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Show AMATEURS PLAY BILLIARDS. San Franciscan "Wins First Game in Chicago Tournament. CHICAGO, Jan. 5). W. uj Slcnoumcy of Son Francisco won tho first came, class A, amateur billiard tournament, becun at the Chicaco Athletlo club tonlcht. Hla opponent WHK Charles S. Norrls of New York. When tho Pacific coast rcprvscntatlvo rtrached tho 3'M inurl: his opponent'a score was but 212. Slrcournoy'H avernco was S 4-27, while that of NorrlH waa C 22-20. Althouch defeated, Norrls mado tho hlch run durlni; tho contest. Whon Slcoumoy fell down on an ,casy shot, havlnir only one point to co to win tho Kiime. Norrls, who had be;n playlnvr In hard luck all tho ovunlnc. mndu u run of 40. llo was too far behind his opion-rnl. opion-rnl. however, for Ihv run to do him any cood, and Slcourney ran out tho necessary 3CO on the next lime iiji. Slcourney started ofT In the lead with a run of II. Norrln'H llrst Inntnc n-tted him 4 joint. Slgournoy continued to lead up to th' sixth lnnlrwx, when Norrla, with n. nin of 29. cnlncd a. lead of 2 points. In the next InuliiK. however, Slcournoy ayaln forced ahead with n nin of It and remained In the lead until the IIiiIhIi. Slcourncy played a consistent camo all during dur-ing the content, -while Norrls, who nppeard to bo In bad form, wan rather erratic, mltwlntr ninny easy shotw, havlnc 12 coose eccs scorcM ncalnsl him In tho 20 Innlnc hu played. Slcourncy maJo sjivcn cooso cccs, nnd this cut Ida averaco down durlnc thu latter part of tho contest. On account of tho Mckness of hla father In San Francisco, If. A. Wrlcht, thu other Pacific Pa-cific coast representative, withdrew from the tournament today and left for homo tonlcht. This leaves but nine men to content for tho Brroklyn i::icl' cuy and the various other prize offered by tho Chicago Athletic association. |