Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-03
FAvORITE LOSES FINAL GAME
 0f TOURNEY
Harrington Is Defeated in De- Ciding Game of EIkS Pool Tournament by Neylan, the Score Being 100 to 78,

The biggest surprise in the elimi- nation pool tournament. which was in progress at the Elks' Club for ten days, and endedd on Sunday after noon. was the defeat of F. R. HaTriEg ton, the ? to 1 favorite, by J. F. Ney- Ian. the final score standing 100 to 7S, after the hardest fought contest in the tourney. His victory over liar rington gave Neylan the first prize.
 On Saturday night and Sunday morning Harrington was a to 1 ia vorite to win the first prize, and few were found who would take the bet at these odds. Shortly before the game commenced the odds went to 2 1-2 to 1, and even money was bet that Neylan would not score T5 balls agaist the favorite. At this time talk CTS became rather plentiful, and the Harrington supporters backed the odds down to 2 to
 From the very first frame 1t was evident that neither player intended to give the othter the slightest ad- vantage that could possibly be avoid ed. Neylan secured a majority out of five of the first six frames, there by gathering a comfortable lead. On the next rack Harrington got a break scattering the balls around the table and succeeded in getting fourteen to his OPSonent's one, and putting him self in tSe lead by a single point.
 Again conServatism marked the play of both contestants, and each played seven safety shots in the following rack, at the same time pulling down the average which up to that time had been better than 2.5o. Harrington left a combination in the bunch of balls of which his opponent took ad- vantage. again securing lead of five balls, which he grarduaily increased until the end of the game. By care ful and consistent play Neylan suc- ceeded in leaving Harrington safe a number of times in the last few frames, at the same time increasing his lead until the end of the game, when the score was 100 to 7S. By defeating his opponent Neylan secured the first prize, while Harrington won second place, and the prize for the high average. He was also tied for the high run, but tossed a coin with William Forbes. and lost
 The following shows the relative SId-DuAuiS OA IuS NdIlOuS COnteSLduls in the tournament:
 Neyian, 800: Harrington, ATS: Fran cis 432; Branson, 290; Frederick, 2sS: Zeismer, I92; Forbes, 1S9; o'Brien, 1S2: Pattison. 162; Tupper, 163; Meanan. 92; Cummings 91; Mo Keehon, S9; Soule, S8; Christian, 80: {: Kirk, 79: Dunlop. 76; Burgess, 67; Browning, 51: Godfrey. A.
 Probably the biggest disappoint- n1ent in the tournament was the failure of Dr. E. s. Godfrey to do any betterr than get the booby prize, which is baby burro. The doctor played from the scratch mark. and went down in his first game, which he played with Harrington.
 At the conclusion of the last game the general sentiment prevailed that the entire affair was arranged and carried out in the best manner possi- ble, chiefly owing to the efforts of Secretary J. s. McKeehan of the club, who attended to all of the preliminary details, and devoted his time to mak- ing the tournament a success.
 There is talk of arranging six men tournament to take place at the club, ia which each contestant will play all of the others. but as yet no definite plans have been formulated for the carrying out of this idea.