Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1914 — DE ORO RETAINS HIS TITLE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DE ORO RETAINS HIS TITLE

At Fifty Years of Age Noted Cuban Expert Is Still Stacking His Skill Against All Comers. . 1 That the cue is mightier than either the pen or the sword is the opinion of Alfredo De Oro, the world's famous pool and billiard expert, who recently successfully defended his title of champion at three-cushion billiards by defeating 'Joseph Carney of Denver. De Oro is the chainpion of all champions, as he has been the king of hia

favorite sport longer than anybody in any other line. Over a generation ago He Oro was known the length and breadth of the country as the foremost pool player, and he has been going along, trimming all comers up to the present time, at the age of fifty years De Oro has won over SIOO,OOO in purses and side bets at pool (now styled pocket -billiards) and three-cußhion billiards. He is the possessor of all the emblems ever offered in competition at pool except the one Benny Allen recently captured from him, but before long he hopes to reannex that De Oro -never plays unless he has a bet on himself. He has such great confidence in his ability to outplay all comers that he is willing to back himself for any reasonable amount, but never for the big Bums he wagered on himself years ago when his eyesight was keener and his arm steadier.

De Oro held a pool title for eighteen years at a stretch, the longest period that anybody ever held a championship in any division of sport. De Oro was once worth a tremendous fortune, and he really was obliged to follow the game of pool, which he at first took up as a pastime, because he needed the money. At the time of the Spanish-Amerlcpn war, in 1898, he was wealthy, ‘but the ravage* of conflict and stock market upset paused him to lose every cent he had In the world. De Oro was born at Manzanillo, Cuba, two score and ten years ago.

Alfredo De Oro.