Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1916 — KOJI YAMADA A WONDERFUL BILLIARDIST [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KOJI YAMADA A WONDERFUL BILLIARDIST

One of the best billiard players in the world today is Koji Yamada, the Japanese marvel of the cue. Yamada had appeared in matches with the other cracks of the green cloth in various cities' of the country and few of them can show to better advantage at the gentleman’s game than the Jap. Yamada is improving in his game right along and hopes some day to be able to wrest the title of champion from Willie Hoppe. The Jap has a wonderfully delicate stroke. Billiards have come to be quite popular among the Japanese and there are a number of good players in the little empire of the far East. Yamada learned the principles of the game in Germany, where he was a student before he took to billiards as a means of livelihood.

Koji Yamada.