New-York tribune., 1911-02-14
MAYER RALLIES TOO LATE
Makes PIucky Uphill Fight in
Billiard Match.
GARDNER MEETS DEFEAT
German Champion Takes His
Measure After Long See
saw Struggle.
sr.~pyNG OF THE PLAYERS,

-. :. clever exhibition II safety play Jo-
.or, u.ver Of Philadelphin. furnished
remarkable ending to the afternoon nalch
i'm tho International amateur d. palk hnc
billiard tournament yesterday at the LIE
derlrarz He checked J. Ferdinand FOG
eenburc the former champion. ard IL was
onIy by nervlng himself a. the eleventh
hour that Poggenburs was successful IN
u,,nina hy tho score OF iOo points to 38
pogperh,,re's average was 10 1899. and his
high runs Il. IS and S The defeat ciosea
Mayers part Of the tournament without MS
having won contest. HIS average vas
/ 10 2-2s. and his hest run 81
II was in the twenty hrs' inning NAV
/ Naver began 10 change the outcome or the
match. Posgenburg then !ed by III points
/ end had been forging ahead as u bent upon
/ creating tournament average RECORD
Adroitly and With crafty eXh,bltion OF
cue work Mayer began 10 leave the ivor'es
so widely separated that Posgenburg "as
soon in difficulties. Mayer had come up to
within II points cf the former champion
when Poeaenburc made supreme effort
and finished out the match
Albert Poensgen. the German champion
won a long. ding-dong match in the even
ing. He defeated Edward " Gardner, the
American champion 4oo points 10 $50
Twenty times during the contest Poensgen
presented his opponent with such attrac-
tive leaves Of the ivory balls that IT should
have been easy for Gardner to win. His
stroke had deserted him. however. and he
PLAYED sllttles with the ivories most of the
. time.
on the other hand. Poensgen tried but
could not execute with certainty and the
! game dragged along for nearly four hours
/ and a half Finally Poenssen came TO the
! table when Gardner was pra actically at the
I end Of his string. and put together an un-
finished run Of a. that contained perfect
I balk line The run won the match. and II
administered the first defeat Of Gardner.
The averages fell to s SO for the winner
and 4S-49 for the loser.
The two matches that will be played to-
day will bring together Or. Leonidas j..
Mial and Gardner in the afternoon and j.
Ferdinand Poggenburg and Charles F.
Conkin in the evening.
Poeeenburg won the bank In the after
noon game. chose the spot ball end careful
IL made / Mayer started off well with 10.
and then little scoring was done until the
fifth inning. when Mayer gathered in 81
pretty ones and showed that he was In good
stroke This made the total, Mayer As +;
Poggenburg. L.
Then Pogeenburg settled down TO his
stroke After few open table shots he
gathered the balls at the foot OF the table
and scored point after point In close play.
Once in O while the balls scattered, but he
had them generally in good control and
brought them back again until he had made
IL Then he slipped up on rather dif-
fcult spread draw This run gave him the
lead. and ne contiuued to improve his posi-
| ton. Mayer had many opportunities but
| failed on what were apparently easy shots
| through carelessness. When the balls be-
gan to run for him he was overconhdent
and then got mad when he failed. At the
tenth inning the totals were: Poggenburg,
l26 Mayer. 10.
From that point Poggenburg did not DO
so well, while Mayer steadily improved his
position, until he had crawled up to within
easy striking distance. Poggenburg, how
ever. was not to be denied, and he ran out
in his thirty-ninth inning.
The scores follow:
AFTERNOON GAME.