New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
Gardner Loses
Fifth Straight
In Cue Tourney
Edgar and Francis TO Meet
n the Deciding Game of
Tourney Tomorrow Night
STANDING OF PLAYERS

- S1:;s,:s Sa:;s.s; : Z, : s:ss s.ss
vsns, Tomorrow at e'f5 >. m.
,irsr r. AypIv,y ~. Francis >. Appleby.
-Ao Appleby brothers. Edgar T. and
rnc;s s. representing the New York
,,.sist;c Club, scored their fourth con-
tive victories in the national ANA
.sn- ts2 balkline billiards tournament
.he crescent Athletic Club yester-
-. and will meet tomorrow evening
..ss match which will decide the title.
rdysr who played in the afternoon
..ss, was not even forced to extend
-;..sslf to beat Edward w. Gardner. Of
,anr,cisir. n. J. The score was 800 to
,aa II was Gardner's closing game of
10 .eries and his fifth straight set
back
Francis Appeb.' scored his fourth
,+,s ivht victory in the evening game at
re expeuse of Percy \. Collins, of Chi
AGO the 1920 champion. in the most
ercitinr game OF the tournament by a
score Of 500 to 265. The match went
,ven.y-six innings
Solves Opponents Tactics
I'm the afternoon match yesterday
1rer ne had solved Gsrdner's defen-
sve tactics, Edgar settled down to
.ons delicate billiards. which grsdu-
slly gave him a biz advantage over the
rs.eran Montolair players. Appleby
completed his etring IN twenty y-ninc in
n;ncs for an average of 10 1929. Gard
rer's average was 6 1928 Appleby had
hlgh runs Of 80, 81 and 33, while Gard
rer's best we're 2S. 25 and 20.
they stated off ST slow pace and
y, vas not until the seventeenth inning
.hst Appeby gathered All impress sive
cluster He fouad great difficulty in
.sllying because OF Gardner's safety
.sctcs. IL the Nrst ten frames Apple
By went scoreiesc seven times.
In the seventeenth. however, the New
York A. c. man PLAYED up to his usual
standard and punched the worries for
bis high run Of &c. He followed this
up with clusters cs 81 and 81 in his
aext two innings. so that he was lead
lne by ITS to l03
Following these strings Appleby went
mo double figures in practically every
trip to the tatle until ne reached his
300th carom IL the twenty-ninth in
ning with ar unfinished run of II.
Gardner likewise played his best bill
.isrds toward the close Of the match.
inshing his last four innings With
runs Of %, l6, is and IS.
Throughout the match Appleby is
oayed great ski as & position player
His touch was extremely light and
whenever in trouble he uaa right back
n position with d beautiful draw or
masse. Gardner miscued several times
md IN his fnsl inning cut short his
IN by Jumping the cue bal! cn the
able
It was apparent that Collins vas not
n his best form when he took the
able against Francis Appleby. The
Illinois A. G. man did not have the soft
ness Of touch which distinguished his
9lay on the PREVIOUS evening when he
let new high average mark. Collins,
Ho"eVer, executed many intricate shots
only TO have the balls line up or have
KISS cut short any prospective long
Iuns
Francis likewise couG no, do any
consistent tai ying until the twelfth
.hning, when ne gathered q cluster Of
a. missing only when the balls lined
up. lnis made the score l61 to 119 in
ippeby'z favor
Collins Makes Long Run
Collins came back with d fine exhibi-
Ion In the sixteenth inning, when he
also gathered A He had to maneuver
about the table for thirteen strokes
'eIore he punched the worries at the
mead of the table The Chicago player
made more than twenty OF his points
n this run in the center space. out
many missed on dead easy angle
shot.
In the twenty-third innine, iust as
Collins was about 20 shoot. the lights
over the table suddenly went out and
play was held up until new bulbs could
nc obtained IN the next inning Col
ms gathered balls together for Il run
~ 3d. coming to within four points Of
Apnleoy Francis, however, followed
".,n a run OF 3S7 IN the same inning.
IA the final game Appleby scored his
= ,ss 'hree points Oh purely lucky shots.
~, ne orove the shooter down the rail for
what were apparent misses, only to
score the points as the ivory shot back
rom the cushion.
The scores:
Z. 7. APPLEBy IS. GARDNER
HasaT So r. APP s95y-,,o. .. y. Q. y. y.
q ssin,. Averass 10 10 20. High runsW
o. u aad So
hswsrd ". Gardner-6. 8. 0, >. .. +, !.
; o'o 0. o.. }. 2t :. 90. 3. l. 4.
,v-.-a,.' ~, J. =. -. IS. -. Total--la4 points
sat 20 --S II 4S--'' ~ a"o ~
s. APpLEBY rs. COLLINS
-, francis S. eby--2s. 1. 1s. g. 0. 8.
y SS0o TO- 2 I. 4t. Il s. 20, %. o. 2, H.
ar. ~. .. total. 500 points; aver
psr. - - high runs. a. 81. 3.
. IS ~ Collins-0 20. 3. -. O. 10. Z. 2s.
! * ~ o, iV- i3. !. Il. 10. is. o /. s. ..
"a total. 265 points; average,
S''-'' nigh runs, 81 50, IS