The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-14
SHOEMAKER OFF TO
SENSATIONAL START
champion Crushes Msloney,
1s5 to IS, in Opener Of
National Tourney.
gEG1Ns WITH RUN OF 80

I Howard Shoemaker GOT AWAY 20 .
Avn. start last night when he cruahed
,arc, Y, Maloncy in ehe opening game
a. .be tournament At the New York
.,n,e.!c Club for tho national amateur
,,.kct billiard championship. The t4tie-
,o,aer. who again represents the Am>.
,eu- Billiard Club Vt New York. downed
his opponont from The Bronx b. . score
a. ,c5 10 81. So rapidly did he pocket
N. balls that the game was over a
.n,o,Iy 10 O'Clock. after an hour and .
half Of play.
shoemaker scored With such apeed
Ira, lo had completed his string Of l26
and made two balls moro bdfore the
referee realize, the game was over.
Lrlo safety play was attempted on
ether side and both men SHOT promptly.
wasting no time In studying the bunch
Of balls when there was q good shot
directly apparent. Maloney. nervous in
dis first important public appearance.
might have done better II no had gone
more slowly In the early frames, but
shoemaker was confidence personined
and INDICATED the confidence by finding
As tarsets with rifielike accuracy.
The high run Of tho night WA made
right at tina start. Shoemaker won the
hank and chose to let Maloney break.
The champion retaliatcd with a safety.
Malon.y missed a long shot and then
Shoemaker set out on his sensational run.
He swept the table Of fourteen balls and
left himself In perfect position for a
Areak OF the bunch Oh the loose ne
speeding II into the pocket. he had the
Ghers all over the table and spilled them
N after abe same manner Again stop
ling his cue bail in good location for q
scatter OF the loose bail. he set nj for
ais third cleanup. After he had made
i've In this frame he missed on = difficult
comb!nat'on and the sequence ended.
after producing 80 before Maioney had
ounted al all. The Bronx player got
or the strins at last then, making three
balls before ne missed. leaving Shoc-
maker in position 10 score the remainder.
The loser got only one ball in the
fourth frame, none in the NTH, four In
the sixth. none In the seventh, three in
he eighth and five in the ninth. Shoe
maker at that stage led by 100 to Is. lie
might as we'll have beer playing solitaire
that far. bu: his opponent came to life In
The .e1th frame. A session Of alternate
safety play. during which Shoemaker
scratched tw!c. in succession and ono
shortly afterward n In which Maloney
scratched twice purposely. resulted In the
champion ebing outgeneralled by his slen-
Der adversary. Maloncy finally broke
through Shoe makers guard and pocketed
thirteen balls In "A row. his only really
good run OF the evening. After he missed
Shoemaker did likewis and Maloney
made the fourteenth ball. the reby taking
the entire frame. Including scratches
that made the score 100 10 rs against
sim. Shoemaker went out In tho ns0t
NO frames.
The best shot Of the night was one that
DIDN'T count. II WAS a combination kiss
pocket at the far END of the table, Shoe.
maker made il perfectly. but his U ball
dropped in another pocket and he lost
m. instead OF gaining one
Herbert Il. Hawkins of Brooklyn will
meet j. NJ Munoz OF New York this
,fterrcon and tonight II. S. Osborne of
Bridgeport opposes Edward +. Reynolds
# Now York. Ferdinand a. Cnger of
Iontcla!r, the seventh man In the field.
will play his first game against MALONE
tomorrow afternoon. The score:
J Howard Shoemaker. New York-l&.
- r.. -. 10. Il, H.. 3. o'..:.s. II.
lame y Naloney. The Bronx-0 o. 3.
= D. ! o 3. 3 49,. 9, /. Total. IS. High,
'gns 10. and 4.
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