New-York tribune., 1912-02-02
Uffenheimer Defeats Mayer in
National Tournament.
KEEN RIVALRY APPARENT
Loser Finds Pennsylvania
Dutch" Much Inferior to
Reverse English.

~ Interested yesterday in the national @m-
ateur Class a 1S2 balkline championship
tournament at the Hanover Club Brook
lyn. Dr Cffenheimer defeated his fellow
towngman. Joseph Mayer. by & score Cf
iJ) points to $685. The winners average was
22-42, accompanied by high runs of 50, 4S
and g. Mayer's figure was S32-i2, and lis
best runs 81. 81 and 80.
There was no doubt as TO the keen rivalry
between the two men as they came TO the
table for the string shot for lead. II was
that same tense feeling that caused the
cueng of each to show variations Of UNI
evcnncss and which spoiled many glow
ing opportunities. Mayer appeared 10 he
tho greatest sufferer when he was most
I'm need Of that certainty Of muscular con-
troll when the shading Of shot spelled tri-
umph or defeat, II was in his efforts TO
play reverse English for position that
Mayer was frequently the victim. Once
when he got the opposite action 10 the cue
ball. and it bounded from the cushion di-
recty away from the second object ball.
instead Of rolling toward it, a friend at the
side said: What kind of English do YOU
call that?" That's not English at all" re-
piled Mayer. that's Pennsylvania Dutch"
Dutch" shots at critical stages He start
ed off in the lead. and on his sixth turn at
the table put together a run Of 81 that was
a superior bit Of deft nursing. This was
mostly collected at the top Of the table,
and during the middle section of the clus-
ter Mayer seemed to have the worries whis-
pering 10 each other as the movement OF
the spheres was hardly perceptible to the
ey" Mayer was in fine stroke at this
per rd and he hacked the run with a daz-
zling collection Of q, each Of the runs Deing
terminated by a poorly executed draw shot.
Seemingly inspired by his opponents good
work Or. Unenhcimer did fairly well, also
getting In runs OF q and 20 But DR.. Uhen-
heimer was disposed to play cushion car
roms rather than balklne. and as n result
Of the widely spread balls there were
few innings when the counts came singly.
Mayer by getting a lucky kiss managed TO
collect the worries on his tenth turn, ahd
worked out a little run OF II, which he Inn
med,atcly followed with ls and 80. He app
parently had the better OF the doctor al
though not securing from his position play
the remunerative runs which should have
been his portion.
Facing a lead that showed Mayer with
half Of his string counted while he tralied
far behind, Or Uffenhemer came TO the
table FOR his nineteenth inning. lie began
with several Indifferent cushion shots when
the balls rolled favorably. and he at once
devoted himself to embroidcring with WON
dorful rapldty beautiful series Of corner
shots. The doctor kept the cue ball swing
Ing around the corner cushions Ike ren-
,y,A A.tst,f "a
tick. tock-and each was a point Or.
Cncnhcimcr managed his position perfect
IS. the thlrty-fourth shot being a five
cushion drive, in which the cue ball traV-
cllcd at least twenty-five feet to complete
the carrom.
That was the beginning Of Or. Ufenheim-
ers ovcrhaullng Mayer. Six innings later
he put together the same sort OF run,
but with the change I'm that work on the
line predomlnatcd. The doctor counted Up
10 i8 AT this session, many OF the counts
being effected as daint!ly as II summer
zephyr waited the globes TO and fro. That
run put Or Uncnheimer in the lead. Later
Mayer tried To establish himself again with
a cluster Of 81 that contained number "t
gems IN the way Of masse shots. II was at
the end of this run that Mayer called bis
faulty PLAYING Of English "Dutch.'
The latter part OF DR.. Uncnhcimsrs
string was uneven because Of tn, strain,
although he played some daring carroms.
run Of q for his twenty-elghth inning
contained "A splcndidly worked kiss shot
and two long diagonal draws of the cusn-
ion AltoSCthcr, Or. Uffcnhclmer played
an excellent uphill game. as he was in
second place during the first two-thrds OF
the match.
Tho score follows
The two matches scheduled for to-day in
the tournament will bring J, Ferdinand
Poggenburg. the former champion, against
Or. Walter G.. Douglas, OF the Amateur
Billiard club OF New York. in the matinee
game In the evening, Charles +. CohkIln'
the Chicago player who holds the inter-
national title will meet Joseph Mayer
The summary follows:
AFTERNOON GAME.
Dr. Walter f. Ufenhemer spot balD-l. ., t.
II. 81, 20, o. 3, 3, q, 3, o. ., /, l. lo l. o.
~, 10. o. T. !. l. is. 4. II. q, o. ~ %, u
3, J. g. o. l. 3, 8, 0. IS. 90; total, 400 points;
Joseph Mayer Iwhte bslD-3. I. l. = o. ~
o. l. /, II, Is. 81, o. 3, !, 1. 3, 2 0. o. u.
2. o !, o. 81, o. 0, .. %. 26, /. u, l. - H.
q. l. >. =. :. total. 36s points; average
s 80 ~; high runs ~, 81 %
Refcree-Thomas J. Gallagher.
j. Ferdinand Poggenburg. the former
champion, proved to be in poor and urcer-
tain stroke I'm the evening game, With the
result that by some skyrocketing open table
billiards Morris ID. Brown, OF the Hamilton
club. defeated him by 400 points tp %i9.
Brown finished up his string with an even
average of and high runs of 81, p ana %.
All Of Poggcnburg's real playing was con-
taned I'm his later innings and his average
was 2g-jO, with runs OF Is, Il and 50.
TO the credit OF Brown 1t must be said
that he played a wonderful assortment OF
cushion carroms and widely played ball to
ball billiards 1t will he ladies' night at
the Hanover club this evening.
The summary follows:
EVENING GAME.
i8. o. |, u, ~, u. / q, 10, ., ii, Ia, !, II,
4 l. I, /, .. q. 3. q, q, .. q. y, ., l6,
H. g T. - :. o. 10 =. ~. I. 20, %, 3. 10. !,
2 Total, 800 points; average $; high runs.
~. - and -.
Al D