New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
COLUMBIA BOY
HAS WALKOYER
WITH HIS CUE
Defeats Heddon by Wide
Margin in Amateur
Billiard Tourney.
By FRED II AWTHOR\E.

Edgar T. Appleby. Of Columbia Uni
versity. defeated Charles Heddon. OF
Michigan, in the sixteenth game OF the
annual national Class A amateur 1872
balkine billiard tournament at the
Arion Billiard Club yesterday by a
score Of 400 points to 259. in iifty-two
innings The winners high runs were
II. 30 and 2s. and his average 1862.
Heddon averaged only 45i-52, with
high runs Of 81, 20 and l..
AppleDy showed flashes of form dur
ing the game that indicated the brill
liant possibilities of his proves with
the cue when the mood is on him. A
tendency to hurry between shots and
in the actual making of his strokes is
the worst fault the youthful expert
is guilty o.. and the chances are that
with more experience in tournament
play he will succeed in ersdcating this
TO a large extent.
lIeddon's play during the last two
games he has taken part IN has served
70 illustrate that a man just out OF a
sick bed has 10 business competing IN
p long billiard tournament. where the
strain on the nerves Is very severe. The
Michigan star had been in sanatorium
for several weeks with a serious ILL
ness before coming TO New York TO
participate in the championship, and
with each succeeding game he has lost
some Of his ability 10 control the ivor-
ies with his accustomed ease.
I'm practice. two days before the tour
nament started, Heddon J ,ade run of
well over 300 and in his first ,ourna-
ment game he scored cluster of 81
points. which is atill the high run OF
the present tourney. His attempts TO
corral the balls for long runs yester-
day were pitful. and most of his misses
were on the simplest kind of shots.
Even his fayorite masse failed him AZ
critical times. He played listlessly. as
though realizing he could not do him
self justice
Appleby clicked off his high run of 81
carroms in the sixth inning, making use
Of delicate nursing and dazzling open
table play as he ,erded the worries be-
fore him, counting with remarkable
speed. mostly at the head OF the table.
lie also used the corners cleverly, and
showed a great judgment Of angles in
some Of his draw and bank shots. Al
times he got playing so rapidly that
he hardly waited for the balls TO come
10 rest before making his next stroke.
The summary of the afternoon game
follows:
, T Anp.'. oss't. b.n. .. Is. a. s. :. !.
%. D. @. %. l. a. o 20. !. s. 9. @. ,. o. ~ j..
g. T. q. .. ~ y. e. o. ?. Total. 400
lo.n's .'ersse. 1859. hgh ius. a. 20 and >.
! T.. = r. ! T. 4 i. i. o. ! IS. 2 2 ;.
average. f5l-,-. high nuns. Il. 20 and T..
Referee Lcora.d lIos.son.
Francis Appleby's chances of hgur-
ing IN the championship were sent a
gimmerng when Brown defeated him
in the evening game by score Of 400
points 20 247, in a match that required
forty-fye innings 20 decide. Browns
average was 5 1925. and his high runs
81, 80 and IS. Appleby averaged 2744
and MS hest runs were 81, 20 and %.
Brown now holds undisputed claim
70 second place, with four victories and
one defeat. Tomorrow night he will
play Gardner in the final game of the
tournament. Gardner and Francis
Appleby meet tonight. and If Gardner
should be beaten. he and Brown will
be lied for first place. II the latter,
again, should defeat Gardner to-mor-
row night. tie would result, and the
two would have TO play an extra game
10 decide the championship. This
afternoon lieddon and Poggenburg will
meet and tomorrow afternoon Edgar
Apploby and Poggenburg will play.
Brown. IN making his high ru7 had
n, nursing stroke going at its best,
collecting all the points near tho TOP
rail. with the cue ball travelling less
than a foot throughout the run. An
unfortuna'e kiss on short >arom
shot brought the run 20 an end.
App.eby plainly showed the severe
train he has undergone in the last
few days Of the tournament. and was
sadly out of stroke and lacking in
judgment Of angles.
The summary of the evening game
follows:
R-oau ~, tap--o 20 !. 1919 .. 90.
: Co. o. % .. J.. o.. =. .. 3. 3s L. 81 o. =.
= - d. DO 3. 2. -. = o. J. !. T" = w. 10.
TOTAL 'oo point; average. 'o-'5: hi.h runs.
p 5 App.,.r o,hrc BALL . 10. %. o. s. 4.
T. B. O. =. 90 o. :. :. ;. :. L. %. /. !. =.
g. %. =. b g. O. D.
.To'al - points. a'erass. s s'-". 0lsh runs
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