New-York tribune., 1915-11-19
PAIN AND ACHE
HAVE NO EFFECT
ON SLOSSON CUE
Student Defeats J. Mayer,
Despite Severe Attack
of Rheumatism.
LOSER HOLDS LEAD
FOR FIFTEEN INNINGS
Cochran Sends Sutton Down TO
Defeat In Evening Match
and Ties for Lead.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

BY FIXED HAWTHORNE.
George T. Slosson, the veteran, de-
featsd Joseph Mayer, former national
amateur champion, In the afternoon
game Of the professional is.2 balk line
handicap billiard tournament yester-
day, scoring his total Of s75 points in
thirty-seven innings. Mayer, who was
playing for 825 points, could only
amass a total OF 279 carroms in an in
ming less. The match took place be-
fore small crowd in the concert
hall Of the New York Theatre Building.
Slosson's victory was a deserved one,
for the Student" was working under
severe handicap. For several days
he has been suffering from rhsumatism m
IN his right arm and yesterday the
ailment was particularly troublesome.
! So acutely, in fact, did the twinges
( affect the veterans stroke when It was
necessary TO drive the balls around the
table that several times he found it
| necessary to make the strokes with his
cue in his left hand.
The men started slowly, Mayer, who
was in receipt of 30 points handicap
from his opponent. holding his lead
until tho sixteenth jnning, when Slos-
son. who had clicked off so points in
the eighth and 81 and Ia in the ff-
teenth and sixteenth sessions, gained
pion, IN scoring his high run, nursed
the balls cunningly, failing on his
sixty-first shot, on O one cushion draw.
Mayer came right back in the sew
enteenth. however, putting together a
a. NJ VI Nlaypr
talk line play, and only stopping when
out Of balk. Slosson again crept up
then q run Of 3S points In the twenty
fourth frame gave him three point
lead.
From this point on the Student"
gradually fattened his average with
several runs of double figures, a pretty
cluster of IS carroms in the twenty
ninth inning placing him we'll In the
lead. Slosson did his best at the nurs-
ing game, although once or twice, with
tho worries widely separated, he scored
sensational shots of the three and four
cushion variety. Mayer made his last
effort to overcome his opponent In the
thirty-third inning, when he held the
balls together long enough to gather
SO points, failing on draw shot from
the side rail. c,
In the next TO the last inning, Slos-
son only needed two points TO complete
his string. but, with the balls spread
over the baize, the best he could do
was to add one point to his total.
Mayer again clicked off points be-
fore he failed to kiss on a draw shot,
and then Slosson made his fnsl carrom
and won the game.
Slosson's victory yesterday keeps
him still in the running for one OF the
larger prizes, with the most difficult
mart of his schedule behind him. Mayer,
who has lost tho only three games he
PLAYED. has yet to meet George Sutton
and Hoppe, regarded as the most for
midable men in the tournament.
The score of the afternoon game
follows:
s,oron white 4sl'i,' H. 70. If T., ., g =
l. 'is.' o. o. 'is as. I. j. &. is gol DJS,: TS,a
5I5 point' hande.p ~ ..l gsnl '0i5 "a s,sy Sgy
S% L. '6 T. .. !. g. O. q il. o., D. az p IL o.
Ssnaicsp q = 49, grand nd i,,L - boia high runs
e5 s3 and %: average, N-S9.
Referee George Moore.
Welker Cochran, the eighteen-year
old star, achieved fame by deteatlns
George sutton, Of Chicago, holder OF
the worlds record for 1872 balkline'
in the evening game. cochran wiz
started with a handicap OF ZOO points
completed his string OF 300 IN the ior.So
second inning, while Sutton, WIN Iyo Iy
points allowance, could gather only
315 carroms in one inning less ihie
left Cochran with total OF 5OO points
to Sutton's 4l5. III
Cochran won the bank, but could
click off only I points before resigning
his place to his opponent, who proceed
ed to make run of 2S, falling on
one-cushion bank shot The chicago
veteran did better than the youth IN
the next dozen innings, however, play
ing almost entirely an open table game
He scored 40 points, his high run, Ia
the twelfth inning, and by the time
the twenty-fourth frame had been
PLAYED had made up his handicap and
led his youthful rival by % points;
Just when il seemed that Cochran
was headed for defeat, however, he
took n firmer hold on his nerves ana
in the twenty-ffth inning scored a
beautiful run of 81, cleaning most OF
his points by close billiards at the mead
of the table. Sutton grew more erratic
as Cochran steadied, and frequently
went to the table without gaining a
point 10
Cochran, with runs of "a and %,
aided by smaller tallies, forged into
the lead, executing many brilliant open
table shots and coming TO grief only
when no made his shots carelessly and
began stabbing at the balls. He mn.
ished the game with an uncompleted
run Of Is points. By defeating sutton
last night Cochran places himself IN
a tie with Hoppe for the lead:
This afternoon Slosson and famada
will play, and in the evening Hoppe
will meet Mayer.
The summary Of the evening game
sutton cbi.ek esll)--2S.. /. 10, is. 5. s. e. o
5. o. 0. 49, ~. iG. = ! 3. /. O. a. i;
ii. 0. Total. sis points; handicap, 100; gIand
total as points, high runs ". - ana "a average
Cochran whit. ,b.n7.r. ,ls.,tS .. .. e. 3. E.
X q i"ls ro:I. 300 points handicap. 200 :.
grand total 800 points: high ryn' o. q and ~
average ga
referee. George Moor
N. Y. U. Interclass Run.
New York University held its inter
class 'cross-country run at the uniVer-
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