pet had previously such a record as that which De Oro has sparked up to a high pitch of polished length where the with which the students story. As ho told it he was running a" ALWAYS. the .crowd his cue. He the Balboa, made. \u25a0 « of he time, J«" excitement. Every action was 'calculated willou slipped through his fingers at th*- tagged him. Under the name billiard room In Boston at the ap- Agent—This speedometer will enable won the tournament/; For some years •Behind the quiet demeanor Keogh pos- proximately came you to inspire the spectators and to strike bridge. The tip heeded constant attention. 1576: and he on to Now to know how fast are going. •-. t.herafter, increased,' name sesses courage and determination, that My -•* terror '.v. his opponent's heart He hovered Altogether, he was a veritable jumping as his fame the York to seek an attendant for his open Otto Feend— ldon't need one. of Balboa was heralded through the public have surprised many. He is as ready as pool game. Tim Flynn. who presides over the balls like >\u25a0 hay.k over the to\.:s jack and jack-in-the-box rolled into one. now balance tells me Just as well.— ' young the game, with- De Oro to any amount in locs', room, a lam yard. Then with sweeping As responded more pleasingly to press as a wonder at to back himself. over a billiard told Pulslfer In the- balls suspecting truth a match, and that he is not a young movement he picked out his combinations touch his restlessness seemed to out his mother ever the' the fact that he had had a man working \ De Oro'a It. favorite in the betting, or- that :he Is car- that sent the balls scurrying into the He t?iri> ran around [the table and his connection with for 'him who was a wonder, but who had ' Increase. rying large sums as stakes, does not pockets. prolonged calculation and called the next shot often fore the In the course of his years of champion- left him to work In a room on the Sometimes bother him in the least. things have was necessary. Then Dc oro would lay cue ball had ceased to roll. He talked the ship play De Oro has held the title eleven These Bowery. Pulslfer went over to the Bowery gradually redounded ,to his credit. . As a address— it early his cue upon the table ;-s he mapped off greater part of the time. Keogh probably times. As a res alt, he owns a collection of was in the day. when balls, consequence. expected, to make trade was and an un- the angles, meanwhile talking to the not sprak twenty words, other than the pool emblems that' in all probability will Keo^h :is dull— there found did for himself a in the billiard hall crooning over them as if they, possessed calling of the ball's number, on any of the never be surpassed in the history of the niche kempt youth. Not imagining that he was of fame and place In.the company the power of responsiveness. If the first three nights of the great match. game. His flrsi championship match was himself the wonder. and wishing to pass away tha of greatest masters. calculation, on survey, was found In execution also then were differ- played in this city in ISS7. Since that time the of the American time. Pulsifer suggested that they ,play careful th<-ir ' • Impossible he waved his hands with ences. Keogb's long, strong fingers bridged he has been busily engaged in defending It so happens that the game of pool pool for. a while. They did. and the youth to.be • a gesture of- disappointment and snook hi* perfectly. He was 1\u25a0 -i loath to use the the honors or seeking to regain them. . has marked the beginnings of the great- won with great regularity, thereby in- \u25a0 ;,..••: as if to ir.dleaio _ that the lie of the wooden bridge, and did so most effectively. About three years ago De Oro, following est of billiard experts that this count creasing- Pulslfer' s respect; spheres was most deplorable. playing well with either right or left hand. a years-- retirement because of serious Ill- has produced. The list contains the names Tirinc of being beaten. Puisifer suggested - Keogh remainej 1)*- his cue left hand operations, of. such men as the late Frank C. Ives, Through all this se- Oro used with the \u25a0--\u25a0. which necessitated several lllllards. The result as about the same. billiards; dately in his chair. His appear- exclusively. Then', he made his shots with began to devote himself to the «pfvt.acular the •"Napoleon" of Jacob Schae- Pulslfer used to relate that up to that ienaconsed