The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-05-01
FRENCH BILLIARDIST BEATEN
REROLLE OUTPLAYED BY CONK-
LIN or CHICAGO.
Makes = splendid Rally Near the Fihlsh
and Runs lOS, but Loses b. = Score o.
400 10 8AI-POgGenburg Too Mach
for Gardner IN the Afternoon Game.

Luclen Rerolle Of Paris, France, last night
in the afth game Of the 1879 balk line billiard
tournament at the L%iederkTanz for the in
ternationAl amateur championship. The
score was 900 to 3ll. Il was a well played and
interesting game, In which the Frenchman
made a superb rally and In which Conklln
made the best average 50 far OF the tourna-
ment, Rerolle ran lO3, which Is the high run
TO date Of the tournament.
The first real action in the evening game
was a long time In coming. For the nrst
nine innings the playing was indifferent and
embarrassing, but each man stirred things
up a Bit In the tenth. RerOlle shook on his
lcthargy and trimmed the worries for a mis-
cellaneous 4j' ConkJln, just 10 show thS
sunny France had no monopoly on spirits,
also woke M and constructed a chain OF
" links himself. lie turned into his second
string two innings later with a group Of 70
counts, the score then being lO7 10 "a In his
favor.
The Frenchman is a resourceiul player,
has had more 1872 experience than his oppo-
nent and when he Is good he looks very good.
The sixteenth inning found him primed for
an entertaining display and he played smart
billiards. He made q smashing follow into a
corner. driving the first ball and trying to
send II around the table and back The drive
was short and left the balls yards apart. A
splendid two cushion essay. from the ball
to the far end rail and back gathered them
on the nett shot. A thin masse was the next
count Of moment. The balls were carefully
manGuvred at the head OF the table until
the run reached 50. Then they rolled apart,
worked their way to the foot Of the table and
then were hammered back TO the head Some
midtable play followed, the Frenchman all
the while trying to regain position He missed
the siXty-siXth shot, a three cushion try, and
was In the lead by score Of 1850 to ~.
Conklin nearly caught the Frenchman in
the eighteenth inning, but when seven shy
Of a tie he missed q two cushion draw by
the thickness Of a spiders web and left a
was duly appreciative. lie ran 81, every one
In the balk spaces at the foot Of the table.
il was a plodding, droning sort Of a run,
but served to send Rerolle into his third
DinR-dOng play was the order. Conklin
went 70 the front l1 the twenty-frst inning,
when he jostled. the globes In somewhat
heller skelter fashion for IS points. and Re
rolle-w was ahead again the next time up. There
was more method In COnklin's twenty-th ird
inning, He entlced the balls 10 the lower
rail and kept them IN good control there
until he had run =. lie slid on too wide on
a straight carom, but was leading by seven
points,
me frenchman supplemented a single
count with two, goose eggs, and the hiatus
caused him TO drop further behind, ConklIn
getting busy m The twehty-siXth with q med
ley Of l3 billiards. The square jawed Cni-
cagoan found a set up In the twenty-siIth
inning, but didn't keep position long. lie
put his weight into several wide draws, how
ever. and made the balls yield points by COM
pulslOn. They travelled far and near, but !
the run grew steadily. was IS points In
size. and coming right after the run Of ~.
gave a lead Of i0l points TO the industrious
Conklin.
Al his stage Conklin wa, providing billiards
OF Al richly tiptOp quality. Rhythm had come
TO this play. The balls had been reduced 10 q
state Of plastic response to his ~CoaNing and
all three OF them we're pretty we'll controlled.
He ran 81 In his sPyenty-eiRhth inning. making I
a total n l5i In three consecutive innings.
He Was within eight points Of the finish and
a heroic task confronted the Frenchman,
RerOlle went at the task heroically. Under
the spur Of probable defeat he took the balls !.
in hand IN a husinesslike way and played
coolly and accurately. The occasion
called for his best and showed his mettle, |
From ?3S he climbed up and up and NaA still
going smoothly AT the 400 mark. A hard ,
and nervy three cushion shot earned great
applause, and at the count Of 70 the balls
were IN position for nursing. Very deliber-
ately he paused 10 file and chalk his tue tip
aud then he continued in his Unconditional
The applause was tremendous F,
W men ne HlhUt Ills nunuTt0lU count ana Inc I
phleg matic Frenchman smiled broadly. The
balls scattered At the lO3d shot, then came
a miss.
Conklin is a bulldog himself and went out
eight hard ones. The score;
>, o.nEIlP i. : : o 2 y 3 (, %. 81 2 800,
IS - 20. High runs 81, s. IS.
J., R 9. e, e 2 ~ ? ! L 4. \ 3 ihosH' &S,s ! az 5 |; %'
age--ll 20 High runs los, IS, Is
In the matinee clash the players were
J. Ferdinand PoggenburR and Edward
Gardner. both Eastern products. Poggeu-
burg was the winner by a score OF 400 TO 100.
was playing with a very lame arm
He had rheumatism In the shoulder bcfOre
The tournament began, and yesterday the
went Town TO his wrist, making II
ll the more difficult for him to manipulate
cue. However, he would have had to
play a pretty good game to win. for PoRgen-
burg did nice work and made an average
Of II and a fraction. He was in the lead
practically all the way. Gardner started
Dut a little better. but the counting was very
on both sides nrthe first eight Innings.
Then ,6S PoSsen6uTs began to Set his sir9kf
pretty cuelng that the big Liederkrsnz
did
The twelfth inning saw both men reach
Tor a dozen innings and Gardner 1903, A run
Df So sent Poggcnburg into his second century
and put him ahead. Patience and care
we're used by Poggenburg In accommodating
his pOrtly cluster. and for the first time
he heavy balls we're responsive to a nursing
stroke. The run ended abruptly. What
ooked TO be a simple one cushion shot was
missed because the cue ball did not take the
English after striking the rail.
The sixteenth, seventeenth. eighteenth
md nineteenth innings all netted double
breaks for PoRRenburg pretty fast
going. His average fattened up with q rush.
from less than , TO over 10 In q
innings Of play. Gardner, mean
while, was struggling along as best he could,
md being unable TO hold the balls had 10
in his points at long range, He made
complicated cushion caTom peaches
U his eighteenth inning, only TO come TO
yrief on a mlscue.
An aggregation OF 10 by P%oREenburg was
bizarre ensemble. Early in the run luck
Intended the shooter. taking the form OF
NO scratches, the cue ball being kissed on
or a count after II had stopped. The balls
hen spread, but a three cushion shot OF un-
lsual design was made and Was followed
~ a few. open table shots which reunited
10 go out in less than thirty innings
nd :hus beat the hest average OF the tourua-
nent, but he couldn't make II. The score:
p0!s'9Susg,OiO s,Ii%f%
400 Average ii 2sG High runs, IS, ", s..
Gardiner. %, q, o. II. 4, ,, s, S, 10, Z. 10, o, 10,
o. Average, Ssi,1 HlTh runs. a, %. %.
Demarest and Poggenburg will play to-
light. Standing Of the players:
conslIu Won 2 los! 0 Denarest-won l.
'on |; lost Gardner, Won 0, lost 2.