The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-19
sUTTON BEATS sLOsSON.
Record Breaker an Easy winner in Cue
Battle Of the Georges.

Starting badly but finishing strong, George
Sutton, the record breaker, defeated George
Slosson last night in the 1872 baik line cham
pionship billiard tournament In Madison
Square Garden Concert Hall. 1t was Slosson's
first defeat. The student was In poor form.
Sutton toward the close made no less than
eight double figure runs In succession.
+ In his first five innings Sutton made a total
Of 30 points. There was some difference
between this and his play Of Tuesday night.
when he made 500 points In the first i've in
nlngs. Slosson's total for five innings was
10. Each was playing poorly. getting no
position at all, and spreading the oil thick.
The first billiards worthy the name came
In the ninth inning. when Sutton ran 81. He
missed by trying to make a nniscroecopieal
shave OF the first ball, missing that bah en-
tirely. Slosson then tried TO do a one cushion
V shot, but went wide on the return leg.
Sutton resumed with O run OF SO. nursing
on the long balk line and driving the red to
the side, holding the cue ball and scarcely
moving the second bali. Finally he drove
hard enough to break the ball and spread
the spheres. His total was ia TO Blossoms "A.
Slosson woke up In the eleventh inning.
There was a panoramic display OF cushion
caroms, picturesque and difficult. Heroic
treatment soon gave way to gentler meth DDS
and there was q slightly siege Of fondling or
the upper rail. The Student was accurate
in reaching tho second ball and measured
force to a nicely. After the fftieth count
the play was moro widespread. and from
the SEVENTEEN TO the elghtteth shot Iona
detours Of the cushion predoninated. SUIT
toms twentieth shot Of his thirteenth inning
was a rare gem. He banked over half the
length Of the table, taking the side rail- to tho
red ball. Then the cue ball sneaked down
to the end rail. at least four feet away, when
reverse twist and rubber def1ected 1t TO the
white ball. Sutton was through his second
hundred In three innings, and at the end OF
the thirteenth inning the score was: sutton,
consecutive runs by Sutton, were: "a. az.
so and "a. the last named being in the fifteenth
s !Rn'1s,, '9 9Svd @'f satt ta' s sSGsS H. H. e dtt q Il
inning by missing the first ball. He left Inc
worries in good position. but Slosson, who
. ss es Fl Rs Oo Ge ilsSERIon: in the dark attached only
while Sutton was not making any such
fItsaSdsd p stays e. e. t aes f SSnsh as hs thu mace doa6 Se
Sixteenth inning was erist f6T the min to ne
s~ystsmatic. ~elockiike counting tn the lower
left hand balk area and its purlieus. Esutton
had as sts . pSlatss to sr slSPssGIaas 49, y 'slo.,on cam.
S I 81. : big ! Pan ! Il. e }6x sutt s4,,sh had. and ao , ran 3 l,Sa;
: art OF the run was made He played with
superb technique and there re ~ Tss 3 fragile
| Jul w. III NIu to GA =. boN " 49,
beauty, short table drives. rhythmic stroke
and other essentials Of successful nursing.
In the seventeenth INNING, sutton made
his sixth double, figure run IN succession.
ssl to ,2Ss in his favor. He followed with
tive ' double fi9urreA inning, He ltit a single
cushion shot for Slosson who landing on the
and ran IL. On the seventeenth shot the
cue ball went astray, leaving an extremely
difficult two cushion drop shot with right
first ball. The angle at the cushion was too
broad for a count. Sutton ran 80, which
included a couple Of long table drives that
we're miracles OF ACCURACY, lie went out
Sutton %. /. 3, q, 4, o. o, S, q, So, o, a., 81. so.
e 1Sa2, High runs, SO. 81, 81.
., } iSs' g Il = !, o. J. ; . a. foul 2; ii: E FL, - & Sv e 80; i il ! a. :.
High runs lo2, so. IL.
Louis Cure, the Frenchman. came to grief
in yesterday afternoons game, succumbing
TO the cue " Of owns a Albert ase . oddtI @5i Or
the contest did not develop any brilliant fea;
lures. it was interesting for it's closeness all
the way. Neither man got far enough away
iI9gno ths s Stee Iet t9 have what could be con-
Cutler made the creditable average of IT.
and this without any bigger run than So. He
played steady billiards, showed a noticeable
cult shots, and went about his work with reso-
luton. He was painstaking and persistent
Cures plans were upset several times by
kisses. The score:
Average, II 7.2s. High runs. 80, SO. So
Cune.1. 70. 3 9, 80; 10 49, i, 2 49, 81, 30: 3 l.
age, is i2s. High runs, II, 70, e.
Sutton and gstar play this afternoon
and Cure and Hoppe tonight. Standing of