The sun., 1897-02-11
srARx,s SECOND DEFEAr.
He Falls Before Dr. Miller In the Tosrney
Another Victory for Poppcnburg.


Another Victory for Poppe.burg.
Champion J. Byron Stark of the Knicker-
booker A. Q. and his fellow member. DR.. A. B.
Miller. the Chesterfield OF the amateurs. gave
billiard lovers treat at their meeting last night
| as friendly rivals in the tourney for the inter-
club amateur cham pionship at Maurice Days
academy. The mon arc the top-notch-
ers In the cue battles OF 1897. Stark
being scratch man with handicap OF ESQ
and DR.. Miller right at his side with handicap
OF 240. Both mon are masters at balk-lino play
and position tactics. and are alike In the ease
and grace Of their stroke. Their acknowledged
skill led the throng of billiard lovers to antci-
pate an exceptional display Of cue art
DIR. Miller drew the first burst Of applause by a
supcrnne two cushion across the.tablo csrrom,
brilliant In execution and the best effort Of the
tourney up to that time. Directly afterward he
rolled up an exquisite series or w carroms OF
Both experts dropped on wofully after that.
and the game dragged until the champion rat:
tied OF little bunch of billiards TO the tune OF
with Just 10l to his opponents 80. He was
running up against pretty steady hard luck IN
q Jiry, aud they sailed right along together.
inning after Inning. neither being able TO shake
swllfui pervorseness and thwaried every effort
smashed with di.hoartenine frequency.
ception. .Dr. Miller woke up and gathered a
champion. as his adversary had now crept ahead.
ntt,e by little. He passed his second string
night. a break of 30. The champions game
went to pieces after that; He couldn't get the
man finally ended the suspense with a neatly
executed run OF 80 ltwas the longest game OF
the tourney thus far. The score:
a A n "A a A A n 4
&saSSSs. Il Il. iLcEss
- sisis & < {sso)ood4GS r,lo,,s,a,,to.iiSSsGaa99
SaS.o.La lis. go, o,o,&,i' i'o,i' 90 6.S'6,Td'S-
~ Stark '' g. @ f Foster E'
Ferdinand Poggenburs. tho big Lioderkranz
prowess at playing uphill billiards In the after
noon estts. & HS stacked up .rsins. his OLD ad
.sS and sRs sr pS pc
game that forced the big German A American to
hot work TO ward OF defeat Both players were
neat dozen In bis fifth inning. and he kept ahead
Of his Hercuiean adversary right along for
Ion csrroms were OF the star order. and
Ssshsa tn. widening the scores w,sca.
turned his first string with a break Of Fl and u
total Of 1lo points. the Liederkranz favorite
had IS buttons only on his wire. He buokled
down to business with liberalization u littlo
later. and began 10 turn out billiard OF the Of
fective sort that downed Cham pion Stark on tho
opening night of the tourney. A run OF 20, fol-
lowed by a little break OF 10, gave him a lead Of
standing l32 to 81 In his favor. and he gradu-
ally pushed ahead, closing with two hns displays
that netted l5 and ls, winning by IS points.
The ecore:
PPo{ssenaossrg tsooo'oots2aGto3;+sSsio5n2.So.;.
S;o IS ali 90 10 Ho'Gi.6aIai. s, SO.IS,
Observation-Disclosures. o.Ess ,aoo}-o;
!, 900. ii32 O., O. 2-loa.
High Runs -Poggenburg. 23; oakes. 81.
Rsferee-Col. fostcr.
This afternoon at o'clock Oakos will play his
third game. meeting Champion Stark. who 10
ESQ to 200 and In tho evening. at
$3.50 o'clock. DIR. l.. l.. Mial will cross cues with
Barnard, both handicapped at 900
points. Brookiyntss are greatly Interested In
this latter battle. favoring Barnard. the Mon
tauk star.