Danny Harriman Wins Derby City Banks
Harriman Beats Shawn Putnam for 1st Place
Day Four of the Derby City Classic named its winner of the 9-ball banks event.
Danny Harriman of Springfield, MO, defeated Steve McAninch of Toledo, OH, in the final match earlier this evening.
McAninch beat Harriman once before Harriman used his buy-back option to get back in the tournament and win the event 3-0.
The last six players in the event were Harriman, McAninch, Shawn Putnam, Louis D'arco, Tommy Stephenson, and Larry Nevel.
Nevel made quick work of his opponent Stephenson, who hailed from Middletown, OH, and swept the match 3-0.
Last year's runner-up in the banks event, D'arco, matched up with McAninch and defeated him 3-1, forcing McAninch to use his buy-back option.
Harriman and Putnam played a tough match on the featured Accu-Stats table.
Their match went hill-hill before Putnam fell to Harriman.
With only four players left going into the semifinals, McAninch and D'arco were in a rematch that saw McAninch as the ultimate winner, with the score 3-1.
Only minutes earlier, Harriman had finished as the victor of his match against Nevel, winning by the same score of 3-1.
Going into the finals, Harriman was the only one of the two who had not used his buy-back option.
Therefore, for McAninch to win, he would have to beat his opponent twice.
This match was also on the featured table under the hot lights.
The score was 2-2 for sets when Harriman missed a long rail bank and left a dead crossbank for McAninch, who banked two and out, winning the match 3-2.
Now Harriman had some added pressure on him.
However, he managed just fine, winning the first two sets to make McAninch feel the heat.
After awhile, though, both players appeared tired, possibly from the hot lights, and were finding it hard to run two balls in a row.
Finally, with the score 4-2 Harriman, McAninch sold out on a long rail 7 ball attempt, leaving Harriman the choice of two banks.
Harriman made a nice crossbank on the 8 ball, winning the match 3-0.