James Maturo was a 5 time
World Straight Pool Championship
The World Straight Pool Championship is a pool competition, that was held up until the game of Nine-ball became popularized in America. It was the most prestigious straight pool tournament up until the early 21st century, tournaments like the Ameri ...
finalist.
Biography
He was born in 1878. In 1912 he defeated
Alfredo de Oro
Alfredo de Oro (April 28, 1863 – April 22 or 23, 1948) was a Cuban professional carom billiards and pool player who several times held the world title in both three-cushion billiards and straight pool simultaneously. He was posthumously induc ...
by a score of 150 to 136 in
Philadelphia
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, to play Edward Ralph in the world final match. In 1917 he was matched against
Frank Taberski
Frank Taberski (1889–1941) was a professional pocket billiards player from Schenectady, New York. Nicknamed "The Gray Fox," he won 14 world titles.
Biography
Taberski was born in 1889, and first made a living by selling milk door to door. H ...
of
Schenectady, New York
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in a championship match.
References
American pool players
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