1889.
Fifth Championship Series. Hardman Hall, N. Y. City, February 25th to March 2d.—Continuous pool, 100 balls up, for the B. B. C. Co.’s Challenge Emblem and money prizes. Frey, De Oro, and Malone tied as the first three, Clearwater and Manning tied for fourth and fifth, and King came next and last after forfeiting to Manning. The first three ties were played off in Daly’s Assembly Rooms, Brooklyn, March 11–16th, 300 balls, 150 per night, and resulted in Frey first and De Oro second.
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES FROM 1889 TO 1904. By rule, 200 balls nightly for $150 a side and the emblem. Albert Frey having died suddenly of pneumonia, the first match was between De Oro and Manning, and was played at Daly’s, Brooklyn, June 20–22, 1889, De Oro winning by 600 to 564.
Same hall, April 10–12, 1890.—De Oro, 600; Manning, 565.
Hardman Hall, N. Y. City, May 8–10th.—Powers, 600; De Oro 569.
Daly’s Room, Brooklyn, June 19–21st.—Manning, 600; Powers, 489.
Same hall, July 31st to August 20th.—Champion Manning’s opponent was Geo. Kuntzsch, who did not appear on third night, and Manning was awarded match.
Same hall, October 29–31st.—Manning, 600; Powers, 526.
January 6, 1891.—Manning forfeited to Powers.
Recital Hall, Chicago, March 16–18th.—Powers, 600; P. H. Walsh, 392.
Same hall, May 13–15th.—De Oro, 600; Powers, 517.
The emblem became De Oro’s exclusively in May, 1892, and in Syracuse, N. Y., in March, 1893, there was a tournament for another B. B. C. Co.’s emblem, which, like the one of 1889–92, was meant to represent the championship of America, but came to be accepted, in courtesy, as for the championship of the world. De Oro, Sherman, and Stewart tied for first, and won play-offs in that order, Clearwater being fourth.
First Match. N. Y. City, June 15–17th.—De Oro, 600; Walsh, 398.
In November, 1895, this emblem having run its time, the B. B. C. Co. gave another. Clearwater won the tournament, with De Oro, Keogh, and Walsh second to fourth.
First Match. Pittsburg, Pa., March 19–21, 1896.—Clearwater, 600; Keogh, 535.
Pittsburg, April 22–25th.—Clearwater vs. De Oro, a draw, and played over May 7–9th: De Oro, 600; Clearwater, 544.
Hardman Hall, N. Y. City, June 11–13th.—De Oro, 600; Eby, 404.
Illness forced De Oro to forfeit to Stewart.
N. Y. City, May 6–8, 1897.—Stewart lost to Grant Eby, his first challenger: 583 to 600.
Palm Garden, N. Y. City, June 7–9th.—Keogh, 600; Eby, 505.
Academy of Music, Scranton, Pa., August.—Keogh, 600; Clearwater, 350.
Bumstead Hall, Boston, Mass., March 7–9, 1898.—Clearwater, 600; Keogh, 567.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 27–29th.—Keogh, 600; Clearwater, 447.
Chicago, Ill., April 11–13, 1899.—De Oro, 600; K., 515.
Daly’s Room, N. Y. City, November 30th to December 2d.—De Oro, 600; Fred Payton, of Omaha, 479.
Same hall, April 19–21, 1900.—De Oro, 600; Keogh, 481. This was the final contest of the series, the emblem becoming De Oro’s.
[For Boston tournament, won by Frank Sherman, see 1901.]
Sherman vs. De Oro. Odd Fellows’ Hall, Washington, D. C., April 16–18, 1901.—De O., 600; S., 498. This was the only match for the emblematic medal, which became De Oro’s personal property in the following April.
[For Brooklyn tournament and the “Green Trophy,” won by Clearwater, see 1902.]
Green’s “Montauk,” Brooklyn, N. Y., May 8–10, 1902.—Clearwater, 488; Eby, 600. First match for Green Trophy.
Pittsburg, Pa., December 4–6, 1902.—Second and last match for the Green Trophy. Eby, 600; Walsh, 375.
This emblem became Eby’s by time-limit in May, 1903, and up to October, 1904 (see p. [340]), no other championship has been instituted.