Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-14
Ary B0s Tackles Collins
in Promising Billiard Tilt
European Champion Fa.
vorite Ouer Chicago Es-
! pert Opening Day of
Tournament Great Sue.
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ANALYSIS OF PLA
BY J9E MAYER
w..,.rsl Amateur billiard Champion 1913
Sss''' and 1918

= champion VI IutVpV W" oo'h w
zen IN action today in the matches
scbcduled at the Manufacturers Club
A, .be tournament for the international
ss . balk line amateur billiard cham
pionsllip. .,
They won't meet, but AIRY Bois. Hol-
land. will tackle Percy N: Collins,
chicago. this afternoon. at o'clock,
md Edgar II. Appleby, American title
!. Snljcr. plays J. T.. Cope Morton, Of
Philadelphia, tonight.
Il IL difficult for me to make any
,red,ctions despite the fact that have
vwotcheil all the entries for this greatest
h,llard tournament ever held anywhere
In action. The match this afternoon
should be very exciting. :,
have the highest regard for the
samc Of BOs. He has shown himself
{o be In exceptionally fine stroke. he has
/, ali kinds of grit and look for him
tn bc among the leaders in this tour
rament. Collins will give him n great
match. The latter is heady billiard
niayer and has the shots, most as
suredly.
First Look
Tonieht's struggle will be the first
opportunity to see our new nationai
champion since he won his honors re-
Gently. His is a splendid game. DO
not make any mistake about our local
entry. J. e. Cope Morton. lie isn't
fhe fact that he is entering the play
A. tho last minute and virtually with
out any practice at all.
When we had last. minute default
and we're at loss as to what to do:
Ar. Morton stepped into the breach and
volunteered to play. It was most sports
manlike and everybody gave three
cheers. Furthermore, Mr.. Morton is
~rlendid player and 1t wouldn't surprise
I mo at ali TO see him beat some OF these
fellows that give more time to the game
than he does.
The opening Of the tournament was a
tremendous success. About 100 per-
sons we're. present and all praised the
arrangements made. The seats were
found to be most accessible, and SO
forth. There wasn't hitch. The first
players in the inclosure praised the
condition Of the table and the balls.
which were wonderfully acclimated to
the temperature of the room.
To a real billiardist their click was
iust like music, the sound of ivories in
perfect "condition.'
Appleby in Form
Francis s. Appleby, brother of the
American champion and runner-up,
sprang something Of a surprise by the
comparative ease with which he beat
Edouard Rudil, the French champion.
Appleby, with an unfinished run of -.
ran out his 300 points in twenty three
innings, Rudil scoring III.
The conditions a little strange,
for the Frenchman and look for him
TO play better billiards during the, re-
mainder of the tournament. In France
they don't play In such large halls, and
various other things were different here
last night.
]. Herbert Lewis, the Famous referee
who will oficiatc throughout, was In,
1ne voice and l am sure the persons
iarthest away heard him us well as
those at the ringside. But the volume
Of his voice seemed to react Oh Roudi!:
'iis voice startled me ut first,
Roudl said laughingly to me after the
lmatch, but it didn't affect my playing.
had an off night. Played badly at first.
and then didn't seem to be able to get
startcd.'
was with Bos and Isoudil when they
were discussing one play, a shot where
Ioudil forgot he had to get ball out
>Of balk. :,
"You were playing" Bos said, and
It was up to you to remember It. Ihe
referee couldn't tell you.'
"And haven't you ever forgotten that
kou had to get ball out!' asked
Roudi.
Going Strong
We all laughed. 1t is likely to hap.
pen to any one. A player Is concen :
trating 80 on counting that he forgets
that once in while. Last night IT was
particularly tough for the Frenchman,
for he was going strong. lie had
run 40 when the mistake came, and NJ
was trailing by some 30 points.
4 thought he was going to catch up.
But Appleby, his young opponent
played high class billiards last night
. and doubt II Roudil at his best could
have beaten the youngster in that match
The high run was made by Appleby
IN the twentieth inning when he scored
16. missing finally on u draw shot. Ills
average was IL l %. while Rudil had
high run of 43 with an average OF
The match was played in one hour and
forty four minutes, very good time.
Appleby plays the American safety game
leaving hard situation for his opponent
Wutu ne ullSSeS.
lie won the lead and made two points.
leaving the balls scattered so that Rudii
missed in his turn. The balls were pretty
we'll scattered most of the time TIL
finally Appleby gathered them for some
consistent nursing in the twentieth. lie
ran - points from close position In thai
I inning, u couple Of delicate masse shots
featuring. This was the inning In which
he made the high run Of the night.
Great Shots
Appleby played two shots that par
tcularly appealed to me. One was his
thirteenth In the fifth inning. The balls
4 lay in n straight line about ten inches
apart with the cue ball on the end.
lie made a masse the cue ball describ
Ing two semi circles and counting on
each ball.
4 The cue must be raised and perfect
force applied half on top and on tht
right side Of the cue ball. The difficult
part is getting the right force on thu
cue ball, which must travel just tht
right distance. 1t was wonderful
1 Judgment of distance.
The other was his forty fifth poin,
OF the twentieth inning, where the three
balls were in the corner, and he had t
set one out of balk.
Me played draw shot, and got then
noth out, retaining his original posi-
uons out of balk. 1t IL a question o
regulating the speed on the two object
Too much speed would separate them