The New York herald., 1921-01-25

Robert Crespi, the one arm billiard
player, last night played four games in
the New York State amateur three cush-
ion championship tournament In the
Rational Recreation of Brooklyn and
won three. After losing the opening
game no the veteran, Louis A. Servatius,
Crespi defeated Malcolm Leak. George
J. Wyatt and Gus Gardner in the order
named.
Crespi triumphed over Leak by 30 to
20 in sixty-five innings. won from George
j. Wyatt by the same score in sixty
innings and downed Gardner by 30 TO "a
in sixty-one innings His highest run
was five. which he made In the game
with Gardner. Servatius won over
Crespi by 30 to "a in sixty innings.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. "a. - Edouard
Horemans. the Belgian champion of all
Europe, making his first appearance in
this city. defeated Joseph Mayer. for
mer amateur champion, in both after
noon and evening blocks of their 1000
point match. He won both maches with
comparative ease, defeating Mayer 400
to 243 in the afternoon session and 400
to 81 in the evening frame
In the afternoon Horemans. with
high run Of 149. averaged 36 Ali. while
Mayors best run was 102 and he aver
aged 22 Ill. In the evening Horemans
made his highest run of the day. count
ing 241. He averaged the same. 36 All,
while Mayors average was little bet
ter than five. Mayors best run in the
evening block was 23.
John Layton and Alfredo de Orc broke
even yesterday in the opening block
OF their 300 point three cushion match
in Klein's StranA Academy. De Orc
won the first game, so to 40, while Lay
ton took the night game, 81 to 3S, In
fifty-two innings. In the first game Lay
ton led his rival by 36 to Is in the thirty
second inning, but de Orc managed to
win out after hard contest.
George La Rue took a tighter grip on
the amateur smoker pool championship
at Doyle's Broadway billiard room last
night when he defeated Nat Lewis by 81
to 33. This gives La Rue string of
four straight wins, and as he has but
one more game to play Ii looks as though
he will be sure starter In the final.
In the balkline tournament, Albert
Cressy won from Frank Grace by a
score of $50 to 102 In 3S innings. The
winner made a high run of "a
The American Amateur Billiard Asso-
Citations Class G 1872 balkline tourna-
ment, which is being held at Maurice
Daly's. is a novel affair. None of the
entrants, seven in number, has played
anywhere near his usual form Fifteen
games have been played and there are
six more to be played.
Thus far the event has not developed
much balkline. The players have in
dulged in safety tactics, thereby making
the games strenuous for themselves as
we'll as their opponents. Consequently
many counts were obtained by rare ex-
ecution. The standing of the players:
Won. Lost. Won. Lost.
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The Eastern balkline championship
tournament under the auspices of the
National Association OF Amateur Billiard
Players got under way last night in the
New York Athletic Clubs room. In the
only game played 7. Henry Clarkson de-
feated Edward w. Gardner 400 to 1919
In twenty-seven innings. The winner
had high run OF SO, while Gardner's
best cluster was 81
Silver defeated Frank Quinn by 1876 TO
115 In the New York State pocket bill
lard championship tourney at the Law
ler Brothers Academy last night Each