Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-31
RALPH GREENLEAF
| IS BILLIARD CHAMP
Local Expert Wins Twenty
first Consecutive Victory In
Championship Tournaments.

10. Ralnh Greenleaf rotainea his
soeNe, piiiiard championship medal by
"eieallng Arthur Woods. of .Minneapo-
rs, 10 TO III, in 26 innings, In the final
same at the Continental Hotel Phil.
aueiphia, on Saturday night. II was
ereenieaf's ninth consecutive victory
and twenty-first In succession IN the
last three years OF championship com.
petition without defeat. Greenlear
received a third championship emblem.
diamond-studded gold medal and A
checK Tor $1,000 Immediately after
winning.
Woods, who finished second. drew
down $1,000; Tom Huoston got $500
for third prize and Arthur Church.
Bennie Allen and Walter Franklin.
VINO tied for fourth and fifth posi-
Tons, each received s33a.33.
Woods won the bank and elected 10
make the opening shot for safety and
0freenleaf pocketed the first ball. which
had edged away from the bunch. and
cleared the table, getting. perfect posi-
ton for the break on the next frame.
which he gathered, but missed the l2
pall Tor the side pocket for a total OF
2s. -
Woods came right back with Is. but
was forced to play safe when the Gu,
ball rolled back of the bunch.
Tho champion drove the cue hal
down the table for safety, but Woods
picked the five ball OF the corner o.
the pyramid. spreading the ivories al
over the table, but after picking of
IL fell down on the eight ball for IN,
right-hand corner pocket. but In,
champion could only make two, be.
ing forced TO play for safety.
Both men resorted TO safety play fo
two innings, when the champion left
an opening and Woods pocl<eted /.
balis, but messed up things on n sid,
pocket shot. breaking the bunch wide
open for his rival. who poclSeted N
Nhen he made poor position shot
and was forced to play safe.
This little fault did no harm n,
Woods made n clean miss of the min,
ball for the upper right-hand corna,
pocket. but a moment later Craanlaa,
toozied on safety shot and Wood,
knocked off 10, again losing on a sill,
pocket shot.
Little at n Time.
Little breaks of I2 and Is ,vlu
Weeds was virtually standing stil
gave the champion a chance 10 forn
ahead of the Minneapolis star and !,
tho tenth frame the score stood
Sreenleaf, "a; Woods, 46.
Nothing of note happened untu IN
fifteenth inning. when Greenleaf col
lected IL and missed, leaving n ns,.fs,,
opening for Woods. who made n mis-
cue, the cue ball jumping Off the tabl,
This was disastrous. as the buncl
was spread out like a fan, and IN
champion gathered six and then plav
ed safe. the score standing. Green
leaf. sS; Woods. 43; with Woods get
ting really no chance to increase hi
score. But in the eighteenth inniu
he gathered a pretty II. bringing hi
score up TO 60.
After row of safeties. Greenlea
made a long shot on the one ball :
the twenty-second inning. bringin
his total up TO Ill. to so for Woods.
Woods again missed a side pocke
shot and Greenleaf got six. Ieavin
him eight balls TO go.
e Woods got 10 and then Greenlea
ran out.
Greenleaf--2s O 2Ie 49, 1s /
, 0 II 6 l o 90 0 o Is 6 IS. Tota
lS1. High run. 2s.
Woods-oi5 u 90 IL o 900 90
0 0 IL 0 o o 0 II 3. Total. :;
Scratches. 5. High run. Il.
Ralph Greenleaf, champion poclSs
billiard player Of the country. havin
successfully defended his title. wi
now meet the three men who CAV
him the hardest battles.
These contests, while they are /
the nature of exhibition games, wi
serve TO show that Greenleaf is we
deserving OF the championship at II
attractive and skillful pocket game.
The three men picked for Greenlei
to meet are Benny Allen. OF Kanss
City; Arthur Woods, Of AIinneapoli
and Thomas Houston, of Los Angelo
He defeated all three men in IL
championship tournament. but tn
Is week at the National Billiard Acaden
4. he win play all three men.
h According to the schedule mapps
d out for the youthful champion he W
9. first take on Benny Allen, aftcrnoc
n and evening, today and tomorro'
After finishing with Allen Greenle
will meet Woods. Those games w
be played "Wednesday and Thursdi
afternoons and evenings. Then com
4. Thomas Houston for the last two da,
Of the week.