Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-18

all started. He made startling runs
and was Mt the top OF bis game.
| Suddenly the fine structure Of pre.
paredness he had built up tumbled about
his ears. His stroke had deserted MN,
| the keenness was gone, no concentra I.
tion-.'one ball In France. one some.
where In Europe and the red ball on the
| table,. you might say. He couldn' t
bring them together.
He was beaten in his first start. He
won bis next, but his average was go
low that ] found him gloomy and dis.
consolate In the club lobby later.
He was 20 downcast that he even re.
fused to accept congratulations for bis
victory.
"But no." he mourneu. "Sfy o,.ar
game has gone back home and left me
here alone. What am I to dor"
Right In the middle Of the tournament
he has had to settle down to an earnest
effort to get back his stroke. Usually
| the training 10 completed before the
tourney. Rudil has. had to start again
right IN the middle to try and como back
Yesterday he was of by himself. He
ignored his cue as II It were a plague.
It was his lone chance. We COULDN'T
md him: ! don't know yet what be-
did IN his desperate effort to shape up
for his biggest match.
Dos, Just as eager to win, has q dis-
ierent temperament from Rudil. Hs
Is able to speak English quite we'll
around the club. He is very " ponuiar
Yesterday he knew it was up to him
to stay BY himself, to think, eat and
practice billiards. :,
ne isn't the solitary kind. Il was
almost pitiful to see him. We are all
soy OF banded together to leave him
alone. We almost literally ostracized
nim. It was the only thing to do,
ln the afternoon he could stand it
no longer. He came up to the billiard
salon, where q match was going on.
because his American friends, whom he
seems to like 30 well, were all there.
Atter the match he almost hung on to
EN- Hn,,t u alone: Stay by yourself"
sasn, aren't going away? You will come,
cant" I answered brutally. "1'm
sorry, but I've got to work"
lie Knew he owed It to his game 10
be alone, but lie couldn't see Il. Hc
wanted company. Well, he finally did
eat by himself, but he was after mo
again agar right afterward. Wanted to
LAX ABOUT ladies' night, suppose, and
MS dancing. Anything but billiards.
refused. 1 think was right.
Plenty Of Il
Those who came to the Nfonufoctur.
ers' Club yesterday afternoon honinp
to see plenty Of billiards had that wish
at least, granted. ""'
J. e. Cope Morton. our local n,.v.r
for whom we are ali "pullins" az bS.e' bse5'
lost to Francis s. Appleby. New Yort
but. as they say in boxing. Morton
made the American runner .up 90 the
full distance and was still on his feet
when the final bell rang"
They went sixty five inninus ror.
innings on the score cards. 80 M ons
could have been embarrassed for lack
OF paper to write down the count. II
speaks well for the condition OF the
players that they were still able to step
up to the table after that grueling tus.
sic. That game should hang up the
innings record for the tournament.
Despite Its length. however. II had
some inspiring moments for the cxnerts
in the stands. 1t was open table nlav
almost throughout! Only once was
there any consistent nursing spell. and
that was when Appleby ran 01 in the
twenty. ninth inning. His touch was
magnificent there and he tolled OF the
POINTS as prettily as could be,
otherwise the match was more or
less MS might have been expected by
thoroughly analyzing what has been
stated In other articles of mine.
Elements Combat
! do not wish to pose as a prophet.
put We must all recognize the psy.
choioSical clements as they arise and
match he lost against AIRY Bos. that
Appleby would not be keyed nm Tho
state where the nerve system, mental
and physical condition are ali workinr
In perfect harmony.
That let's mo OUT" young Annlohv
himscilf stated after his defeat by Re-,
the other night. II put everything
had in that match. 1t will be followed
by a tremendous ct-dOwn.
"My billiard keenness will be burnt
out in the matches TO follow. NV nlav
from now on In the Tournament viii be
purely mechanical"
No billiard star can escape tho of.
fects Of match like that on his mako.
up.
Morton is improving as he goes alonr
but lack of practice removes him fnr
from his best game.
He put real firecrackcr in the match
afternoon. however. by his
fnsh when he was "a noints
behind. with Appleby all set to run out
in any inning. With the score 900 tn
300 for Appleby, Morton made n dif.
ticult time shot with the balls left nil
over the table. but he missed the next !
and Appleby ended the agony.
Cope Morton has played some very
fine billiards in this tournament and |
We are all proud of him.