New-York tribune., 1908-05-05
GARDENERS CUE BATTLE
WINS TIRESOME CANE.
ConkIin NOzC Ont Of International
Billiard Tourney.
STANDING OF THE PLAYERS

Edward Gardner of Passaic. defeated c =.
Conkln. of Chicago. in the International amateur
billiard tournament az the LIederkranz last night
Gardner made the necessary 40 points while
Conklin struggling 10 accumulate 34s. ard
neither did anything Of the ordinary. the win
ner averaging 10 2o-Ss. as against 9 i5-T for tne
Chicago It Gardner's arsr victory OF
the tournament. and incidentally II deprived Conk-
lin OF possible chance of figuring in a triple
tie for first place This would have been possible
if COnkliI had won last night and ReroHe should
have beaten Demarest il the last game tonight
The game tiresOme and long drawn out.
lasting until after midnight Conk1iu played sound
although not brilliant billiards The start and
until the halfway point had been passed looked
like a reasonably certain winner He then lost his
stroke. that Gardner. playing a slow. dsliberats
game. finally gained the upper hand.
Among those present were y. NJ Delnss- Sen
ator Cannon. Of Utah. and ex-senator Towns. q
Minnesota.
Gardner the bank. but missed the frst shot
On an open table try COnklin scored hts first
count. but failing to get the balls together had 70
be content with a collection OF four Gardner
started of as If bent doing something in the
second but after counting twelve missed
difficult draw
ConkIin could do nothing until the inning.
when he nursed the balls for total Of twenty.
and after his opponent had failed IN the fourth
the Chicago representative continued TO increass
his lead He kept the ivories together working
smoothly along the rail and drew applause On MS
hftieth shot with difficult cushion carrOm draw
The Westerner sIicked OF six before Re
missed on a difficult cushion carron At t1ac
stage the totals read Conkn 50 Gardner a
The fifth sixth and seventh innings we're fairly
productive for Gardner. who raised his total 70
64 but in his half Of the inning Conklin. with
run Of tweuty-0ue. easily passed the hundred
mark and sat down with 90 his credit
II was slow work for time after that both
men getting three goose eggs OUT Of the next SIX
innings Gardner finally passed his inst century
with two hard cushion carrorns. but missed on ths
next ConkIin Immediately got going again ana
coaxed the balls together long enough 70 click on
forty-sfx thereby materially increasing his lead
The score az the end Of the fourteenth lnr1ns
stood. Conklin l97. Gardner lol
II his sixteenth session Gardner made good
run of - Al the outset he clicked of several good
omen table shots before he got the globes to-
retber. When he sat down he had 1s2- Conklin
made only in his half and still led with a total
of 19s.
Gardner drew I'd level with MS man, and the
score board read % each in the twenty-seeond n
ming Up that time 1t had been slo" and IN
interesting billiards. especially on Conklin's part
the Iarter N eight consecutive innings had made
only -
In the twenty-fourth inning Gardner got the balls
under excellent control A brilliant draw nettsd
him his dftieth count and he added twelve more
before he nisclIeJ. This of 81 was the best Ne
has made in IN. tournament The Passaic man
then led 80 70 z4G Thereafter he always looked
like a winner. and finally settled matters with an
unfinished run of IA te- thirty eighth inning
The scores follow,
oarduer-o IL / O. 1s. 10 p u. "A. O. II, e. o y
IIs - o O. = "a Total 80 4v+rage- 10 %
C1nkLin-4. q %. 81. : / q u o. . II O. "a 80
Is. :. n Total z4sS 4veras- i5-a7-