The New York herald., 1922-01-31
Edgar L. and Francis S. Take
Opening Games for the Ma
tional Championship.
LATTER's HIGH RUN 1O6
Ewd. Gardner Defeats Charles
Heddon in Evening Game,
800 to 1914.
BY THOMAS J. GALLAGHER.

The annual Glass A tournament OF the
National Association of Amateur Bill
lard Players began yesterday at the
Crescent Athletic Club. Brooklyn. The
genes were 500 points at Is p balkline.
Three games were played. two in the
afternoon and one at night.
Tho Applsby family dominated and
Illuminated the afternoon events. Edgar
r., the elder Of the two brothers. de-
feated Percy Collins of Chicago. When
apparently beaten he rallied with run
or 81, won by a score Of 900 to 270 and
averaged 16 1918, the highest ever made
in the opening competition OF national
tourney. The defeated player averaged
Is. Frances S. Appleby won the second
game by n margin of 1875 points. In his
eleventh. twelfth and thirteenth innings
he made respective runs Of 3S. 2s and
106. punctuated by daring, brilliant and
accurate draw and masse effects, yet
principally derived from excellent posi-
tion play and artistic nursing. As one
spectator remarked: HE averaged only
15 and should have beaten his brothers
average" Both of the Applebys were
playing for the New York Athletic Club.
Edward w. Gardner won the evening
game. He defeated Charles Heddon by
a score of 301 to 1874. Each player lost
one point by a miss and the revised
score was 800 to 1893. Under amateur
rules there are no forfeits. A player
must make his full quota. He can
neither receive any contribution from
ar opponent nor contribute any points
to an opponent.
Collins Begins Well.
The opening game was played by
Percy Collins of the Illinois Athletic
Club. Chicago. and Edgar T. Appleby.
representing the New York Athletic Club.
Collins won the bank and, counting from
the lead, in six strokes had the spheres
clustered in the upper left corner. where
he manipulated them for 20. at which
they became scattered. A long draw
and reverse two cushion shot brought
them back. At 80 an ugly alignment
was solved by a cleverly executed masse.
On mis- forty-second shot he failed to get
the objects out Of balk. From prom
ising leave Appleby made only 8, kiss
or an around the table drive stopping
him. In five strokes Collins had the
balls on the head rail. He worked them
for Is and left them wide apart. Apple
hy counted. but missed an easy second
chance In his third inning Collins be-
gan with q spectacular long shot from
the upper left corner to the second OBJ
ject, located at the first diamond at the
left end OF the lower rail- The stroke
brought the balls together and the
position yielded 19. bringing Collins's
total to rs. an average of 25.
Appleby's third inning produced 35,
the result of good execution and poor
mana cement. The next three innings
furnished ',ediocre scores. Both players
did we'll In the seventh. Collins gathered
40. chiefly from draw and masse ef
fccts. and Appleby. by rapid. apparently
overanxious operations. obtained AZ.
Both failed on single cushions. The
totals on even innings were: Collins,
1876: Appleby, 80. In the eighth inning
Collins gathered II and Appeby turned
his first hundred with run Of "a. At
the end of the ninth the totals were
Appleby. 1877: Collins. IA. Both failed
to count in the tenth. Then Collins got
away again and assumed comma nding
lead He ran 81, beginning at the foot
OF the table and finishing at the head.
On the 2fst shot by an exquisitely ex-
ecuted masse he solved an alignment on
the left rail and In the lower corner.
His skill at masse work was again EVIL
denced on his Goth stroke.