New-York tribune., 1912-02-17
GARDNER TRUE TO FORM
rorner Champion Shows Ability
with Cue for First Time.
BEATS MAYER WITH EASE
abandoning Safety Play He
Amazes Gallery with Brilliant
Shots at Billiards.
Standing in Big
Billiard Tourney

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p,,eved OF the strain of figuring as
-ss,h,a champion. Edward w. Gardner,
~, CORNER national Glass a champion, yes
..raav, naused IN his campaign Of playing
sa,o,v billiards. with the result that he
s.,oatAd Joseph Mayer. the Philadelphia
ahor,n,on. by score of 800 points to 1886 in
.hs ninth game Of the international anna
,spr ,s2 -balkllne championship tournament
al the ~LiederlTanz.
csrdnsr let his stroke have free play,
,nd he brought off some phenomenal
cushion shots, which for brilliancy of exc
,ution have not been duplicated In the tour
lament lie abandoned safety completely
until in the last few innings, when Mayer
,assed and threatened him. At every stage
c,rdner's cueing was considerably more
,spd than in any OF the previous three
Games that he had lost Then he worked
with marvellous execution, which amazed
the spectators. and while IL contained little
Ar no nursing his wide carroms showed
ingenuity in method and handling. Even
with goodly share Of unremunerative in
nings. Gardner finished with an average of
II t.ss and high runs OF As. 80 and SO.
Mayers average was also good, as Il
figured 9l2-SS. with high runs Of 50, 80
and g.
From the opening inning il was at once
evident that Gardner intended TO change
his old system-not that he could complete
" shake off disposition to play safe once
IN a while, but he generally went out after
the shots, and got them. The former
champions stroke was easy. and while for
a time both he and Mayer hung together,
It was Gardner who gradually drew ahead.
This was due chiefly TO the fact that Gard
ner is not a close player He kept the balls
rolling about a good deal, and as a con-
sequence when Mayer went to the table he
vas usually faced with q lot OF cushion
shots. and. with the ivories rolling none
TOO we'll for him, he was soon in the back
ground
Meanwhile. Gardner was plodding along
He had 10 execute we'll. for he was con-
tinualy sewing himself up. When in the
worst Of fixes Gardner brought off ingeni-
Gus cushion shots that for tricky gauging
Of speed 10 avoid kissing were nothing
short Of wonderful. Occasionally he failed
10 extrlcate himself. One OF his most re-
msrkabe shots came in the thirteenth in
ming. when he made a run OF IS.
Mayer. after bungling lot of the easiest
sort OF Shots managed TO rehabilitate his
game until with a run of 80 that was chief
ly collected at a wide nurse he managed 10
pass Gardner in the twenty-third inning
He held the advantage for four innings
when Gardner worked out big cluster
d IS by a wonderful series OF open
csrroms. Then there was session of re-
sorting TO safety which completely baffied
Mayer, so that he appeared to stop. Gard
ner sacrificed his average for a time. and
then, with a lead that appeared safe 10
him, he began to play the short rail again
for pretty cushion shots. completing his
string with an unfinished run Of o. On the
whole. Mayors double-fgure runs were
better billiards than Gardners, but his
lack OF steadiness cost him the match.
The scores follow:
AFTERNOON GAME
Ewsrd ". Gardner spot balD-9 3. 10. 49, 81,
Is 5, 0. T. 3. 80. 4s. @ !. 2 IL, o, l. II, o,
23; total, 800 points; average II 4-3e; high
oss.I /, g 6, 25. 0. I. g. %. 50. 2, S. o. 80,
&. :. 2. O. 3, IL, 0, O. 0. !. 4. 12; total,
20 points; average. 0 l23e high runs 30,
Refcree-Tbomas J. Gallagher.
Helped along by a phenomenal burst Of
,peed which he needed at the end. Charles
T. Conkin. of Chicago. the international
winner of last year. last night defeated DR..
Leonidas L. Mial. OF Morristown, n. j., in
me tenth game of the international anna
,eur ls2 balk-line championship tourna-
ment The final score was 100 points 20 35S.
Conklin finished out his string with an
average of 10 9-9S and high runs Of II, 53
and S. Dr. Mails average was . 1888,
with high runs of a, IS and 81.
At the beginning Conklin put together a
succession Of big runs so that with a
MASSIVE collection Of Il for his twelfth
turn at the table he had tailed 227, which
was an average a shade under 90 II gave
him lead OF ll5. and DR.. Mai bravely
started out TO make II up. He played some
Wonderfully close nursing and his ball-to-
call billiards was exceptionally good. lie
came to within a few points of Conklin,
.nen the latter worked out the carroms
By difficult und-the-table shots and
scored the match.
INC scores follow:
EVENING, GAME.
Shsles + Conklin C,yhite balD--Q, 3. IL. 10 TO-
-. ~, 2 ]. o. 10. II. ]. I, .. SIS. = IL. .
~ ., @ > 4. 4, I. 3. ~, 0, I. o, H. I. ., II.
i@y2 9; total 800 POINTS; average, 10 90 IS;
Fn runs. II, SO and 35.
W. Lfoaidas l.. Mai spot balD--3, 0, -, -.
2E9 l. 0. o. O. {. 4. q. .. l, IS. % 81. u
ib o O. o. IL. &c. IL, 30 30 o, ~. q. g.
- o. 1: totsI. 3JS points; average. 1888;
Hish nuns ~. 3s and 81
i,fiere--1hcmss J. Gallagher
Two games will be played to-day. In
"e afternoon Edward W. Gardner will
meet Edouard Roudil, the Frenchman, and
"a the evening j Ferdinand Poggenburg
wy WI meet Joseph Mayer. II has been de-
a. .q y, 10 play two matches also tomorrow