New-York tribune., 1909-03-28
CTRE BEATS SL0SSON
rcTT-DFNT"' MEETS DEFE 1T
At NIGHT.
7forni7gstar Takes Lead in Billiard
Tourney by Defeating Demarest
bY Good Margin.
STANDING OF THE PLAYERS.
FRACTIONS are omitted in best average figures

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Straight game il the billiard tournament for the
75s cfla n1pionship at 1S2 in the concert hall at
,s,sssoa SQUARE Garden yesterday afternoon. He
,s,gr- Calvin DenaresJ the newcomer to the pro
,.ssioual ranks or his game, and defeated him by
.,,-a Of 200 10 290. I took both men long time
;, .s+,IA down, but Morningstar found himself the
1,cker and played sterling billiards after the thir-
,ssnth inning making high Of lei and 100
,,s sn average Of shade under 2a Dernarest
soved flashes of brilliancy. but the balls rolled
poorly for hiin ana ne appeared 10 De 'eeiins out
Of sorts.
~ this city IN the evening game hy score Of 500
- ss1 He clicked of Isl points in the third inning
s-5 earned en advsnsage which he slowly but
rg-elv increased as the game progressed Cure ran
OFT IN the twenty second inrinE for average Of
. shade over %. Slosson. who VAS not at the top
- his CANA aver ged fraction over Is
The defeat OF the Student" left Morningstar in
,he lead for the trophy with three victories and no
osfesx
7het biggest crowd of the tournament was in at
.sndsAce during the evening game. and much dis
appointment felt when slosson failed 10 keep
hts record clean.
As0-niuzstar won the bank. selected the spot ball
s.5 lust missed the lead by E shave His second
.nnlnE wss Unproductive also, but he gathered =
-.otr-s tv hard work in the fourth. and - in the
,xth then struck a had streak and secured enly
= buttons in the next seven innings. and hung up
s,u- goose eggs. The balls broke badly. and It
tserned Impossible 70 make them respond TO his
touch.
pe-1srest failed to take advantage Of the condi-
tons and in fact Jared worse than his opponent
fTs seemed TO lack confidence and could not get the
svoriss under cantrol. He began with Of
? b,l- his total for thirteen innings was only 33.
which showed how poorly he was playing In that
riu1e he hs6 fye misses With the score 1o9 10 81
n his favor this point Aiorngsar settled down
and quickly took a commanding lead, with clever
-1n Of co in which he played IN his best form, and
re shot was TOO difficult for him 10 bring OF He
slipped W or comparatively easy carrom before
she applause had fairly died down. He came back
-ith pretty run Of 50 IL the sixteenth inning and
carried his total 70 90 He mixed up daring masse
shots and clever banks with some delicate balk
iine nursing but finally missed draw 10 one
cushion 70 hold his position
Denlarest faced q long uphill fight, with the
score 81 GO 70 53. but he played some spectacular
billiards and ran up IS points. his first run
Of anr consequence. On one shot he set the crowd
spolsrefrg BY & force follow, in which he sent the
1-x object haIl around the table and back into
perfect position. A difficult hank shot spread the
halls o. his twenty-ninth shot but he brought OF
e sFvrccksty three cushion and 2 long single
cushion with reverse English along the lower rail
and had the balls under control again He missed
1nsllv ~ su easy half follow, but left Morning
star with his cue ball banked Up in the corner be-
hind the red bail and the second object ball far
down the table. The New York player just missed
= long raasss BY the narrowest margin 1t was
pretty effort. and deserved the applause
Things went along a little better for Demarest
sor e tine. and ne gained some ground In the
eighteenth inning he made four masse shots in
succession % the delight of the critics, and IN
TIE twentieth inning ran of is points by
brilliant show Of billiards His followers gave up
hops however when Morningstsr passed into his
last string and within twenty-seven points OF
TIE game with dashing run Of 1o1- During this
inning Moruiagstar showed once more that he IL
e master q the gsrna and that his play has i'm
proved 70 q marked degree since his last pubic
appearance. Il took him four more innings 10 run
cut Dernarest in the mean time making one more
Effort 10 stem the tide Of defeat with a run Of
e The score follows
Afternoon Es-ne-ora G No-ningstsr q New IoCk; o
1s - lS' Tis T. go i' fziF5 ~ runs lci
10. g Average II s-z6. =,
Il . 2s , : s. 28 H. Il o * ! e Total
cure Won the bank in his game with slosson and
made TIE lead but retired with points He
followed with zero after slosson had run =
shereupon the student clicked of 50 points.
showing some pretty billiards The lead was
shor1Iived. however. as the French champion came
right hack with his brilliant run Of lsl, which
kept the crowd applauding. He slipped up" on
q simple single cushion shot IN playing for posi-
ton. The run was characterized BY delicate nurs-
ing and wonderfully accurate drives for position,
The balls appearing be willing servants. He car
risd the ivores up and down the table. IN balk and
out. with precision. and played so fast that
ths count mounted with rush
When Cure left the faDte SlCtesOn IOQnQ iilt beiS
widely separated and missed. 50 that the French
nan carried his total I'D 70 2l3 with OF 2e.
5ust Us points more than his opponent. Both men
then found the going dificult Sosson had three
misses in the next FIVE innings Cure giving him
lot 20 DO BY safety play. The student began his
tenth inning with hard rwo-cushion shot the
length of the table and followed it with a sky
rockerv four cushion affair around the table that
pleased the onookers. after that he got the ball
together for run Of q. He passed the
10 point mark IN the fifteenth inning by which
time Cures total was 33i, as the Frenchrnan while
missing number q comparatively easy shots. kept
ploddlng away with snort rUns-
siosson made slight gain IN his eighteenth in
run came 70 an end when the balls lined and
ne missed a long masss shot by the width OF
halr Cure broke into the string with the first
Polhl N ms tTeatieth inning. and after checking
on % points vas within forty-six buttons Of the
soal sno good Two hundred ahead of his rival
SoAsoh made brave effort 10 pull the game
o1' q tne nire with of Il and o. but Cure
~oa-a not Re denied and pulled out victory in tho
enty second inning with an unfinished Of IS.
The score follows.
SO s,r1 70 z 2 s. - O. u. q. g. q; IL Total.
81 = Sosson. u New York-4 s.. 0. 8. p. Q. 4.
Eisi - o . z J. II. "A O. 55. O. ~. D. Total ssl
I1ns. -. -. g. Average is re- 2i
hele'ee-Edwsrd Mclaughlin
1'0k Cure sill face Albert T. Cutler IN the af
telhoon game Tomorrow. while George 3. Sutton
sha Calvin Dsmarest must hght It out in the
evening