New-York tribune., 1912-11-20
WATERLOO FOR SUTTON
Onetime Cue Wizard no Match
for Calvin DemareSt.
TOURNAMENT NEARING END
Victory of Slosson Opens Way
to Three Handed Tie
for the Title.

Tor the Iltle.
Calvin Qemarest, the former amateur
billiard champion, wound up his string
in the professional tournament for the
| 1872 balk line championship of the world
at the matinee match yesterday in the
Hotel Astor with a victory over George
Sutton by a score Of 900 points to 100
Two matches were played in the even-
| ing. George Slosson beating Harry cine
| by a score of 800 points 10 3o6, and kodJl
Yamada defeating Al Taylor by score
OF 800 TO 273. The victory of Slosson opens
the way TO three-cornered tie, if Ora
Morningstar beats Willie Hoppe in the
final match of the 1872 balkline billiard
| championship tournament this evening.
, If Hoppe wins he will capture the title.
which he previously held, with Slosson
second. In that case, Morningstar and
Yamada are tied for third place.
Slosson won with an average of IS 4-3l
and high runs OF Ill, 70 and H. Clines
average was 27-3l with runs Of 40, 3t
and "a. He ties with Calvin Demarest
for fifth place, as each has won three
games and lost four I'm the series.
over Sutton was expected because of the
Illness OF the latter. Still few expected
the youth. who captured the amateur
honors for two successive seasons, TO win
by so wide margin as so points TO 100.
Furthermore. Demarest moved up his aV-
erage TO % 1921 and he closed the match
with an unfinished run Of 10 which held
the crowd spellbound because Of the dex-
terity with which he controlled the
worries. His other high runs were 81, 81
and 45.
Sutton showed only shadow of his
skill and fell to an average Of s, while
his best runs were 20, II and II.
II so happened that the conditions were
easily the best that have prevailed for
matinee session at the table. The room
was warm and the rolling globes trav-
elled truly from the cushions. On his
third turn at the table Demarest essayed
to play the worries I'm close formation.
, He found them responsive to his touch,
! and at once worked out pretty run OF
i2. His next inning was productive Of
81, Demarest holding the orbs to the
short rail swinging dainty shots into the
corners as he led them to and fro.
Encouraged by his success Demarest
continued his nursing. No less than nine
double figure runs fell to his portion and
he had only one unremuneratiye inning
In his string. Coming 10 the table for
what proved TO be the last time Dcmarest
began from an attractive leave In one
of the corners at the head of the table.
l,IT 4
smooth he counted TO III, only moving
the globes a few inches. At the next
shot he was compelled to make the only
drive OF the run OF 120, with which nc
brought his string TO a close. The last
few shots were trihe scattered, but each
one Demarest solved by a short cushion
carrom.
Sutton was completely outplayed and
the cluster OF ~ counted in his nineteenth
inning was a mixture Of open billiards
with brief bits OF nursing "a 1t seemed
impossible for him to maintain position.
Slosson was faced with perplexng
problems right from the start Of his
string. on his second turn at the table
he picked OF ten shots, each with tho
worries spread to the full limit OF the
table. Cline. although executing uneven
y and more by slashng cushion carroms
than by balk line. steadily drew ahead.
The first twenty innings were tedious
and so poverty stricken OF results that it
became question az to which would
coax the ivories into position first and so
forge into the lead with some showing Of
speed.
Slosson was the first to work recovery,
although In a measure he appeared in
spired by Cline, who had begun to assem-
BILE the mark In the run. He went along
TO III. ana then, in attempting masse
along the Snort rail he missed and retired.
This placed Slosson in the lead for the
first time, and he never again relnQuished
1t.
The real feature OF Slossons cue work,
however, came at the end OF his string.
lie put together a masterful bit OF close
compilation on his thirtieth turn at the
table, which tailed II when he again
missed on masse.
AFTERNOON GAME
Demarest Cwhite balD-1 l., 3. 8, AZ 81
100 Total, 500 points: average 70 li-Zl'
high runs. 100 81 and 5i
0. I, Al, ii. H. o, /. /. o. 40. 2. Total, 100
points; average S. high runs, 40, 81 and ii.
Refcree-Thomas j. Gallagher.
EVENING GAMES.
Yamada (white balD-0. n. 90. 46, ., O. 0.
3D. o. 3. 22 AZ. 80. 38 50, !. ". 80, .. 10 total;
500 points average. 25; high runs, 49, " and
g.
Taylor spot balD-7 4. -, o. o. 0. o, 4, o.
"a. 10. 0, 81, 81, 2 u, ~ ". - .o'ai, 80 20
points; average, IA 7-l0; high runs o. AZ ana
%
Referee--Thomas J. Gallagher.
o. o. /, 4, q, 2 4, 81, O. So. /, 0, 5, s. Ill i,
3. 2 o. %. g. II, 70; total, 800 points; aver
age 10 4-3l: high runs, III, i3 and n.
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