New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-17
BOY BILLIARD
PLAYER BEATS
MAYER IN TILT
Cochran Shows Well De.
spite Early Lapses In
Handicap Tourney.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.

Welker Cochran, youngest Of profess
s,onal billiard players. defeated Joseph
Mayer, former national amateur balk-
line champion, In the second game Of
the professional handicap tournament
at 1872 billiards yesterday afternoon in
the concert hall of the New York The
stre Building. Cochran, playing 800
points, ran out his string in thirty
three innings. for an average Of 1888,
while Mayer, playing for 1925 points.
could only click of l94 In an Inning
less.
Tho match started auspiciously. and
TO- q time 1t looked as II the youth.
who Is still In his teens. would run
out with q good average. Half way
through the match. however, he appar-
emily lost all control of his stroke. and
more disappointing. getting his high
| run OF the game, 81, in his second In
ming, and never thereafter approaching
this performance until the twenty
eighth turn at the table, when he held
the worries together long enough to
make run OF So
Cochran, after throwing away many
chances to end the game, finally got
the balls working smoothly again and
ran on, his string with an unfinished
run OF 50 points.
In spite Of his many lapsss. the
youthful expert gave slimpses OF form
! that mark him as liable TO be danger
Gus contender at the balkline game
/ for all but Hoppe, who has proved
/ himself invincible many times. Yes
! terday was the first time Cochran had
appeared In q big profe ssional tourns-
ment In New York, and this probably
accounts for his nervousness at times.
/ Mayer was also making his debut as a
money chaser in fast company before
New York audience, and il Is likely
that both will improve as the tourna-
ment progresses.
| Cochran won the bank, but lost his
| advantage in a peculiar manner by
/ committing foul, touching the red
/ ball as he started to make his shot.
| Mayer also drew a blank. and Cochran
/ failed to score in his second inning.
Mayer then gathered the spheres to-
/ gether with a few mastery drives and
/ proceeded to click off a run OF 81
points Most of his work was done at
the close style OF billiards at the head
Of the table A short masse proved his
downfall and ended his run.
Cochran made his first score in the
third inning, keeping the balls well
together and running 80 points before
falling down on long drive for a
gathering shot Nursing seemed to be
his strongest point, his touch being
delicate and true, but when the worries
became widely separated Ne appeared
at a disadvantage, and a majority OF
his misses came when he tried to re-
sort to open table play.
Runs Of q and a. In the sixth and
seventh innings placed the younger
player we'll In the lead, and although
Mayor threatened several times to cut
this down materially, Cochran was the
first to regain his stroke, and during
the run that ended the game executed
several brilliant shots around the table
some of his following strokes bringing
applause. :, =,
& O. l. 81 S. 9. g. 0, l. IS. 10. 0. 0. l. O. O. o.
a. / O. l6 T. 2. !, a. To.d, 800 points hsndl-
cap 400 points. High runs. 81. ~ and 3i' aver
'' MAYER lsses b.p--o. s. s. o. o. D. 3. .. 2. !.
r. 70 5. 3 & Total l9i points. Handicap. Us
points High runs. -. q and l3; average. 700
Referee-George Moore.
In the evening game George Sutton,
OF Chicago, with a handicap OF lOC
points, defeated George Slosson (l25),
BY score of 400 to 800 points In TWEEN
ty-nine innings. Sutton made high