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Waterways Pool Hall

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

  • javelinjane said:
    oh yeah, and a small boy
  • Provincial Archives of Alberta said:
    And a small boy!

[Alfredo De Oro, Cuban billiards player] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Joe said:
    Alfredo de Oro (1863?-1948) was a Cuban-born billiards player. In a championship career that began in 1887, he won the pocket billiards title 17 times and held the three-cushion billiards title ten times. He last participated in tournament play in 1934, at the age of 71. In 1967 he was inducted into the American Billiard Congress Hall of Fame.
  • Aaron Headly said:
    WIkipedia:Alfredo de Oro. Yup, that's him.
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Thanks! We'll add the information to the source data and reload the description.
  • flaky mask said:


    I am chief of Billiard worldwide and would enjoy, if you add your nice picture to this group.

    Become a member of Billiard worldwide, if you want. You are welcome!

  • Wystan said:
    Sticker in upper right hand corner of photo bears date, 10/22/[19]14.

C. Demarest (LOC)

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  • Randy Reiss said:
    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."
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Thanks! We're updating the info now. Will change from 'pool' to 'billiards,' too.
  • Richard Norton said:
    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.