New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
Billiards 4 Boxing Auomobmg Football Racing Other Sports
CLINE OUT OF RACE
BEATEN BY SUTTON.
Demarest TO Meet Tictor for
Billiard Title.

George b. Sutton, Of Chicago. defeated
f4a-rv T. Cline. 81 PHILADELPHIA in the SEC
ond game Of the play-or OF the triple tie
Tor first place IN the "a billiard champion
shp tournament IN the concert han at
Madison square Garden last night
The score was 500 10 sso. sutton winning
in the thirteth inning with an unfinished
run OF Is. after Cline. making an uphnl
night had carried IFS 500 TO ssO. with a
pretty run ~ Is In his half OF the same
inning
sutton and calvin Derlarcst. who heat
CINE Boa the frst game u the play-or on
Wednesday evening. vlh now meet tonight
f-r the ritl, and FIRST money The loser
MS evening Will earn second money while
cline must Pc content with the third prize
cline made q great slow rolling shot for
the bank fer lead ana won. But ne made a
Fdo- start after selecting The lucky white
bag. being kissed OF Cor he opening shot
coming 90 the table and finding the globes
closely assembled along the short rail- SUIT
ton rapidly and deftly manpuvred in the
end squares for a. before he retired upon
missing an easy draw shot
sutton likewise presented a Set-uu To- Cline
anl the PLiadelphian made the most Of II
for 81 GA has second trim TO the table. The
thirty-seseuth carrom was the most daz-
1iiuC oi this collection. Il was a single
cushion shot the length % the table. the
balls al tile close assembling IN the upper
right hand corner. Three shots later Cline
4 playing cushion shot too finely. found
THE hole around the ball
Fer some time thereafter Sutton PLAYED
from an i5eal set-Up each time he came -
The table. His cue work was IN all WAYS
consistent, except that he was uncertain on
MS draw and follow shots. as he had been
earlier IN the tournament Close balxline
raan1s-Vring predoninated IN al OF SuttOn's
rms and he proved himself easily the mas
ter 0f any &c the men who have played in
me tournament IN his delicacy Of stroke II
fact sutton held 10 an average OF thirty I'M
Z, be- had passed the So mark. when he fell
q badly.
Ia Tie fourteenth inning Cline began 10
overhead sutton. who lost his stroke COM
ple-e.y. The PhilaLelphian made a pretty
taA-.ue run o. 81. and as Sutton made
only ty poor cueing cine was enabled
q return az once TO the table where ne
repeated with g.. This impressive cluster
Eas more brilliant than the first as Cline
ease- mis- stroke by a number OF three
cushion shots that The crowd literally ap-
T.alded
As Cline began 10 come along Sutton
appeared 90 be on The verge 81 q nervous
collapse He could not execute the sim
pies, shots. nine turns at the table produc-
ilc only nineteen counts. and at that he
vas ou his last hundred. SIX times Sutton
left The hail while Cline was al the table
or each occasion causing the spectators
O. va-t t1r MS return They did not take
kindly 20 this and made such a demon
grafton o. stamping. Ca1-caIs and
vEiSrI.rc as was rarely heard about a
billiard table This only increased Sutton's
irat.l-y 10 play.
cline made 4 wonderful EFFORT 70 pun out
ths game with run Of 3 on his thirtieth
minis So well did cline play that the
spectators rooted openly for him AT the
END ne chose the wrong shot, however, a
difficult single cushion, that he missed by
hairs breadth. sutton played out his
lasr 10 slowly, not taking chances. and by
q doing won the match
Ire scores follow:
George Sutton tspOr bauJ-45. - -. o. 50,
& =, -. ., s. s. ~, "a. ?, ~, 81, Is. ,. O. o.
q r a s. u O - l. - 70 Total. so points.
Are-aee IS $3.50. High runs. - 3, IS,
Ha--g p. cline cuhi,e bam-0. s.. :. %.
u Z. rs "a . p 3. J. -: o, O.. - o. ~
o. =, u % d. 5, I. is. D. Total. 49,
points. Average. Is. High runs. 3. s., -
Rs:ere--John j. McGrav.
George r. sIosson won The anal SEIZED
Ued lamc ~ the tournament yesterday
afternoon and thereby secured the fourth
UoneE prize. amounting 10 about SO. In
rms match SIosson defeated Albert .. cut
ler rr s score q 90 points 10 81 Cutler
landed .1 last place. without having won
game
TIE men PLAYED in about the same form
that rrer have displayed throughout the
seres In was a humping match each
showing great riuiclfy about his shots.
Tie peculiar manner IN which the hall
came from the cushions caused Tom Gal
laE--r who acted as referee, 20 measure
c-re.-.. -l= height OF the cushions. i'm
n.e-larl.r following the match, and he
io-ud -rat -he right hand side Of the table
Wss more than hale an inch higher than
ihe le.r and rhar the end rails sianted
down toward che left side
Whatever Inc pecuharIries OF the table
Ray have been. there was little of mo-
meut during tire three hours the men
played S-0sson made his best run, clus-
ie- at -r0. on mis- seventh turn al the table.
H. lld not play much bslk line, but
ramu-t me worries around the table Tor
pretty cushion carrom shots. He also put
togeth-- n ty the same method in his
tHeu-y-rintr inning cutter had spasrns OF
enc pal play In his third and twelfth SIM
ihgs which Melted him % and 80 as mis- best
Efforts. -ae score follows.
George p. slossou, spot baI-Ss 2, !. j.
f'- av~raee, is 4-sli hlgh runs AoV'
.asse-r .. cutter. white ban-s. IS 50. :.
as Tet.T. o. g II. 3. 90. 2-total. al
poinrs. average. % l-sI. high runs, 90. So
Referee -a-- Gallagher.