Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-18
|His O.un High Run Beats Bos
in Crucial Billiard TuS,SIe
|n,e,coufdence Wrecks European Champions Chance
After Great Nursing Bee in First Innins-Rudil
Shows Great Form, and Moves Up
BY JOE MAYER
Sst,onsl Amateur Billiard Champion 1918 ana 1915.

~Y0Ij can never teii' 'uSs
.v,nr applies to many human
-. s a. does Il apply to billiards. BIZ
"sa.' . funny game, and ] Will prove
|. n'i =, making what may appear AZ q
funny statement 49,. =, .hs
W. ",.hes IN the play for the worlds
Oe'' .."r hirinrd title. especially from
ana.'u %...r interest standpoint, was the
: -. Du'.t '.st n,rht between AIRY Bos, cham
n,or % Of Europe, and Edouard i'u''''
champion Of France. &C.,, l.. ,u,..,
D s.,,, abatement comes in. He was
s..,sn =. sr BY his OWN high run.
Oe.'sa .".r - raiting for the laughter to sub
"a. ~ : w,ll try to pull myself out Of the
s,s ,Ss may get myself into BY that
n.d, won the break. chose to start
IA made 3. 1t was hairbrradth bil'
...,. M At that. Bos eagerly Jumped to
naras and gathered the balls by q
the .sV. .hot' think our largest audi
supsrS ~ The tournament was on hand
snce PHI 3, % and no man ever had more
Inspiring setting in wh'cn 10 give -
his best.
Meant Business =, ,,,.
pt' III His brow was contracte9.
70 " 1m n,s. a set look in his eye. lie
Tnele sr Wm .he shots as though he meant
.,.s.s wen. az" The way he made shots was
ous,mt;So oum.;en He had them cheering again
anT H. ssil halls obeyed his master stroke
-. nnnp;es do their master on q
~ 49,. .n' He Clicked the balls till It was
siirt sim".t like a grandfather's CLOCK IN
-" ss.h, ho,, He was in stroke, wonder.
az al -" thought again and again as l
t .st .nellbourid like the rest:
~ Than came q fatal bad lie at the
sol He was playing for position and
: th,nt vent at it too hurriedly, think.
;ns more. no doubt. Of his next shot
thsn the one he was making. -,
Well. he missed kiss shot after S..
That was his high run, and IN the
very first inning.
He came back to his seat IN 'front.'
of me ali smiles at his feat. They were
still cheering as he sat down. he
seemed to relax oil over. His face
settled again into the. pleasant expires.
|, ,ion he has. All the grimness had
zone. And so ! say again, his own
! high run beat him. .
He became overconident. Nothing
to Il" his attitude seemed to say. Next
| fine up he failed tV count and IN tho
| ten minutes he made but 20 points.
| He never pulled himself together except
for q brief nursing spell when he ran
He has told me himself of this weak.
ness II usually affects him the same
way-fast start, slow finish. Ruinous
overtonfdence.
Tho Opposite
Rudil was just the opposite. In the
third inning he ran 81. and that was
the best he could do till the very next
10 the last inning. He has been
homesck, ! think. since he has been
over here, and we have not known what
to do for him.
Perhaps we hit on it today. Some
one, from somewhere, produced quart
Of champagne. The son aof France.
WHO has been gloomily slipping at our
water. received 1t as million dollars
in gold. ,,
what It was that put him back on his
game?
Perhaps It was the sparkling product
Of his homeland.
have talked with many of the old
billiard players around the club and
they seem to agree on one point ut
least-that is, that Rudil has better
billiard form than Bos. lie seems to
"Rt' every shot.
As n billiard winner, ! don't know.
But his records on the other side show
that his forte is a strong finish. They
say he has pulled many more hope.
less match than the one last night out
Of the fire.
Personally. never want to see II
gamer or sturdier finish than he dis.
played last night. From the very first
inning down to his final run he was
behind, far behind most Of the time.
At the twenty sixth he had pulled up
the latter failed to count in his half
Nudil ran out.
Vive Ia France. All of us, includ.
ing Bos, cheered that one.
Meant Much
This match. I think. meant every.
thing to our two distinguished billiard
lists from overseas. They have met
before in Europe, know each other we'll
and. Of course. have been very friendly
over here. That is. until they were
drawn to play each other.
For these two | am confident It was
not just an ordinary match In the natu-
raj trend OF the tournament. 1t was
nation against nation with the honor
OF ail Europe at stake.
All day yesterday they avoided each
o.her. They were marshaling the army
Oh their billiard prowess, the ono
against the other.
They entered the rail inclosurc last
mght In a wrought-up state with the
Ia mmd set on victory. 1t means every.
tnlng to go home and sny IL beat Bos"
or u beat Rudil." Those are billiard
names to conjure with over there. They
are talking points" around the green
tables in Europe.
llOniesick
Edouard Rudil found himself in
sad plight in this tournament right