In pocket billiards (vulgarly called "pool"), pale, dark-haired Ralph Greenleaf ranks about tops, has been champion most of the time for 15 years. Last week in Philadelphia Billiardist Greenleaf and lantern-jawed Billiardist Irving Crane each had eight victories and three defeats after a three weeks' tournament among twelve top-ranking players. In the eleventh inning of the playoff, Crane, having scratched five times, found himself with a total of minus one to Greenleaf's 49. Then Billiardist Greenleaf strode to the table and started sinking balls so fast that one had scarcely thudded into a...
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