Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-27
GREENLEAF WINS
IN OPENING BLOCK
Billiard Champion Easily De-
feats Rival; Works In Tenn
peramental Manner.

Philadelphia. Pa. Oct. 2T.--Ralph
Greenleaf. worlds pocket billiard
champion. last night defeated Bennio
Allen. of Kansas City, In the first
block of 450-point challenge match.
l5s to 90. Tho match. played In
the new Hudson Billiard Parlors, was
enjoyed by moro than 500 persons
Twenty-Five innings were required for
Greenleaf to attain the required total
qreenleaf. even II he continues to
shoot In the somewhat Indifferent
manner which characterized his play
last night, should retain his title with
little difficulty, Allen has met de-
feat 50 many times at his hands that
the contest no longer thrills him.
Between the playing of the boyish
highly temperamental champion and
that of the mature. slightly bald Allen
there is the difference that exists be-
tween sunlight and Stygla. Tho youth
wields n cue OF ease and precision. the
man one of studied care and Mt times
uncertainty.
Competing with an cY-champion
whom he has defeated on n number of
occasions, Greenleof permits himself
moments OF relaxation, times when he
may make attempts that would hc
foolhardy with an opponent whom be
| really feared. Allen played tNu
careful game. lie realized that danger
of giving Greenleaf an opening and
slowed up his own work in an effort To
preclude them.
GCenlcaf Tempcramcntal.
Grcenlcnf, who has been termed
| tempcramental on the operate star
| scale. proved in his match with Allen
how we'll he merits the description
| To begin with. he arrived late and
the match began after tho scheduled
hour. knowing Greenleaf, the time
of tho match was no doubt advanced
beforehand. Throughout the evening
no continually complained Of tho
lighting, showed plainly no was ir.
ritated by movements, sounds ant
general character of his surroundings
| In the next 20 last inning he clicked
Off ten balls, amassing a grand tota
OF las. Tnul this time Allen hat
pocketed only 6S. from which Il car
he readily seen that Grecnlcaf led 10y
SO points. In making his next shu
Greenleaf poised his cue before th'
seven ball and called three" Tn,
bail disappeared into n pocket
Champion Calls Wrong Rail.
Allen called the attention of Morri,
Fink. referceing the match. to the fac
that GreenlcaC had pockcted tho darl
rcd instead of the bright rcd ball whicl
he had called Tcmperamental Green
leaf then came to tho foro. lie etormet
for moment, Informed his father
who watched the match, OF the injus
tice OF the act, explained Il In detail
to his wife, and then gave himself III
TO pouting.
In the next inning Allen ran Off %
which gave him 90. instead OF the 6s
which would have been his total In,
Greenleaf paid even customary attcn
tion TO his game.
In the thirteenth inning Greenlea
made the high run of the night, run
ming three complete frames and IL Fl
a fourth. for IA total Of 50.
The second block Of the match wi
by played tonight and the third an
final tomorrow.
The score by innings:
Greenleaf, 0 10 30 II 4
50 0 10 -. gross scor,
l59.
} Scratches. ] net score 1853.
Allen. d 0 0 : 6 0 0 2 0 0 1e
4 0 25 %. gross score. %.
Scratches. 3; net score, 90.