Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-25
A Famous Figure.

the pest average IOT the tOuTNdHieHl up
to 81 As.
A Famous Figure.
Slosson. who early in the winter won
the title Of 1872 champion from George
Sutton. has been a famous figure In pro-
fessional billiards for about thirty years,
and has held championships at intervals
through all that time, but he never play
ed in More brilliant form than In his tri-
ur1ph last night. The break was his. and
with the white ball he ran 80 i'm his first
inning and IL in his second inning, Cut
Ter IN the two innings making a and a =.
Slosson went In for his third inning with
the balls grouped near the end rail. and
In that inning practically won the match
with his run of 225. He counted "A points
before the balls rolled out OF the corner
in which he found them, his control be-
ing perfect. and when they finally spread
he gathered them again In a lower cor.
ner and went on for rs points there. Then
they rolled to this center Of the able. and
he continued his count there. driving one
ball 10 the cushion and back. almost
frozen on its mate, at Will.
He was cheered when he passed 100.
and cheered for specially accurate and
good shots through the run to the end.
the warmest applause being called forth
when, in his 106th shot. the balls spread
to the extremes OF the table and he had
to play around the table for Ave shots
before he could gather them again. He
lost his shot finally ON hard-driven five
cushion carom which he had to try. as
the balls were in line and no other shot
was open. the first object ball kissing off
his cue ball after the fourth cushion.
Slosson counted 81 in his next inning
fifth inning he nearly duplicated his best
run by splendid control for 40 points,
falling then on q follow shot, in which
the first object ball returned from the
cushion to kiss the cue ball off.
Misses Couple.
Slosson had a blank in his sixth inning
missing a four-cushion carom in much
the style that stopped his best run, and
in his seventh counted 18 points and
missed a simple two-cushion carom. In
his eighth and winning inning. with 20
points to go, his cue ball froze on the
red for his seventh shot, and the balls
were spotted, and Slosson tried for the
conventional two-cushion carom. He
red ball, hard driven. rolled back in time
to kiss his cue ball into the spot ball.
and the champion counted. while the spec
tators roared with laughter at the
scratch.
slosson, for all his experience. looked
sheepish and disinclined to accept the
point. but 1t was his and he had to play
on, and ran out the game with q run OF
-. Cutler never really settled down to
play. the balls rolling contrarily for him
and permitting him but one inning when
he had anything like a chance. this being
the fourth. when he counted 20.
Demarest beat Cline In the afternoon
match by nearly to 1. running out his
Cline earned 267 in twenty innings
The young ex-arnateur's victory was the
most brilliant feature Of the tournament
to date. as Cline. on all his record. is one
of the steadiest players In the competi-
ton. The experience gained in his losing
match with Cure at the opening of the
tournament. Demarests first appearance
as professional In public match. was
evident In the Chicagoan's play, for he
was as steady and even in his counting as
swiftly and surely. without hesitation.
running out his score in less than two
and . half hours. and for a big part of the
time counting at rate. as timed by spec
tators. of six to eight points a minute.
The Summary.
Worlds championship billiard tournament. 1872
oaik line. 500 points to each game.
FOURTH GAME. AFTERNOON.
81 ci Il p ae 9,s = s. Il, ass
= 2 !: dips ! J, is21ses,S saos1:1 s = 2
FIFTH GAME. EVENING.
taie esse s ASsTsrrs 4 81 10 10 % To-
!: e: eu'isr-i 20 -. 1ot.'-So. Aver.
This afternoon George Sutton and Cline
will be opposed. This evening the play
ers will be MorninGstar and Cure. To-
morrow afternoon Slosson and Cline meet,
and in the evening Sutton and Cutler are
matched. For Saturday the games are:
Morningstar against Demarest in the aft.
ernoon and Slosson against Cure In the
evening.