New-York tribune., 1912-03-08
ANDERS AND GRAY SCORE
Win Matinee Games in Amateur
Pocket Billiard Tourney.
DR.. BORDEN FIGHTS HARD
Beaten by Only Fourteen Balls
After Keen Struggle for
Sixteen Frames.

rs balls to 92. The matinee game AZ inc
Amateur Billiard club was put over to
another day.
Anders took the place OF DR. Walter q.
Douglas. the former New York Athleuc
CIub champion, who was scheduled at the
Riverside Academy Iie was in better
form than on Tuesday afternoon His re-
markabIe shooting In the fifth. sixth, sew
cnth and eighth frames gave him a total
Of q balls, with a high run Of 33 Anders fol-
lowed Dr. Bordcns breaking of 'he sixth
pyramid by picking off a long shot ana
then rolling all the other balls mo the
pockets. At every stage his selection "t
shots was excellent and NE demonstrated
that he knew the value OF cushion shotS
as a means Of holding position.
With Anders running away from him. Or.
Borden gave him n touch cf safety Vhich
held him up for a couple OF frames but
Anders was quick to see every POSSIBILITY
on the table, and he had sequence OK
three frames beginning with the eleventh
that added 81 balls 10 his total. Twice
during these latter frames Anders worFed
three-ba combinations skilfully and with
spectacular effect. Anders ran ont III SIX
teen frames.
The victory OF Gray over Brown al the
New York Athletic Club eliminated the
latter from all possibility OF competing In
the finals for the title. I'm fact, the series
Al that place appears likely TO bring about
q three. handed tic between Gray Heather
ton and LYMAN Gray and Brown ran
along evenly until the eighth frame. when
GRAY managed 10 find a promising chance
off he
balls. and on Browns breaking Of the
ninth pyramid took three more, making us
high run OF Is balls.
Brown played strongly in the opening
frames He seemed possessed OF the knack
of picking the pyramid to pieces ball ly
ball without affordlng Gray a chance at a
fair shot. II was so he got in his run OF
IS balls out of the fifth and sixth ryrd-
mids.
The scores follow:
At PAUL's RIVERSIDE ACADEMY.
Afternoon gsmc.
william H. Anders-lO .. }. Z. 10. To- lo'
10 :: : 10 Ne; M &c. iS is Hsa San55
Dr. Matthew $. Borden-] Io ;; .; ~
:. Q: 10. S s. O. 10. 2 u nth Tot1I-li7 51inLi7
Referec-Ale1Ander Fields
AT NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB.
Afternoon game.
drSy7 4o5 49, 3 = sit.,ehdsI iti @ ds /! Nti i
score-l25 Hgn runs-lS and 10.
George r Brown-s. . II. 10. $. l. -. o.
Net scoro-gc High ug-ls
Referee-William Hallsn.
Lester f. Carter one Of the leading per-
formers OF the Amateur Billiard Club
smothered the Connecticut player. L. {.
Everett. OF the Riverview Yacht Club. OF
Greenwich. in the evening game at Pauls
Riverside Academy. I25th street and Sew
enth avenue. The final score was l2J balls
to 40. From the opening break OF the pyra-
mid 10 the end OF the twelfth frame Ever
EFT was outplsyed. IL was the shortest con-
test OF the tournament series and the out
come practically eliminates Everett as
championship contender. Carter made
run OF IA balls. while Everetts best run was
IL balls.
The scores follow:
At PAUL's RIVERSIDE ACADEMY
Evening game.
Lester +. CaYter-3i. 10. g. r. II. q. -, :. II.
"A. l2. .. Total l26 balls; scratch l. net
score l25 balls: high run. IL balls.
Z. c. Everett: ,. q. B. {. o. L. :. T. l. D. .,
Total. 81 balls. scratches. q net score, 40
balls: high run. II balls.
Referee-Alexander Fields.
Arthur B. Lyman, the champion OF the
Amateur Billiard Club. held 10 his unbroken
line OF victories by defeating James y.
Heatherton. the New York Athletic Clubs
title holder, last night by the score OF 125
balls 10 III at the New York Athletic Club
Heatherton played in hard luck when he
seemed to have the game within his grasp
At the ninth frame he led Hyman by forty
haA fuc tho high
record run Of the championship series with
thirty-four balls. Heatherton's run was
mastery piece of cue work. and it began In
the fifth frame, when he cleared nine balls
from the table On Hyman's break he took
the following pyramid OF fifteen and with
Hyman again breaking he took ten of the
seventh frame before missing a cut shot TO
the side pocket IT was the careless play
ing OF a combination by Heatherton which
gave Hyman his start. Then he played
nervy uphill pocket billiards and won.
The scores follow:
At new YORK ATHLETIC CLUB-EvENING
GAME.
Arthur - Hymsn-7 3. 10. ., s. o, 5. 2 I. o,
s. r. II. IL. IL. H. o; total. 129 balls:
James NJ Heatherton--s. 10. o, 10. Q. 10. 10. ~.
a. 8. Z, Q, !. 3, 4. /. total. III balls,
scratches, g. net scofe, III hlgH run, ~
Dofcreo-WIlliam Hallin.
Starting off by taking all OF the balls in
the first three frames William A. Tilt, tho
former New York Athletic Club champion.
won the evening game at the Amateur
Billiard Club. 74th street and Broadway,
by defeating Il. +. Reynolds, rated as the
foremost amateur in the country. by tho
score of 125 balls 10 81. Tilt was in won
derful form. lie saw every possible COM
bination and he played II TO perfection.
His long shots when Reynolds put his cue
ball close TO the cushion for safety we're
remarkable The match lasted through
fourteen frames. and Tits high run was
10 and he had three scratches
The scores follow:
AT AMATEUR BILLIARD CLUB-EyBNING
GAME
william A. Tilt-l5 Is. 10. II. 8. 10. 3. T. Il, 4,
g. o, 7, 3. Total. 12s balls scratches, 3; net
score 125; high run. 10.
T. f. Raynods-0 o, o, 4, 10, B. 10, 8, |, H. Z,
g. s. e. Total. u balls: scratches. 3: net
score 81; high run. IA.
Referee-Lee OBrien.