The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-11
GOOD AVERAGES In BILLIARDS
SUTTON AND SLOSSON DEFEAT
THEIR OPPONENTS.
Former Leaves Albert Cutler Far Behind
In Afternoon Contest, With Run OF no
Student Administers Second Defeat
to Cure In Eyening-Hlgh Run, IO5.

George Sutton was the victor yesterday
afternoon In the second game of the billiard
tournament In Madison Square Gardan Con-
cert Hall for the championship Of the world.
at IS inch balk line, two shots In. He de-
fested Albert Cutler Of Boston, 500 to 22o.
and In doing so made the excellent average
OF 20. Twice he ran over a hundred. and
his rapid counting and accumulation Of points
at close quarters was true balk-lne tactics
of q high order. In the first 300 points Cut
Ter kept pace with his adversary, but he fell
of when the latter opened the throttle and
put on more steam.
Cutler won the bank, and though II was
his FIRST appearance In q big tournament he
had just as much cool assurance as any old
stager. The Bostonlan was more serious
than he generally Is at the table and put his
mine on his work. Though he opened with
an abbreviated ~sojourn at the table Of 3 points.
he gave evidence Of his quality In the second
inning. AZ a masse player he Is without Q
peer. save Sohaefer. and the eighth shot Of
tho second inning was a superb masse. the
two object balls being In a olinoh. Grazing
and shaving the balls and making them travel
moro distance than he wanted to. Cutler ran
~. Execution was good. positiOn faulty.
In the sixth inning Sutton gave an exhibit
ton Of finished balk line play that was alone
worth the price of admission. Every stroke
every calculation bes poke the accomplished
artist. Landing on the second ball with
noticeable accuracy, Sutton soon had the
balls where he wanted them. and a few def
pats had them balanced across the balk line.
When they broke way from this desirable
position he coaxed them back. Skimming
across the faces Of the balls until the time
came for the hort drive. Sutton nursed for
speedy returns. Il was not until the sixty
second shot that there was 4 long drive. so
admirable was the line, corner and end rail
play. Too much force was applied 10 the
first ball on the iooth shot. 1t ran too far. the
balls broke from their moorings. and the run
ended with 100 points.
Sutton's 100 put him ahead. but Cutler was
nervy. and replied with so. The Bostonian
was still having trouble In controlling the
balls. but his execution was splendid. A
case in point was when the cue ball was
damned in a corner. 1t had to 90 across the
plain and return and vet send the first ball
down the table and back. 1t did so and gave
good position.
Cutler faced a mean lineup in his eleventh
inning. but solved It. Using the bridge. he
made a beautiful follow-kiss shot into the
corner. He went on until he had gathered
a rich crop OF Ola diversified cluster Of
wide nursing and meritorious use or cusn-
ions. The run put him In the ead-io9 to
40 was the score. Sutton in turn. always
trying for the line, ran 80. took the lead by
one point, then fell down on e masse.
Cutler missed q simple one cushion shot
In his fourteenth inning, which gave Sutton
q chance to run SO and pass the 200 mark,
Right afterward Cutler made one Of the
most gorgeous counts seen in many a day;
away and all three in line on the end rail.
T Ths d P,s{ Sall R Rlssea % the 5ss White 70 as RynSte ths red
and the red Rugged the end rail as II went
slowly across the table and back. The cue
rail. returned and CAUGHT the red f fall amid ID
ships when the latter was hall way back
e tS 5ts steaE d SdE P0lfa att,en But tot ts3l''s snd dePss Stton's
speedy etance of S. in the sixteenth inning
came within two of putting him a hundred
successive OUTPUTS Of IS, and nc was the
Ct se. an gnconauerable clip II maintained,
on the lower 70 end "f' rail. 'iT.hhee%n sutton IN iuresd d
the balls away from the boundaries and
and went on with the soothing touch, The
down. sutton swung. into the anal hundred
in the twenty first inning with a break OF 81
and went out four innings later. The score;
y. ! iH 1asi + runs i. ii liioi " i'd. $ s Total 900, Average
o. Sui I, :. .. %; !. . =. =, J. T. f f; @ . =. g. 4 Ay q; {; !,
1908. High runs. OF, 90 20,
Louis Cure Of Paris, who was defeated by
Morninsstsr on Monday. met George slosson
He ssscilipseed spntt}on's sftsrnoon average. The
s swo is.s in 1sHras t EEsTe sutton q t1l2'' he requiring
The Frenchman opened with an n Indifferent
4. but went TO the worries with more animation
t L 1nS ws sso Heith ,an1 Wlde A NOR E Close p Re opera PtsG
on the lower reaches OF the green plateau
for a quick session Of So,
ion shots, missed one In an endea vor 20 gather
in the third inning. and the dozen hat fell
mans total ITO. His average to date was over
Is. slosson had 81 for seven innings his
double dO% ei figure 6peaaSs H 6sinf OF limited I ID lePbs e.
cushion caroms, But the Student was not re-
liable on cushion caToms: and for tia, s1sson
inning with q Ginning one eushioSS shot the
lenet I n Of the and tS se sboo Ihf Ii. tE Ssns shot
cue BAL. which huTdled high and gracefully
to the ou Else bot a SsSt 81 s s3Foe6P t sfd. sSo
IN his tenth i~nniDg-ths ninth. count. TRe
three balls were aligned near the lowe, rail.
on On the iSs % Sfii :" t HS'S 3 3' the I ta6 6itSea and Sdh'% 9e-
turned to the red under two cushion, pro-
p%Hlsion. t was 2 model Of angles and p5s5
The whole inning sparkled a nd cleaned
cushion to Ave. There were all degrees
Of angles. and the balls took journeys OF
oft htersecting lines. The resultant Al
points made the students total $50. Cures
total at the time was 1T. Slosson was ahead
two innings later. He had peeled of breaks
OF 20, Al. 81 and 20 to Cure'ss 8, 2. 8 and 2. Cure
altered the aspect In the fourteenth inning.
He built a mound Of o5 caroms, the same
containing a short stay of line nursing and
a great deal of ball to ball produce. Via
the masse method Slosson curled from ball
ball In ths seventeenth inning. the globes
teine In diagonal straight ling and the
terminus OF the shot q corner. II deserved
ts liberal applaus'.
This shot was one OF a run of lo7. il was a
had to contend with several heart breakers, |
the object balls being squeezed into two
different corners. He not only counted but
got position from the second Of the drink
promoting leaves. The Student got a freeze
on the ninety-third shot but counted from
tho spot. He had many a tough shot and
was very resouroeful. The forth shot was
as hard as any, a sharp pull over, to the side
rail with lots OF reverse twist. The run sent
him to the front by % points. The score was
To supplement the run Of lo7, slosson
innings of n and 70. The latter
run was fra gle but sure biliards. There
was some delicate reaching Of the second
ball-just enough impetus TO get there. One
corner space became a miniature table, and in
Il most OF the work was done. Three con-
innings had Melted 207. The score