New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-26
BILLIARD EXPERTS
IN LONG BATTLE
Contests al the Astor in IL. |
BalkIine Tournament
Make Dinners Late.
CLINE TAKES BRACE
AND BEATS YAMADA
Yong Schaefer Loses Thrilling
Game to the Jap at the
Evening Session.

Ora Morningstar. Calvin Demarest and
Harry 7. Cline were the winners ycster-
DAY in the afternoon Rames of the iti
balk-line billiard tournament at the Io-
+ tel Astor. They defeated. In order. George
Slosson, George sutton and koH Yamada.
Although play began at o'clock. II was
almost o'clock when the last point had
been clicked on
Sutton and Demarest furnished the best
billiards OF the afternoon finishing their
match In twenty-thrce Innings. Morning
star and Slosson required twenty nine
innings to finish and cline and Nanada
took thirty-four innings.
What was. perhaps, the surprise OF the
day WAS the defeat OF Yamada by cline.
/ The latter had not won n game In the
tournament until yesterday. and it was
generally thought the Japanese would de-
4 feat him. Cline. however. with pretty
run of AZ In his seventeenth inning. as
sumed a commanding lead that he held
safely to the end
Yamada had apparently taken his &C.
/ feat by Hoppe on Friday night to ncaTI
/ Tor he at no time showed the spirit and
dash usually evident in his play.
/ In his match with sutton. Demarest
continued 10 show the same consistent
play that has carried him through the
series without a blot on his 'scutcheon
thus far
Sutton grasped the lead temporarily In
the thirteenth inning, when he gathered
a beautiful cluster OF l3l. adding Is points
to this in his next turn at the table. This
gave him a lead OF li points. but the
D - Nj
/ In his eighteenth inning. putting him
within striking distance. and thereafter
passed his rival, to win by a score OF 400
points 10 $50.
Morningstar always held the upper
hand against Student Slosson. scoring
fewer misses than his opponent, whose
play ran the gamut from ragged 70 bril-
/ liant Although ne made strong eroTI
/ TO come back IN the middle OF the suus-
gle with runs OF CT and 20, Slosson could
not hold his form. and Morningstar ran
out his 400 points. while the former was
+ compiling 20.
I pemarest tspot balll-l. 10. y. %. o. -
I O. 10. 5. . -. 20. s. 5 10. 3, 10. 1l6 - 30 %
, - 80 total 400 points. Average. II 90.
Eigh runs li6 50 and 80
sutton white balll--ls. I, 1. I. 4 II: 81
/ @. "a. 8. @. Is. ISL. So i. II. o. a. .. . o.
L. l. Total. SEQ points. Average 10 10 %
/ High runs. lSf. SO and 81.
Referee Albert G. Cutler. ., .,
Morningstar white BALL. >. =. 80 a.
81, u. e. O. 2 s. - O. Total d; T. 800 100
points Average. 10 1920. High runs ST.
SO and 80. o., .,
o. o. O. :. O. 81, %. l. u, .. 80. so /, .. =
ISIS High runs. a. 30 and 81
Referee. sylvester Levy.
f~ffre fsoof haflt-3 g. iS X 4. IL. T. !,
i. 0. A. .. rs. 2. II. IA. IL. 0. IS. Total, 400
points Average. II 2s-S4 High runs. 49, 80
Yamsda (whl,e balD-o !. is. /. O. 3. 90,
8. 2s. IS. /: o. 9. SO. o: 81. T. l. l. l. 10 a.
points. Average. II 2s-s4. High runs. 81.
Referee, Albert G Cutler
In the evening games the large au-
dence was treated TO breathless thrills
such as rarely occur in billiard matches.
young Jake Schaefer and Kohl Yamada
furnishing the fireworks. The son OF the
late Wizard" lost heartbreaking match
10 Yamada by single point, after COM
ing from behind and making a run OF ll3
in his last inning.
When Schaefer went 10 the table In the
twenty-fourth inning he had 2Ss points 20
his credit. Yamada lacked a single point
OF 400 and the game seemed over. Then
the boy started 10 play brilliantly.
The great audience leaned forward
breathlessly as the referee counted no.
III. 1l2. 49," Schaefer played his 4ooth
shot. the object ball travelling TO the far
end Of the table, then returning toward
the red ball but missing It by a fraction
OF an inch.
Yamada, who had been squirting in MS
seat. then went 10 the table and scored
the winning point.
In the'other game Ora Morningstar de-
feated George Sutton easily by a score
( OF 400 points TO 1s1, Sutton displaying III
temper throughout the match.
The summaries follow:
Yanada (spot balD-2 1s. 7e, 0. 25. IS. 0. So.
: II. T. O. q. 30. g. 10. 0. IL 0. g. ~. o. !. J.
total. 400 points; average. Is 1874; high runs
schaefer white balD-O IS. 0. q. T. 8, g. o..
40. ~ o. &C. TO- 3 Sc, 0. Al, ,. :, 49, g. o, III;
total. 3se. average. IS l5-24 high runs ll5' 70
and a..
Referee-Sylvester Levy
Morningstar white baIl)-i. .. !. Is, o. T. IL.
T. l. 10. 0, o, 0. az. s. 1877. a. 81 ? q, s. =,
l. o. y: total, 400 points: average. IS; hign
r.ns l57, SO and 49,
sutton spot balD-O 3, 4. !. 10, SO, o. l. I, 0,
g. o. l. 0. 0. g. 0. H. 0, O. 9. J. - total, ~
points: average 1l-2i; high runs, 90 Il
and TO-
Referee-Albert C. Cutler.