New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-17

A comparison OF the records OF the two amateur
billiard tournaments which have been in progress
for the last two weeks offers some interesting food
for thought. Threshe and Smith being accepted
the leaders in Class b. and comparing them with
Stark and Poggenburg, the two scratch men I'm
the slosson-Day tournament. the records favor the
club men, as against those who have rebelled
against the authority Of the Amateur Athletic
Union and played In the professionals tournament
Smiths best average was II S-27 Starks 10 POPS
Threshe's 10 1929 while Poggenburgs best was
na run Ra w Smith fTeG sda with ., the highest
longest was GO. and Poggenburg's H. AS a matter
naments were played favored the sosson- i DAILY
players; inasmuch as the Class games were
a large building. with many draughts which played
havoc with the balls. Several times during the
that the ivory chilled that It was impossible
for them to make short delicate draw shots sue
cessfuy.
The Crescent Athletic Clubs pool championship
tournament has reached its final stage and j. T.
Mcmahon and ]. f. Beckwith will meet tomorrow
night in the final game. For two weeks the mem
bers have been playing the pool games nightly
and all but two Of the original thirteen players
entered have now been weeded out. Beckwith held
the club championship last year and he is the gen
erai favorite for to-morrow's final game, but Nc
Mahon has shown exceptional skill In of his
preliminary games and his friends believe he will
the tournament, and Beckwith won very easily by
100 to 20. but Mcmahon was badly out of form. and
he feels confident OF turning the tables his
queror tomorrow night.
Considerable adverse comment has been stirred
up In bowling circles by the players who have sud-
denly appeared the Knickerbocker and New
York Athletic Club teams In the Athletic League
series. II Is difficult to establish any hard and
fast rule TO what constitutes a professional
In bowling and attempt is made in the big
tournaments TO distinguish between amateurs and
professionals. This fall the two big athletic clubs
have been recruiting their teams from the ranks
OF the crack bowlers in the large championship
tournaments The New-York Athletic Club has
acquired the services Of Charles Klngehoner OF
the famous Morningside team while the Kncker-
booker Athletic Club has gone its rival one better
by playing on it's team Charles Starr whose pro-
fessonal standing cannot be questioned, since he
is the manager OF STAIRS alleys in West Fifty
ninth-st
The Hanover Clubs handicap billiard tourna-
ment proceeds steadily each week but the sched-
ule is long one and the end is not yet In sight
In Class there are only three players, and each
plays the others twice. G.. J. Ktching leads In
this, having beaten Gaubert twice and Swain once
HIS last game against Gaubert played on Fri
day night, and was won by only five points Kitch-
Ing will complete his schedule this week when he
meets swain for the second time. II. r. Molten
hauer leads In Glass r, having won 1--WE games
without a defeat He has still four games TO play
for there are ten players In this class In the
last class, William Krumbeck Is in the lead hav-
ing nine games and lost only one with two
more To play. and his chances for first honors Ia
this section are rosy.
The KncKerbocker Athletic Club has arranged
for series of members and open competitions In