The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-17
RILLTARDa
stnrk Wins the Glass II Championship
Taylor and Smith n Tie.

stnrk Wins the Glass II Championship
Taylor and Smith n Tie.
J. Byron Stark won the class B amateur
billiard championship last night at the Knick-
erbocker A. @. Theatre after the most sensa-
tional match seen In many years. To the sur
prise OF oil. Taylor held the lead all through
tho final game. but Stark finally pulled
out n plucky uphill fight, winning by o
points. There were odds OF 10 to Z offered
on Stark before the game. and a majority OF the
big crowd OF enthusiasts that packed the the
atre seemed confident that he would win easily
from Taylor. Stark seemed nervous and anx-
ious. while Taylor was fairly trimming over
with confidence. The former won the bank
but missed the opening shot, and then Taylor
gave n toretaste of the skill he showed later by
starting his score with a splendid break Of 81.
Up to the ninth inning Stark had made Just
22 points and he seemed more anxious than
ever, for Taylor had piled I'M II. Then Stark
got In his first good play with n run OF 33. but
the Westerner Immediately came back at
him with RI and added Ia more the next
inning against l for Stark, The New
Yorker afterward struck a bad streak
again and Taylor increased his lead to nearly
100. With the twenty-frst inning a long stern
chase began. but the Chicago man kept max
ing the carroms almost as fast as Stark. The
score was POI 70 253 In favor OF the Westerner.
and IL was dollars to dOughnutS he would win.
But stark never despaired. and two runs OF
20 aud IL against two goose eggs" brought
him up close to the end. He slipped up on q
difficult single-cushion shot. and left the balls.
so 1t seemed, easy for him to make the last nine
and gathered In four. and on his fifth shot,
q short draw. he counted, but failed to drive
the balls out Of balk, to his great disgust. The
balls were then all punched. and Stark easily
made the three points he needed and finished
his plucky uphill struggle amid a perfect
storm of cheers. The score:
Stark-o, 3. 1. .. 8, g., o. g. 80, 1, 10. II, 3. 90,
o, o.. I, 3, 8. 26. 10, 3, 1, o. 10. 2, 10, o, 4. %. IL.
II. !. 2, 21. /, ~. II, 3. Total. 800. Average.
I 2o.4o. Highest runs. SO, 2s, 20, 20 and 81.
Taylor-31. ., ,, 10. 10, ,, 1. ., 81. IL. 2. o, ?. 8,
90. q. o.. II, .. q, &. Total, 2n5. Average. Z 22-39.
Highest runs. 81, -. -. 20. 30 and 10.
The. Poggenburg. Smith game in the after;
close finish. like that between the two Vest
erners on Thursday afternoon, .Poggen-
burg, complained OF the balls before the
match began. and refused to even try
them when he found that the new set promised
had not arrived. In the first sixteen innings
he seemed utterly indifferent, but. then the
balls began to roll to suit him and he got into
the game with q jump. He finally won by a
score OF 300 to 293. The score:
PoggenburR-3, 1, o /. /, /, o. o. 3. o. ., o. O, g, o.
o. 40, %. 10, IL. 10. 2. 10, o. o, {, 90. o., 2. ?, !. o,
is, o. 26. 20. 81. 10. l, 10, D, 20. Total, 300. Aver
age, . 42-43. Highest runs-4o, SO, 20. 70. ~, 20,
and 10.
Smith. II. 1. 10. =. O. 4. i. 10. SO. o. 10. 80, 20.
o. o. 8, o. =, -, o. 10. 3. II, o, o. 10, o. {, 8, Z. 8. 2,
@. ~, q |. ], s; g. 9. Total 2g$. Average.