Well, he put the cue ball where he had a bit of an angle, to bring the cue ball off the side rail. The OB wasn't too far from the pocket. Hohmann had only been sitting for a run of 25 by Appleton. But Appleton's 25 was immediately after the intermission, so Hohmann hadn't shot for maybe 40 minutes, and his last shot had been a bad miss. So there was that + the heat and humidity + the pressure of the championship on the line + ...
Yeah, he dogged it. Most of us don't need any of those conditions to miss one of those shots.
