Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-18
GOTHAM GUEST
LEADS WESTERNER
F. AppIsby Tops Percy Collins
In Eleventh Inning Of BIZ
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| T0N10HT's MATCH
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=. Francis 8. Appleby, Of New York
was well on his way to his third vic.
tory today in the tournament to de.
eide the worlds amateur 1872 balk line
championship being played at the Man.
ufacturers' Club, when he was leading
Percy N. Collins, Of Chicago, by 06
points at the end Of the eleventh
inning.
This Is F. s. Appleby's last game in
the competition. and II he wins he will
have finished with an average Of 900.
having been twice defeated. Also
victory for the New Yorker will mean
the first defeat Of the tournament for
Collins.
The eleven .inning score follows:
Ssa,sose HSnsSys 10 g II Il II p 81 sas' 70
Although Collins appeared to be the
favorite before the match started, he
began trailing from the outset. The
Chicagoan won the lead and he selected
the black ball. Because Of over.anx.
i0usness to keep his slate clean. having
won two straight matches, Collins was
somewhat nervous at the beginning.
In the first eight innings the best
that the Chicago entry could do was
make eight points. Appleby, in the
meantime. went on into the lead and
in the fifth inning gathered the balls
together. Then by nursing them he ran
up twenty. eight points, lost the ball
temporarily. but got them together
points for his high run before he lost
his red ball.
At this juncturc Appleby left Collins
in terrible mess and the Chicagoan
couldn't do anything. Appleby got
set.up in the sixth inning and he shot
nlong prettily for seventeen points.
On the fourteenth shot Of the eighth
inning Appleby made one of the most
sensational shots Of the tournament.
With the balls lined up on the long
rail. he made great jump play. and
the big crowd there gave the New York.
or long and loud round of applause.
Edgar T. Appleby, American cham
pion. will co-star with AIRY Bos,
champion Of Europe. at the night ses.
sion, which starts promptly at S:15.
This match has the same aspects with
regard to standings as the afternoon
means a lot.
Hot Finish
Bos took the count last night Mt the
hands, Of Edouard Rudil. the French
champion, by the score of 800 to 265.
gest crowd of the tournament being on
hand, and few stirred from their seats.
The salon holds 1900 and it was
almost filed. The occasion was ladies'
night and the fair sex took advantage
Of 1t In large numbers.
Bos ran his biggest count in the
first inning. when he scored SO caroms.
Rudil made his biggest run in the final
inning, when he ran out with IN un.
finished run Of 81.
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High runs. 81. 45. 2S: average. 10 o.ee-
Morton Almost Cops
J. e. Cope Morton. Union League,
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local player faced Francis A. Appleby.
American runner.up yesterday after
noon after three straight defeats. and
was determined to put something In the
won column.
Morton chcerfully ran off an av.
erage of about 10 in the first three
innings. He was nll beams. Perhaps
he was going to win. He actually did
lead for sixteen innings. and was
crowding right along at the twenty
ninth. when most players have put
away their cues for the day. This game
was only just starting. however.
Appleby ran 81 there; and Morton
Yorker had broken the rules. lie
wasn't at all chubby. Morton ought
to know. In every match he's played
but for one long run made by the Op-
position it has looked as though the |
local man would win.
Almost 100 Behind
Morton, however, stuck grimly to his
task. At the thirtieth inning tho count |
was Morton, 1880. Appleby, 233. II
took Appleby thirty five innings. or All
average OF less than two. to run G7 |
poipts and out. Meantime Morton |
rrept up slowly and brought down the
house in the sixty. third.
They were playing 'em safe. Applcby
had five to 90. Morton thirty.
The local gathered the balls after
some beautiful open table shots and
proceeded to click them OF.
lie ran twenty before muffing and
then Appleby got four. or 200. before he
xot one that was we'll nigh Impossible.
He missed and Morton got the shot
lie tried to gather them and missed,
leaving App'eby the last chance to run
out which the latter did.