New-York tribune., 1909-03-27

George B. Sutton improved his standing in the
brnfsrd tournament for the worlds championsbip
= 7sa playing in brilliant form and defeat atfnr-
Albert G. Cutler, OF Boston in the concert hall
Al Madison Square Garden last night The score
vas 500 TO 2S3 and Sutton ran out IN fifteen innings
r an average Of IS l-3. He had high run Of l4s
n ire afternoon game George f. Slosson beat
Harry Cline OF Philadelphia, IN a hard fought
zane by a score of 800 10 s55
sutton played mastery billiards. showing rare
skill in the use OF the balk line nurse and great
resourcefulness when facing difficult shots. Cutler
began vel and ended well. the feature Of his
game being that he played the best billiards when
facing sure defeat
Cutler won the bank and, selecting the white
hall ran OF % points short order but he failed
n take advantage Of his good start and five lean
innings followed in three OF which ne scored goose
eggs thanks partly TO the fact that his opponent
WIS playing safely. Sutton began with miss fol-
lowed with .. but did not settle down until his
fourth inning. when he of 90 points, largely by
delicate balkline nursing. for which he is famous
More than half the counts were gathered IN the
centre space, and the crowd applauded the deft-
ness with which he held the balls together. he
missed difficult masse shot, but back
for q run Of q. Cutler stopped with ,
The halls were running kindly for Sutton in the
seventh inning. when he missed short draw shot
on his seventeenth, which sent him for the sand
psper. This had the desired effect, he made
pretty run Of g his visit the table carry
Ing his score 2l3 at which point Cutler had only
z Clever nursing characterized the run, and things
were running smoothly until he got spread his
ninety-frst shot he counted on a long single
cushion carrorn. but missed a wide draw TO two
cushions BY narrow margin
Cutler appeared TO be well settled for good run
II his twelfth inning. but failing 10 get the balls
out Of balk his twelfth shot. sat down and SUIT
ton. who had previously drawn further away with
& run Of hfty-Jhree in his tenth inning. took ad-
vantage Of the good position in which he found the
E.TT- clo
lower end Of the table only once being forced TO
drive the first object ball the length Of the table
for position He then carried the ivories to the
upper end OF the table and kept clicking of the
points in rapid succession. He got a spread on his
one hundred and fifteenth shot. but the balls were
soon under control again and for a time he varied
the monoteny by nursing them about in the centre
space. a brilliant masse that got him out Of diff
cultes with the halls frozen his one hundred
and f0r1y-eighth count set the crowd appIauding
Vigorously A miscue on the next shot, however.
brought the run 10 an end with the score reading
Sutton 442, Cutler us.
No whit disrnayed by the big handicap, the Bos-
ton man settled right down for a run Of sixty
showing Of the prettiest billiards even
ing The balls lined I'd his sixtieth shot and.
after little show OF temper, he missed A short
bank and retired with III grace- Sutton came back
with run Of ffty-three, but when within four
points OF the game the bills lined up and he missed
long massz.
~uL4er. Win 10 lack OF nerve and fine execution,
then rolled Up eighty-nine and followed with six
teen, when Sutton found the balls far apart and
missed Il his last chance, however, as Sutton
ran oUt in his next inning.
The score follows:
Evenlnz game: George b Sutton of Chcaso-o D. =
- - e 2 3. 50. p. Iss So o !. total. 800. high
Albert g cutler. Boston-50. . 0. o. O 2 Is 12 O.
average. IS 1o-l5 o. - o.
sloss0n had his work cut out TO defeat Harry
P Cline in the afternoon game, and for a time IT
looked IS II the Student who had played such
remarkable game in defeating Cutler on Wednes-
day evening, with average Of q shade over g.
might lose contest that would count heavily
against him before the tournament is over. When
slosson went 10 the table for the time in the
tairty-ninth inning Cline was only 10 points away
but the Student" settled down under pressure
and ran out with unfinished Of s. during
which ne showed some Of the best billiards of the
afternoon
slosson took the lead early in the struggle but
nETer drew away far, the balls failed TO re
spoad 70 his touch as they had on Wednesday even
ING He did not get them fairly rolling until the
eleventh inning, when he clicked of A points and
inning when he got a carroms the highest run Of
the game he had eleven misses four OF them
coming in succession three innings from the hnish
when Il looked If Cline might pull the game
o. the fire.
Cline showed the best form he has yet displayed
aad disclosed a thorough knowledse Of billiards with
3 pretty run Of Il in the twenty-hfth inning on
The shole. however. the game was the slowest Of
the tournament lasting it did thirty-nine in
uings
The score follows:
AFTERNOON GAME
George slosson. Of Hew York 20 O. J. 0. Il. l. l. p
Z - s. J. L. Z. q, a. T. TO- "a a. o 4G O. IS 90