New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-08
GARDNER WINS AGAIN.
ROLLS GIVES HARD FIGHT.
CORklin also Scores an amateur
Billiard Tournament.

e W. Gardner. the present title holder. end G i.
Conklin scored victories yesterday in the national
amateur billiard championship tournament IT the
Liederkranz Club. Gardner defeated y. Mortimer
s Rolls. 81 philadelphia, in the evening game by
score OF 800 TO e45, in twenfy-eight innings c. F.
Conklin beat DIR. j. j. Nial in the afternoon game
by a score OF SOC TO I2l. in tweuty-siX innings
The feature OF last nights game run of IS
by Gardner, in the twentieth inning The highest
previous run was - made by Dr. Mal. Rolls made
a stubborn fight 10 the end. and in his last inning
made pretty Of A. points. retrieving himself
for some Indifferent play early in the game.
A good sized crowd was in attendance, but the
game dragged, and a number Of persons left their
seats before ii was over.
Gardner won the bank hut failed 90 score. Rolls
got a single cushion csrrom and left the balls IN
good position for his opponent. who clicked of
p and followed If Up with Is in his third inning,
while Rolls could gather only H. The score at the
enc OF the thlrd inning was, Gardner 49, Rolls, z.
ings, but Rolls finally got the balls rolling ana
SIePt up with 10 IN the ninth inning and . IN the
w9ieh have Won so many matches for him in Phila-
The score at the end of the fifteenth inning was
SardneI; lLS; Rolls ll6. Gardner, having gathered
he would work the nurse TO the limit. but he
Of the able or III this Rolls s faed to take o adj
Of The seventeenth inning the score stood, Rolls
3 11, s ISS Gardner drew away IN inc next
reenth was Gardner, $50; Rolls l49
tventyrst shot in the %entet inning @ and the 1S
continued until he had made the high Of the
he got the balls in position ana nursed them back
ana forth with skill and precision. His siXtySecoud
was brilliant masse He was loudly applauded
when he passed the mark-72-set by DR.. Mial.
and there was a groan Of disappointment when he
The inning occupied thirteen minutes and Gardner
lsd by los points. the score being: Gardner 25s;
IN the next four innings Gardner added "a TO
his string. leaving only is TO 60. HIS three next
were misses, and Rolls began 10 creep up. ana IN
his twenty-seVenth inning gathered In 4 points by
length OF the table lie missed on an easy draw
Gardner began his twenty-eighIh and last in
ning al n:o', and with careful play ran out his
The scores follow:
70 Gs a n Q o . 9e = ? 2 10 8 o.
Average 10 ao-2s High runs IS ~ 20
e 5 o q . , a. a. =. 4 4a,ll as s. g. % o
Average . ? ., High runs ~. g. "a
Referee-Edvard Mclaughlin.
c. Il. Conklin. the champion in 1896 defeated
Dr. I. /. Mai. OF New York in the afternoon
game The Chicago expert made the necessary
800 points in the :wenty-sixth inning. which gave
him average OF fraction under 70. DR.. Mai
was apparently unable 10 settle down and only
Conkn took The lead AZ the outset. and at the
completion of the seventh inning had totalled 100
eighteenth inning. Conkn reached 23f TO Dr. Miars
199. lie added - in the invent y-third inning and
won three innings later The score follows:
c. T. Conklin-4 L. . 30. : I. IS. r. S 6 = 1o5
:. 3e, lc. a. / ]. O. H. 30 9. ?. . Total $40. High
i5r J. j. Mail 10 o = a. g 4. J. O. o 80 Q. . 3.
run 't se Ayeres 3 IL 2 20 J. J. Total III High
J. n s Rolls and J. Ferdinand Porgenburg win
meet At S:l5 this afternoon for the eighth game Of
the series Tire players tonight win be Calvin
Deraarest and DR.. /. L Mail
The standing OF the players TO date follows:
,.. Name Won Lost Same Won Lost
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