New-York tribune., 1901-12-08
Won. Lost.
BILLIARDS.
sLossoN DEFEATS BARUTEL IN A CLOSE
AND EXCITING GAME.

Is slosson won his third game last night in the ls-
inch balk line championship tournament In Aaol-
son Square Garden Concert Hall, by dereatinS
Barutel the Frenchman. before one OF the largest
crowds that has attended the contests SO far The
score was 400 to $50. The foreigner played an IN
teresting game. and during long period IL looked
as though he would win but in the thirty-HII ID
inning Slosson passed him, and kept the lead Tor
the remainder of the game, that lasted hfty-seven
innings.
Both men made zeros in the opening inning ana
it was not until the fifth inning that the double
mark was reached when Barutel made twenty-five
points In the eighth inning he made t"enty-'hfee
points and in the ninth forty-two. He was then
ahead by sixtv-nine points. Sosson did not ma ke
double count until the eleventh inning. ana 'he
score stood 122 to Sc against him
In the thirteenth inning Barutel made twenty-siH
points and a difficult masse shot that aroused the
enthusiasm of the spectators In the nineteenth
inning Slosson made sixteen points. and was ap-
plauded for four cushion shot which was sue
cessful because of good Judgment OF speed the
balls being kept from kissing by the narrowest
margin.
Barutel complained in the twenty-second inning
of the accumulation Of chalk dust in one OF the
corners of the table Sosson did not seem in
clined to have the table brushed, saying that the
chalk balk line would be rubbed out but the ret-
cree decided to have it done. and new hhes were
marked By making thrty-ive points in the
twenty-sxth inning slosson passed his opponents s
ing Barutel made sixteen carroms. and was ahead
again. by a score Of 256 to 2i7
Slosson made twenty-seven points in the thirty
fifth inning and twenty in the next and IN the
thirty-seventh inning made point. making his
score an even 300 to 296 In the forty-eighth inn
ing he made twenty-six more points and IN the
fftieth BaruteI scored twenty-seven. He was then
the flfty-sixth inning made beautiful nank sho'
the full length Of the board
The score:
siosson-o 4 s. T. O. o, 4. g. 3, 81 1s. o. /, o. IA 5.
n IL
20 l. 10 s. O. /, 6 o. l. 4 O. II, 2s. 0. 2 IS.
9. Total; 400 average 7 1o57; high m runs s5 s2 q
p l. = o g g. g. L. O. l. IA l. / 5. ia 1e. o. o. o. II.
o o. IS O. g. O. j. O. IL o. Z o. O. q. O. s. f. o. o. /. o
Howison succeeded in winning his first game In
the afternoon, when he met Ora Morningstar. He
by 400 to 80. Howison made q points in the
second inning, in the next and u in the fourth
and it looked if the contest would be short. In
the thirteenth inning he made 81 points, max
ing some pretty shots, and was applauded for his
he was ahead by Il points. He reached the sec
ond century in the forty-second INNING, with
ond inning Howison rolled up cluster of 80 points
and 1Ol points ahead 1t not until the
seventy-fifth inning that the game came to a fin
ish. The score
8 e T. = J. . @ . ss 8 g o. T. . g
Tota 400; "a average. e g. 2S7s Is high runs 30 81 2s H.
Morningstar-9. J. Q. S5 z 2 1s 8; O. 8 1, /. H.
O. 2 o, g. 25 s. /. 6. l. l. a. o. o. o. q o. o. 1s. T.
o. o. G. 6. g. 1a 3. 4, Is. s. 1s 2, g. 2 .. s Total
80; average. 1915.
S!osson will meet Sutton tomorrow afternoon,
and in the evening Schaefer will play Barutel
The standing Of the men in the tournament is
follows:
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