Free game world championship 1937

10th Free Game World Championship
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	Casino Bern, Bern
Opening:	February 18, 1937
Endgame:	February 22, 1937
Attendees:	12
Defending champion:	Juan Butrón
Winner:	Juan Butrón
2nd finalist:	Ernst Reicher
3rd place:	Constant Cote
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	87.65 Juan Butron0
Best ED:	500.00 Juan Butrón0
Maximum series (HS):	01972 Juan Butrón0
Venue on the map
Bern
← 1936	1938 →

The free game world championship in 1937 was the tenth UIFAB world championship in the free game. The tournament took place from February 18th to 22nd in Bern , Switzerland.

history

The new and old world champion in the free game was again Juan Butrón in Bern . In his victory he showed unprecedented records. With 87.65 he set a new world record in the general average (GD) and improved his record high series (HS) from last year to the new record of 1972 . The title was not yet certain for Butrón in the final round. After a defeat against French Jean Galmiche, the last game came up against the previously undefeated Austrian Ernst Reicher . Butrón was able to catch up with Reicher on points by winning 500: 107 in 10 shots. As in 1934 in Vienna, there was a stabbing game. Reicher was involved again. He suffered the same fate as in Vienna. His opponent finished the game in one shot and won the title. For the first time, the Frenchman Constant Côte landed third.

Tournament mode

It was played in two groups of six players in a preliminary round in round robin mode. The last two in each group were eliminated. The remaining eight players played the world championship against each other in round robin mode. The games against the eliminated players were not counted in the final round. In the event of a tie, the following order will be applied:

1. MP = match points
2. GD = general average
3. HS = maximum series

Preliminary round groups

Legend

MP	Match Points (winner = 2; tie = 1; loser = 0)
Pts.	Achieved collisions
Recording	Required attempts
GD	General average
BED	Best individual average by a player
HS	Maximum series
	Best GD of the tournament
	Best ED of the tournament
	Best HS of the tournament
	1st place (gold)
	2nd place (silver)
	3rd place (bronze)

Preliminary group A

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Juan Butrón	10	2500	29	86.20	500.00	972
2	Walter Joachim	8th	2120	80	26.50	55.55	395
3	Pierre Fauconnier	4th	1872	47	39.82	71.42	263
4th	Walter Baltus	4th	2044	76	26.89	62.50	301
5	Julio Bofill	4th	1314	107	12.28	20.83	213
6th	Juan Cabra	0	745	67	11.11	---	127
Group average : 26.09

Preliminary group B

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Ernst Reicher	10	2500	74	33.78	83.33	482
2	Constant Cote	6th	1818	38	47.84	71.42	229
3	Jean Galmiche	6th	2225	73	30.47	71.42	194
4th	Rudolphe Loeb	4th	1822	68	26.79	166.66	498
5	Charles Inaebnit	2	1587	73	21.73	33.33	267
6th	Cornelius van Vliet	2	1222	82	14.90	17.24	179
Group average : 27.38

Closing table

Closing table

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Juan Butrón	12	3006	39	77.07	500.00	1472
2	Ernst Reicher	12	3107	66	47.07	125.00	493
3	Constant Cote	8th	2321	62	37.43	71.42	444
4th	Jean Galmiche	6th	2834	73	38.82	125.00	442
5	Rudolphe Loeb	6th	2402	66	36.39	166.66	498
6th	Walter Joachim	6th	2286	86	26.58	71.42	486
7th	Pierre Fauconnier	4th	2687	50	53.74	166.66	457
8th	Walter Baltus	2	2485	106	23.44	41.66	301
Tournament average:					38.55 (without stitch section)
Tournament average:					39.32 (with stitch section)
Tournament average:					31.55 (total)

Stitch game

	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
-	Juan Butrón	2-0	500	1	500.00	500.00	500
-	Ernst Reicher	0: 2	0	1	0.00	---	0
Placement according to stitch section
1	Juan Butrón	14: 2	3506	40	87.65	500.00	1972
2	Ernst Reicher	12: 4	3107	67	46.37	125.00	493

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Court: German Billard Newspaper . 17th year, no. 2 . Cologne February 1937, p. 37 .