New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-08
NATURE INCREASES LEAD
OutpIays De Orc at His Own
Tactics in Billiard Match.
USES SAFETY TO EFFECT
Tries Daring Shots, Too, in the
Second Block at Tourney
for Title.

o,tnlavcd at his own favorte safety
..c,ics Alfredo DC ORC fell further behind
,.,,cs Nature IN the second block of their
,,a,ch for the pocket billiard champion
hin .itlo by the score of 200 balls TO l2O
las night
rbe Young challenger from Denver had
No. crowd with him in John Doyle's i2d
-, academy. He was daring and his
,,rare was OF the sort that brought re-
I'd He knew the combinations and
..osses.ed an ability at position play that
,-,,uently set at nausht the tantalizing
.,fe,v with which the champion endeav-
ored 10 trap him.
asa result Mature Increased mis- meagre
,sad Of l2 balls of the first night to %
hous Furthermore. he played much more
speediy. closing his string for the re-
ouired grand total OF 90 balls in twenty
four frames. and leaving De orc with the
tally Of Ss balls as his portion.
Early I'm the block De orc managed to
nut together run of 80 balls. II stood
ss his lone best effort. while Natures
runs were q balls and 20.
d GRO wa d disapI ointment from the
first when Mature elected that the cham
mon break the first pyramid. There was
an exchange OF safety, and De ORC man
aged 10 pick off free ball for an opener,
hut il availed him nothing in the way of
position as he failed 10 unlock com
blnation.
Mature rapidly sent nine balls into the
pockets before he trippcd up on side
shot at a difficult angle Then the cham
pion got the rest and attempted to make
the most of breaking the second pyramid.
Right here the portly Cuban showed he
was askew on his combinations. The
boodoo stuck close to him throughout the
session
De orc had picked off five balls from
the second pyramid and then he at
tempted four ball affair. which lizzled.
Mature. with the balls spread all over the
table. at once sent them rolling into the
pockets Ike frightened rabbits into their
burrows
Just TO show what he could do. the
Westerncr raped off the break shot for
the third pyramid His position maneu-
wing was excellent and his second shot
was wonderful two-ball combination
when the cue ball had frozen TO the
bunch In the centre Of the table. The
fifth ball was the reward of a daring
three-ball kiss shot. and from that he
went along to clear the table This frame
was a portion OF a run of twenty-four
balls
During this part OF the contest
Nature clearly demonstrated that while
ne favored having the advantage OF the
break still he was successful without IT.
He broke I'm twelve Of the frames ana
during the session De ORC had the better
Of only five of the pyramids and ne lost
no fewer than four completely.
As contest progressed Mature seem
ingl purposely left long set-ups for De
ORC to shoot at. IL was a sort of decOy
The champion vainly attempted to bring
these shots off and almost uniformly
made a failure of the effort. He played
spssmodicaliy and never approached the
challenger from Denver in brilliancy.
From the twelfth frame TO the end
Nature welded his cue for solid counts.
The thing that kept the crowd i'm hub
bub OF applause was the dashing manner
In which ne pulled off the most dazzling
shots in the thirteenth frame the fifth
ball went into the pocket after the impact
Of a kiss carrom the full length Of the
table
He had peculiar knack Of holding con-
troll Of the cue bail by drawing off the
cushion. which was responsible for some
particularly clever bits Of work.
At all times Mature played the ball into
a side pocket in preference TO the corners
This made it possible for him to keep to
the centre OF the table and helped him in
continually counting. He frequently out
generally De ORC AT safety and alto
sether discounted the performance of the
champion.
The final block Of points will be played
tonight.
The score follows:
Msturo--a. .. ~ 10. o. o. .. Q. IL O. :. IL.
u H. q IL @. II. - 8. =. 10. Z. q. Total
.es balls: scratches. 4: net total. 200 balls.
high runs. "A and 90 balls; grand total, 400
halls
De oro-5. 8. o. .. j. -. >, .. ]. II. :. J.
:. 3. o. & 3. 0. II, T.. /. Z. o. Total. l24
halls. scratches. {: net total. 100 balls. high
Fun. 20 balls: grand total COS balls.
Referee. Albert @. Cutler.