The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-08
BOSTON BILLIARDIST IN FORM.
Thrcshie plays strong Game In A.. 4. L
Tournament-Conklin Wins = t.amc.

Out-of-tovn billiardis,s won both of yester-
days games in the amateur tournament OF
the 4. 4. L. at the Knickerbocker Athletic
Club. &. 7. Conklin. Chicago. defeated
Or. 4. b. Miller. New lork.'in the evening.
The score was iOo to 272. In the afternoon
Charles Threshie. Boston. played the best
game so far forthcoming in the tournament
and ran AWAY from John llendrick. New York,
whom he defeated by 25l points. Threshie
was in great form and llendriCk in poor
form.
The opening inning In the evening game
did not promise much. but each man warmed
M quickly and went into double figures in
his second inning. Conklin. in his mcthodioal
way. raked in ~ points aud went into the
lead. Bunches of - and ~ gave him "A pro-
nounced lead and he averaged over 10 IN his
first 100. DR.. Miller meanwhile showed
entertaining proficiency at open-table play,
but his total was cut down by very narrow
misses OF easy shots while manpuvring for
position. His sixteenth inning was s%pectac-
ular on account OF the frequency with which
he touched on cyclonic long-distance shots.
DR.. Miller made his hundredth point in his
seventeenth inning. Conklin at the time
having 1855 in sixteen innings.
Conklin played even. steady billiards
throughout his second hundred \ couple Of
nice lenves from hi. opponent, inning helped
him along and his own skill did the rest
A considerable proportion 81 tonklin points
MAS mHOt ll nv v ~ NAAa'N 80
ball a good deal, rather wide, his position
work being only fair. but his execution for
individual points was effective \ run OF
was prettily done The balls had been dis
posed to scatter for him, hut This time he
nursed them close 10 a point OF intersecting
lines. giving welcome variety to the game
PLAYING carefully tonklin came. back with
Is. making his total 90 10 lr Miller III.
Uc would ha ye made more II lac had not at
temnted TOO long a reach, which made his
cue wabble lie was unreliable on, draws.
missing three which ended runs abruptly
Flooding runs of IS. % and - brought Conk-
lin's total 10 points pnst the 800 mark, with
Dr. Miller at $50. Dr. Miller picked uptoward
the La! with z o Glfy Sle run mRrS OF 3d. r nTs s C%@si'n
O. G 81 4. :. !. !. Il Il. a q. !! T. 3, z D.. 81 .. e. % 3. 5 {. Z. <, .. 3.
II r. m u % 81 8. q !" Is. Hyeiaae' no, 'o'1'' wv
Miller o. 20. ,. 4. o. II. o. !, ?, H. !. 5, 10. l., 9. .,
! :, o. e, 3 o. T. i' 70. =. o. s. 81 IS z Total Il l. "a Ss" iiilSS%si
runs IS, 20, 20; Avsrags, S7H
Svif, billiards from the outset were pro-
yidcd bv Threshir. Boston, in the afternoon.
Hendrick was lett lar behind in the tussle
for points. Ihreshie made an average Of
Slightly over o.. lie opened with a blank
hut cracked very few goose eggs. thereafter
steadince, and good control OF the globes o.
ing strong points OF his play. There was one
period In the game when the spheres re-
sponded 80 willingly 20 tho carcssing touch
Of hi, cue t,aI , nry, Rto innin Tvs points Tor
Threshle,s best inlinf msI rs twenty
ioyablc kin for a run OF 81 Not long after
that he again found them plastic ana culled
III points before they broke away from his
persuasive influence. There was Little OF
lint tendency to slump after big runs 20 often
Noticeable IN gaines. Threshie's average
wns better than any single average made In
last wears tourney. The score:
Thieshle o, :: :. s. IS: =. 8 3 o. u. q, a.. u.
a 9i. q 20. l. =. 4, o. ~. q. ?. Total. f0O. High
runs 81. a.. 80. Average, o % ~.
Hendiick I. O. :; !" o. 2; o 81. o. o, l.. o. o.
81. Z, Q. q, o. 3. o Total. iH. High runs-Si. ~,
ia Average. $ 20 Al.
Rererce-Florian Tobias.
To-day's programme; Norris vs.. Miller
in the afternoon. Sigourney W. Mial this
evening.