New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-07
GEMAREST is A WIZARD
FoTlLS FOSSS AVERAGE.
Rents Poggenburg IN 90 Minutes
ConEIm Wins Matinee Game.

--,,i, Denarest Of tho Chicago Athletic Assc-
80 defeated Ferdinand Poggenbure. of the
C.~gn Iiedorkranz Club, Of this city, last night
A. lei points in the fifth game Of TIE nauonal
...eur billiard tournament tho score being 800
. -eo Old time billiard experts agreed that the
-. vas the fastest they had ever witnessed he
tween amateurs
.;v,eer for Deuarest and fifteen for PoZ6enhurg.
- eofsre5 In ninety minutes and Demarest's
a,lx V-.ts The cue admittedly the fastest and
-leapeet ever seen in this city He made a run Of
ss hi seven minutes. and his final run of 81 in
which he ran out. and wen. was made in eleven
minutes His average wss Is l2-lf-equalllng that
~ Wilson p Foss. the amateur record--and that
- Taoggenhurg Q 4-l5 DensTest's highest run was
4; Considering the fact that he has played less
.ta7 four years, Demarcst's work IS thought
little short Of phenomenal. As he has now won
tvo games in the tournament he & looked upon
rure winner q the first prize Or Mail and c.
= Conklin 10 play The matinee game this after
noon. aud Z. Y. Gardner and J. n s. Rolls to-
night.
Long before the time scheduled for the game to
becn. tho seats in the beautiful Iiaderkranz con-
GER HAN we're nearly al filed with enthusiastic
lovers 81 the game for i was 70 he A rcd letter
night. with the Young Western champion pitted
against tho .N-champion ~ he house club-Pos-
renburg. Mark Twain. with HIS bushy head Of
white hair. vas there. and near him sat Edward
e. Gardner. the present champion. Charles F.
tf.hllii. 1ff j. j. MAJ ana j. NJ = ftoIS. TIE
other contestants. watched tie game closely. as
did Frank 7. Newell. president of the Chicago
Athletic Association. and many others from that
city. who cheered young Demarest when ne SOM
the worries spinning across the table in extra
difficult shot II VAS notable gathering Of mon
With sprnkling Of women. that watched and ap-
plauded the players from start 70 finish
Demsrest Won the hank and led off with pretty
cluster or p. about half al which were open table
shots the balance being nuIsed into position. he
Ia
two innings which gave Kim total Of s.
Poggenburg's first essay was a run Of j. fol
lowed by s. then two innings without a count
He then settled down business for run of p
of which the first Is were nursing shots Al one
end Of the table. His nineteenth was masse. and
from the twentieth the fortleth they were all
nursing shots. He Tlisrued on MS lfteth shot.
making the shot bar losing his position lie finally
missed on the ffty-th.rd shot draw.
Dernarest, in his eleventh inning, made II
g in seven minutes. Such fast PLAY astonished
some Of the oloer experts Masse and other diff
cult shots made without moments hesta-
ton the halls scarcely being At rest when the shot
was made.
With cluster Of Is in his ninth inning Poggen-
burg tied ms young opponent, retiring with total
showed Is and 5lt aar Slti5 , mn If Is in
the eleventh had placed him l6 points ahead Of his
Dsnlarest passed the 200 mark in his fifteenth
Inning, when p" carried the balls from the bottom
70 the ton Tai. nursing and driving without hesia-
tcH One Of his shots. skyrocket affair. with the
forth turi i2 Of appianls 4Rof2er Spectacular
shot backward masse in which it was most
simple draw near The top rail proved Demarest's
undong when he had made IS. POgSenburE made
oElT in his half
Demarest electriled ne onlookers with his fne
Work IN the siAt lnning. IN which he ran out
the game with run OF ..
II had been Chlcago's day. for lis other repre-
sentative Charles +. Conklin. the afternoon
game from J. n :. Rolls, Of Philadelphia hy a
score Of goo 20 196
Densrest- IS u. -. o J. . : q. . q Sc n e - &C.
P7gEeubarg-l5 $ O. q - 3 q o Is ~ % 4 l.
Total. 100. Average. = -l5: high runs. y. Is -
7. Mortimer s Rolls ana e T. ConkIin played in
narnent. and conkn won easily in the thiTty-thTd
inning by lef points. the score being Conkn. zoe:
Ro!ls ~ to9kln average was ? 5-s8 that Of
Rolls. $50 The highest run was a. made BY
GouElin IN The TH'eut third inning.
Rolls the bank and led of with a Of 81.
which looked encouraging for his hackers. and the
pace a good Cne If he had kept II up. hut his
tFo next turns counted nothing and he scored only
= IN the next eight innings while Conkiin- who
bringing his total up 20 ia At the eleventh inning.
10 Rollss o. The latteTs play was not on a par
With that Of Monday 0isnt. when he PLAYED against
DenareSt lie attributed has defeat 70 me cpldness
81 the room and the heaviness of The balls.
Most 81 Rolis's play yesterday was Of the open
table variety while that Of Corklin included many
Draw shots and several good massE shots.
IT in the tWenty-tllird inning that contin. IN
bis run Of ss passed his 300 mark being then $
tweutytourth inning. but il awaited him little, Tor
al tie tWeuts--eighth he was stu q behind ard
conklin had only q - 80 10 finish he ran our On
his twenfy-seventh shot il the thirty-tEird inning
leaving his opponent lo4 in the rear.
The scores follow:
Rolls q. O o 2 %. Q e o. 2 J. +;a3s
z; Z 3 81 5,r !. o. gns - 3. % - I0''' '''
Gsasiin@3 s O. = . 4 u. : .: i8. 81 :. o !. 2 :
2 = g / 2 asb runs rs i . ~ IS q Total
Referee Edward Mclaughlin Tine OF pay IL o."