New World’s Championship Series. Tournament held in Recital Hall, Chicago, April 6th to 17th, for a championship emblem given by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., and money prizes. Won by Frank Sherman, of Washington, D. C., whose tally of games won and lost was 6—1; Charles Weston, 5—2; Alfredo De Oro, Thomas Hueston, and Edmund Pelletier tied for third money on 4—3; Benj. Allen, 3—4; H. B. Lean, 2—5; and Martin Fey, 0—7. De Oro, Allen, and Hueston promptly challenged, the first being first to do so; and he and Sherman played the first match of the new series in Allinger’s Academy, Philadelphia, May 18, 19, 20. Frank Sherman, 597; Alfredo De Oro, 600.
The money-stake in this series is $250 a side.
RULES GOVERNING VARIOUS GAMES
These can be had, free of charge, on application to the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.’s publishers.
RULES GOVERNING PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
At present there are but two, whether at caroms or at fifteen-ball pool, whose terms have not expired. The elder of these is the 18:1 (Eighteen-inch Line, One Shot in Balk), and the other the 18:2 (same line, with Two Shots in Balk). The rules appended relate to the making and the conduct of matches, and not to the general playing.
World’s Championship at 18:1 Balkline. 1. Contests for the Emblem shall, in addition to the Emblem, involve a money stake amounting to $500 a side. This amount is necessary in order that the holder of the Emblem may not be challenged by unskillful players, whose only object in challenging would be to gain notoriety.
2. The sum of $250 must accompany all challenges to give them validity.
3. The holder of the Emblem must cover his challenger’s money within ten days after being notified that he has been challenged. Failure to do so, without sufficient cause therefor, will entitle the challenger to the Emblem. The holder of the Emblem shall not, however, be required to cover the money of more than one challenger at a time.