New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-14
||SUTTON AT WHITE HEAT
Retires from Billiard Tourney
After Defeat by Cline.
BLAMES THE MANAGEMENT
Willie Hoppe Goes Down Before
Jap After Close, Bit
ter Fight.

By carefully eliminating the kinks from
a harsh and dlscordant stroke Harry
Cline defeated George Sutton yesterday IN
the continuation of the 1872 balkllne Dill
lard championship tournament by score
of 900 points to 297, on the roof or the
Hotel Aston. Cline overcame a LEAD OIL
nearly one hundred points and nnlsheo
we'll in advance, with an average OIL
16 1920 and with high runs of 50, % ana
40. Sutton slumped to an average OIL
9 1870. and his best runs were 80. % ana 40
George Slosson won the other game In
a seesaw session with Al Taylor by the
score of 500 points to 429. The veterans
average was 10 1915 and his high runs
were 30, 40 and 49, Taylor's average was
1916 and his best runs were g. A and ~
AT the close of the afternoon session
Sutton made the startling announcement
that he would retire from further COM
petition in the tournament. When ques-
toned as to his reasons Sutton said:
II resent the action of the management
In scheduling me for simultaneous
! matches last night and this afternoon
The strain of my match last night with
Taylor in a superheated room entitled
me 10 have a rest until tonight prac-
tically went TO pieces after my run OF 70
and missed the easiest sort OF shots. 1es'
I am out of the tournament-thats hnaL
IL the MANAGEMENT has anything further
TO say about IL they can come to me. Tor
as far as am concerned / am done"
Slosson jokingly shook hands with sui
IT'S all right old man. I'll be with
you tomorrow"
There was a trihe OF uncertainty ABOUT
sutton's stroke when he began his match
with Cline. He accomplished nothing
until his ninth turn at the table ana
then ne put together 50 by close nursing
He followed with 9S, In which he held the
worries along the short cushion at the
foot of the table until he had to retire
hecause of a mlscue That was the
breaking point Of the former champions
game.
Sutton ran into all sorts Of trouble tow
ard the close, line-ups, freezes ana ron
offs discouraging him. AS he fell further
and further behind Mrs. Sutton TOOK
seat beside her husband and tried to en-
courage him. He finished weakly, how
aver. his string showing a profusion OF
goose eggs.
The match in which Slosson defeated
Taylor was married by the room getting
chilled, 50 that the balls bumped and
rolled OF In an alarming manner. Taylor,
who depended chiefly upon close manipu-
lation. suffered so considerably that after
the cue ball had rolled on In spiral
curve he asked for new set OF ivory.
Tom Gallagher replied that this DEPENDED
upon slosson agreeing. The veteran was
ayerse to a change despite the fact that
there were times when the globes rolled
like Jumps OF sugar.
In a game filled with sensational runs,
KodI Yamada, the Japanese, last night
defeated Willie Hoppe by the score Oh
800 points to 49, There were three runs
of "A hundred or better, and the Jap
finished with an average Of q l6-2, and
his best runs were l3s, 80 and s.. The
speed and general gracefulness OF Yam
ada, together with his execution PROVIDED
amazement for the spectators, who huns
ON GREATNESS to the end. Hopes aver
age was q 1921. and his best runs were
lO2, 100 and AZ.
Soon after the japanese and Hoppe De-
gan their match there were sensational
reports from their Enclosure, so that the
crowd soon shifted In that direction iroIn
the Morningstar-D emarest match. on MS
second turn at the table Yamada sur
prised his admirers by counting 90 hoppe
came back at the Jap with dazzling
run OF 100 on his third turn. in which the
young American seemed bent upon CIV
ing the Oriental a few lessons.
Stoical In demeanor, Yamada retaliated
with a bit OF kaleidoscope manipulation
that set the crowd wildly applauding, for
he fairly outplayed Hoppe In snowy shots
The run tailed 1873. and in II the Jap per-
formed like a wizard He used his vaunt-
ed masse shots more frequently than he
had on the previous night, and his cushion
caroms were at every stage particularly
daring.
When Yamada put In a run OF 81 on his
tenth turn at the table, so that his total
scared TO $685. the crowd cheered him
to the echo Hoppe topped the Jap's run
by counting lO2. In which ne played all
kinds OF billiards. Then II settled down
into a battle In which the steadiness OF
the American and his greater experience
placed him In the lead.
The end was an agonizing struggle.
The Jap imperturbably overhauled Hoppe
by a great run OF s.. on his twentieth
turn. Hoppe had a chance TO win, but
In his anxiety he played into kiss and
the Jap closed the winner with cushion
carroms.
Cline spot baiD-o. "A. 80. %, 8. 0, /, I. 3,
| 3s, 4, IA. 2 10. 5. AZ. 8. 3, A, 40. so, "a, T.
!, IS, l. IL. 0. l, 8; total. 700 points; average
10 20 30: high runs, SIS, 80 and 40.
Sutton white balD-0. D, 10. %, o, g. !. o.
So Os q o. 0. 3, 40, o. o. o, IA, s. 3. o. ., o.
1. IA. o. o. o. 1; total; 29I points; average