New-York tribune., 1922-02-07
Fine Position
Play Deciding
Factor of Game
Francis Beaten Despite Bril-
liant Rally in 18th In.
ming: Score Is 800 to 1914
FINAL STANDING OF PLAYERS

Edgar T. Arpicby, Of the New York
Athletic Club. won the national ANA
tour 1872 balkline billiard champion
shir last night b. defeating his brother
Francis s. in tnc final and deciding
cnine Of the tournament 81 the Crcs-
cert Athloti, Club. The score was 500
% 1874. II was the nineteenth annual
staging Of .he classic and The first time
in the history OF billiards that brothers
were Graiists
Francis finished second in the final
standing. Emil a. Rerner, of Younes-
Town. Ohio. vas third. and Percy n.
Collins, Of Chicago. fourth. r. Henry
GARRISON. Of Tire Amateur Billiard Club,
Of this city, ard Edward " Gardner.
C Non.c'alr. \. J.. finished dfth and
siNtA, pectlvely.
Edgar gave an exh bi:ion of position
play which "oulc have hecn credit
- any profcs onal. He executed
.'mrio draw shots cushion caroms and
the r-o.; ciflicult inasSes With case
bu- Tic prize shot of the game vas
eNecutcd IN .nc tmcnty-trst inning
While riavinc along the short 1ail
ECgar found the balls lined up ard
too far apart for masse. He as
founded the big audience by jumping
lis shooter over the red for a perfect
oaVom.
Pifty-onc Was High
The winner completed his 500 points
in the twenty-ffth inning with an un-
finished run If 81, for an average q
exactly ,2 Francis had an Average Of
2-2i. As a result OF his victory Ed
gar Applcby gained leg on the beau
tiful silver trophy. enlblematic of the
annual championship.
Air~0.t from MS Gro. .,,rp .. +Lo
table i was apparent that Edgar vas
~ good stroke He went into double
fGures in 'our n his first five innings
and vas soon leading his brother by
score of JOS - 81. in his nfth
innin~ Edgar gathered a cluster Of 81
Which nroved TO be the HIGH run o.
the game iio gathered the balls 3.
the head OF the table and. playing
delicate position, added point after
point to his total. He was puzzled for
III Instant when the balls lined IN.
bat solved the difficulty by playing q
brilliant kiss shot for his fo1ty-frst
point lie finally missed on a long
cushion shot
Francis suddenly came to life in the
slshth ana ninth innings with runs Of
- and 20 respectively. but most of his
shots were Of the difficult variety. His
position play was surprisingly poor.
lie made fine masse for his tcnth
point in the ninth inning, but missed
N attempting an almost impossible
mass.
Edgar was now LEADING by slim
iN'.rGin OF tve points, IL to l12. hut in
hls terth inning he again punched the
lvories and amassed 33 points. For
Thiie it seemed he would go on in
De initely, but he lost his position on
bis thirty-second carom after driving
TIC rod 10 the opposite cushion Edgar
made several massc shots during this
'un which were exceptionally good
In Difficult Position
/. va Edgar who was nov being
leff In difficult pos 'tions and for seven
i'm nes hc could not bunch the ball. /
Francis meanwhile gatnored 81 and d
- and latter tally made in the four
teenth inning put h:n n the lead for (
r'e first time, l66 ia 15s
The lead was sE0rtiived, however.
Hfgar coming inrough with q "a in his .
''gs .eenth Inning missing on two
c-SnioA shot. Ie made delicate
'.'n draw just reac"ed the red ball.
Another run of - ir the twenty
hrst inning gave tGear the advantage
20 tC iS7 and il was during I'll S run
1hat ne made his sensational Jump
shot. 4 cluster Of ~ two frames later
put Edgar on the road to victory and
he completed ms total with an unfn-
ished rua Of 81
Although eacA scored four victories
IN TIC previous eames. Edgar complied
ihe better record IL Nas credited
vilh breaking the championship high
iun record wseu he tailed AZ point,
and also had : better average than
Lis brother francis. The longest run
orcdited to rancis was cluster of
100
tdrar's best average was l71I-17.
made III the game in which re defeated
Perez \. Collins, Of the Illinois A. c.,
- Chicago, while Francis complied a
Ugh single average of Is with re-
sTrct 10 general average rdcar is far
ia the Lead. He MADE loo points ia
S innings for On average l2.9. while
l"ancis nado his ta.lies over q stretch
O 113 Innings, vcraging 9.o2.
The score;
i:lssr r.. Aep'eay 2 ~. IS s. 81. O.. 1.
d. d. :. /. :. "a. O. !. -, 0, 49,
Total. eco points. Average lc
illch runs oi iJ 81.
1'aa-.~ s Apoleby 6 :. "a. 5. 0. is. O.
O. o Total. les poiats Average. AK
ugh ruus . -
Coll,u;eia loses on Ice