The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-08
FOSS MAKES A RUN OF 115.
NE EASILY DEFEATS COSkLIy OF
CHICdGO IN billiard TOURNEr.

" FroFe u 2D W " Nv ~ "tuueu
Averages Over Eieven-smith % ~.
Louis Defeats His ola Rival. ThreshIe
Of boston. In tho Afternoon at X. A. &.
Wilson p. Foss OF Haverstraw made a great
rui Of 10 points In his game last hight against
c. +. Conklin Of Chicago In the Class A billiard
tournament Of the A. A. L.. which is In prog.
res o. ths X. A. c. Only q BIT Of hard luck
prevented him from running tho game
out then and there. but the balls
got lined up In ono OF the fourteen inch
squares and In his effort TO drive them out
Of balk as the rules prescribe. he missed
his 10th shot. This left him only thirteen
points to make and he soon secured them.
winning the game by a score OF 400 10 1NS.
His great run was wildly cheered by a large
gathering OF billiard enthusiasts who had as
sembled TO Witness the game.
Foss and Conklin began soon after 3 O'Clock.
Conklin won the bank and after he had counted
three times Foss began business as though he
meant TO knock out McCreery's record-break-
Ing average Of the previous evening. He
played swiftly and with great confidence. His
opening effort was good for II. Next he pushed
up 3 buttons and then he poked the worries
for ~. These runs gave him a total OF 81
and 10 more In the fourth inning
brought his score up to 30. In the meantime
Conklin had gathered 30 In all. The next five
Innings brought few carroms TO Foss. but they
served TO pull him past the century mark for
an average OF 12b. A run Of 10 10 the tenth
tint at bat was followed by 2. II and IA. He
failed TO count In the fourteenth inning. but
his average was still above 10.
Conklin played quite we'll for a while. but
was MT able to hold his opponent in check.
The Chicago man scored sixteen in his
eighth inning and then after 0. 8 and 3 put
in another run Of ~, followed by l and o.
In the fifteenth inning he made his best run.
30. which brought his total up to 100. Foss
was only 14S at this time. but he answered
ConSlin's 80 with IL. While the Haverstraw
expert gathered three zeros and a fifteen his
opponent increased his score by thirty.-three N
In the nineteenth. Foss turned the half way
post in his twentieth inning with a break Of ~.
The score then stood POP 10 l43 in his favor. 1t
got in runs Of il. it, II. .. s al and s.. which
left him 100 points to go.
Atthis stage the veteran became warmed up
~ style ana the result was the highest run OF
the tournament. he was mildly cheered as. he
passed the 50.maLk and wildly applapdsd
lU, but he kept right on and had the balls
clustered In the upner right corner at ll5:
result. He failed to connect. but mia run OF
10 Is expected to win the medalonered by the
OF course, Conklin had no chance after that.
Foss only needed thirteen points to complete
his string. He ran the game out in the thirty
eleven and leaving his opponent at l9S. having
defeated him more than two to one. The
scores:
I f g, o ~ 5; q, 80 49, :, T.; @ = q TO- 2 q; u.
1Ib. 8. 3, = Total-+on
A ASsITiiSS-1i i'.s'; il. T 9 B T = q, 4. p, 20 O.
60 g. 3 4 2si IT, J. u. |, !. o, o. /, .. 81.
Average : 2s.st. High r%uns-as. %. 10. Ia.
Referee-Dr. A. b. Miller.
J. De Nun Smith Of 81, Louis and Charles
T.hreshie OF Boston had a great game in the
contest, toward the end and both finished
under the whip. Smith won by 400 to 377. but
the Boston mans final run Of 40 nearly scared
played neryy billiards in the face poi Of hard
leaves" Threshie had a bit the worse of the
bad luck y ANYTHING. The worries acted poorly
FIRST stage Of the game. The points came
slowly for thirteen innings. Smith in that
Ieriol having pushed up t3 buttons against
Smith, jumped to the front with a rapid and
gredominated; He carelessly missed an easy
Smiths score was now ia and the New Eng
lander proceeded to even matters up with
contribution Of "a. This placed the totals at
eight.
Then the 81. Louis men quickly forged ahead.
A run OF 3 was followed by one OF 26. After
counting / for his seventeenth inning he came
TSreshle only made ] point il toar innings.
his own coin and Smith made three goose eggs
and only l point In four innings. The
Bostonian's contributions totalled % In the
Smith then got the ivories eoino again