New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-04
CONWAY Wins WITH CUE
Baxter Rallies Too Late in Glass
B Billiard Match.
MAKES HIGH RUN. HOWEVER
Blake Humbles Coleman in
Evening Round of the
Tournament.

nar.es -. Conway defeated George -.
Baxter. Of the Cathedral club of Brook
lyn. b. the score Of 30 points TO 81 yes
tciday at the continuation Of the nationa.
Class L 1872 halkline championship bill
lard tournament 1T raUfs Riverside
Academy. 18th street and Seventh Ave-
ME Throughout his string of forty-iNe
innings CONWAY vas the more rcsourccful
Of the two and collected the carroms sol
IDLY In double figures. Ills average was
= 60 g. and his high runs We're g. - and -.
It was the fourth consecutive defeat for
Baxter but he lifted his average Of = lii"
above some % the othcr winning hsuT,s.
Al ia. clos, OF his string Baxter put to-
gether an imposing yIn of -. which con-
tanned several brilliantly played mass"
and cushion shots. His other 'uns Were
-. - ana ~
Both OF the payers -'cmcd in Ialr
stroke CONWAY was the first H. count
heavily. howCvs. ~ Oh his tain Turn at
the table he Jcftlv wove out the cafroms
about the corner sCaar, ov excellent as"
Of the cushions This run tai !cd g., his
highest for the contest. before lie missed
10y playing draw TOO widely. Tie con-
tinued on Tor ten innings ior q total OF 10
points.
Baxter meanwhile nad bcca rolling the
/ balls steadily. If TO- ,css rem netatNe
turns. He seemed 10 be tribe heavy
handed. this spelling MS control and over
PLAYING his cushion shots. on three &C
casiOns. however. he reached tn" ~ MAJ X,
and at the cnd 81 ten innings vas in the
lead with a total Of q.
II was then that Conway began 20 coax
tho worries into more advantageous posi-
tons. us best cueng began in the nine
tenth inning. when hy short tili" meth
oqs he put together pretty caster ~ II.
In order lie counted >. :. {. %. :. . y ana
Ga ,otai oil loj points ton nine turns ~
the table This placed Conway IN Ia"
lead and il was Impossible to- Baxter
thereafter 20 overtake lin. The latter >
scirti.lsiing piece 81 cue work That pied
up the run of - was Il phenomenal per
Torrance. but Conway Vas within sis OF
the finish and was not 20 he ovcrtaken.
Only one match vii lr .leclicd to-day.
between George r. T.. 'larke. the playing
through champion. AM 90. -. conway. to-
night Tomorrow night George q. BsN-
to- viii meet I.dyard B.ak". the young
piayc- from Grand Rapids Mich.
The scores follow:
C. d. Conaav ,pot hsiD =. u - /. . !,
~ @. o 4 q % = IL. Z" /. . : u =. :.
20 4 20. Il -. % q o. o. .. -. l. IL. -. -. =
:. 10 .. q {. 1 Total 900 points; average.
g? ee ~ q r,x ,'' ,vbi,S IAN = 10 30 o .
!. H. =. a. -. q. I. g. o. o. :. g. @. !. o ~
y = O. u. Il. !. .. .. /. . : .. . ]. ], J.
o. $ -. .. !. o Tots'. ~ POINTS ''eiah'
4. - an. -
l. '' si,, tier Fields.
Ledyard Blake administered tie inst
def,a, to Hal \ Coleman. the Milwau-
Lcc PLAYER. In the night game. which Ae
won sv score OF 600 points 20 ei3.
Blake. who halls from Grand Rapids.
Mich. piled up q lead az the beginning
with ap.ondidly worked out runs. so
thu, he held an average of more than
eleven for his FIRST twenty innings lbs
topping runs during this period were %.
80 and 81 Blake finished with an aver
age of 80. as during the latter half
OF the match be slumped under Cole
mans safety. 80 that his best Efforts
counted only Il. 20 and Is. Coleman
fell 10 an average Of > 1886. his hest
runs being 90. e and %
The scores follow:
Lely,rl Hs&e ,srol b,li' g.. Z. :. :. IS. l..
10 % r. II. - - -. %. q. !. =. =" 80 g. y
e. !. !, e. J. T. 4. %. 81 % =" - - ~. J. %.
no points average 81. HE. rJns. T.. -
III na T. ! coleman cnhic bali :. : = :. .. l.
/. : ~ O. g. -. :. 4. -. .. A" 80 :" j > -. ..
points a.orsse. . :3-3e. iIsh runs. q" =
Ecfcre- .ies Fields.
The standing of the players follows.