The New York herald., 1921-01-11
WYATT WINNER AT
THREE CUSHIONS
Takes Opening Game of State
Championship Tourney
in Brooklyn.

With nine contestants seeking the
title, the New York State three cushion
amateur billiard championship tourna-
ment got under way last night in the
Rational Recreation of Brooklyn. where
the event is being staged under the aus
pices of the National Association Of
Amateur Billiard Players. William H.
Finn OF the Amateur Billiard Club. last
years champion. is not defending his
title.
In the opening game @. J. Wyatt de-
feated Louis A. Servatius, 80 TO q, in
sixty three innings. The game was in
teresting. with both players executing
many fine shots. Each had a high run
of four.
The other competitors are Harold L.
Turk. Gus Gardner, G. Laubach Ray
mond Naughwrlght, NJ. Leak. Robert
Crespi and G. Eagle.
Ed Horemans, the European balkline
champion, will play exhibition matches
in Thum's Academy next Thursday.
Friday and Saturday He will have
different opponent each day, with after
noon and night sessions.
Three games were played last night in
the amateur championship smoker
tournament which Is being played under
the auspices of the A. A. B. A. at Doyle's
billiard room. Tho first resulted in a
victory for William Downs who defeated
the present amateur champion, Ray
mond, by q score of as to 80. The small
score was the result Of the safety play
INDUCED in. The winner made a high
break of 16. while Cranes best effort
netted him IA.
In the second game Nat Lewis won
from Charles Shongood, rs to 49, This
was a surprise, as the loser had been
playing in splendid form of late. Lewis
Is a player well adapted TO tournament
effort. as he seldom plays the wrong
shot and hesitates to take chances until
fortified with a good lead. His best run
was IS, while Shongood could do no bet
ter than in one inning.
The final game found Leo Flynn and
Al Thomas paired. The former won af-
ter a close contest, IL to so. With the
pink and black still on the table Thomas
They battled for several innings until
Flynn knocked off the pink, thereby
cinching the match.
Joseph Concannon, the New York
State pocket billiard champion, last night
defeated Arthur Woods, 125 to lis. in
the Fourteenth street academy. The
title holder had a high run Of 90, while
Woods who was the runner up for the
championship. returned run Of 21.
Arthur Church defeated George Clark
last night in the tournament at Lawler
Bros Academy in Brooklyn for the pro-
fessional pocket billiard championship Of
the State. The score was 125 to 10l
Although Church started with n run of
40 and soon had 20 points to minus 3
for Clark, the latter played strong up
hill game. The winners best run was
40 and the losers 2S. Grogan and
Quinn meet tonight.
In n national class + 1872 balkline
billiard match at the Crescent A. c.
tourney last night Julian Rice defeated
Sidney Brussels. 200 to l90 with Il high
run of Il and an average of .. Brus-
sels's high run was l6.
John Layton's first meeting with an
other professional player in this section
of the country since he won the three
cushion billiard championship in Chi
cago last month will be with James Ma
turo of Denver. They are to play a 300
point contest at Kline's Strand Acad-
emy next Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, with fifty point block each after
noon and evening.
IN his opening exhibitions at Thum =
yesterday Layton defeated Mamie Letz-
ter in the afternoon and Louis Upton
at night He defeated LETTER so to 81
and triuurphed over Upton so to SO.
Layton will play Samuel Garfunkle and
Harry Parham to-day