The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-03
oUTPLAYS SL0SSON
THE 1871 BILLIARD CHAMPION
SHIP CHANGES HANDS.

A Poor Contest, the Final Score Being
500 70 7Ol-student on His Form and
Behind From the First shot Small
Crowd 10 See The Experts Clash.
George Sutton became 1871 balkline
billiard champion last night by defeating
George Slosson. It was the hrst time
Sutton ever has become champion at this
style OF game by winning the title In actual
competition. He has been champion three
times prior to this. but each time by de-
fault OF the challenged champion. He
took the title AVA from Slosson In Madison
Square Garden Concert Hall last night by
a score OF 500 to 3ot. Because OF It's one
stdedness 1t was q poor contest. Slosson
was q below his normal speed. and
Sutton wa In the lead all the way. The
score:
There were just forty-seven persons in
the hall that looked as IL they might have
paid their way in when the two players
banked for the first shot. The warm
weather n the fact hat the publicity
department OF the match was so made
auately attended to hat few people knew
OF 1t helped account for the slim attendance.
J, +. Pogaenburg made the Introductory
announcement and his voice reverberated
through an almost empty hall. Naturally
the attendance picked up later In thS even
Ing. but not so that anybody was sun
In the crush.
Sutton won the bank and chose the white
for his cue ball. He made six wide shots
before he missed u flying cross table try
OF the side rail. q drive for position also
being involved. The balls rolled easier for
Slosson and his stroke seemed to be smooth
enough to keep him out Of difficulties until
-. rl-~..- - l.-.- -. 4 - .tA .kk kt@n
went about his work ponderously, but in
the fourth inning loosened up. Slosson
left . setup. opening an inviting avenue Of
Inning the fourthHTfound the balls in
s svssina' S sSt,dn fG s.n the Chem frs' r ,i%f n IL ha sse
though the cue bal was in between a good
deal, making driving o~verfre9uent. The
balls AIS. scattered SioS S Sn shs twenddy TN nb, sno. m ana
missed.
.slosson tried for the bslk line nurse in
h: iG1 nth inning z. and wa: In a i far nn wax so to
BY failure 70 get the S.lls out Of balm; sIos:
1 '%n,n Was T PLAYING &, so %;s. sil'is sbdod II his ne s~ fsula
" his. N he cue ' BAH rolled on fssr.ntly
sfte1 visiting a side ratl: In, c%onse9nence
: :nS &c w ssG not o "Reminiscences : sfSsSsed lie IL pStssa
carefully and ooolly. position being attended
to cleyerly and a .grist of as points being
srG9SSs s aS Ss'i nn insii"s'9 q t tsss .y % " Va. pu,
on view by. Gosson In the sixth inning and
vas nett Though not eytensiye; The haIi;
handling when he va. shy on foroe In Z
promising outlook was stopped abruptly
q close Il s piss Of f. e%n. But x YET i. l :ass.sd
opportgnity Of the additional shot in ,bsik
ssfls sbo Ut a sn GOOD Cd deaf HoweSer, he had
10, points at the enc. Of his seventh inning
and was 81 ahead of S~losson. The latter
tripod up on another miscne In his seventh
tons ,m%anruyring In hi. eighth, inning
ity. OF the lower rail and rmbelIished a run
which doubled a corner, before coming TO
IN SUGGESTION s'd FOR double nsaie
The more so as the student was ,hounderlns
cution had helped sutton TO plod along
lacking. 4 gallery shot in. the, shape OF
the end rail, then. clear bach, to the other
end OF the table. the. cue ball all the time
c~linging as tenaciously as . vine 70 q tree
to the long rail. was one OF sutton's contH-
X.common fault In the PLAYING was not
sending the spheres out OF bslk. Il hap
PCuCu lTNQuClitty. NAb
below par on his cushion shots. and for
,widesgread cushion play. The Student
From the eighth to ttRRss eisSt.entS timing
here wa 2 ptodiSiou n. .lIHmp Pre- e. and &c. con IN
ice wster. fhe csroms came with TIE
reluctaney Of teeth: the balls trayersed
,hsi. ,niysr sevs nsr orS;, though it was in
II was the nineteenth ming before
slosson compiled his frat hundred. He
did so with a collection Of Is. His total
the arst to brace. His twenty-hrst inning
was the best display thus far. He passed
from mediocrity to EXPERIENCES and gathered
mostly at the intersection Of the balk lines:
the balls huddled closely. the faces OF them
skimmed across lightly with a touch nicely
tempered to the OF their sssocia-
That Jumped sutton's score UP to 2ss.
His next run was - points long. and at the
was 80 to isa in his favor. Siosson's cue
ball dropped n long way from the white
70 the red for. q count In the twenty-third
Followed. the second not counting because
the twist made the cue ball wriRgle through
a slight gap In an upper corner. Sutton
Siosson one point for q miss.
There was nothing slow or commonplace
about Sutton's tyenty-eishth inning. with
WHICH nc NFlCgsu INs CHhtTH winch eeDA-
rated him from the 200 mark. Playing very
pretty billiards indeed. he rapidly spun out
the caroms. the balls being splendidly con-
trolled while being carried up the table.
then down again. There came near being q
freeze on the sixtieth shot. and the referee
had to make q careful inspection before
deciding not frozen. A single cushion
draw was the terminating shot OF the rich
~yielas1Smsnd Sutton was 10 points in his
Siosson was the quick chsnRe artist in,
his half OF the twenty eighth inning. There
was delicacy and fnesse In a squirt Of his
productive OF 20 points from centre space
manipulation. But maintenance OF form
Was something he could not acquire. and
the 20 run was stable only As q comparative
sutton went against a lineup on the upper
rail in his thirty.fourth inning and solved
II with a powerful follow, but he got another
lineup right sway. this time on the lonk
rail. He tried to clear this hurdle with an
around the table smash. He. hurdled all
right. The cue ball jumped the table and
hit the. floor with . crash. Strong arm work ,
Severed sleeping spectators woke up
Sixteen points by Sutton In the thirty
NTH inning and four by Slosson made the
total score 400 to l8a In Suttons favor.
The racket OF the bow ling tournament
drowned out the sound Of the billiard balls
completely In the thirty-seventh inning, 40
softly did Sutton click oil the points. The
cue ball bumped violently once. however,
on a dead ball draw, but counted. A
hurting four cushion dash, made dificult
because the. cue ball was almost clinched