New-York tribune., 1906-10-19
SUTTON THE WINNER.
SLOSSON LOSES TITLE.
TITLE.
Chicago Billimdist, zoith Big Run,
COnquerS the "Student."


reputation an expert bilhardist both sides of
the Atlantic, is now the worlds champion at 1s-
inch balkne, two shots in. He the title last
night from George slosson. of this city. at the
Madison Square Garden Concert Hall by a
of 800 to S75 in sixteen innings.
The result of the match not unexpected. as
Sutton showed such brilliant billiards during the
1872 tournament held here last April that he was
looked upon by the experts as the probable winner
During that tournament he made the worlds rec
ord of 234 and average of 100.
Since that time Sutton has been practising stead
fly. and last night he showed some of the most
brilliant billiards ever In this city. Out of
of the most difficult situations he seemed to
make easy shots.
Slosson the leader UP to and Including the
ninth inning. His score then 23i and he led
Sutton by 73 points After that he seemed to lose
his command of the balls. for although he made
run Of 2 in the thirteenth inning, his general play
was hardly up to his best form
The feature OF the match was the phenomenal
run of 2Q2, made by Sutton In his tenth inning He
made his first shot at 95 o'clock. and In Just eleven
minutes had scored so points. In seven and a half
minutes more he had clicked off his second So His
third 90 was made in exactly seven minutes. and
his fourth In eight minutes. He combined delicate
nursing strokes with brilliant round the table play
and delicate shots His control of the ivories
was wonderful. and the crowd showed it's appre-
citation by generous applause There much
disappointment when the spell was broken and he
missed difficult carrom trying make his 203d
shot. 1t had been long, hard run. and he was
plainly tagged and apparently not sorry to sit
down.
slosson watched his adversary like hawk. Not
a move escaped his eagle eye. Even when he went
to the Ice water pitcher he watched Sutton's play
while drinking.
The attendance was not large wednes-
day night when Hoppe defeated schaefer. IN the
early stages of the but toward the latter half
the seats filed, especially the boxes. Many bill
lardists-amateur and professional-were on hand.
among them "Ar' Taylor E. W. Gardiner. Ferd-
nand Poggenburg. Oryille Oddie, tr., and many
members of the Union League. Lotos. Union. Metro
politan and New York Yacht clubs. Willie Hoppe
and Jake Schaefer the winner and loser, respec-
lively. of Wednesday nights game. sat together.
and opposite them were Foxhau P. Keene. Ora
Morningstar. John Daily and group from the
Liederkranz Club
The fact that these two great PLAYERS finished
the game in 1s innings shows how interesting the
play was to those fortunate enough to witness It
Oldtine billiard players agreed that of the
shots made by both men were among the clever
est they had ever seen. and some asserted that
Sutton. in his long run. did of the finest
nursing ever witnessed, while his masse shots
wonders. Just before he closed his of 5S in
the fifteenth inning when ne missed on a freehand
masse. Sutton had been making string of diff
hcult two and three cushion carroms. all OF which
applauded.
Sutton won the bank. and chose the white ball.
He got down to business quickly, and ratified of
the carroms at rapid rate Sutton's strong point
in tournament play is his wonderful faculty for
nursing the balls but he surprised his followers
by adopting open table play. and made
markably clever shots He missed apparently
easy one, when he had gathered 6s buttons his
string.
Slosson began with neat cluster of 13 points.
his seventh shot being well judged bank the full
length of the table, Sutton's next effort good
for only a single count, and Slosson failed to
score. Sutton then got the balls IN good position
on the lower rail. and coaxed them into the open.
where he began to manipulate them for the balk-
line He failed his thirty-fourth shot,
with the three balls almost touching. but his run
had sent his score up TO the century mark.
slosson gave splendid exhibition in his next
inning He played much faster than usual. and
many thought that he was in for a record run. but
the two white balls became frozen after his sew
enty-fifth shot. and he missed two-cushion shot
after the two worries had been spotted. Sutton
added IL IN the fourth inning, and left the balls
run placed the Student in the lead. the at
the end Of the fourth inning being: slosson. 12o;
In the fifth inning Sutton did not count but
sfo ffher b ahsad sad T 81, OF 81
tributions and sloss9n added 2 and 3 and then
the end Of the eighth inning was: slOssOn 22s;
tenth inning. but he settled down to steady bill
lizards and worked his famous nurse to perfection.
series of daring shots. When he had scored "a
plauded. and there was rousing cheer when he
had clicked off 100. He improved he went
along, and the spectators began to think that the
Chicago was on the road to equal or better
his worlds record of 234 made here last April
When the referee called off 195 in his monotonoJH
tones the end appeared to have come, as the balls
lined up and the crowd expected miss. Sutton
studied the position moment and then brought
off a brilliant cushion carom which brought forth
a wild burst of applause. He passed the 200 mark,
but missed single cushion carom close TO the top
rail by a narrow margin and sat down. after
run of 2O2 Slosson responded with %. making the
totals for ten innings Sutton, S6S; Slosson 257.
George sutton-66. /. SO. II. o. T. - 27 2o2 Q. o
81 So total 500: 81 +16; high runs, 2O2
&c. 56. - =. -. . ~ :. =,
o. s. g. o. total sT5; average. %; high runs. rs.
Feferee-Edward Mclaughlin Time OF game. hours