Championship of Ohio. So announced, as well as for $400 a side, in September, when a four nights’ contest at E. A. Pearce’s Room, Columbus, Ohio, between that player and McCoy, of Cincinnati, holder of the title, ended in favor of the latter by 800 balls to 513.
Championship of Louisville, Ky. December, three nights and 600 balls for a purse of $50 besides.—Emmett Doran, 600; Ed. F. Schu, 352.
1908.
Final Match of Professional Championship Series. For Hueston-Keogh contest, see under 1907.
Last Fifth Avenue Hotel Annual. Held in closing week of February.—Contestants, Geo. A. Roff, Franklin Bien, F. B. Colton, Gillman Collamore, Putnam, and Andrews. The last and decisive game was won by Roff from Bien, 100 to 99. The famous hotel is slated for other uses. Roff has its loving cups for the last three years. This February’s tournament was the fourth.
N. Y. A. C. Championship for 1908. Tournament held in February and March. The chief winners were W. A. Tilt, J. M. Heatherton, and E. F. Crowe, in the order here given. Heatherton and Crowe tied for second and third, and the former won the play-off.