New-York tribune., 1912-03-14
LUCK COUNTS AT POOL
Hyman Beats DR.. Douglas After
a Hard, Uphill Fight.
TWO BALLS WINNING MARGIN
Loser Gets Two Bad Leaves
When His Opponent Misses on
Daring Combinations.

Favored by luck and helped out by cievsy
cue work, Arthur B. HyTnan defeated Dr.
Walter g. Douglas yesterday afternoon IN
the progress OF the national amateur pocket
billiard championship tournament at the
Amateur Billiard Club, 18th street and
Broadway The score was i25 balls 10 12a.
Up 10 the sixteenth frame Or. Douglas,
the former champion of the New York
Athletic Club, held a commanding lead
showing the way most OF the time by he.
tween twenty and thirty balls. At the end
Of the fifteenth frame DR.. Douglas needed
only six balls TO win. while Hyman, the
title holder of the Amateur Billiard Club,
needed twenty-one.
II was az this critical stage that Hynsn
firted with luck and took q chance He
was desperate. The cue ball hugged the
upper rail, while the pyramid presented a
possibility In the way of a combination for
the left corner pocket. Hyman played II
and missed, but he was treated hand
somely The pyramid split up. The cue
ball froze 10 the right hand cushion be-
hind an object ball so az TO make a shot
impossible. II was positive safety. Dr.
Douglas tried to get out Of the bad lie,
missed, and Hyman got ten balls out NJ
the frame and his opponent Ave. leaving
him only one 10 60
The next frame was similar. as Hyman's
daring attempt at a combinaaon proved a
failure, but the cue ball froze In the bunch
in the centre Of the table. Dr. Douglas
sttdied the situation for fifteen minutes
before he decided that the only way out
was 10 try 10 play safety. Again he was
at a disadvantage because Of the lie OF tho
balls, and II was possible this time for
Hymsn to clear the table. FOR fifteen balls
DR.. Douglas broke the last frame. Hy-
man followed with a safe shot and tbs
doctor intended TO do likewise. He mis-
calculated, however, and the cue ball
finished up its roll in a pocket. That AL
lowed Hymsn tc get an advantageous
angle on a shot 10 the side He made II
and rolled down toward the right corner
pocket, where the two balls he needed were
waiting easy strokes TO be sent home.
It was recalled at the end OF the match
that Hyman had scored an unbroken line
of seven victories in the championship
tournament He won the series at the New
York Athletic Club with five straight vic
tories, and two of the matches were BY
sensational scores Of one and two balls az
the end. His cue work at the finish OF
the contest yesterday was remarkably
steady considering the coseness OF the
match.
The scores follow:
Arthur B. Hyman-2, o. 2. !, &, 12. IA. 0. 10, s.
Q. 8, S, I, !, TO- IS. 3. Total, l32 baNs,
scratches, 7; net score l25 balls; high run
Is balls
Dr. Walter C. Douglas-l3 Is. l3. 8, 0, 3, I, IS.
=, T. 9. 8, Z. 8, s. ., x Total, 10 osiS'
scratches, 4; net score l22 balls hisn run
Referee-G. r. Brown.
Lester f. Carter won the evening game
after William A. Tilt, of the New York
Athletic Club, had led him for the greater
portion of the eighteen frames. The final
score was 125 balls to III. Each broke the
pyramid nine times Carter had high
run OF 19 balls and made seven scratched
Tilt had a high run OF Is balls and piled
up nineteen scratches against his score.
Tilt played position well, and he threat
ened Carter near the close, when the two
were using all Of the skill at their COM
mand 10 win. as the score was huctuatins
like the stock market on a pancky day.
In the sixteenth frame Carter played safe
", and in so doing inadvertently made
three scratches, so that ne nad fto loIlelL
the frame to Tilt But even with this
handicap Carter managed 10 pocket the
balls prettily in the deciding frames and
win by a good margin
The scores follow:
Lester f. Carter a. Il, - 3. u, s, 1. ,.
10, U. II, 0. >. Is, .. L. Is. Total 1872 balls;
scratches Z. net score, l2J balls; high run. 10
balls.
William \. Tilt--11, /, 3, 3, - I. 9. II. u.
3 I5 3. 4. -. 2. Is, II: total. 1873 balls
scratches 10; net score. III balls; high run, ID
balls.
Rcferee-W II. Flynn