The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-19
COCHRAN FIRST ONE
AIDED BY HANDICAP
Scores 800 While sutton, i'm
Quest of 400. Can Total
only 315 Points.
tLOSSON DOWNS MAYER

Welker Cochran. the Iowa ~youngster,
ras The iirs; player to max use of his
allowance IN the handicap Is - bslklluc
hUarl tournament when he defeated
George sutton. the Chicago veteran. last
urlt. although ou;scored on actual
,,iu-s. 2i5 to 800. Tkc 400 were all that
he youth needed, as the jury Of handi-
,,rrers placed him on that mark, while
sutton. on the 400 mark. was So points
,hy Il his goal. with their respective
,nd..lps the ;otal score stood 500 to
az. with cochran OF the long end. and
,vc-ury places him on even terms with
William T. Hoppe at the top of the coll
INN. while Sutton drops back to a tie
,or th.ri place with koji lamada.
The billiards displayed last night was
fr from the brand either Of the players
should snow. 1t took Cochran forty
No innings TO round out his 400 for an
average Of 6-42. while in fo~rty-one ses-
sons Sutton averaged I 2s-+i. not n
very startling performance for the man
who holds the record average Of 100 for
100 points. The one bright spot in the
match was Cochran's run of 81 in the
twenty-sixth inning. The nearest he
cane to that mark in his other turns
II the table was a string OF IS in the
ninth round. and in the thirty-third he
ran "a. Sutton's best effort netted ~
IN the twelfth. At another stage in the
game he made IS. and twice he collected
=
During Cochran's run of CT although
the billiards was not the best In many
cases Il was militant. The youngstcr
rursed We'll at times. and then again at
other times he didn't. However. when
. did get in trouble the crowd seemed
20 Ike 1t better, for he gave II something
% loon at hy counting shots difficult OF
execution. In spots his open table play
saS a revelation, but frequently he made
lis admirers tremble over the chances
E tooh. sutton VA in nothing like his
STOKE and thereby hangs the tale OF
a.s downfall.
The PLAYERS did not make n very au-
sn .uo4s beginning but Sutton was quick
70 take advantage of whatever openings
nd and there was SO safety
played by botA ;hat neither had many
,lar,-S. The veteran gradually ate into
he lVo points start given 10 Cochran
snd in the fifteenth session wiped II out
md Wen, !n;o the lead 10y 10 points. OF
10 on artIal ~tlllies. Cochran appeared
o have little chance of winning then,
,u, was very wiling, and when he gath
cred his 81 put a new aspect on the
,iuAt.on. After that run both men re-
sorted to safety frequently and the
game legged right down TO the finish
Ire sore:
cochran. 500. Is. o. q. o 8, 3. ?. 90. 8,
- Z? !. g q. Il 10. o. -. O. g. +. >. q. u,
is r'Al 800; Average Ca High
$ ~. !oom.:S; l. 10; 49, 2 g. co. ;
"a 10, q. o. - d. 10. u. -. !. !. \. 0,
7. Il. q Total, Slo. Average. -,-ii.
His f-ns, 81. y and -. Referee George
Moore.
George +. Slosson. veteran Of long
sanding in the baikline game. defeated
Joseph Mayer. former amateur cham
ro1. IN Tic afternoon match, 311 u 21s,
'n'l blazers were out of stroke and the
7n,es, Was the most interesting played
the tournament thus far. Slossonl
Won because Mayer failed TO take adj
.sr'are ~ many chances.
The veteran averaged 10 5-37. with
H.. runs ~ 50. A. and IS, the hrst two
big better than his best previous high
rYr mark. Against this, Mayer ave-
god : ".-36, with run OF SO. 80 and %
The seventeenth inning. when Mayer
wade his 80. was the most fruitful
urd ,e has had in the ment
Tic ~r..e
sa,.au. a-.-o /, s.. J.. .. 10, ,. 60, !, 3
81. u. /. Is, 20, 10. 10, o, ;
" lc - T. o; .a',lS' u; . J.; !
M.gt-. -. 4. o. o.. 0. :. 81. !, 10. .
z. o. J. No. o. H., o 49, %; :
And 20 E-f,re,-George Moore.
TO.DAYS GAMES,
80 M-George r. S.osson, New York
~ ko1i armada. Japan.
r. william i. Hoppe, New York