The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
GARDNER BTLLIARD CHAMPION
sseatesaIv psayes Defeats t~~ks1~ tn
flnal Game.

OAHDNER BbLBbNHD tHNHFSON'
MsasssaIv pssyes Desea. Cessation IN
flnsl Game.
Edward " Gardner Of the Montclair
Athletic Clnb IL rho amateur champion AZ
1872 balk line billiards. lie defeated Charles
ConkIin Of the Chicago Athletic As-ocia-
ton in the inai game of the tournament
last night In the Hamilton CIuo. BrookiTp.
by score Of con 60 ais. That made his sixth
victory and bs vsat through ths tOurDA-
ment without defeat. IL wAs q hard game
and both players felt the strain IL took
| Gardner forty -ons innings tn complete bar
score. For long time Ia was nip and tuck
between the two. and u was not until he
started his last hundred tina, Gardner began
10 draw away from hls rival Both men
PLAYED nns billiards. They made some
rernarksble shots.
c. D. COnklia and j. Fsrd POsgeRonTg
are tied for second and third prizes With
fOur virtOrIes each. They ~liI play of
this Afternoon ! Fsrd PoggenbuTg Of
the Lssdsrkrans wins the high average
pTi1e With 70 is-2I. and Joseph Mayer Of
Philadelphia wtns tho high ran prize ui'h
! q run Of ~.
The game pagan with q miss for TEA rdn-r
and COnkIin gathered in eight hefore he
missed. Gardner scored two aud COnkiin
got the balls rOliinG and clicked OF : Nine
I
| which COnklin followed with oD~. II vas
! very sppaTent that the two men uer- plaN %
| ing WaTfly. FeN chances usr- being taken
and q MITES lett the worries - that difficult
shos had TO 0s made la hss tonTth inning
Gardner succeeded IN CoaHing th" balls
intO po.it ION 80 that h. was s6i: 70 max.
| In 10 ard the score was q 'te. 81
| 'Onkltu In hts sixth inning made N With
rolled badly. 6GI b. s.ored On veil planned
shots This run gave him lead Of p.
Gardner found far s~tup when be began
| TO play his eighth inning and cOaAed the
| hall. dellcasSty 80 that Ja cATrom- wss ths
result aud st the end of the tenth inning
toe score Was. Gardner, 20. toukltn, 81
| WIN q rim Of \ IN hls tNslfhh inning
Gardner rounded out hts arr century lie
failed on = single cushion shot aud YET, 40
| easy sesup Tor COnkEn The thIcagOsn
was not siow 10 take SdvantNEe. OF ~ and
TaR -. he too failing on q single cushion
I end Of the nfIeenih inning the scOrs ws-.
Gardner. ~; IOnklin. los.
| VITA runs OF = 2 and y twice Gardner
! reached lSe COnkhn made 10 In his STA
I ieenih and tied the scoEe Wuh . ran Of -
IN he seventeenth lie fai 81 on mss-s-
! and lef' he bale 40 scat,ered that Gardner
/ had 10 play a difficult twO cushion shot 10
count he scOr~d and fsn -. Then the
balls hnsd up. VITO the red ball ~ ne rorn"t
| Out Of the Nay. aud following scored u
was Ike an exhibition shot and called foT'n
iAiisd on d'ii%Gii single cushion .6o; sSd
/ left them lined up A. the twentieth inning
ne nor ~ 'p S's ,v.soa1sS ,nnins mad.
a ins Tup Of 81 and Conkl'u made 10 IN bis
4 twenty-thiTd
some very spectacular shots we're made
| by both PLAYERS, but scoring was slow
| The score ~ the tWenty-nfth inning was
Gardner 2ss. Conklin 10. ..,..
. clever run Of 70, and Tn hi. next eft
him only behind Gardner. Who had total
gained HE lost advantage In. the thirty
fourth inning Con kiln had the balls IN
the upper right space aud had made y
spart. but Referee Gallagher called no
count The spectators were watching. the
ssS as Ssry " E an" 1Bo sss e. tie o,hsr
~Rd OF the table. asked a few who AT near
@. .Sc. made and being assured Ia 40 20
ran rs and got 10 within f'E of Gardner =
Gardner ran - in his neIt inning. and
made ~. all beauties, in hts thirty-ninih.
H~ had to work hard foe nearly every one.
COnkIln made 70 in nj. thirty ninth, missing
at the fortSe'h inning was Gardner $40.
COnkIIn sis. In hls next inning Gardner
ran out with -. The score:
ras s. . o. o A. Il. "a. 81 T. !:
1 q Q. %. Q. "a. / 49,. :; = .TO'~i.
Charles ) CoaLin. 81 I. g. : 90 80 J..
9;at 4 o. a'":SS a. r "a I. s Il Q. w. 20
SEQ l. asb Z ia a. : 2 s. y ''''' "' average
game yesterday afternoon at ihs8HiAmii-
ION CluS SdsfTSs,,nEy ol Hr ., Msl.sr C,:
/ BY q srOTe Of 600 TO I6s. ~ was PoG genburg's
ioar,h victory hs sstaSli"hsd ,. ns-
which gives him the special prizs. Ne made
/ high runs % 90. - and 81.
u vas apparent that POgEenburg was
1 striving for = record run and average IN
i this game. A. he remarked following
naHrant miss cue that sent the ball Jump
| ing from tho table 10 the floor the only time
| IN the tournament series: tt's the Old
| story. the harder you Try the worse yoG
n PosSenburg vas IN his old time fo-r.
dolicatsiy nursing the ivory globes. IN he
nPst tw0 tuntnRs Re respectively COUNTIES
| 90 and "a The corner sguaFea yielded large
returns for his careful manUuvrnR. Al
Of PoGgenburg'g Fniases we're 81 the sifnplsat
% caTToms Othervtas PoeEenburE played
10 great good fortune; ~. Douglas pre-
Der Of estups Indeed there wac little OF no
safety play lndulged IN.
III DIV Douglas on mia part displayed fha.
II unevenneus Of execution that has been char
Il actertRfic Of his competitions such double
II figure runs - 10 put together rsvsa led
al Of the deftness OF POgEsnburE b.:
without the same dsEtsr,sy Of ma n,'I.
/ further.
The score:
g. Esrdi-snd PsgE.nsurP--n - O. a .
2 = rs..l 81 :, tS y : is is-a Ma rue. !
Dr. = wsi.r Q. p.Srs.-ARsS4OMn
IaS ( q 9. nS.,%A I; . = >, AZ Z A.; T 3.