New England Championship at 18:2. Boston, Mass., March 25–27th.—Match announced as above (although no tournament had been held), Maxime Thomas, then of Worcester, Mass., vs. A. G. Cutler, Boston. C., 1000—av., 11.90; T., 862. Chief runs not high.
Julius Adorjan, of Hungary, vs. McLaughlin. Daly’s Room, N. Y. City, May 12–16th.—300 points at 18:2. A., 1500—18.29—118; McL., 1294—120. Average of the whole play, 17.15 in 2794 points.
Pittsburg, Penn., Handicap at 14:2. Great Northern Billiard Parlors, ending May 15th.—Won by James English, who was “scratch” with Messrs. Marshall (second prize), Phillippi and Roberts. The two last mentioned tied with Beymer for third, without playing off. English made the best single average (4), as well as the best run (33), which, however, was equaled by one other. Messrs. Powers, Jack and Billings were the remaining contestants.
Chicago 14:2 Handicap. Foley’s, May 12th to July 12th.—Miller (150) first with 7 up and 2 down, and Rein, Kent, Brown, and Hale, respectively at 250, 210, 210, and 140, were tied with 6—3 for from second to fifth. Rein was highest in averages and run, 7.58—5.33—45, and Kent next with 5.53—4.34—41.
Amateur Class B Championship of Pacific. Waldorf Café, San Francisco, July 12th to August 12th.—Games, 150 up, 14:2. Won by J. J. Roggan, who had beaten Frank Pecchart, the favorite, by 1 point in tournament proper, and beat him by 44 in playing off. With no higher run than 16 in the game by which he won third prize, Frank Whitney made best average, 5.17. Pecchart’s 36 was best run of all. The other players were Dr. O. B. Burns, Henry White, Frank Dubois, and Dr. W. E. Davis.