Alfredo de Oro

Alfredo de Oro (Senior)

De Oros passport application for the USA (1917)

Alfredo de Oro (born April 28, 1863 in Manzanillo ; † April 22 or 23, 1948 ) was a professional Cuban carom and pool player who won several world championships in both disciplines at the same time. As one of the few non-Americans, he was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Billiard Congress of America in 1967. In the Billiards Digest 50 Greatest Players of the Century he is listed as number 4.

biography

De Oro made his first public appearance as a professional at the 4th US National 15-Ball Championship in February 1887 in New York. From 1887 to 1908 he lost just one game of over 40 matches in 14.1 endlessly , winning the world championship 11 times. In 1893 he defeated the English Billiards Champion John Roberts Sen. in a competition in New York with 1,000: 927, a year later, in 1894, he won the Havana International Tournament . In November 1910 he won the 14.1 endless world championship in New York against Jerome R. Keogh with a maximum series of 81. In the same year de Oro was able to win the three-cushion championships in the USA three times. In 1912 he lost in Philadelphia in pool against James Matura from Denver , Colorado with 150: 136. In 1914 he was defeated by Charles R. Morin at the National Three Cushion Championships.

Private

His son Alfredo de Oro was an amateur player, he made it at the National Association of Amateur Billiard Players Championships in 1931 to the finals where he was defeated by Edward Lee .

successes

• 15-ball championships: May 1887, February 1888.
• Continious Pool Championships: 1889 (June), 1890 (April), 1891 (May), 1892 (March), 1893 (March), 1893 (June), 1896 (May), 1896 (June), 1898 (December), 1899 (January), 1899 (April), 1899 (December), 1900 (April), 1901 (April), 1904 (November), 1905 (January), 1905 (May), 1905 (October), 1908 (May), 1908 (October), 1910 (November), 1911 (January), 1911 (March), 1911 (April), 1911 (May).
• 14.1 endless 1912 (June), 1912 (November), 1913 (January), 1913 (February)
• Three Cushion World Championship (Pro) 1908, 1910, 1911, 1913 (title regained from James Matura), 1914 (beats John G. Horgan), 1915 (beats George W. Moore), 1917, 1919.

Web links

Commons : Alfredo de Oro (Sr.)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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1. ↑ De Oro, Former Cue Star, Dies (PDF) on fultonhistory.com.
2. ↑ Ex-Cue Champ Dies (PDF) on fultonhistory.com.
3. ^ Billiard Congress of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; Retrieved February 2, 2007 ( Memento March 31, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
4. ^ Billiards Digest - 50 Greatest Players of the Century . Retrieved February 2, 2007 . 
5. ^ Alfredo De Oro Defeated Again. In: The New York Times . April 6, 1912 (English, nytimes.com [accessed November 27, 2009]): “James Maturo of Denver defeated Alfredo De Oro of New York in to-night's pocket billiard match, by the score of 150 to 136. Maturo will play Edward Ralph of Hightstown, New Jersey, for the National championship trophy to-morrow. Maturo started the scoring with a run of 33. They were tied at 113 in the seventeenth inning and again in the twenty-first with 126 each. "
6. ^ JG Davis: De Oro Increases Lead Over Morin. Champion Wins Second Block of Cue Match by Score of 50 to 39. Cuban Shows Strategy, but Few Brilliant Shots Are Made by Three Cushion Stars . In: Chicago Tribune . January 7, 1914 (English, pqasb.pqarchiver.com [accessed September 6, 2010]): “Alfredo De Oro stuck a few additional rivets into his three cushion title by defeating Charley Morin, his challenger, 60 to 39. In the second block of their match for the Jordan Lambert trophy at Recital last night. "
7. ↑ Who Won . In: Time , Time Inc., March 9, 1931. Retrieved November 29, 2007. 
8. ↑ ^{a b c d} Billiards: The Official Rules and Records Book . Billiard Congress of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 2006, ISBN 1-878493-16-7 .