Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-16
,EAAMP|ON GUEST /
h. BREAKS RECORD
sdrar Applsby Defeats Brother
IN Billiards Tourney and !
Averages Over ~
MNerY.slx IS HIGH RUN

4 rae. n. Appleby. American. cham
Eassr sscored 'his second straight win
z 2iGn, .fternoon in the international bi,-
!n'ss !s tnurney now in progress at tne
H.,u H.,Nunfscturers' Club. It was q repeti.
~ ~ The anal Of the national title
9cn y tor Edgar defeated his brother,
,Sncis s., by 800 to 2OS.
y, heating Francis. Edgar set up q
~ Tournament high average. He
IMsT IMsS.oi of the 800 points In seventeen
sncin.u sninns which gave him n high mark
.Ii I7 II. incidentally. he also made
,.w Tournament high run of 10.
~ Tho American champion now Ia OUT
Z. /, tront in the standing Of the players,
r,,h two victories and no defeats. Fran
s,s has been trimmed twice and has won
wi With nine innings completed. Edgar.
the American champion, led his brother
i03 to 100.
AZ The titleholder to win. He broke ms
own high run record Of the tourney IN
ihe ninth when he ran 10. Eagar
American mark for high runs is l42.
Misses Threo. Cushion
The champions ninety seventh shot
Sss a three cushion AFFAIR. and ne
rissed. He was lucky TO get his ninety.
@fth, which also was a three. cushion
shot The cue ball hit the red ball
coming back, caromed OF to the cush'
inn and lust managed to nip the spot.
n this run Edgar gathered the balls
after. hut he wus unable to keep them
rinstered, He had to make two masse
shots under the lights in the center OF
the table.
Another amazing shot in the run was
when the cue ball rested between the
Two others along the short rail in q
!, straight line. He made the masse and
received loud applause by the large
fathering on hand to witness the match.
After making three in the first in.
ming the champion left one which his
brother could not make, and then ran
twenty three. He missed a masse and
Francis ran eleven. Then Edgar kicked
IN with thirty.one missing on a three.
cushion. This run was mainly three.
cushion.
I Francis played an open table game
throughout. 1t the fifth he made a run
y thirty three, missing an easy follow
ehot.
Edgar Nppieby--3. u. 81 0 II 1 5 20 90
Fss rls.s &c; - ii 81 Il Fl ID
,.h 4 rsa,-ij: SS i5TSGS' &c. 90. Average. "a.
Large Crowd
IA Yesterdays matches drew huge
/ crowds. In the afternoon Morton lost
10 Edouard Bos, the French champion,
IL aSffty.o inning game. the longest
90 far Of the tournament. Both players
Ind difficulty getting going properly
4 and resorted to the open table play,
which made gathering the balls for any
finishing run an intricate problem.
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Hsh run. 20: average. 44-S1.
The match last night was thrille
The only calm person present vas ar,
Ros,, European champion, who beat
Francis $: Appleby in thrilling finish
800 to 201.
Round the table gather shots finally
won for Bos when Appleby was re-
sorting to open table playing. Th'
European has no reason to see any jim,
in thirteen. He got a ''ife" In thu
twenty second inning on his thirteenth
try when he made three cushion shot
, He was going nicely, but seemed Il
have missed that one. His cue ball JUS
staggered the length of the table Will
about legs enough to make the grad
10 the red ball. The referee, ]. Her
bert Lewis, ruled it a point.
4 10 Not UnIucky
Thirteen" he cried. and Bos wen
On to q. Appleby had sprung from
his chair on that thirteenth to finisl
the work. But he had to sit down ant
only counted a few after that. And BO
won with m unfinished run Of 13.
4 Bos was like wood in the mattel,
\ while Appleby was 40 nervous that yo,
could see the trembling Of his sill
sleeve. AS early as the seventh. whc,
he made his high run of 6J, he ha
10 take his position twice on mass
shot, 50. nervous was he. lie stoppe
and wiped his hands and sighed deeply
With 10 points to 60 in the twenty
hrst the tension was so great that h
relaxed after taking position for u mass
ahotI wiped his hands, went over an
took a drink and otherwise showed no,
wrought up he was, so much SO tina
the audience chuckled in sympathy.
Despite his lead and the few point
Seeded," Bos said afterward, II kne,
] would win when saw those signs"
The score:
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Applsbv1 a "a a az a 4 40 a . :,