New-York tribune., 1912-03-05
PLAY POCKET BILLIARDS
Amateur Championship Tourney
Begins in Three Places.
HYMAN AND CARTER WIN
Munoz Also Scores, Beating w.
A. Tilt, Who Holds the New
York A. G. Title.

Showing cleverness and resourceful exc.
cution in sending the balls to the pockets,
Arthur 3. Hyman, the champion OF the
Amateur Billiard Club of New York, and
L. F.. Carter. his clubmate, led off with
victories yesterday afternoon in the ma
tIonal amateur pocket billiard champion
ship tournament. Hyman. on the table In
the lounglng room of the New York Ath-
letlc Club, defeated G.. T. Brown, also an
Amateur Billiard Club player, by score
of l25 balls to "a. Up at Pauls Riverside
Academy. 18th street and Seventh avenue,
Carter defeated William H. Anders by a
score of 125 balls to 70.
Both OF the matinee matches continued
through fourteen frames, which for anna
teurs was somewhat faster than the pro-
fessonals have played in some Of their re-
cent contests in this city. The best run
of the two matches, which opened the first
championship among amateurs for ma
tional title ever held in this country, was
made by Carter, with 20 in his eighth, ninth
and tenth frames. Hyman worked out
run Of % in his third ana Fourth frames.
Carter cleared the table once and Hyman
twice.
There was a great turning out Of en-
thusasts to watch both of the matches, and
1t was so also in the evening games, where
the third ring of the tournament was
opened at the Amateur Billiard Club OF
New York. 18th street and Broadway, when
William A. Tilt champion OF the New York
Athletic Club and Strollers' Club was
| beaten by Cecil Munoz, at l25 to 81. Alto
| gether half OF the fourteen aspirants for
| the title got into action. The results were
| excellent. In the estimation OF Peter
| Doelger, jr., who has been largely instru-
mental IN bringing about the champion
ship, the skill and rapidity Of play indi-
cate that the amateurs are only a trihe
below the professionals in skill.
AS Hyman and Brown performed at the
New York Athletic Club the newly offered
championship cup reposed upon the mantel-
piece above the table II inspired Hyman.
for he easily had the better Of the first
two frames Then in the third Brown tried
safety, with the result that he scratched
three times and the frame was forfeited 10
| Hyman, who cleared the table and ran or
seven balls OF the next frame. Hyman also
cleared the table in the sixth frame and
came within one ball OF 1t in the tenth.
Hyman played position splendidy, cleyery
using english, and his cut shots for the
pockets were all well done.
Carter at the Riverside Academy took
all kinds of chances and his daring seemed
TO bring him luck. He came close TO clear
ing the table in nine out OF fourteen frames
and that kept him ahead of William Anders
all the way Carter maneuvred so as 10
compel his opponent to break the pyramid
| In all but one frame. Then he proceeded TO
pick off the balls. making excellent use OF
the cushions for his position work. Anders
was alternately brilliant and mediocre. He
brought off two splendid long cut shots,
only TO fall down on the easy direct car
roms TO the pockets
Z. c. Everett. the Riverview Yacht CLUB
champion, defeated DR.. Walter G.. Douglas
the former New York Athletic Club title
holder, in the evening game at the River
side academy, by the score OF 12o balls 70
1874 The match required seventeen frames.
DIR Douglas treated the crowd TO WONDER
ful playing, clearing the table in the tenth
frame. In doing so he made three-ball
combination He followed right on WIN
twelve balls out of the next pyramid FOR
a run OF q. Everetts best run was 10
balls. A.. VII.
Athletic Club went through eighteen frame;
before C. b. Porter, Of Buffalo, defeated
lanes NJ Heatherton, OF the home CLUB. oy
I25 balls TO l2l. Heatherton played Wen,
but was over-anxious, ana mace eieFe"
scratches.