Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-04
DEMAREST IS NOW
THE BILLIARD KING
Youngster Defeats the Vet
eran Sutton in Game for
Championship.

NEW YORK December A new bill
lard king was crowned in Madison
Square Garden concert hall last night be-
fore crowd that packed the hall, when
Calvin Demarest of Chicago defeated
George Sutton of Chicago in the final
game for the 1872 balk line championship
by a score of 500 to IS. 1t was a stun
ming defeat for the veteran, who had
blighted the hopes of many aspirants and
held not a few championships himself
Compared with his younger rival from
the Windy city. Sutton made a sorry
showing. In fact. the veteran never had
a chance to show his form, so brilliant
and dashing was the play of Demarest
1t took only fourteen innings for the
youngster to assert his right to the title.
When he finished his string of 500 Dema-
rest was the center of an admring
throng. all anxious to congratulate him
on his victory. He takes the winner S
share of the $1,000 purse, Sutton the sec
ond. Cline the third and Slosson the
fourth.
Though Demarest failed to tally in the
first and Sutton got 4, the youngster
came back In the second with AZ to SUIT
tons D. Demarest registered 10 in the
third, Sutton going better. Then the
amateur nunheO IN successive
innings, while Sutton totaled 81.
Confidently Demarest stepped to the
table in the sixth and coaXed 81 unreluc-
tant points from the worries. They rolled
we'll for Demarest and mechanically he
kept them close together, gathering them
beautifully when they showed an inclina-
ton to stray. The run apparently so rat
tied Sutton that he failed to record a
single point, with only s in the next, DEM
Arrest bettered the veteran by 1.
Demarest Continues Fast Play.
Hardly had the surprise at Demarest' s
clever run of 81 subsidized than the blond
haired youngster ratified off III in the
eighth, displaying some fast, clever bill
lizards. He seemed sure of himself at
all times and never hesitated between
shots. AS if by some magic, the balls
seemed to respond to his delicate stroke.
Sutton weakly replied with 2, and got
only in the next to Demarest's 1S.
Three in the tenth put Demarest with a
total of 2G3, pa in front of Sutton.
Continuing his brilliantly dashing game,
Demarest forced the eleventh to yield
81 and the twelfth 80. Sdtton failed
miserably in the eleventh and in the next
matched Demarest's 81 with a bare 10.
Superstitious followers of Demarest
awaited the coming of the thirteenth
with some foreboding
Youngster Makes Difficult Shot.
But Demarest proved all innings We're
alike to him by weaving and driving the
balls up and down the green plateau His
work was mastery and he always had
the shiny balls under control. His
forty-tifth shot was a billiard master
piece. The balls were lined up close to
the cushion and DemareSt executed q
jump shot successfully and continued
until he had acquired q caroms and
brought his string up to 41S. Sutton
banked and his total tally showed only
7S.
Sutton left the balls in nice position
for his opponent and Demarest DELHI
erately began to measure them for an
other long run. He builded carefully.
though not wasting any time in USE
less preliminaries. and, continuing his
phenomenal work, ran out his string of
500 with an uncompleted run of 50.
The score:
Demarest-o At. 10. o. Q; 81; 8, III, Is. 3
50, u. Average, 35 lO-14
Sutton; o. "a. I. II, o. Z, 2, 3, 1, o. 10.
0. Total. 49, High runs, q, 10, IA. Average g.