New-York tribune., 1909-11-28
Cline Too Much for Cass;gnol
an afternoon.
STANDING IN BILLIARD TOUR.
NAMENT.
Hizh Hirh
Mnn- In.l ANeraza p.

honors yesterday sutton. BY hts defeat ~
the veteran student" George r. Slosson.
by 800 points to ~ In the evening match
I'm the Madison square Garden concsr,
hall. looms large ss tieinz with cline and
Calvin Demarest. The Philadelphian. Gin.
finished his schedule by defeating N,
French champion. Firmin Cassignol. IN ths
matinee match by 80 points 10 81 This
result causes the Partisan 20 drop down az
a tail-ender. with one victory and three Do
feats
The hall vas hot enough 70 preserve tns
greatest elasticity OF the !voTy globes when
SlOsson and sutton stepped TO the table FOR
the night game the twelfth OF the rourna-
ment. From the bank sutton opened with
~. that closely accumulated near ard
along the lower cushion. Hts touch vaa
plant and his position work above r.
proach. slosson followed with g that were
OF even closer manipulation. his stroks
being easy, rapid and free.
But the test came in the next few IN
nings during which sutton followed I'D his
good opening with e. q and .. while sIos-
son proved % be uncertain. 50 thar no fell
far behind
Despite some hard luck Slosson. small of
stature. slight and why. appeared huoysd
by supreme confidence H went after ths
most intricate and difficult cushion shots
with splendid courage. and his cool deter
mtnation after a while appeared ~ have IS
effect upon his opponent n was IN d.
gree a psychological study Sutton. tbs
more rugged and sturdler OF the two. t1di-
Gated that his nerves were s-tingls. and u
was due 70 this. apparently. that he missed
several promising opportunities.
SlossOn begun 70 accomplish really nots-
worthy billiards in the tenth inning Hs
began from good leave at the head % ths
table. and AZ ~ held nursing position thar
seemed good for an indeAnits period But
the white rolled of at a. the globes spread
ing so that he essayed 70 lead them by gen
tie stages Of cushion carroms down 20 tha
foot Of the table lie had them collected
in the right hand corner when he missed
2 draw shot Of A few inches. a. the c-Is
ball did not have legs enough TO rur, ter
minating at 81 SlOsson followed This good
effort with g, 10 and a. IN the mex.
inning SlossOn began with a long follow
shot disgonally across the table from cor
ner 20 corner. He assembled the balls IN
the centre panel by the next Two shots.
when he miscueJ draw and retired
MeanwhiIe Sutton had been busy. Hs
settled more into his game despite his ner-
quite get things 70 his liking There was
uncertainty still at critical moments such
as his finding the hole around the red bail
in the twelfth inning which closed the run
at so, and his errstic playing OF follow
and jerky miscue which ended runs ot
81 and "a upon his fifteenth and sixteenth
turns at the table
SuttOn's second shot of the seventeenth
inning was a marvellous trip OF twice
around the table for the cue ball il frsr
ripping The white and then taking seven
cushions before meeting the red. There
after IL was all close balkline. SO cOss
that at 50 the two whites froze in the cor
ner. but sutton Overcsme il by dainty
shot 20 the cushion. He continued al0ns
tc 20. when he tried a single cushion $40,
across the table and missed widely. A
the close of this inning SlOssons' chances
appeared hopeless. as SutJon's score stood
az 40S to 227 for the veteran student
With sutton close TO victory his nerves
Overcame him again. and for seven innings
farcical billiards were the outcome So
widely did the pOrtly Chicagoan separate
the globes with his sledgehammer strokes
that SlOssOn likewise could accomplish
nothing. Coming % the table for the
twenty-fOurth time SlOssOn managed 70 eks
out fourteen carrOm shots that helped 10
overcome the mOnOtOny. This marked the
beginning of a great recovery on Slosson's
part lie followed with closely manipu-
lated runs of Is u. IS. a miss and = 50
that sutton stopped again from sheer
nervousness. His last time at the tsbls
SlossOn failed To get out of baIk while hs
was nursing, and tae penalty cost him he
match
The score follows:
George sutton tvvhite baID-p. g . =
y. :. 10. l. =. 81. >. 80. 3, .. 2l 81 .. o J.
y, \, = ., .. l. 20 y. s, sS. :. q. y Total ss
E and 81
George F. sIosson Cspot baln-ss. L4g.
= ., .. . =, %, =, le a. 3. .. 70. lt o =
: o. "a. N. 1l. 49, Q. 25 8. 70. Total. ~
and 80.
Referee-John J. McGraw.
Harry +. Cline the Philad 81 Dhiaa
finished out his schedule with victory n
the afternoon game by defeating the
French champion. Firmin CassiSnoL 5y -
points 90 46l- Cline has a record Of tour
victories and one defeat. but at that ths
best he can do is 10 tic for the worlds
championship honOrs az the - 5aiklns
game unless Demarest and sutton fall 81
completely. which is highly improbable.
The Fre1chman began lmpingly because
of a too gentle stroke His first seven inninss
contained three zeroS. while the total was
only - TO l39 for cline. The latter put 70
Sether his FIRST sizable run OF s. in his fOuria
turn at the table. II was close bsIl-tO-aa'
billiards along the lower rail Two iuunss
later ne counted % by the same method. a.
though he rolled the worries more soe--
the table. easing Up his stroke. Immeiiasf
following he repeated with 80 that prom
ised higher figures. with the globes Assem-
bled upon the line for nurse.
Chnes difficulty was due 60 his inaohu
to attune ais cue manipulation % u'
worries But he was persistent. ana u'
score stood at 2S when the Frenchn'''
took his turn at the table for the iftecaA
inning CassignOl began from good leaNs
and by close work counted 50 The $'
was clever kiss shot i'm The cornsf. y.
the balls again lined up on the rail tA
CaSsignol retired. missing a masss h'
seventeenth string contained only car
roms. Yet one was the gem Of the ms's"
a long follow the length cf the table nv"
head 20 foot. the cue bail Squeezns ps~
the red as Ii travelled % the second oeleS'
ball.
AS CassiguoI improved cline eNecH~
detericratcd. The Freuchman srsa's
developed a nurse. and by this mse
worked cut 81 m the thuU-htth innn
which put him on even terms with 9,ss.Sf. ~
ponent Considerable open table e..s,f ,f
followed. Cnne SpOiling an opportuut ~
n nfafRf in A. int. nfesNsH