Sutton, ance was that of a young divinity student such rapidity thai his Datura] bridge was gamp of three-cushion carroms. Just pre- fer. the "wizard": George William time he had '. nev«r seen such perfect who thoughts were far away from the often faulty, and he never called for the vious to this time Thomas' Hueston had de- Hoppe. who met George F. Slossom for billiards. . At.last Puisifer asked his op- possibly world's championship IS.I balk line ponent gams at hand and who was not at all dis- wooden substitute if ho could feated him for the pool championship. tht> at when a young- man named Schaefer • and others of the class. be urbe-d at its outcome. Even when De Oro. avoid it. Altogether, the extremes of Soon I).- Oro demonstrated !that he had recently, same would around. The reply was that t •" -' 0!" many, whom he had never' beaten iirevlous method were revealed in the two men. mastered tin cushion game, for he won In the estimation Ives was the Schaefer had been there all the time. Ills match, threatened his Iran. i\<-ogb re- The chapters of De Oro's match playing, the championship, and Is to meet John Daly greatest of them all. He was born hi rnSBwJOWMBI was Immediate. When In mained imperturbable. l: was care, indeed, which cover a period of nearly twenty-five lii a championship match at this style this Plalnwell. Mich., and before he was out of later years Echaefer was the only Amer- for Keogh to MBBin Ills seat .when his fa- years, reads as a sporting romance. Born month. Pi Or"'s greatest feat at this game bis 'IHOIIB had won the pool championship ican who could defeat the- great French- ago. Spanish Ives also «tar man; mous challenger for the champipnsnip was in Cuba nearly fifty years of was when he defeated Hueston for the of. that state.- was the Vignenux. the opinion of Pulslfer league, at the table. He was BO qufct that when he parentage, he wat Bent to school in this title in Chicago when the latter had only baseball catcher of a Western state was justified... , shooting he 'ailed the ball's number country by his mother. It was while a Stu- points to go and De Oro needed twenty a champion in bicycle racing and roil,r 150;:-. siosspn. was two v\Tto I*DM sole survivor of Do Oro often preparatory in New Jersey match. skating and served 11 short and glorious in such a low voice that dent at a school to rlinch the . the old line cl American billiard masters, of not he observed that he was firM to the game at season as » jockey. He did all well. Ives which questioned whether had Introduced Keogh has also played carrom games included Ives. "Billy" , v a record outgrew the West, as It was at that time, Sehaefer. the nil >. which he was later to establish since early youth. He was born .in Blng- Sexton and others, and Hoppe began' fortune. years ago. sought Chicago. was a green youth In Then, »*»'opn's scoring was tiM steadier and win considerable fame and hamton, N. V . about thirty-five and He early youth and. upon pool tables. When may be here that, in tije school, however, and the pool sharks that Infested the Chi- of the two. His playing possessed an even- And it mentioned Before he was through his a boy Slosson was engaged to. clean out estimation Intimately acquainted Scranton,- Perm.; cago rooms then took him up as easy ness that contributed to Its charm, while of one family moved to ' and' it the local billiard room kept by "Uncle with De Oro, in years of pool ami Ives broke every one of them ana Bon" De Qro'S cither rose to flights of wonder- his was in that city that he. first became prey. In Syracuse. About the time that young playing he car- He came on to this city with a big bank roll. .] dexterity and management or fank to three-cushion billiard Uas known as a pool player. won his first Slonson Iail cleaned up the room each time to death . depths of mediocrity. Somewhat slower in ried nearly two millions of dollars as wa- tournament as a "kid" In l.Vi'J. From that From that his his career •morning "Uncle Ben" would appear. After gers upon champions. meteoric. Still,.it was wonderful discerning the possibilities of the combina- hi* matches. time on he met all the He first was his the Inspection Slosaon was free to attend _Keogh L'^un Ui© frazzled table, equipped with De Oro In match La Chicago in execution at pool that served to ALFREDO DE ORO. tions nevertiitJc*6 seemed e^ual to a engaged a chaise school. But the big table* and tho cues JEROME KEOGri.