Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-05
Rv LANES S. CAROLAN

No mark seems safe in these days of
upsets, setups and uncertainties.
The youth of today has no respect for
a record and the more difficult the mark
the greater the effort.
Breaking records and shattering dope
has been one of the favorite pastimes
cf the performers during the past season
ON thrills
Pat Moran put over the big surprise
in baseball.
Center College and Penn State were
the outsiders that kicked the sure
things in football.
Georges Carpenter wrecked the dope
when he flattened the tavorlte Beckett
In less than two minutes.
Sure things are converted into hope
less also rams seemingly in an instant.
Billiards also has its setups. its
frames and its record breakers. While
Home, the super cueist. is the lone
headliner to give the dopesters one
chance to say, 'I told you 50"
Record Run
Three times this week mark has
been established at pocket billiards and
1t remained for Benny Allen, a former
champion, to set a record that should
stand lot of punishment.
Eighty -one points in ono frame is
some shooting and hat is what the
Kansas City star accomplished in that
third inning against Charles Setback.
of Hartford. Conn. in the fourth round
OF the national pocket billiard cham
pionship touFney at the Parkway par
lors last night.
Allen broke Seeback's S mark of sixty
eight. On Wednesday evening Setback
shattered the record of sixty seven made
b, Greenlcaf last Monday night.
Allen rot only broke the record for
high run but he lowered the mark for
speed, running off his 125 points in one
hour and twenty minutes. Five innings
mark,
Here is the record breaking score by
Innings:
Ralph ......O o o o g. G
I Allen ....... % IS 81 2s-12;
Referee, Charles C. Peterson.
Experts Err
The experts often err. SO do thC
headliners. Only yesterday Afternoon
before he teed off with Young Kreutel
the veteran James Mature made 1t clear
that run of sixty eight was some run
and that it was very doubtful if II
of the tournament.
Just to show that Mature had a bat
day he was beaten by the outsider
kreuter, and made to look bad wher
Allen cracked the record.
Allen, however, now feels none too
easy
''That mark will not stand," said tn
record holder for the present. IAN th,
boys are shooting great billiards, and
look for some one to 20 over the 100
mark.
Allen encountered no trouble durin
the first thirty nire points. His posi-
tion play was wonderful and his exc
cution perfect On the fortieth shot h
was forced to make a break shot an
got into trouble when his cue ball wa
damned in the bunch. He finally ex
tricated himself from this trap by max
ing a combination.
Then He Slipped
Everything went smooth from thi
time on until he registered his eighty
first point. The next shot was compare
lively easy but he was after position
He lost the point but got the position
He then ceased.
The largest crowd of the tourne
witnessed Aliens high class work. II
was given great hand when he tie
Seeback's mark of 6s and was force
to stop for few minutes until tn
noise ceased when he turned in hi
record breaking point, the sixty nintl
Eddie McNichol and Harry Nc
Nichol former captains of Pen
basketball teams, were among tho'
present. Both liked the system employC
by Referee Peterson in caging the ball
Frank Poth lost flock of bets
George jam during Aliens maratho
The Eastern League cage magnate e'
pected Benny to stop any time aft
counting twenty FIVE.
Mike Murphy, who was parked b.
hind the press box all Afternoon
( arrived just in time to witness Allen
great run.
in the final game of the evening. II
Young star beat Setback but the bri
liant performance of Allen dimmed
efforts of the youth.
Nanane pania min