New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-18
Comes from Behind to
Win Desperate Battle
with Cues.
JAPANESE MASTER
MAKES LONG RUN
Goes Out with Unfinished Total
of III and Noses Out the
Philadelphia.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.


seph Mayer, Of Philadelphia, yesterday
afternoon In the professional handicap
tournament at 1879 balk line billiards
In the concert hall Of the New York
Theatre Building, by q score Of 500
points 10 ass.
Yamads WAS playing for s75 points
and clicked of his last carrom In tho
twenty-fifth inning with . beautiful
unfinished run Of Ill. Mayer, playing
for S25 points, held the lead until the
Jap's last turn at the table. at one time
being 80 points in the lead. Just when
It seemed that Yamada was doomed 70
defeat, however, he gained control Of
his stroke and began to add steadily
to his count, finally passing his rtva&
and completing his string In sensations
al manner.
1t was 3 hard game for Mayer -
lose. but It would have been q stil
harder one for Yamada to have failed
in, after his brilliant uphill fight
against great odds.
Mayer won the bank and started off
in winning fashion by scoring a run Of
81 points In the first inning. Yamada
could gather only csrroms in tho
same frame, seeming utterly out OF
stroke and unable to judge the angles
with any degree Of certainty. Mayer
added another cluster Of IL to his
string In the fourth inning, giving him
a total Of 9S points TO Yamada's 27s
and so II went in succeeding innings,
with Mayer drawing slowly furthe1
into the lead.
From the ninth to the sixteenth inns
ings neither player could get the balls
together for any continuous run. Twice
Mayer failed to get the balls out OF
balk after getting the worries into good
position. Yamada's chief difficulty
seemed TO be In the handling Of HIS
cue, and several times he miscued like
Class amateur.
When he took his turn at the table
In the seventeenth inning, the Japan.
ese, with his handicap, had a total OF
227 points, whereas Mayer was cred-
tied with $50, which appeared an over-
whelming lead. lt was at this point,
however, that Yasada proved mis-
courage, getting double figures In seven
out Of the last nine innings, and scor-
ing an average OF more than thirty
during that time.
Koji scored pretty run Of 33 points
In the seventeenth. failing on draw
shot by hair. Runs OF ~, 20, 80, 81
and 81 In HE next FIVE times at the
table placed lin within striking dis.
lance of Mayer, who was having diff
Guilty in herding the spheres together
In his half OF the twenty-ffth inn
ing Mayer managed TO get together q
cluster Of 33 points, playing prettily
In and out of balk and failing on .
rather difficult draw shot. This lefe
him with only AZ points 70 go, and
Yamada was still III points from vic.
tory.
Gathering the balls together meas
the head Of the table, the Japanesa
started in 20 cut down the lead OF hts
opponent, favorng the nursing game
most Of the time, and making the
worries do his bidding with skill that
reminded the spectators of Hoppe. Once
or twice, however. Yameda found ~
necessary 10 make long drives around
the table. and accomplished the fest
in sensational style.
On his one hundred and seventh shot
he found the balls widely separated
and II seemed as though his run must
end, but the little Jap scored on
brilliant three-cushion carrom and IN
the next frame brought storm of
applause by hitting four cushions be-
fore scoring his point. This left TIE
and he ran out his string, winning tho
game.
Mayer white tsll-sl. .. o. a.. II, o. Is. IS
g. Total. asss point. Bsndie.p. lis. or.n1
. Total ;;' g?in''; high runs 81 " and 49, AZ
l.. YS 5 3 'i b I. g. Il b. u t. II:
tet.l. 800 points: hiS runs m 90 and al
Reseres-Gsorss Moore
In the evening session Hoppe Was
opposed by George slo.son. a former
wizard Of the cue who once held the
worlds title at balkline, and Hoppe
scored an overwhelming victory. rum
ming out his 500 points In sixteen inns
ings. while his opponent. hopelesslZ
out Of stroke. could only get total OF
43 carroms In the same number Of inns
ings. With his handicap Of 10. this
gave Slosson a mark Of 1853 points fol-
the game.
While his exhibition last night wse
far and away better than any othcS
plaver in the tournament has ehown
thus far. Hoppe did not spprosen ~
form of the opening night, wnen ne
ran out In six innings. In his two
biohest runs, In his twelfth and SIX
tenth turns at the table. the chams
rion indeed let the spectators have
e,i;mnse OF his real powers. nursing ths
worries with a magic touch and az times
driving around the table with such
nerfect precision as 20 position that
the balls came TO rest In almost ex.
actly the same relative positions 40
before he executed the drives.
This afternoon Mayer and slosson
will play at $3.50 o'clock. and In the
evening game George Sutton and
Cochran will oppose each other.
a.
%. Isl. 20, s. s. e. TOTAL. 500 poinii. Hiss
runs. e. 81 and 50. Average. 81 t-is'
J. l. ]. g.. 0. ?, ]. Total. % point. Handicap,
is3 Grand total ies points. Hfsh rlns. IL. and