New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-14
BEATS CONKLIN EASILY.
Wins Fourth Straight Game an the
Amateur Billiard Tourney.
STANDING OF THE PLA.ERs

Calvin Demarest. tho Young wizard OF Chicago.
at amateur billiards. the fourteenth game OF
the tournament for the national amateur cham
pionship last night At the Liederkranz Gun. &c
feating c. r Conklin. Of the same city. by ll3
points. the final score being: Demarest, 800 Conk-
lin. 49, Demarests average fo- the twenty-three
innings he played l3 1-23 and his high run lO2;
Conklin's average for twenty-five innings was
SLIP and his high run So Demarest will meet r.
w. Gardner tho titleholdor in the final game to-
night. In the afternoon J. F PoEgenburg will play
of tie for the fourth prize with Dr. Leonidas l..
Mai
Demarest has won four straight games while
Gardner has three victories and one defeat 10 ms
credit. II Gardner should heat Demarest tonight
a tie would result and the two players would have
10 meet again. big crowd was in attendance
last night and Domagest was apTlauded vigorously
on the slightest provocation Among those present
Mr. and Mrs R. J. Schaefer. Mr. and Mrs
Burchard. Mr. and Mrs W n Klenke. \. T. Sauls-
hurry. Charles GuIden. W. J. Duane. Louis Y Love.
John NJ. Ruch. William DrisColL {. NJ Folsom j.
Joseffy Charles Kirby and Maurice DAILY.
Conklin played clever billiards in streaks, but he
was hardly I'm his hest form. and the outcome was
never in doubt after the tenth inning. DemareSt
showed 4 wonderful mastery OF the balls and
played with skill and precision In the seven
teenth inning. when he made the high run Of the
game with l02. His work the whole, however.
below his average. He missed many com
parativey easy shots and failed 10 score in seven
of the twentythree innings II he had not been too
hasty in making a masse I'm his seventeenth inning.
when he had Toe to his credit il is more than likely
that he would have broken the record OF lla Tor the
tournament, and might have beaten the amateur
record 81 l3e held by the late Wyman McCreery, Of
Cleveland.
Denlarest the bank and made the opening
shot from the left side Of the table He got an
other nj close quarters. but fell down on seem
balls scattered. however and Conklin was unable
innings CnDtIir, d9in- ~ better work nv netting
eleven in the fourth. Just missing By hairbreadth
Misiudgment robbed Dem3rest Of sure carTom m
ten at close quarters Demarest failed on long
draw and eft the balls in good position for his club
added ten buttons 10 his string and then missed
two-cushion shot the fun length OF the table.
the tenth inning n1 me and be nursing them carefg
with we'll Judged drives for position. ran his score
up TO Sc, when he failed on long two-cushion
shot. Conklin opened his half Of the tenth inning
Win me nalis IN e.ose HraSr lie nlISe9 mem 10
Eood purpose near 10 me Top rail- ana noiEed 'leIn
in and out Of the top balk spaces until he was
shot The former champion played great billiards
an the way. but missed single carrom shot which
looked easy the spectators lie made forty
carroms in this inning. which put him one point
ahead Of his young opponent, the score being 81
Demarest passed the first century mark in his
eleventh inning; but failed to score in the following
inning. while Conklin drew two blanks oyercon-
hdenee STOPPED Demarest after he had added i
DemareFt HS5de pretty run Of 81 in his SIX
used chalk He missed daring masse shot. Conk,
lin did not score ia his half Of this inning, and
rapid confident stroke lie scored on his thirty
eighth shot. but the referee did not 81 Conklin.
who watching the game closely. told McLaugh-
lin that the shot had been made and several OF the
onlookers yelled the same moment, That
counted This graceful act on the part of Conklin
was loudly applauded, and Demarest continued AT
a apid pace.
Demarest went along at racing speed. and was
playing so truly that il looked az though he would
surely make new amateur record run. Once
more, however. he careless sanCuiue
and slipped up a masse shot I'm the upper left
hand corner after he had made a run of l02.
Conkltn added nice cluster Of Sc TO his string
In the nineteenth inning. the feature Of which
brilliant spread draw I'm his fourteenth shot. The
score then stood: Demarest 265, C0nklin l6l After
making 70 IN his twentieth inning Demarest fol
lowed With :. Conkiin drew n blank in his half Of
this inning. and then scored Il in each hs last
two turns al the table Demarest drew blank in
the twenty second inning. but out with
finished run Of in his half Of the twenty-third
The score follows:
Deilarost. p ? o. J. . .. ~ 90 ? o 10 o II
. O. -, lo2 q. 3. % z q :. Total son. Average.
- Ia. High runs. lO2 90 81
l5 o II. = 80 o - 49, Total ISL. Average ll-22.
Referee-EdWard Mclaughlin.