THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, September 23, 1994 TAG: 9409230686
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY BILL LEFFLER, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE LENGTH: Short : 32 lines
Johnny Archer's mission of winning the U.S. Open 9-Ball Tournament were dimmed Thursday as Tony Robles beat him, 13-11, in a late match.
Archer, a 25-year-old native of Twin City, Ga., who is the leading money winner on the Pro Billiards Tour and ranks only behind Nick Varner and defending Open champion Earl Strickland in the tour point rankings this year, whipped Bob Maidhoff, 13-3, after getting a bye in the opening round.
But Archer's run in the five-day, double-elimination tournament under way at the Holiday Inn-Chesapeake took a hit in the 7 p.m. matches at the hands of Robles.
``Most definitely I would like to win,'' Archer said. ``I've been second twice, I've been third and I have finished fourth. It would mean a lot to me to be the winner.''
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In one of the early matches Thursday, Tom Kennedy, the 1992 Open champion, defeated Virginia Beach's Dave Bollman, 13-8.
Other winners later Thursday included defending champion Earl Strickland, who defeated George Michaels, 13-5 and Steve Mizerak, who topped Donald Polo, 13-5; and Danny Harriman, who took a 13-5 win over Frankie Hernandez. by CNB