Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
MORTON LOSES TO
RUD|[ AT BILLIARDS
Ffsnchman Defeats Union
League Expert In Longest
-. ... Match Of Tourney ".
SEVENTY THE HIeH RUN
STANDING IN Brr.I.rAsD TOURNEY

Edouard Rudil. the French cue wiz.
ard. scored his first WIN of the inter.
national billiard tourney now in prog
ross at the Manufacturers Club this
afternoon, when he defeated j. T.. Cope
Morton, the Union Leagues expert, in
afty. one innings. The score vas 300
It was the longest match of the tour.
ney to date. Both players exhibited ex-
cellent form in flashes. Rudil's high
run OF seventy contained some ex-
eellent shots, but at times his form was
spoiled BY nervousness. Morton's high
was twenty. five, which equaled his
highest mark Of yesterday.
Morton was OF stroke and fell down
on some easy shots, and Rudil slipped
on shots which heretofore were easy
for him. In the forty first inning he
missed q masse which in his first match
he executed without any apparent
trouble. In his high run. however, he
showed the best billiards Of the tourna-
ment.
Morton had considerable difficulty
gathering the balls. He made some OK
cellent three. cushion shots. but couldn't
cluster them. Rudil, on the other
hand, rarely made three. e.cushion shots.
He miscued once and on one occasion
From the thirty fourth inning some
exceedingly low scores were made. This
was due to the fact that both men
played safe, leaving hard shots for the
opposition.
The scores follow:
. M'rt'?7s Is I = itissiaiSi?, - 3 ~ }Is:s
&!,,Ss,?! 's;''ss'$$s'''','';'''EE
Hish run. 70. Average. s 44-ol.
AIRY Bos tumbled to defeat yesterday
afternoon In his match with Percy N.
Collins, Chicago. The latter played
dashy billiards. More than once he
went for the spectacular shots when
the fans expected him to take the
easiest way: But oftener than not he
got away With It and it gave him con-
fidence. Bos showed lots Of billiard
nerve when far behind BY staging a
great rally. toward the end, but 1t broke
Of abruptly when he missed a draw.
Their scores<
e, e's,,!'s'.o,ssSs = j. "a 0
si.s IT, E.; Il s;.!!.! His g
Morton Surprises
Morton surprised his following last
night by the great stand be made against
Edgar T. Appleby. the national title.
holder. Morton entered the tournament
to take the place Of default, without
much practice. and was expected to be
an ''easy mark"
But he fooled every one by his great
playing aud many thought be should
have won had he taken his chances
more seriously himself. He was leading
TOR twelve innings. but suddenly Apple.
oy started sprint and clicked the
worries by careful nursing up to the
points. Morton crawled up. bowever ~
and in his half Of the thirty fifth inninc
was but 90 points behind. Appleby
then ran out with 43, still going strong.
Morton was known personally to most
OF those in the audience, and not oniy
made n great hit. but drew A lot ~
laughter. He played some shots fiye ~
SIX times around the table, finally
making his point.
While the ball was globe. trottino be
heh up his hand to still their eroans
urging patience and optimism. FINALLY
the ball usually clicked. How IL ever
found the right. ball after those ionr
tours nobody could figure, but il han.
pened more than once.
It got SO thrilling that Morton finallv
had to break all the rules and smoke
cigarettes right out in meeting. Any.
now ne MADE a great showing and he
it's over. '~'''' ''''fe
The score last night:
Appleby. o o 10 10 1 IN 4. n,
! 81 g 20 1s 10 Is 6o7oo1 ia'i
HiSh run, Of; average sl7
Morton. is fls3o 20 "a o,noo|
! 9slSons . II a5 o 2 I 20 o
High run. IS; average. 5 s1-ss.