Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-06
AMATEUR BILLIARD
CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY

NEW YORK, March 6.-EdWard w.
Gardner, the present champion, and Dr.
I.eonadis L. Mial were the winners of yes
terday's games in the amateur champion
ship billiard tourney at the Liederkranz
| Club.
Gardner defeated Charles F. Conkhn OF
Chicago in the afternoon game by ooo
points to 299. 1t was long drawn-out
affair, lasting three hours and twenty-five
minutes. Both players did brilliant work
at times. but played with one eye for the
| shot and both for safety. 1t broke Conk.
Inns record as the champion "one point
winner" He has two such victories 10 MS
credit in previous Journeys.
DR. Malls deliberate style was to tanta-
lie poor j. Fred Poggenburg IN the night
game and he scored over the Liederkranz
man by 800 points to 200. Pogg1e started
we'll, but failed to maintain the pace Mai
strength was in his open table nursing, at
the style of Champion George Sutton when
he defeated Willie Hoppe recently In this
city.
Dr.. Mial holds the high run, 70, and
high average, % 1-33.
| the afternoon game, battled for forty-six
innings before the champion got the de-
cision by single point. Gardner led on
and played fast and we'll for the first ten
innings, during which he scored 100 points
and averaged IL. His run of 4S in the tenth
inning was a fine exhibition Of close bill
lizards, in and out Of balk. Several long
masses marked the run. Conklin was
slower to start and averaged less tnan IN
the opening ten innings
Slow Game.
The remainder of the game was gen.
orally slow, both men doing much open
table work.
Conklin made his best effort OF the game
in the eighteenth inning, when he licked
off 81 caroms by spectacular open table
work of the sort that brings down the
house. 1t brought the Chicago man to
within three points of the champion. Two
innings after Gardner again forged to the
front with run of 30. made by nursing up
to 30 and the remainder by open table
work. Gardner missed a long draw to the
cushion.
Conklin stuck to his task with the game
ness he is noted for and led the champion
by 8 points at the thirty ninth inning
After that 1t was nip and tuck to the forty
fifth inning. Conklin with 10 points to go,
by careful nursing, gathered II caroms.
With one point to go instead of trying
two-cushion shot and missed. leaving them
bad for Gardner. The champion made a
clever single-cushion shot, got the balls
together and ran points and the game.
The score:
0, i, = g S:sa1sF IS s. 3 j. = 8
T FL IT, 500 average. High runs: s. is IL
c. +. Conkin-lo, 3. /. Q, !. :, I, .. B., II, 9.
9, 1, Is, o, 2, 2 81, 0. l. 16. Q. "a. O. Is, o. 0.
5, TO- o, o, 4. O. o, g 80, ), o. 49, 0. 0, l, 0, 0,
Il. Total 900. Average. 1445 High runs, 81,
Mial an Easy Winner.
Dr. Mial won the bank and opened up
with a run of 10 in the night game. Pog-
genburg's first shot was a difficult bank.
which he made, and ran up to II. Pogge
showed more speed in the first four in
nings than the doctor. He touched the
worries for 81 buttons Then Mial took COM
mand In his eighth inning he made 80
and missed a difficult draw. In the
tenth he topped his run with - for total
of l76 points and an average of 1O1a with
Poggie at 81. The Liederkranz man then
took his turn at counting. getting within
80 points of the doctor with runs of %, Is
and "a.
Mial turned into his last 100 in the seven
teenth inning, when he ran 10 points for a
total Of 2O8
Mails lead was never threatened after
that He ran Is. %, 10, and finally ran out
with 81. leaving Poggie at 200
The score:
DR.. L. L. Mial-I0, o. Z, 4, o, q o. 90. g. 70 O.
2. 0. 8. o. u, TO- o; ls l. 2s 70, g. Total, 800.
Average. 300 High runs. "a, g. Is. w.
T. Mortimer, T. Rolls and Charles F.
Conklin will play this afternoon at 315.
Calvin Demarest will meet DR.. Mial in the
night game.