New-York tribune., 1912-03-09
.HYMAN AND CARTER WIN
Qualify for Finals Next week IN
Pocket Billiard Tourney.
PORTER MAKES GOOD FIGHT
Beaten by Only Six Balls on
Missing a Cut Shot to the
Corner Pocket.

Missing a Cut Shot to the
Corner Pocket.
BY winning their matinee matches S's
terday Arthur B. Hyman ana Les'ei
Carter qualified for the finals OF lhe "@
tonal amateur pocket b1 lara cua
ship tournament. Hyman, the title n ioer
Of the Amateur Billiard Club, deleaIso -
B. Porter, the Buffalo player, on the taoie
in the lounGing room of the New ioi n
Athletic Club by the score or 10 pans "
1l9. Porter led until near the nnlsh' lhen
he bungled a simple direct shot 10 one OF
the corner pockets, and Hyman MADE ths
most of it. He studied every shot care
fully, played safety adroitly, and won oy
a narrow margin. The match went tnroush
eighteen frames, Hymans high run being
% balls to Porter's l9, the respective
scratches being and r.
Hyman has an unbroken line Of victories
in his division. as he has defeated George
T. Brown, z. F. Gray, James n. Heather
ton and c. B. Porter. At the end OF the
tenth pyramid yesterday Hyman and FOR
ter were tied. Then the Buffalo player
worked remarkable shots in breaking the
punched fifteen balls. II was equal 70 thS
best performance Of De Orc, ana the
crowd about the table cheered him.
With the cue ball hugging the end ran
Hyman had TO take desperate chances AS
result, he left combinations for Porter
so that the latter sent the balls roiang
into the pockets, until he needed only SIX
balls to complete his string. while hymn
needed thirteen. At this critical stage FoF-
ter did not cut a ball fine enough for
corner pocket, and he had to give way 10
Byman en- his miss The latter cleared
the table Of the twelve balls remaining,
then he forced Porter to break. He did II
perfectly. but in the SAFETY that lonom
Porter split the bunch up trile and Hy-
man tipped in the last ball. which gave
him the match.
The victory of Carter. another OF the
Amateur Billiard Club players vas scored
AZ Paurs Riverside academy, l25th street
and Seventh avenue. He defeated Dr.
Walter C. Douglas, a former champion OF
the New York Athletic Club. by score
of I25 halls to So. The match consumer
fifteen frames. Poor position play on the
part OF Dr. Douglas made 1t posslole loI
Carter TO obtain a commanding leao IL
the first eight frames.
The scores follow:
Arthur 3. Hyman-l5. o. 5. s. IS. 4.6 TO- =:
Scratches. sihS: o deducted while Dlasing); high
3 FG6'et-S Io H. To,al. S i3i balls, scratches
=: ne net score, iie; high run. 10.
Reteree-wn!an Hallin.
Lester F. cartcr-s. g. II. g 4, IS. !. u: s. 9:
i2 2. 5. 5. s. Total. l2s 6alls' scratches' o.
net score. 125; high run: %. A "a
E n net 70: score. or; s. Sc: = high run, 10.
Reteree-Alexander Fields
DR.. Douglas proved better IN his evening
game at Paurs Riverside Academy. as ne
defeated Or. Matthew S. Borden by the
score OF l25 balls to 80. BY this victory
DR.. Douglas tied with william H. Anderj
for a place in the finals Of the champion
ship series, and the two will meet IN the
play-off this afternoon. There was de-
gree Of steadiness about the work OF the
former New York Athletic Club champion.
He picked the balls of by careful posi-
ton play and a keen perception Of the
possibilities OF the combinations. The
match went sixteen frames. The winners
high run was u balls.
The score follows:
AT PAUL's RIVERSIDE AcADEMY-EvEN-
ING GAME.
Dr. Walter G. Douglas-12, 6. 10, 13, A. Q, 7, I.
IA 3 g. s I, 5. s. 2. total. 100 balls;
scratches. 4. net score. l25 balls; high run
Or. Mathew t.'s s Borcen-s. o. S. ?. II. 8, 8.
. 10 i2. :. s. 10. I, x: total, 96 balls;
scratches. 6. net score. 90 balls; high run
70 balls.
Reteree-Alexander Fields.
Cecil Munoz defeated y. N. Williams, OF
the Crescent Athletic Club in the evening
game at the Amateur Billiard Club. 74th
street and Broadway. The score was l25
balls TO 7S. BY his victory Munoz estab-
lshed a three-handed tie for the champion
ship finals, in which E. F. Reynolds and
William a. Tilt, the former New York
Athletic Club champion, are the other COM
netito-s. Munoz finished in fourteen frames,
with high run OF Is balls and scratch.
The scores follow:
Cecil Munoz-7. 10. g. = II. $, l2 13. 10 -,
ne, score l25 balls: high run. Is balls.
\ n Williams-s. 5. Q. II, 4, T. g. :, ., g. =,
S. 10 Total. "A balls; scratches ! net score lS
balls: high run, II balls.
Referee-Leo o'Brien.
E F. Gray took the final match in the
sar,es al the New York Athletic Club by
default. He was scheduled TO meet James
NJ Hsatherton. the club champion. and
there was the possibility OF a Tie. The
latter defaulted, however, so that Gray and
Arthur B. Hyman become the fnalists from
the athletic club section.
William A. Tilt, the former champion of
the New York Athletic Club. won the first
of the maches in the play-off OF the three
handed tie to qualify for the dnals at the
Amateur Billiard Club. Tilt defeated Cecil
Munoz by the score OF rs balls to l2S. The
match lasted through nineteen frames.
Tits high run was Is and his opponents
d Each had II scratches. Munoz will meet
E. f. Reynolds in the second match OF the
play-off tonight.