The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-10
TILT PLAYS DASHING POOL,
SMOTHERS THE PRIDE or THE
CRESCENT ATHLETIC CLUB.

New York 4, G.. Champion Defeats Heather.
ton by ascorc OF 100 TO 33-Bags Balls
at n Rapid Hate After the First Two
Francs In Mercury Foot Tournament.
The pool champion Of the New York Ath
letlo Club defeated the pool champion OF the
Crescent Athletic Club last night almost as
deoisiyely as the CresCents beat the New
Yorks at hockey the other day. William 3,
Tilt Is the Mercury Foot knight OF the green
table who dethroned the doughty trans
pontine %creist, otherwise j. NJ. Heatherton,
Mr., Heatherton Is also a member of the New
York A. g.. and he and Tilt met in q game Of
the New York A. G, tournament.
The fact that Heatherton Is the Crescent
A. G. standard bearer at pool. made the contest
OF much more than ordinary interest. There
was a marked flavor Of club rivalry. A
dozen or more Crescent men journeyed over
to see the game. which was played In the
New York A. C., clubhouse. The room was
filed with spectators. and II was said that n
tidy bit Of coin had been wagered on the
result.
MIR. Heatherton led for two frames and
then subsidized into the role OF spectator.
Once Tilt warmed up he was a wild horse and
hard to curry. The distance between victor
and vanquished at the finish was as great as
the difference between them in inches. The
score was 100 to SO. Tilt stretches skyward
over 0 feet. a foot more than his rival. Mr..
Heatherton was the short OF it in more ways
than one. The game lasted only a little
over an hour and only ten frames. Mr..
Heatherton made over half Of his total in
the first two sets. Mr.. Tilt bagged 90 balls
from the third to the ninth frame. inclusive.
Tilt had the break on the opening frame
and left the balls in difficult position. the cue
ball near the far end rail. After studying
the situation as long as a chess player Heather
ton called the one ball, which he dropped
into the pocket by the combination route.
He made one more. missed and left a drive
for the corner. which Tilt missed, Playing
deliberately, but pocketing the bal ia cleanly,
i eatherton culled nine out of the frame;
Tits remaining six were made in finished
style by the ,~altitudlnouS collegian, who
ing.
With serious mien and careful playing,
Heatherton put a lions share of the second
s slSsHii Soo lie T lad ? % bs!ls u 70 FL fl.t Hs'I 10 ss
player as his rival, Improved in the third
frame, but a scratch and a miss Of a two
ball combination along, the side rail gave
Heatherton chances which, prevented Tut
careless, but did not leave much when he
missed. and Heatherton's five balls were
earned.
The score at the end Of the fourth frame
Vas Was eyen,29 balls each, 4 scratch by
'ONl Ihlll q bdl duu u sIhI' z
to keep his lead. The rangy Tilt sent the
whole covey to cover in the NTH frame.
HeathertOn having two innings but grassing
none, The balls broke well for Tilt when. he
spread them, and there was vim to his dis
play, lie has a reach like an octopus, and
used it to advantage where an ordinary stat
ured man would have needed the bridge.
A splendid fine cut shot into the corner
was Tits stellar effort in the sixth frame. He
picked the globes of deity aud rapidly,
giving Heatherton only two chances and
those difficult. The returns at the end of the
frame were: Tilt, SO: Heatherton, 32. After
playing a safety shot in the seventh frame,
Tits next shot gave him a chance to break the
pyramid and count. Then the way he stored
the spheres away was like shot rolling of a
shovel. Ball after ball went scurrying TO
the receptacles, and all fifteen were Tits.
Applause greeted the dashing display.
There was a good deal of flirting with the
triangle In the eighth frame, both men care
full, Tilt picked OF a pair of outlying balls,
time. Tilt partially scattered the pyramid
on a miss of an easy corner shot. but left
nothing, and Heatherton called a safety shot.
His stroke was too gentle and instead of the
safety he left a setup. The rest OF the frame
was nuts for Tilt. The score was IS TO 81
in his favor.
Tilt went through the next frame at the
same devouring clip and then had but four
to go. HeathertOn left two balls out on the
break and Tilt ran one of them into a side
pocket. rushed he other to q corner and in
doing so hit tine frame and separated two
more balls. These asst two were like breaking
sticks for him. The score by frames:
Title, 4. o.. 10. Is. II. 10, "A. II. 4. Total, 100.
Heatherton-a, II, 5, 4, o, 8, o, |. 90. Total. 80.
Referec-M, 7. briggs.
In the second game Heatherton defeated
j W Becker. luD TO "a