The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-31
BILLIARDS..
Van Tine and Coleman Win in Class B-P1ay
at Chicago.

The amateur billiard players began their
second and final series OF contests yesterday
for the Interclty Class ohampio nshlp In
Maurice Days Academy. The matinee
match was won by the Jersey City entry.
j A. Van Tine who defeated the New Yorker.
Louis A. Stervatius. II was the first victory
that Van Tine has scored. the final result
being 800 points to 267. The evening contest
rouRht together II. 4. Coleman and Will
lam Gershel n one of the most interesting
servatius began the afternoon compe,i-
ton IN good stroke and he obtained a slight
lead by careful cue work on his seventeenth
turn nj the table he cosSed the ivory balls
into one of tho corner squares hno by play
ing back and forth across the blk lines he
counted - before missing on a eifilcult single
cushion shot. Van Tine followed with a
cluster of 81. Three innings later Van Tine
began TO work out the cafons With remark
Able skill. A run OF Al was the result. and this
put him In the Iced Servatus never again
being within striking distance. Later, on
Van Tine made runs OF IS. y ana u. all on
close play. The summary
j Van Tintl z is' 8 T. J. J. l. i O. !: J.
o. e. o. O. .; ri o. l. /. g. O. D.
: o. /. 10. u. Q. Total, 300 Average, 2o-56.
hl fog tsh <. ssttifSstiGs-o o. o. ls q H.
q {? O. r !; r. 81, l. 49, s. g. = O. os
HigS 'raiins-a4. is END IS.
Referee, J. A. Hin.
H. A. Coleman and William Gershel made
a spectacular finish OF the evening match,
The former winning by one point the score
being 800 points 70 2s9. The winner s AVERAGE
bslk line during the counting OF their high
runs Gershel began counting very rapidly
md turned his FIRST hundred on his sixth time
al the table. with a run OF 20; This had been
irnmed lately preceded by 80 and II. Cole
man fell behind and 10 was not until Garshel
had obtained a lead OF more Than 80 points
mat he began 10 overtake his opponent
Ue passed GeTshel with runs OF 80 II and 81
which were played consecutively beginning
Effrhf Inn inn u sE
* uoints TO 20, { leman played carelessly
and Cershel overlook him with runs Of 10
and IS GeTshe t9e hsvs missed ToS fn easy FOL
MIN. lie left the balls badly spread but
Coleman made the winning point by long
caron on a single cushion. The summary:
william Gershe-7. Z. 0. II, %. 70. ?, ?. I.
o. o. 10. 0. s., o. ?. 8. l. .. ?. T. o. IS :. ?.
81 ,S7 Eg6 runs. s. "a and % '''' average
f. A. Coleman--o. II. ~. o. 7. T. T. H. s. o. j. s.
l. j. Q 2 i Z ! d, Il. 81 81 = &
3. o, o, g. i Total 800 points; average,
Referce@E Edward Kirby.
,.gcAoo. Jan. 20. Wilson H. SiRourney
Of san Francisco defeated Charles S. Norris
of New York by a score Of 800 20 2i2 In the
Grst game OF the national amateur cham
ri,nship billiard tournament. wkich was
iegun tonight under the direction Of the
rathe! small crowd. In view Of tho in
terest shown In billiard circles prior 20 the
opeuiuR oil inc tpuFnhlutfll, saw the game,
Which was brilliant in spots. but not par
ticularly fast. being marked throughout by
much safety play on the part OF both con-
testants.
The winner consumed 81 innings in coll
lectlng the necessary points and finished
with an average OF t-37, having ~ for his
high run. Norris, who played in miserable
luck throughout the game only averaged
- "a which 4. far below his best form
The game was resplendent in clever open
table work Ghe Californian In particular
prnving himself master az this style OF play
Time and again Norris left the balls far apart
and apparently safe. but he most difficult
problems seemed as easy for Sigourney 20
solve as an ordinary cHrogn.
His spreads too. we're very accurate and
although he failed 10 reach the 50 mark In
any one Inning he played with a steadiness
that tried his opponent ard insured victory
| for him before the gains 6as well In progress,