New-York tribune., 1906-04-10

LOUIS . 100 %. ! o. s. O. "a o. L., 4. s. 6,
Ie ! . O. O. 3. I. 81 O. 10. ID. = F" IL J. l. O. o.
Total. Average. S9-oS- hish runs lOo o. al
Reseree-Tcdward Mclaughlin
7o,,;s Cure the champion French billiardist, was
so4.a-ea bv Ora c. Morningstar, of New York and
ra-3s in a sensational finish. by score Of 500 to
lss in the opening game of the worlds champion
ri tournament at 1S-inch balk line billiards. two
sb5ts in. played last night in the concert hall at
1r.7i=o7 square Garden. Both men played poor
t,Ilss-7s though the table and balls were a trihe,
Glow, 20 be sure owing TO the damp atmospheric
conditions
1fo-ninestar deserves much credit for the victory,
ss he was apparently hopelessy behind for most
~ .ba match Toward the finish, however, he
rlaved plucky uphill billiards. and, catching and
passing Cure IN the last fifty points, beat him by
81 oaroms. Cure lost his nerve completely when he
found Morningside creeping up on him and played
decidedly mediocre billiards.
Cure felt confident of winning the game from the
start and. it must be said, played carelessly at
times After forty-one innings Of play he had 40
points while Morningstar had only 2S7 Cure made
the high run Of the tournament-100-whereas the
best MornnEstar did was s..
Cure IS large and portly, and has the delicate
stroke which Is characteristic of the French school,
but he plays extremely fast and at times care
lessly. He has an odd habit of lifting foot
of the floor when shooting. 1t Cures first
tournament appearance in this country.
winner
Of 1888 and So while the loser averaged 1858 and
made high runs Of 100 Il and IL Edward McIsaugh-
In refereed the game and T. z. Coles introduced
the players This afternoon At 23o O'Clock George
B Sutton Will play Albert G. Cutler. and tonight
George F. Slosson and Ora c. Morningstar will
cross cues.
Owing to the inclement weather the attendance
was small and not over a thousand people saw the
opening match. Many women occupied the boxes.
Two Of the early arrivals were Mark Twain and
Henry Il Rogers, who came in together and occu-
pied front seats, close % the table The humorist
was Immediately the cynosure Of all eyes, but few
in the audience recognized the Standard Oil Com
pany's vice-president.
Alr Clemens took lively interest in the game,
and conversed now and again with Wilson P. Foss,
OF Haverstrsw N Y, an ex-emateur billiard cham
Mon who sat on his left. Whenever 4 long run
was being made Mr.. Clemens leaned forward
IN his seat and followed the ivory spheres with
great intentness. He frequently applauded the
players Mr.. Rogers was stolid, but evidently in
terested-
Among those present were J. Ferdinand Poggen-
burg Charles A. McCully, George F. Slosson and
party, Jacob schaefer, DR.. Leondas L. Nial Willie
Hoppe and party George B. Sutton, DR.. H D. Jen-
nings, Mark Muldaur, Thomas Gallagher Calvin
Denarest, J. Byron Stark, Albert Coleman, Maurice
DAILY and party Albert F. Troescher. Charles s.
Norris William Gershel. John Hendricks, Albert
G. Cutler and T. T. Coles.
Shortly after 10 o'clock Mr.. Rogers yawned and
looked at lis watch. Mr.. Clemens had also seen
enough billiards for one evening apparently, and
both men started for the door The audience began
10 applaud vigorously. and Mark Twain, who was
ahead OF Mr.. Rogers bowed low and waved 10 the
boxes, but his companion never turned.
THE GAME IN DETAIL
Morningstar won the bank and chose the white
ball He made tho opening shot but missed the
second. Cure opened with break Of five. Morn
ingstar missed and Cure rapidly clicked off l9 by
close play. Then each began a sorry exhibition of
Billiards With the result that at the end of ten
innings Cure had 90 points and Morningstar only
2. So poorly did cure play that he smiled grimly
at his own inability to count
IN the first half Of the fifteenth inning Morning
star made IS and passed Cure with total of "a TO
Zs Mornngstar executed some difficult open table
shots but missed difficult masse when the worries
froze. Cure, in the second half of the fifteenth
inning apparently stimulated by Morningstar's per-
formance. began to play real billiards The balls
ran nicely Cor him, and when he missed on an
almost impossible masse with the worries in a row
he had added 81 points to his total.
Cure made 19 in the seventeenth inning, and
passed the first hundred with total Of 1l6 GO for
Morningstar The latter came back with "a in
the next inning. He played good billiards and was
frequently applauded for clever gather shots. but
he failed on an easy draw to the cushion. To this
point Cure had averaged and AIorningstar less
than 5
IL me tWenty-lfSt inning MOrnlngStar cOllecteC
I9 carons, which gave him a total of 10 to l24 for
Cure. The feature Of this ru- a wonderful
Inasse made with the balls all the side rail and
about six inches apart He also executed several
difficult round -the-table shots. by which he gath
cred the spheres into position with consummate
skill In the twenty-second inning Cure showed
that he IS thorough master Of balkline billiards
by counting 100 points with great rapdity and rare
delcacy Of touch. Draws. masses, open table shots
anI follows all faultessly executed. Great
was the applause when he completed the century
so great IN fact that he missed the easiest kind OF
a straight caron7 and sat down with broad smile
on his face. once he lost the count and had tc
appeal to the referee.
In the twenty-third inning Cure corralled q
carore. which gave him total Of go and an aver
a ~ slightly over 10 for the first half Of the con
test Mornngstar at this point had a total Of IA
and an average Of slightly over In the five inn
3rgs from the twenty-third to the twenty-seVehth
Inclusive Morningstar put together. runs OF TO- %
~ n and d which gave him a total OF 2o2. TO 20
for Cure In the twenty-fourth inning rniscue-
the first Of the evening-brought promising look
ing run of @ 10 an end FOR Morningstar -
From the twenty-eig1th inning TO the thirty-i1uf
,fornineetar made only 16 points In the tihr'y
fourth inning he failed get the balls out OF Da!H
aster counting G. Meanwhile Cure. with runs OF
a 12 and s. passed the 300 mark in the thirty
inning At the close of the thirty-sixth inning inc
score stood at 3Z7 for Cure TO 22 for Morninestar
II was slow billiards and the game was dragging
IN the thirty-seventh. thirty-eighth ana thirty
ninth innings Mornngstar braced up ana m mad'
INNS ~ % q and "a which gave him total OF zoo
Cure made q in the thirty-ninth inning. ana ms
total was 95s He mscued on a masse in this inning
.,a sto,5ed a bt OF Partisan temper. Cure passed
the z0O mark in the fortyhrst inning with run o.
a. which gave him 40 points and an average oi
exactly 10 He missed an easy carrom through ti''
fv0ries kissing on and retired laughing. -.
The scoring was slow until the forty
when Morningstar made 81. which he foeo"eo We VII VII
10 and r. giving him total Of SSS 70 80 tor @ Sp5e m
who had been playing decidedly meolocIe Dat aFtte,I