Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1914 — CHICAGO’S MOST BRILLIANT BILLIARDIST [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CHICAGO’S MOST BRILLIANT BILLIARDIST

Calvin W. Demarest, who has held both the world’s amateur championship and the world’s professional championship at 18-2 billiards, was born in Chicago June 2Q, 1886. He made hiß first appearance in tournament play in a 14-2 handicap event at Chicago in 1905, and did not lose a game. Two years later he won the national amateur championship at 14-2 at New York, defeating Conklin, Wright, "Poggen’mirg and Doctor Mial. The next year he won the world’s amateur championship at the 18-2 game.

Demarest next tried his hand as a professional, but his first appearance with the ‘‘pros’’ was not encouraging. In 1909, in a tournament for the world’s 18-2 championship, he .finished last. Later in the same year the young Chicagoan proved that he could come back by capturing the world’s title from a field that included such experts as Suttou, Cline, Cassignol and Cutler. In 1910 Demarest lost the title to Cline. -Demarest’s strongest point is his masse, which the critics agree is almost perfect

Calvin W. Demarest.