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SPORTING.
U. D. 2146. NEW OVAL BILLIARD TABLE. Price, $62.04.
Approximate Length, 517 feet.
Great opening match at the National Sporting Club, King Street, Haymarket, London, between Weiss and Roberts.
Another triumph of the Urban system of electric illumination of interiors for cinematograph purposes.
At this first professional match on the new table, the proceedings at midnight are depicted with photographic results superior to the best daylight exposure. No shadows are cast, and the points of the great game are followed with an ease almost impossible to the actual spectator.
Photographic quality absolutely perfect.
U. D. 2097. HEAVY-WEIGHT BOXING. Price, $250.00.
CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD.
Approximate Length, 1,000 feet.
At the National Sporting Club, London, December 2, between Tommy Burns, of America, and Gunner Moir, of England. Stake money and purse, $11,500.00. The greatest sporting event in recent years.
Having been accorded the sole privilege of photographing this great event, we secured every detail of the contest.
For this purpose we installed the most powerful electric lighting system ever introduced in photography, and results, sharp and shadowless, equal to the best daylight exposure, reproduce every feature of the match.
The marvelous footwork of Burns as he repeatedly broke ground to avoid the swings of the gunner; the terrific punches of the champion; the boring and clinching; the hard hammer-and-torTgs fighting of the concluding rounds, when the gunner, wonderfully game, was repeatedly floored by the tremendous smashes of Burns, and the final knockout blow in the tenth round, are all faithfully reproduced in this exciting film with absolutely perfect photographic realism and steadiness.
Owing to heavy royalties to the National Sporting Club and to the contestants, carried by this subject, and to the great expense of the electric light installation, we are obliged to advance the price of this series of films.
For the convenience of patrons who only desire the chief incidents of the great contest, these are included in this series. The best rounds — the first, third, sixth, eighth and tenth, with the knockout— are here arranged for a display of twenty minutes' duration.
U. D. 2095-2102. THE FULL CHAMPIONSHIP Price, $400.00.
SERIES.
Approximate Length, 2,320 feet.
This includes: Champions in training. Scenes at the National Sporting Club. The great contest in ten rounds.
Every detail of the match. Duration of exhibit, about 45 minutes.
A big picture, and a certain money earner.
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