New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-17
BILL ARDS.
STARK BEATS TAYLOR BY FIVE POINTS IN
THE FINAL MATCH FOR THE CLASS x
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP.

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Tho aratenr billiard tournament for the Class B
cbarnionshin OF the country was finished yester-
iav at the Knlckerbockar Athletic cub Iheaue
with two Of the most exciting matches on record
Stark beat Taylor by just five points. ana Posgeh-
burg beat Smith by sever. the result gives the
championship TO Stark while Taylor and Smith tied
FOR second and third places. They VIII play on
this tie Monday evening The amphtheatre wnich
ras been built around the table in the club theatre
seats over eight hundred people and every seat was
filed with standing when the mai match
began last night Stark was the general favorite
and his previous play has been much better than
Taylor's that four-hfhs OF the big crowd expected
him 10 win easily. To the surprise Of all the
Westerner Jumped of in the lead with run o.
81 in the first inning. lie kept adding to his ad-
vantage too until he led at Il to II In the eighth
inning Then Stark ran 80. but Taylor more than
evened up matters by pling up 81 and then H.
There was no letup in the fast play OF the west
erner and he maintained his big lead up to the
thirty-frst inning when the score stood 30 to l76
Then Stark began plucky uphill fight that finally
landed him n winner lie made Is. IA and II in sue
ccssIye innings and reduced the lead OF the Chi-
cago expert, but runs OF 20, and IL brought lay
ors scor. up El. and he needed only nine points
10 win the game The excitement was intense,
and Stark plainly showed the strain he was work
ing under. He piled up q in his thirty
sixth inning however and Taylor missed;
then q and Il. against two more misses py the
Westerner. With only three more to go, STARK
left the balls up" for Taylor. and groan
went I'D from tho crowd Taylor ran = ana IN
making the NTH shot failed TO drive the object-ba
the game Stark easily clicked off the last three'
and the championship was his. The score foho"''
stark Q. /. Q 5. g. o ~. 1. 10. Il, O. o. o. O.
Z q ; 26 10 3. !. o. 10. .. TO- o. 4. IS H. u, l. :.
II l. % II g. Total-3'D. Average 2-4o high run
Tsylor-si. O. . 10. 10. . I. o. 81 1922. .. O. H.
al.
The afternoon game was much like the other
Smith led until the very last inning and then
Poseenburg ran out the game. The Westerner had
everything his own way at FIRST. ana the score
reached l55 10 % In his favor Then Poggenburg
hogan to make big runs. In the next seven innings
he ran 30 D. 10. 10. H. and IL. but Smith Kept on
clicking off the caroms and maintained big iead
despite clever uphill play OF the New-f OIL ker
Al the thirty-ifth inning Smith led by ZtS TO l"s
bur PoggenbIrg ran % and ~. and gradually
cravled up on his opponent until his score stood
al rs when Smith made his last run OF and
missed lacking only points for the game. Then
Poggenburg gritted his teeth. and by the cleverest
kind OF play the whole % and won the game
The score follows:
O. r 3 so s5 iS L. TO- IS o. o. g. +
o. 10. 20 90 .. l. 10 J. 10 o. 20 Total-a" Aver
age i2-43 High rIn-40. - . . 90
s".h' y - - 2 q 10 10 q a. o p as 3
l. 2 .. !, l. 5, 3, . Totai-ce3 Averare-s az
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