1911 Times Square Photo--Billiards Match Game

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First, I love surfing Shorpy's old photos. Second, I stumbled across one of Times Square circa 1911 that I thought some of you would be interested in. Take a look at the large BILLIARDS sign on the left...they are advertising a _____ point "match game" in 3C.

I've tried enlarging the photo to read the names, but all I can guess are _____ Daly ~ George _____. Maybe John Daly ~ George McGee?!?!? Doesn't look like Maurice Daly the writer. Can anyone fill in the blanks?

Anyone know what room that would have been?

http://www.shorpy.com/node/9841?size=_original
 
great photo....i liked it so much that i made it my desktop picture...thanks for sharing
 
Thanks for those articles, interesting to see 3C in print. So sad that 100 years later it gets no such coverage.

BTW, the purse was $1000 which is about $23,000 in today's money.
 
Thanks for the pic and another thank you to Baby Pacman for the research. It is sad how pool/billiards have lost their lustre.
 
Great thread and pics

Baby PacMan said:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FA0714FC3F5517738DDDA10A94DB405B818DF1D3


Heres some more

http://books.google.com/books?id=Q2...#v=onepage&q=3 cushion + george moore&f=false
Click to expand...

This is a great thread, I love the history of the game. In your second link the billiards write-up states a match that De Oro won 600-542 in 3 nights play from April 18 thru April 20th in the early 1900's. What game would fit that format. Would it be 14 - 1? If it is it boils down to 200 points a day which doesn't seem like a full day? :confused:
 
The pic is wonderful! Thanks for sharing. I agree with Arizona. It is a shame how billiards has lost it's edge and place in the current sporting world. It's such a professional sport requiring super amounts of skill. I wonder how and why the decline over the years? So many potential reasons...I hope some day the sport gets revived and back into the main stream where it really does deserve to be.
Thanks again for sharing!
 
Also, on the right side it says "Raymond Hitchcock Red Widow" showing at the Astor Theater.

Red Widow was later filmed as a silent movie in 1916 with John Barrymore (grandfather of actress Drew Barrymore) playing the role that Raymond Hitchcock played in this 1911 Broadway version.
 
Those are great pics. Thanks for sharing.

I have always loved an old picture of Willie Hoppe playing a match against another gentlemen in a large old arena. The are in the center with a billiard table and a referee and hundreds of people are watching all dressed in suits. There is an huge fancy chandelier in the middle of the arena on the ceiling. It is in one of the editions of the Billiard Encyclopedia. I would love to have an enlarged picture of that photo to put in my pool room. Anyone ever seen that picture anywhere online?
 
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