The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
COCHRAN SURPRISES
IN BILLIARD GAME
Young star Runs Away From
Old Master SlOssOM in
Handicap Tourney.
SUTTON MAKES BIG RUN

welker Cochran OF Chicago. the limit
man In the 1879 balkline tournament
In progress at the New York Theatre
Building. handed IA surprise to the bill
Hard loving public last night when he
ran away from George Slosson aud won
his third game of the ~nent. plac-
ing him on even terms with the scratch
man. William i. Hoppe. There was
nothing of the runaway nature about
tho afternoon contest. for, although
George Sutton made a run OF los. the
highest nat any one except Hoppe has
made. he won the game only by the
narrow margin of . points. The score
IN the afternoon was Sutton, 100. Joseph
Mayer, 1923. and in the evening Corhran's
total Of 900 was achieved while Slosson
was making the neagre amount of ~
toward the 375 he needed.
To say that u Cochran created :,
surprise Is putting 1t mildly. The young
Chicaguan simply took the crowd 10y
storm and there were some among the
experts who dared to 60 So far as Ia
compare the latest sensation from the
West to the great HOPPE himself. coch-
ran in the few good innings which landed
him an casy winner made no startling
rurs. his best effort being IS, but It was
the accurate stroke. quick judgment and
sure execution which took the eye of the
billiard fancy. Nothing seemed beyond
his young man In the way of scoring
when ne put his mind to 1t. and his big
u was terminated Just because he
thought Il not worth while TO use Il
bridge.
Twice in the course of his run of IS he
got out Of difficulty when the balls were
lined up by delicate massc shots that
scored and kept the worries In position
FOR the next attempt. Like Hoppe. a.
Don as he took up his cue he bent his
energies on gathering the balls at the
end of the table. and once there mano,l-
vred 40 that scores came quickly 10 his
def touch. Cochran took Il hie lead
early In the game with "a run of II Ia
the third inning. left Slo~son hopelessl!
behind by making 3J in the NTH and 20
in the sixth. and put the game on ic.
when he clicked of his IS in the twelfth
inning. A couple Of Zeros followed he
fore Cochran ran out the game with ~
and THE balls apparently In position TO
60 On indefinitely.
There We're few spectacular shots to
mark the inward progress of the Chi-
goa bu, the old master Slosson
looked on In hopeless wonder rs tn"
~youugst"r scored with II rapidity that
would AVE done credit to the scratch
man in the tourney. Whenever Cochran
missed "a Slot II always was followed by
"A little grimacc, ~ If to say Il could
have made II II | wanted TO-" and II was
that very quality that gave the sl,ertu-
tors the impression that an Interesting
game may b" Forthcoming when the
leaders come together Tue-duy-foI
Hoppe. the scratch man. t. scheduled 90
meet Cochran on that night. The score
Of the night game:
Cochran. 3oo-s. o. ~. !, 81. 80. I >. ..
., ~. -, O., o. g.. Total. 500. Average.
20. High runs a.. %. IS.
sIosson. s75-?, 2. - T.. 8. .. Q. J. 3.
II Hisn T. , "a l. IT. F"'s 3 Il Retg Assr.Sy; ~
Moore.
George sutton showed a nash of his
form in the afternoon. when h. de
fcated Joseph Mayer OF Philadelphia ina
he closest game that has been played
yet in the The result was
a tribute 10 the skill OF the hahdicap-
pers. for in spite of the hipn run of liN
made by sutton, he only completed his
400 points when Mayer had amasscd
aga OF IN" 3:5 h" needed to T." returned
the winner.
After making hLs big run midway in
the gaine sutton fell all to pieces and
Mayer began TO gain ground. When
near the end of the game both became
nervous and a spell OF poor playing fol
lowed until Sutton gathered himself to-
g.thcr TO make the few points n"ccs.
sary for victory. The core:
Svi.oa. 400. is, -. :. .. ~, o, 81, 50.
%. l5s. y. =. -. o. l., :. :, 20, y. !, o, 81.
., 10. .. >. Total ioo. Average. q 49,.
High runs, -, i5>. a..