New-York tribune., 1909-04-01
Student" fgGin Plays HOndcrfut
Billiards Takes Early
Game from Cure.
STANDING OF THE PLAYERS.


George F siosson playing in his best form. de-
fe8ted Calvin Demarest. the young ~hicagN
player. by q score OF 5no 20 in the billiard
tournament for the worlds championship AZ 1s2
in the concert hall Of Madison Square Garden
Last night. The remarkable skill and keen re
sourcefulness Of the veteran were too much for
the youngest player in the tournament. although
DeInarest showed flashes Of remarkable billiards
and played better than the score indicates In
the afternoon game George h Sutton held his
place in the standing by defeating Louis Cure, the
French champion, the score being 800 TO 3sS
slosson played quite well last nisht he did
At his opening game. when ne established the high
Yun and high average marx for the tournament.
He did not record the same high figures but he
averaged shade 80 and wound up in brill
asnt style in unfinished of l67- This run
characterized by OF the prettiest halk
line nursing seen in tournament play, and
the Student playod so much faster than usual
-hst IL took him only fourteen minutes 10 make
tire count which brought the game to end
A good sized crowd looked with every show
Of admiration. and did not hesitate to express 1t
by vel mer1ted applause His deftness OF touch
and keen judgment of speed in picking of three
or four points by barely touching the balls and
then driving the first object hail the side rail and
back Cor perfect position. that he could re-
peat THE operation were little short of marvel
lous- When the halls got away from him.
they did occasionally. he would vary the monot-
ony b. some brilliant open table work. and
get the halls under complete control again.
The halls lined up his 1S6tl Shot, and i
looked for q moment as If the end Of the had
come The two object balls were almost frozen
seout eight inches from the side rail. with the
ball in the centre of the table. After study
fag the shot for moment he PLAYED the stroke
with such nicely that he forced the first object
hall TO kiss the second one iust enough so that
th. count vas made after the cue hall had
!. 10 the SIDE rail and hack. After that II
clickl click, click. until the end OF the
came. Altogether the inning productive
some Of the prettiest billiards shown far in
the tournament
Demsresr won the bank selected the spot hail
and after making the lead with a perfect shot ran
of IS points e starter, missing a wide single
cushion OF the side rail He back the table
IN & moment the balls lined ID for Slosson
his third shot and he failed on a hard single
cushion Denarest banged the halls about
five shots. but just when he got them together at
upper end OF the table he missed short
single cushion with English fer count of
Z The Student then clicked of . and appeared
Wen set for good run when an ugly kiss brought
Il 10 an end
In the third inning Demarest missed an easy
draw effort hold the ball for run Of and
Slossca made only TO slip up" in follow shot
that was net even close. The fourth inning
much The same. hut in the fifth. after the Chicago
PLAYER had added lone two. Sosson settled down
for run Of o and took the lead The balls lined
up on his twenty-ninth shot. and while lie counted
g spread resulted and two-cushion carrorn failed
Denlarest had three unproductive innings,
missing shots that. a rule. would have no
terrors He showed no signs Of nervousness. but
lacked confidence IN his stroke particularly on
d-sw shots The Student" in the mean time drew
further away with run Of - in his seventh Inn
ing and one Of a IN his eighth Accurate draws
I'D end around the table for position counted
largely in his run Of So and the balls were under
ruch perfect control that he might have gone
along indefinitely except for failing short
bank in an effort 20 make 81 too delicate
Deruarest managed 10 gather S3 buttons IN MS
ninth inning but Slosson came right back with
pretty cluster Of 75 thanks largely 90 his skill al
haTkline nursing and followed With run of Al,
characterized By the same delicate work The balls
got away from him on his eighteenth shot but a
long SLOW single cushion OF the side rail and a
dashine drive around the table for FIVE cushions
brought them together again, and the points came
fast and sure 10 the seventy-second shot, a snort
straight draw that he hit too high The score at
rhfs point Was: Slosson. 2Ss: Demarest 90.
The Student got two goose eggs In the neXc
three innings sand dwiched in with run Of % while
Dennarest showed his mastery Of every stroke by
8 bold and dasfng for 8 in his fourteenth
Inning. Open table play, balkline nursing. daring
rnssse shots and pretty drives for position were
mixed up in dazzling profusion. short, easy
Draw shot was his undoing. He followed with S.
and brought his total up 2c7. but that was his
last chance. slosson playing with unusual speed
and wonderful skill ran out with brilliant unin-
sEhed Of 1sI
The score follows:
zsyentns game: George F. slosson Of New York-2 %
assn runs lS7. 75. II. Average, SO 5-1s-
Calvin Demarest OF Chicago-ie. u, p II 2 2 6. (.