New-York tribune., 1912-02-19
CONKL|N RALLIES To WIN
Defeats Joseph Mayer IN inter
national Billiard Tourney.
MATCH SWIFTLY PLAYED
Champion Threatens to MAKE
New High Average Record,
but Fails in Attempt.
Standing in Big
billiard Tourney

Overcoming a bad stroke. Charles +.
Conklin, of Chicago, the 1911 winner of In
ternational billiard honors, last night de-
feated Joseph Mayer, the Philadelphia
champion. By a score Of 400 points to 212
When once he had mastered control Of the
worries Conklin went ahead with consider
able rapidity, and he threatened TO hang up
new high average, so that his'old rival,
Poggenburg. became nervous and left the
grand ballroom Of the Liederkranz. for he
saw his figures dwindling. But with the
prize within his grasp Conkln bunsled
masse shot. and it required a few more
turns at the table for him to finish,
II was a swiftly played game, however
and Conklins average was II 22-2I, with
high runs OK as G3 and Al. Mayer also
went along at good gait although he was
far behind at the close, as his average was
1012-26 and Ills best runs 50, 80 and 49,
BY the beginning which Conklin made II
appeared as il he was in for a defeat. He
fairly hacked the worries around the table
and It required no effort on the part OF
Mayer to start off in the lead, which he
did with closely played carroms for runs OF
16. and - for his first three turns at the
roms. Conkin, in his sixth inning, man
aged TO get the balls rolling along the rails
I'm fairly good fashion. Gradually he soft
ened his touch. and In short time he had
ivory, cue and stroke In harmonious ac-
cord Then at the forty-siXth count he Ied
the globes TO the head Of the table ana by
wonderful manipulation along the short
cushion and in the corner squares he tcked
off total of IS before missing the red as
he played a thin cushion shot OF few
inches. That run placed Conklin in the
lead. and he held It right on to the end
II was the signal for Mayer to find diff
fculty I'm collecting the globes as he had
become cold following Conklin's run, and
for time he seemed to lack all semblance
of accuracy. Meanwhile Couklin three
turns after his big cluster backed 1T with
81 and IS. which was even closer billiards
than his first effort.
The great Chicago amateur, however,
really struck hts gait when he came TO
the table for the seventeenth inning. Then
his phenomenal position manpuvring
was shown at its best lie controlled the
spheres splendidly and at all times held
them SO closely punched that dinner
plate might have covered all three. His
short drives were excellent and. he de-
monstrated the superiority of his method
and stroke by executing his draw shots
with rare certainty.
In his twenty-frst inning he put to-
gether n massive cluster Of CS, that car
ried him inside his first one hundred points.
II was all dainty nursing at the top OF The
table. and the miss seemed foolish. as
the globes were within two inches Of each
other. but Conkln failed to give the cue
ball sufficient legs to make the carrom.
Two turns later II seemed as If he was
sure to put up tho average record, so dett-
~ was he playing, hut this time short
masse tripped him. and then Mayer gave
him some hard ones, SO that his average
fell below the l5 which Poggcnhurs made
last week.
The scores. follow:
EVENING GAME