calvindemarest

This is billiards player Calvin A. Demarest - national amateur billiard champion. 1909 NY Times Article: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C00E6DC1438E033A... "Calvin A. Demarest of Chicago is the world's champion at 18.2 balk line billiards. He won the title last night by overwhelmingly defeating his fellowtownsman, George Sutton, a former champion, at Madison Square Garden Concert Hall, by the score of 500 to 78. Young Demarest exhibited confidence bordering on recklessness, essaying shots that no one but a most experienced player would attempt." 1912 NY Times Article query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0CE7DF153CE633A... "HOPPE RETAINS 18.2 BILLIARD TITLE; Calvin Demarest Defeated in Hotel Astor Ball Room by 500 Points to 440." and a 1915 NY TImes article: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E0CE7DC1038E633A... "CHICAGO, June 16. -- Calvin Demarest, former national amateur billiard champion, attacked his wife with a pocket knife today and then slashed his own throat. His mother, who attempted to restrain him, was cut on the hand. Husband and wife were taken to a hospital."

Thanks! We're updating the info now. Will change from 'pool' to 'billiards,' too.

Calvin W. Demarest (June 1886 - June 12, 1925) of Chicago, was a national amateur and professional carom billiards champion from Chicago in the early 20th century known for an open, crowd-pleasing style of play. He later gained notoriety for stabbing his wife and injuring his mother during a suicidal psychotic episode. Demarest won major amateur championships in 1907 and 1908. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Demarest I will do a little more research to find his middle name.

See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163060951/ for more info about Calvin Demarest

Attempting a masse??

May i say that he isn't playing pool. Pool is played on a table with pockets. The man here is playing on a pocketless table. Cue games played on pocketless tables is generally called carom billiards. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_billiards

Thanks, Alex, We'll change pool to billiards in the source data and reload the description.