Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-15

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
r Ralph Grccnleaf of Wilmington, the
ncv pocket billiard champion OF America,
concluded his schedule OF nine games Sat
ur,lay night IN the national championship
tourney. in the Parkway Building, Phila-
delphIa. with rlcan slate, defeating his
opponent. John VI Layton, by the score
IL rs 10 20 Grccnlcaf IS only 20 years
Did and the Youngest player who ever
landed the national championship.
Notwithstanding the game had no
h.ar,ng On the final standing Of the play
rrs. the auditorium was packed, and the
rew titlc-holder was gwen a great re-
f.,utlon when he hung up his straight
nth victory.
tSres,nleaf WAS the master all through
t contest, and with runs Of 10, Is, 20
8ri -. soon took a commanding lead,
ANS although Layton was also IN form, he
p..s helpless IN the face OF the champion
brilliant work. Layton Won the bank and
plaIrd the usu4l break Of two balls 10 the
cushion. leaving the ; ball just outside
the edge Of the bunch GrcCnicat, how
ever. made 4 cean mss 81 the IVORY, and
T.avtnn collected clght balls, sitting down
on a hard cut shot tor the side pocket, and
MS rival then cleaned up the remaining
SIX. and kept right On until hIo nine ,centh
shot, when he was kissed of on a little
,irlvc on the IL ball for the lower left
hand corner pocket. Layton then made
lean fIvver 90 the 10 ball for the side
rocket. which gave Grccnleaf AN opening
to run -. when he PLAYED the ) ball too
hard This miss did no damage. as Layton
gam fell down leaving the balls well
punched. with the ball Just right for
nc break 4 hard force follow pockctcd
he q ball and sent the one ball into the
bunch which spread out like Japanese
~ and before The champion got through
IT, had chalked up his high collection Q,
Tayton's best effort was feeble 10, he
again finding the corner pocket too small
lar the Q bali. Both players lockcyed Tor
position for two innings, when Grcenleaf
picked tho ] hall of the end 81 The bunch
il three-hall combination and kept
snootins the ivorles into the pockets for
.nothc collection OF 20, which brought
IS score to IS. while LAYTON tally
bowed 2S. Two more runs OF 10 and | |
tiit Cireenle.4f past the 100 mark and after
IN exhibition Of safety play Tor three
snnings. the champion went out with two
little gatherings oi 10 Score
Grccnle4t % 5lS0011527 90 20 II
I000OI0l0 Total, 1T Forfeits, ,
<et score. I25. ~afetie, 81 High run. -.
Iayton o S00l00 10000 10 5 0
1914 Total 81 Forieits. ,. Net score,
40 SaleticS q. High run, Il.
Referee Peterson.
ALLEN CLINCHES SECOND P1ACE.
PLAYING brand oi pocket billiards that
vas absolutely unbeatable Bennie Allen,
II Kansas CITY swamped jerome keogh,
of Rochester. hN the one-sided score Of
- sool
When the experts stepped u the table
- bank Tor the break each had won SIX
e1mes and lost two, and victory meant
500 difference to the winner, second
nrlze amounting to 81 200 and 81 900 for
third
KEoGHs TRIBUTE TO GREESLEAr.
Teronia keogh. the veteran Rochester,
y y. pocket billiard player who has
competed against al the stars Of the last
two decade paid a glowing tribute to
Greenlrai lie i the greatest white bah
position PLAYER IN the history of the
c.ne sand keogh Il Is uncannv the
wa4 the Youth plays position. Pocket
billiards come natural with him lie Is a
marvel with the cue.
$4,000 FoR GREENLEAF
ASIDE from the S1.50O gwen as BONUS
for winning the national title. Greenleaf
viii rcrpIvc q saiarv of s. 400 for one
year and "a tour comprising - weeks At
) 80 each week. There arc numerous other
pos ket billiard adventure bv which the
| now champion can coiIcct ~ tho coming
-car more than Sl0.0Go
The pluns Of the championship tourna-
rueDt Wcrc served Al d bahuuet bcld shortly
..fort. davhre4k of Yesterday - the Hotel
irrton Philadelphia. Ihc~. pi.ins were in /
wa. of chocks 10 the piaNe-- y ho finish /
i t,i hc money. Manage K = BENJAMIN I
,.o-cnted 10 the talented hands of i. |
i:alph Greenleaf check lor 1900 IS
~ prlze compensation
Bennio Allen Of Kansas tItv. rcreIved f.
~ -1nn 81 $3.50 for finishing second to (
t,o--nleaf jerome heagi collected
900 The sum Of $500 gnlticant Of Z
.ur.L place money. was divided 81 three
wth LOUIS hreutor \r', } ork
.u-rnf oneannon. Same .4tE and
e.srIr. ~es4h4ck Harrington onn
.4eh -eaelving $3.50, cno1gh % bur them
a lea cubes Of chalk and some 4g41
VIM Greenlcaf on the tour viii Dc
lerome krogh. of Rochester who aG-
tnoy,Irdgfs he has been playing with the
samc cue for the last q years
fit Wiil receive d salary OF 3lJO for
t4.ii n the Is weeks lie has been gwen
tnis chance to accompany Greeuleaf bv
Eeuu.p Allen. whose business interest IN
trc.e tune. of fuel shortage around Kan
s.~ tltv necessitated his declining to
n.4kt the trip
f,neuicaf won the championship hich
was sriebrated ~ the feast yesterday
morning, with niIlc straight victories
.ReE> LEAF's tour
rom th, report compiled and an.
no1ueed 81 the meeting By the statlstlclan.
Joseph ! Gallagher the winner net
total was l25 against $50 by his op-
ponents He produced the second best
ran of the tourney with d 20 Allen by
establishing nov world record, tan Of .
81 ~ one Of his glmes
Had yong GTecnleaf followed out his .
abilItv as Z high school baseball pitcher,
~ NIGH al this date b. arranging the
number ui lrikc-out- and .afetie- in the
hnN scores. When Grccnlcafs f4tl,. Nas
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