Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-30
B|LL|ARD|STS TIED
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Cline, Demarest and Sutton
Finish on Even Terms in
1872 BaIkIine Tourney.
STANDING OF THE PLAYERS.

for the worlds 1872 balkline champion
ship Harry p. Cline of Philadelphia,
Calvin A. Demarest of Chicago and
George Sutton each has won four games
and lost one. The tie will be played off
Wednesday and Friday nights Although
the tournament furnished a number of
exciting contests, the quality of the play
ing was somewhat below the average ex-
pected. Sutton in particular failed to
snow the remarka BILE speed he is capable
OF or negotiate the huge runs as in for
mer Journeys. He. however made the
best record for both the high run and
average during the series of games which
closed last night Slosson and Cutler
nave one game to play, but as the hall
is engaged for tonight the pair will meet
Thursday afternoon and another triple
tie may result between Cutter, SIosson
and Cassignol for fourth money
The play for the championship begins
tomorrow night with Cline and Demare
as the contestants. Sutton is scheduled
to meet the loser of this game Thursday
night and the winner Friday night
The victories of Sutton and Demarest
We're in a measure foreshadowed by their
previous cue work during the tourney
Sutton's defeat of Cassignol the French
man, In the afternoon game did not re-
fleet much credit on the winner as the
defeated man not only led his opponent
py nearly ROO points at one stage of the
game. but also had several chances to
capture the contest later Sutton won bv
score of 800 to 467, with an average of
20 against Cassignol's Is ITO
Easy for Demarest.
Demarest defeated slosson by general
ali-around superior playing. 1t was an
interesting contest, relieved only by a
clever run of 123 by Slosson Demarest
scored his 500 points while SIosson was
getting together 3f4. while the Chica-
goans average was 10 20-32 The score:
Demarest-1 so44 q p o II 30 "A ~
Totai-5oo Average-15 2o-3a High rnns-S5
~. AZ. 81.
slosson.4 0 IA 0 0 o 4 81 2s . 123 10 ) 0
% 1 81 . . Z 10 o 3 80 II 2 I l. Total
49, 25
Sutton hardly deserved his victory over
Cassignol in the afternoon game. The
French expert was as erratic ever. but
with four good chances to score II points
he slumped and made bat 3 of the re-
CURED number. Cassignol gave his best
exhibition in the fourth inning, when he
made a run of 12J. He played variety
of billiard shots and gained complete
mastery over the worries. Sutton followed
cult bank shot. Cassignol continued his
good work in the fifth inning, when he
assembled % buttons. 1t was another
pretty display, and seemed to rob Sutton
of his nerve. Again in the seventh visit
to the table the French champion was
seen to advantage with d well-turned a.
bringing his total to 252 against JOS for
Sutton.
Situation Changes.
The next ten innings brought about a
complete change in the situation With
the exception of the thirteenth in
ming, when he scored 81 points. Cas-
signol was failure. ne fell off
in his game and failed to maintain
other hand, began serious operations
in the eleventh inning with 81 This
he followed up two innings later with
a run of 40 He was in splendid form
at this stage of the game. and clicked the
worries for 16 in the fourteenth inning,
and supplemented this with 81 in the fif-
teenth, bringing his total to 800, against
323 for CaSSisnol.
Sutton scored at a lively gait in the
seventeenth inning, when he compiled a.
during which time he manipulated the
worries in such a masterful way as to
demonstrate his remarkable nursing abil-
tiles. Cassignol appeared to advantage
in the twentieth inning. when he recorded
plete control of the balls, and looked
like sure winner. At the end of this
inning he wa 10 points ahead of his OPP
pOnent. but Sutton, with run of A. car
ried his score to 4SJ. CaSsignols best eff
fort was II, but he was unable to take
advantage of Sutton's weakening, and
was beaten in the end by 33 points. The
score:
Sutton-6 . % 81 IL o = ; 81 40 90
"a "a 5 25 Al y 5 8. Total-50O. Average
30. High runs-16. "a. 81, 81, A.
Cassignol-3 8 ) 125 10 "a II 81 o
2 IL Il ) "a II l 2. Total-467. Average