Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230534114
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (341 download)
Book Synopsis American Carom Billiards Players by : Source Wikipedia
Download or read book American Carom Billiards Players written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Calvin Demarest, Charles R. Morin, Deno Andrews, Edward Lee (billiards player), Fred Eames, George H. Sutton, Herb Hardt, Jacob Schaefer, Jr., Jacob Schaefer, Sr., John G. Horgan, Masako Katsura, Mazin Shooni, Pedro Piedrabuena, Ralph Greenleaf, Robert Byrne (author), Sang Lee, Wayman C. McCreery, Welker Cochran, William A. Spinks, Willie Hoppe, Yank Adams. Excerpt: Masako Katsura Katsura Masako, 1913-1995), nicknamed "Katsy" and sometimes called the "First Lady of Billiards," was a Japanese carom billiards player who was most active in the 1950s. Katsura trailblazed a path for women in the sport by competing and placing among the best in the male-dominated world of professional billiards. First learning the game from her brother-in-law and then under the tutelage of Japanese champion Kinrey Matsuyama, Katsura became Japan's only female professional player. In competition in Japan she took second place in the country's national three-cushion billiards championship three times. In exhibition she was noted for 10,000 points at the game of straight rail. After marrying a U.S. Army non-commissioned officer in 1950, Katsura emigrated with him to the United States in 1951. There she was invited to play in the 1952 U.S.-sponsored World Three-Cushion Championship, ultimately taking seventh place at that competition. Katsura was the first woman ever to be included in any world billiards tournament. Her fame cemented, Katsura went on an exhibition tour of the United States with 8-time world champion Welker Cochran, and later with 51-time world champion Willie Hoppe. In 1953 and 1954 she again competed for the world three-cushion crown, taking fifth and fourth places respectively. Little was seen of Katsura for the next few years. She made 30 exhibition appearances in 1958, and went on a one-week exhibition engagement the...