Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-16
Close. Nursing Beats Open
Table Play in Billiard Game
Greatest Match Euer Seen in Philadelphia" Says
Expert-"Proves Theory When Bos Beats AppIeby'
. , Break Shots Pits European on Mettle
By JOE MAYER

LnompuOn 1915 Nuu lUlO' .,s
thinking. I suppose. Appleoy wou'o
But Xi,pleby did nothing of the kind.
He motioncd 10 Dos to commence. Inc
whole expression Of Bos' face chnnseo:
At first II was amazement. Ihen set
look came into his eyes. His dancer
was up. lie was aroused to playing
pitch right of the bat. ct.
lie seized his cue, and 1t Was nsnt,
fisht, fight. That's why ! believe the
break shot had 30 much to do with the
ultimate result. Appleby's strateey
worked as a boomerang. Bos needed
something to arouse him, and he was
in the game every minute:
A Joking friend was feeling his pulse
before the match. a.,
TITS not the pulse" said Bos. II
know when I can play by my heart.
It's got to stay where It was meant to
stay. 1fit. goes up in my throat, WE'LL
that's the finish
Plays Own Game
Some Of them were giving him advice
as to how to play. -,
or.Tn Tn's sss%SSisn % asssrts% ss s%y play sns
own game. What my opponent does
doesn't concern me. My own shots are
the ones I'm after
He has gotten quite fond of Ameri-
can dancing, and seemed to me to be
more keyed up over the chances pf
dancing last night than over the match
ahead. I figured he needed something
to put him at the right pitch. He says
he plays best when his face gets flushed
and his eyes set; he's 0blivfous to
everything but the game.
Hard shots early in the game put
me on my mcttle best" he states him.
self.
Well. he got on his mettle early. He
hates the first shot, and he had to
play 1t.
Though regretting that our fellow.
townsman. J. Il. Cope Morton. Of the
Union League, had to lose, there were
many. in the crowd who were glad that
the Frenchman won. Monsieur Rudil
Is under tremendous strain in this
tournament, and we all feel that his
triumph yesterday will put him in
prime form for the rest of the tourna.
ment.
Very Nervous
As soon as they came inside the en-
closure l noted mentally that the pair
of them were exceedingly nervous. The
Frenchman had one defeat chalked up
against him and you could see that he
was keyed up to case Of nerves
when he took his seat. But as said
the other day. this is good omen
more times than not.
A player will likely settle down after
the first few innings and make every
thing"
It doesn't work out that way with
| Morton. however. lie has n peculiar
temperament. | was talking to friend
of mine about the locn! player.
| ~ have played billiards with Nor.
ton for twenty five years" remarked
my friend. "I have also seen him In
many big matches. When he gets
nervous he can't break into his game
That was the case yesterday. Nor
ton was yisibly nervous and failed many
times where he should have made his
point, Masse shots. in particular
seem to hold terror for him in this
tournament.
The big reason for this is. Of course.
that he had no time to practice for the
event, having entered at the last minute
to oblige us. But he will improve.
He is a very ncrvy player and is not
afraid to go for any of them. He's had
to resort TO the long shots as his touch
is not with him yet and lie has trou
ble gathering the balls for a nursing
spell. ,.
For a player who entered at the last
minute. Morton had made fine show.
ing. But for long runs by his op.
ponents, the local player would prob
ably have made an even better showing
He passed the 200 mark against botl
the American champion. E. T. Apple
by, though the latter ran 81 in one
inning, and yesterday was 21% wher
the champion of France, Rudll, went
out. The latter got a big lead wher
he ran 20 in one inning.
In conclusion ! want to say that
that run Of 20 contained some OF tht
best billiards of the tournament. Rudi
was going at his best clip. Nothing
was too difficult for him while II
lasted. Playing behind his back. left
handed and from assorted positions
throughout. he showed that he Is
real master.
Copyright. 1879. by Public Ledger Compnn
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