New-York tribune., 1911-12-05
KEEN BILLIARD BATTLE
Clark Beats Leonard by Marrow
Margin of Three Points.
MAKES UPHILL STRUGGLE
Winds Up an Amateur Class b
Match with Clever Run
of Fifteen.
Standing Of 7be
Players 10 Dare

OvcrhaulinG his opponent and making a
lucky finish. George f. Is. Clark won the
eighth game Of the national Class Il anna
teur IS ba'klnc billiard championship
tournament Yesterday. u was the closest
contest Of tine series in progress at Maurice
Daly's academy. 18th street and Broadway
as Clark defeated Walter Leonard, OF
Scranton 10y 800 points 10 90.
Leonard was only three points from We
tory and fifteen points ahead Of clark When
the latter stepped to the table for what
proved 20 be his last turn. tn" worries
rolled badly for Clark. but he worked out
the carroms for the final point. solving
what appeared 10 be an impossible lineup
hv the use Of a half-masse shot. in which
70 combined reverse english TO avoid the
kiss The game was long drawn out. Clark
finishing with an average Of i%-6S and
bish runs Of %. iS and 10. while Leonard 5
average was 2j-GS and his best runs Il,
10 and Is.
After winning tho bank Leonard forged
ahead and opened mp what appeared safe
lead through the first two hundred points
holding TO an average slightly above ..
Clark on his turns at the table rolled the
faced by a difficult leave. Finally, on his
forty-third turn AT the table, clark man
aged TO get mis- stroke working. More by
cushion carroms than by balklne ne count
ed % and followed IL Immediately with
runs Of Il and IS. Two innings later ne
went to the front. his string showing -l-
buttons to 2O5 for Leonard.
Clark then began to establish a lead ne
had some bad luck, however as III MS
sixty-hrst inning he counted on ii cushloh
shot which Maurice DAILY jr, the reieree'
did not see. and had to retire, and IN the
next turn failed TO get the ivory globes OUT
Of balk Then Leonard passed him. ana
was within three points of the end when
Clark by the nerviest sort Of open table
PLAYING. ran out with run of 10.
The summary follows:
George P: r. Clarl, 'p99' 6aIpCo' $ T. p o O.
.. !. o., g. l o. o. J., s. q" . q. I.
= I. H. 3, % H. *. o : .; 0;.a' O. o., o. - 200 =
Il :. 3. 2 I. ., l. =. l. T. 2, 3 10 ioIal , 80 's
Waiter Leonard CNhto ialb.-3. =. q, - - .
=. .. g. o. .. O. T. :. = y, g. o. il" .. ~
a. ~, So, o :. . q o. !, o. o. - o. o. - 30 o.
T. ~ >. * . :. L. Il o, /. 10. 0. Total 297
Joints nj " avcrare a; 25-GS high runs. ~ 10 and 10.
Referee Maurice r2ly jr-
Leading from start to hnlSh, j. NJ NH
lotte. of Brooklyn. won the ninth game OF
the tournament last night by defeating
Claude Lewis by the score of 900 points
n 1q3 The winners average was 1856
ard his high runs 81, &c and g. Lewis
fell TO an average of 61-66 and his only
appearanccs I'm double figures were Il, l6
and 10.
Whenever he could coax tho balls into
close positions Mlette did well. He
counted no less than ten double figure
runs. on his thirty-secOnd turn at the
table he assembled the balls and 10y
manpuvring along the end rail IN the
corners worked out pretty run OF -.
Later. in his hftieth inning, Millette ac-
complished some pretty cue work, which
added thirty-one buttons to his string.
He played several fine draw shots during
this run and at all times his position
work was we'll executed
Tho summary follows:
T. NJ Mnctte white balD :. :. !. a.. H. :.
/. .. -. o. o. 3. o 3. 3. .. l. lo =. :. J. .. o.
II. o 2 2 i. 5. ]. :. .. 81. 3. /. 3. g. o. / :.
44'aG &C. High run- 81 70 ana =.
claude LOWS spot haln . g. 4 !. o. :" - q.
q l. o, /. = -. !, @. I. I, 0. .. O. : : .. 9, >.
I 10 ( q o. & T. 3. p q. =. -. a. {. %. o. :. -.
o a. a. Total 1913 points, average, -tl 90.
High runs H. 10 and lo
Referee J. 4. Dalton.
Tho tcu,h and eleventh games of tn"
, championship series will b. decided to-day
, 6. u. Conway and claude Lewis will meet
in the afternoon session at the table. and
Mark Muldaur and Ge"rg" =. y. Clark
viii play iu the evening.
Murray Elm handicapped at 40 points.
won tho game in tho amateur lM2 ba'N
line billiard tournament at tho Riverside
Academy. l25th street and Seventh ave
nue.. last uight by defeating J. &. Wood.
Tho scratch player at 10 points Elm ran
ou; his string Of no leaving Wood with
137 as his total The winners average
was S-al and his best rms L. and II.
Wood averaged { j-52. with high runs ot
8 and Il.
Joseph Mayer. Of the Philadelphia team.
defeated John Dankelman. o. Now York.
last night bv the score of 20 POINTS 20 y
in Tie three cushion billiard match ~ the
National Billiard League series played IN
John Doyle'S Academy. West "a r"'i.
Mayer made run of 4. and d." New
York pl3ver'S best tally was ..
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