New-York tribune., 1905-12-03
SWEEP FOR POGGENBURG.
Wins EUery Prize in Lederbranz
Club Billiard Tournament.

J. Ferdinand Poggenburg defeated Charles r
Conkn by score of 800 TO 2i5 in the final game a.
the amateur billiard tournament yesterday after
noon at the LiederkranZ Club, and thereby rada
clean sweep OF every prize offered by the tourna-
nnent committee. Poggenburg finished with a rec
ord OF four victories and defeats. Conklin ana
Bdward w. Gardner. the other two contestants
each lost three games, and won one, each winning
from and losing 10 the other. Neither was able 70
beat the winner
the permanent owner of the Eagle Gold Cup ana
also gets the prizes for highest single run and best
single average. The tie between Conkin and Gard
ner for second and third places will not be played
off. There will be a dinner for the players and IN
vited. guests at the Liederkranz Club next yedpes
day night. when the trophies will be presented T.
will be sort Of a Poggenburg love feast.
The best individual average made in the tourna
ment was 15 fat, made by PoggenbUrg IN the open
ing game with Gardner. which he won IN twenty
innings. The highest run was 81, made By Poe-
genburg yesterday afternoon in the game WITH
ConkIin. The next best run was s. which va.
also made by the winner
BY winning this tournament Poggenburg does
not take the national championship title which
Conklin holds. This title will be played for in the
rooms Of the Chicago Athletic Association. at Chi
cago. next March under the auspices Of the Nation
al Association Of Amateur Billiard Players Of
America The association will put up a new en-
blem for competition. It is expected that the en-
tries will include, Poggenburg. Gardner. Conklin
Norris, s5igohrney. Threshie. Smith, Foss ard
Stark
DETAILS OF THE GAME
ConBln won the bank and started or with fvs
carroms. Poggenburg missed, and Conklin By
clever round the table play marked up q -Four
was the best Poggenburg could do IN the second
inning. and he followed this with goose egg IN
the third In the next inning. however. he got the
ivories rolling nicely and rapidly put together g
which he followed up in the fifth inning with B
He added five more in the next inning, and then
ran off q In the seventh. He missed In the next
ONLY, 70 repeat the q count IN the ninth inning.
Again Poggenburg drew a blank. but az the
eleventh try he rolled the globes with a magic
touch. and when he finally missed on difficult
uassa shot he had tailed 81 carroms. the high run
of the tournament This gave him total OF Sls
for eleven innings and an average Of 10 1o-n
ConkIin in the mean time had got only two dou-
BILE figure runs He had q in the second
inning as already told, and he made II In the
eleventh At this stage Of the game therefore. he
had a total of only "a, and was 16 points behind
Poggenburg.
Oddly enough Poggenburg took bad slump after
his big run, and in the next six innings made only
II carroms Conklfn on the other hand. braCed up
somewhat Runs of % In The fourteenth inning
and "a in the sixteenth swelled the Chicasoans
total so that at the end OF eighteen irnings the
score stood: Poggenburg, Z3S; Conklin, 15l.
In tho nineteenth inning Poggenburg tailed 2s
and ConkIin o. At this point however, both play
ers fell off again in scoring. with the result that
Poggenburg lost a cbnce to mako record aver
age.
and nut together 70 carroms. This gave him a
total Of 21S PoggeubuTg, in one less inning, had
tailed 279 1t also proved to be Conklins last
CHARGE at the table for Poggenburg in his half
Of the twenty-sourth inning rapidly ran cut the
averaged y 12-24 and Conklin 224 The score FOL
lows
J Ferdinand Poggenburg-O. 4. ie A. O. z o. -
Gversge 5 = - il "a High rurs-46, 81 q, 91 26
Charles F. Conklin-5. o, ., 4. i. o. ). . % y IL o
o IS O. 81 l. S %. s. 10. 70 Total 2ls- Average
Q . 81 High runs-27 2S. 81. 2S.
Referee-Edward Mclaughlin