Rankings Are Made By Billiard Group
Top 10 at 18.2, 3-cushion, and pocket cue announced -Champions head list
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Hoppe gets high rating - Placed at #2 in 3-cushion with Cochran #6, Schaefer #8 - Hoppe #5 at Balkline.
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Ralph Greenleaf is placed first in pocket billiards, Johnny Layton first in 3-cushion and Jake Schaefer first in 18.2 balkline, according to the rating list just announced by the ranking committee of the National Billiard Association of America.
These selections should occasion no surprise, as the three are at present the champions of the world in their respective divisions. However, in 3-cushion the unexpected is found, for three balkline players are placed among the first 10. Willie Hoppe is placed at number 2, Welker Cochran at number 6, and Schaefer at number 8.
Hoppe has been dropped to number 5 at balkline and barely managed to escape 7th position. He has failed to compete in either of the last world's 3-cushion or pocket billiard tournaments, but the ranking committee rated him on past performances and felt that no list would be complete unless Hoppe was assigned a position.
The ratings for the three divisions follow:
18.2 Balkline
1. Jake Schaefer, San Francisco
2. Welker Cochran, New York
3. Edouard Horemans, Belgium
4. Eric Hagenlacher, Germany
5. Willie Hoppe, New York
6. Roger Conti, France
7. Kinrey Matsuyama, Japan
8. Felix Grange, France
9. Edmond Derbier, France
10. David McAndless, Chicago
Honorable mention - Tadao Suganuma, Kamekichi Suzuki, Koji Yamada, Japan; Ary Bos, Holland; Ora Morningstar, San Diego
Three Cushion
1. Johnny Layton, Sedalia MO
2. Willie Hoppe, New York
3. Otto Reiselt, Philadelphia
4. Allen K Hall, Chicago
5. Augie Kieckhefer, Chicago
6. Welker Cochran, New York
7. Gus Copulos, Detroit
8. Jake Schaefer, San Francisco
9. Tiff Denton, Kansas City
10. Earl Lookabaugh, Chicago
Honorable mention -Art Thurnblad, Len Kenney and Joseph Moriarty of Chicago; Charles E. Jordan, Los Angeles; Alfredo de Oro, New York; Walter Riley, Philadelphia
Pocket Billiards
1. Ralph Greenleaf, New York
2. Frank Taberski, Schenectady
3. Edwin Rudolph, Chicago
4. Onofrio Lauri, Brooklyn
5. Pasquale Natalie, Detroit
6. Charles Seaback, Boston
7. Arthur Woods, Pawtucket R.I.
8. Andrew Ponzi, Philadelphia
9. Marcel Camp, Detroit
10. Spencer Livsey, Los Angeles
Honorable mention - Charles Harmon, NewYork; Charles (Cowboy) Weston, Chicago; Larry Stoutenburgh, Buffalo; Andrew St Jean, Minneapolis; James Maturo and Joseph Concannon, Brooklyn; Harry Oswald, Pittsburgh
Published April 13 1930
NYTimes
Top 10 at 18.2, 3-cushion, and pocket cue announced -Champions head list
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Hoppe gets high rating - Placed at #2 in 3-cushion with Cochran #6, Schaefer #8 - Hoppe #5 at Balkline.
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Ralph Greenleaf is placed first in pocket billiards, Johnny Layton first in 3-cushion and Jake Schaefer first in 18.2 balkline, according to the rating list just announced by the ranking committee of the National Billiard Association of America.
These selections should occasion no surprise, as the three are at present the champions of the world in their respective divisions. However, in 3-cushion the unexpected is found, for three balkline players are placed among the first 10. Willie Hoppe is placed at number 2, Welker Cochran at number 6, and Schaefer at number 8.
Hoppe has been dropped to number 5 at balkline and barely managed to escape 7th position. He has failed to compete in either of the last world's 3-cushion or pocket billiard tournaments, but the ranking committee rated him on past performances and felt that no list would be complete unless Hoppe was assigned a position.
The ratings for the three divisions follow:
18.2 Balkline
1. Jake Schaefer, San Francisco
2. Welker Cochran, New York
3. Edouard Horemans, Belgium
4. Eric Hagenlacher, Germany
5. Willie Hoppe, New York
6. Roger Conti, France
7. Kinrey Matsuyama, Japan
8. Felix Grange, France
9. Edmond Derbier, France
10. David McAndless, Chicago
Honorable mention - Tadao Suganuma, Kamekichi Suzuki, Koji Yamada, Japan; Ary Bos, Holland; Ora Morningstar, San Diego
Three Cushion
1. Johnny Layton, Sedalia MO
2. Willie Hoppe, New York
3. Otto Reiselt, Philadelphia
4. Allen K Hall, Chicago
5. Augie Kieckhefer, Chicago
6. Welker Cochran, New York
7. Gus Copulos, Detroit
8. Jake Schaefer, San Francisco
9. Tiff Denton, Kansas City
10. Earl Lookabaugh, Chicago
Honorable mention -Art Thurnblad, Len Kenney and Joseph Moriarty of Chicago; Charles E. Jordan, Los Angeles; Alfredo de Oro, New York; Walter Riley, Philadelphia
Pocket Billiards
1. Ralph Greenleaf, New York
2. Frank Taberski, Schenectady
3. Edwin Rudolph, Chicago
4. Onofrio Lauri, Brooklyn
5. Pasquale Natalie, Detroit
6. Charles Seaback, Boston
7. Arthur Woods, Pawtucket R.I.
8. Andrew Ponzi, Philadelphia
9. Marcel Camp, Detroit
10. Spencer Livsey, Los Angeles
Honorable mention - Charles Harmon, NewYork; Charles (Cowboy) Weston, Chicago; Larry Stoutenburgh, Buffalo; Andrew St Jean, Minneapolis; James Maturo and Joseph Concannon, Brooklyn; Harry Oswald, Pittsburgh
Published April 13 1930
NYTimes