New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-12
M|AL WINS FIRST GAME
Defeats Joseph Mayer in Anna
teur Billiard Tourney.
SHOWS SKILL IN CONTROL
Reveals Great Possibilities by
Brilliant Playing, Hitherto
Not Shown.
STANDING OF THE PLAYERS.

Displaying rare skill in control OF the
ivory globes Dr. Leonidas l.. Mial won his
first game of the International 1872 oak
line championship tournament yesterday al
the Liederkranz Club, 5sth street and Park
avenue He defeated Joseph Mayer, or
PHILADELPHIA. by 400 points TO $50, and In so
doing bettered his average record with ns-
ures OF 10 1890, while his high run also
went 10 TO 81.
Mayer fell of, with an average OF only
s 1929. while his best collection OF carroms
tailed A. The nicely Of control by Wnlch
he man,ruvred for the balk line positions
was the siren 9Th OF DR.. Mails performance
He counted frequently in double ngures'
and his run Of So was interrupted once by
a spreading Of the worries that, as DR.. Mial
brought them together again to continue
revealed possibilities which have not SHOWN
In former matches.
BY a dazzling assortment OF rough and
ready billiards Charles F. Conklin eliminat-
ed Albert Poensgen the German champion
as an international possibility In tho even
ing game Conklin smothered the German
by the score Of 400 points to $50, with an
average OF 1s025 and high run OF u. In
the first portion Of his string Conklin played
amazing carroms for big counts. His first
ten turns at the table Tailed total or 2Sb
noints. an average Of better than 2s. which
IS the record held by Calvin Demarest, who
made Il three years ago in the worlds
chamnionship matches As for Poensgen.
no was at all times uncertain and lacked
the confidence necessary TO make the most
OF his opportunities.
DR.. Mial won the bank at the beginning
cboSa tho white hall.
PLAYED and retired Mayer started in well.
He seemed I'm good stroke. and gathered In
rs pretty ones before he missed. Then DIR.
Mial got busy. He played deilcately and
carefully, and the balls rolled nicely. so
that he was able 10 make 81, and then
missed a sipgle-cushion shot. With runs OF
II. Is. 13 and Mayer took his total TO 81
at the end OF the' fifth inning. which was
twenty more than DIR. Mla had TO his
credit on the board.
Mayer was in good form in his seventh
inning and. mostly with close work, he ran
a. which increased his lead somewhat. as
DR. Aial. in his half of the inning, had
made q. In his next effort the doctor made
a fine run OF SO. while Mayer scored 10. and
then. after each had made small scores.
DIR. Nial made his high run OF the game,
So He was In fine stroke, and had perfect
control OF the balls. He played in his
usual good style, occasionally breaking the
epell by addressing remarks TO the worries
when they did not break just right.
The regulation opening shot fell to Conk-
lin upon his winning Of the bank In the
evening competition, the ninth OF the tour
nament series. Two turns at the table
were necessary before he settled into his
work. And then he settled for fair. He
NM together &c that for scntilating cushion
work was wonder on his third trip TO the
oraen topped plateau. A careless foul mo-
mentarily checked him. But he came right
hack with a 46 that was Of the same va
riety. and then wide spread caused him
TO miss an inning.
Then the really spectacular billiards be-
gan. In sequence Conklin Tailed runs OK
II 50. so. 70 and "a, total OF 2o7 for hve
turns. 1t was enough to stop Poensveo.
who had been playing with tho sanse In
difference of result that he hsd in other
matches. The one phrase. open table play
ing. best covers Conkifn's performance 1t
vas ball 10 ball billiards. But all through
II ne maneuvred with a certainty Of exc
cUtlOn lldl COuiRtHSN tho 49,
spectators, and frequently their applause
IIis run OF 70 was counted all over the ia
hIe He favored the short rails and the
corners but when the worries lay widely
senarated ne knew the shot. and, best OF
all ne made IT, Finally the spheres rolled
into the lower right hand corner and In an
attempt TO draw too finely. Conklin missed
Poensgen. finding the globes In nice po-
sition. worked them around for pretty bit
OF nursing, the only effort Of this kind in
the contest, and he negotiated his best run.
cluster OF a.. Then for a period the
worries seemed rebellious and Conklin's
chances of breaking record averages fell by
the wayslde.
The summaries follow:
DR. l.. l.. Mial-o. 81. o. T. g. .. 81. So. Z. 81.
IL o, 81 Total. 400. Average. Is 10 30. High
runs nossn6 MayerYi6, H. Is. IL. 0. O. Al. ~. p
! q q | al 10, l. /, o. l, q, o. 8. 2. 10. 10. l.
| 10 = 8 I3 Total, go. Average, $3.50 HigL
runs as Al and 10
Referee. Albert Cutler.i
Charles +. Conkiin-7, o. 20. "a, o. II. 20. So
~, "a. /. 0. o. l, 8. g o. T. 4. IS Q. Total, 40
points: average. 10: high runs. 72, 10 and so
| q. 2, o. l. o. H. % l.. 0. o. 10. 0. i. Total. 100
points; average. 1924: high runs. ~. 70 and II
| Tefereo-Albert q. Cutler.
YALE SWIMMING TEAM WINS.