New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-09
KEEN BILLIARD FIGHT
Dr.. Uffenheiner Too Strong for
Joseph Mayer.
DRAWS AWAY At THE END
Few High Runs Mark Play In
Match for the Amateur
Championship Title.

DR. Walter =. Ufsenheirner. Of the CoI,Ir1-
bia Club. Philadelphia. defeated his club
mate. Joseph Mayer. by 20 points % 315 #
the national amateur championship az
baIkIne Billiard tournament at the Ham
HtOn Club. Brooklyn. yesterday afternoon
The keenest rivalry existed. and they bat
tied through more than half a hundred
innings by trying bits Of safety ma
nuuvring. until pr. T-menheir1er emerged
at the end triumphant by a good margin
and with an average Of 3 fs-58 and high
runs Of 20. 20 and g.
II was the first time IN an important
that DR.. .Cferheinler had de-
feated his rival. In a measure the rea-
son that Mayer failed % do better was
that he was so Overanxious that 10 warped
his judgment Morris u. Brown. one %
the contestants aptly denarksd. Mayer
was SO determined upon winning that he
himself and lost control. 50
that he could not have hit a balloon with
n snow shovel
Right from the start Or J-fenheirner IN
1icated that he had % a considerable de-
gree overcome the propensity TO drive that
had marred his other contests. This was
at once noticeable on his second turn az
the table. during which he collected run
Of % on close work. Several times during
this run he nursed the balls about with
rare skill That run was the keynote OF
his method Thereafter. and his finely played
clusters Of 20 in his sixteenth ming and 30
in his thirty-third were OF such a charac-
ter The weakest portion of his game was
displayed in his inability TO use his left
hand with the cue. The wooden bridge
was always an uncertain asset, and il was
! f4fT hon MIA
safe for forced left-handed shot from
lis leave.
DR.. Walter E Unenherruer cvhite baI,-o IS.
?. 4 Il. s. 4. 13 ?. 3. 0. 9. 10. .. .. o. 80. Q.
H. Is. o g. /. o. 8 total d 400 5oSis "a aver Fl
age 4t-59. high runs. %. 80 and 81.
Joseph Mayer spot banj-4 l. o. :. O. 8 3. Q.
! s. = l. o. o. > 81. ! i Il 10 = l. o. O. s. x i.
= l. 20, % 2 an, 81. =. 49,, o. J. lS 2. 2;
runs. 80 81 and =.
RefsreeGThOras Gallagher. MarHer-Harry
Williams
Edward W. Gardner. OF Montclair. y. J..
won the evening game. defeating ], Fer
linand Posgenburg. OF the Liederkranz.
20 points 70 $50 with a winning av-
rage Of 51-h and with high runs Of 90.
IS and 80. Two things contributed 70
Iardner's victory in a large degree. one
was his skill in overcoming difficult cushion
problems and the other the fact that Pog-
senburg struggled with a large assortment
1f bad breaks when seemingly he had
,Oaxed the balls % rolling well. He was the
victim also of a decision as 20 counting on
4 masse shot upon which the referee Tom
Gallagher, and the spectators were divided
n opinion. Gallagher and some Of the spec
atOrs were Of the belief that the cue ball
Jailed 70 connect with the second object
pail POggenbUrg. whose spOrtsmanliks
action in many tournaments has been am
ply proved. declared that the count was
made and he was sustained by many q
hose who sat about the table. Anyway.
he decision came al a critical period. and
{ served 10 throw POggenburg of his
same.
The two veterans began their strings
With a beautiful show OF close play. using
he short table 20 such advantage as 70
average nearly % for the first hun
lred points. Then POSgenburg began 70
experience trouble by bad rolls OF the balls
md Iine-ups. Gardner was in much the
same prediCament He 0vercame the situa-
ion. however. by dazzling cushion cOmbi-
iatious and masse shots. his angles and
urprising use of English accomplishing
much toward snliveniug a period that
otherwise would have been prosy billiards.
n contrast. POgsenbUrg appeared at a dis
advantage and even at times careless. so
hat he fell nearly a hundred points be-
ind
Then POSgenbUrg endeav0red 20 reha-
ilitate his game by developing his stroke
" some cushion mauouvring As he began
o overhaul Gardner the latter's antics as
e rooted fer the ,hinly-sideI carroms fur
ished some amusement Tor the crowd.
finally Gardner got the balls rolling well
or him and finished out his string with a
yrOtechnicaI display OF three and four
UshiCu shots iuterspersed wiki bits OF def
.ursins. that left his old r.ya. far behind.
The summary follows.
Edward W. GARNER ,spot oaD-4 - 3 -
=. 2 70. 2. q. l. i. I. %, o. rs. l. So 9. 4. >.
:. J. 8. .. 80. L -3. 4. 2. . 8. . o. o. &. 0. 81.
I, .. 3 Total. 100 points. average. Q S1-41. high
lns. 81 36 and So.
j. Ferdinand Posgen5urs white baID-2. N
, Q. =. = -. n. o. o. :. /. 16 Z q O. q T. B.
4. o o. A. :. Is Z. 4. .. . q. IN. IS Is. = o
, o ., - Total. 80 points. average. .. high
Referse-Th5uas Gallagher. Marker-Harry
Williams.
viii bring the Brooklyn champion. Morris
,. Brown. against the PhiIadelphiar. Dr.
Walter T. Jnenheimec. I'm the afternoon
anne NJ night the intercity champion.
oseph Mayer. Of Philadelphia. will meet
Ferdinand PoggenbUrg