Show LAYTON VICTOR IN I IGUE CUE GUE TOURNAMENT I Defeats Cannefax in Champ I Match at Chicago CHICAGO Dec 14 John H.-John John Layton of or St. St Louis last night won the national three-cushion three billiard championship b by defeating Robert Cannefax of ot New York 75 to 6 64 In 99 09 innings The contest was the final one In the I playoff of oC the three-cornered three tie which resulted in the final round of or play The I I gave save Layton a a. record fourteen gaI gaides eS won and two lost Cannefax won Avon I the title a a. year ago Neither man played consistent billiards tonight Cannefax resorting to safety play which held Layton's score down until near the middle of the game when the new champion broke through and ran eleven cleven points giving him th the Hid lead 46 to 42 42 In Inthe Inthe Inthe the sixty-fourth sixty inning In this run Laton Layton Layton Lay Lay- ton made three difficult shots but left himself naturals on the other eight While Cannefax held Layton Larton safe In Inthe inthe the early innings he was waA was unable to take talo advantage of or his opponents opponent's lapses several several several sever sever- al times missing naturals when he seemed I certain of or making a run At one time Layton was held scoreless for thirteen In Innings innings In- In but Cannefax counted only a few points in that period Layton i formerly held the worlds world's pocket I I billiard championship but only in recent years has he contested for tor the angle championship His play in the preliminaries preliminaries preliminaries broke records for speed none of his games going more than fifty fifty- five innings DeOro was the only man to beat him and he then won ten straight finishing first The victory brought a 1500 cash prize to Layton and a n. salary of a month for the next year Cannefax while losIng losing losing los los- ing his title received a cash prize for second place and will get a month for the next year The score every ten innings Cannefax 9 15 IS 18 18 28 25 33 38 38 45 45 56 61 61 64 Innings 99 average 3 13 high run 4 11 12 12 23 23 26 ho iSO 30 33 as 33 49 49 58 58 04 64 75 73 Innings 99 average 85 high run run 11 |