New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
Cochran Runs
Off los Points
In One Inning 2
Youngster Sets Tourney Rec.
ord in Beating Yamada;
Schaefer and Morningstar
Outplay Veterans

Young Jake Schaefer and Ora Morn
ingstar are pressing Willie Hoppe hard
for the lead in the national 1872 balk-
line billiard championship tournament
at the Hotel Astor. Each has won
three matches and lost one. While
Hoppe has clean slate of three vic
tories, Schaefer and Morningstar scored
easy victories in their respective
matches yesterday.
Schaefer defeated the Chicago vet
eran, George Slosson, 400 to 281, IN
twenty innings, and Morningstar hum
bled George Sutton, the "Nurse King"
IN seventeen frames, 400 to 181. In the
second afternoon match Welker Coch-
ran, the youngest cueist in the tour
ney, won from Koi Yamada, the jap
anese. 400 to 351.
Young Schaefer. who startled the bill
lard folk by his remarkable perform
ance Wednesday. scored his third sue
cessive victory by taking the measure
of Slosson, the son of the "Wizard'
running out with an unfinished string
Of 20 in the twentieth course. This
marked Slosson's fourth defeat, and he
has yet to win q match in the tourney
/ Schaefer did not show up as we'll
against Slosson as in previous contests
for he missed a number of easy shots
He started off only fair in the first few
innings, while Slosson, who proved the
bit better. Schaefer's best single
effort was the tenth inning. in which
frame he clicked off string Of 101
caroms, shattering his run on an easy
cushion shot Slosson's high run was
rs and his average ID 14-19.
Misses First Shot
on his first try. Slosson scored one
carom. On his second turn at the table
Jake gathered 8 points, while Slosson
made his total so by running off a
string Of 40. Young Jake in his two
following periods scored 81 and 80. re-
spectivelya Slosson got cluster of rs
in the sixth inning, at the end Of which
he led Schaefer by 1873 to 104. But
Schaefer gathered in his points slowly
in the next few innings and practically
sewed up the match in the tenth with
a run of 101.
The scores:
schaefer--o. 9, 81. 80, >. }, ls 8, 2, 1o1
e &c., ~ sh 1s Is 81 " 81 a. e. Ss Tsta
as s'2s"sa o. g. 55 49, ss & is = q ss s Hix
runs--75', ~, H. Average~lt l1,is.
Neither Morningstar nor Sutton
played his best game, failing to score
in number Of frames. Morningstar
although he was the victor, played his
poorest game. Sutton was also off his
game and missed many times on open
table shots, at which he reigns SUI
preme. Ora, however, made several
sparkling mass shots.
The highest run was made by Morn
ingstar in the fifteenth frame, when he
clicked off 73 points. Sutton, winning
the break, Tailed 8. Morningstar his
first turn, collected 70 points. Sutton
in the third period, made his best run
Of so. During the remaining frames
of the match both played very loosely
Scoreless in Three. Innings
Sutton many times left Morningstar
in difficult position after missing the
shot From the eighth to the eleventh,
innings, inclusive, Ora failed to score
single carom. Morningstar in the
remaining innings improved i'll his
playing and rolled off several higt
runs, winning the match with an un.
finished string of 81. Morningstar av
eraged 20 9-17 and Sutton 10 11-17.
The scores:
Mor"'nfs'1r5s 6 {" e E T. q ss ro,. & 49, 400
High runs. IS. 70, 80. Average. 20 s-17
Sutton--S. 4, SO. /. "a. 81, 0, 43. 0, q 0
!. Is. "a; 0. Total. 1s1.. High runs. SO
| 43, 25. Average. 10 11I7.
in the third match Of the day Coch
ran played sp-cndidly and defeated
Yamada after hard tusslc Both con
! testants began poorly, Yamada failin,