New-York tribune., 1912-02-14
CONKL|N SHOWS SKILL
0verComes Puzzling Safety Play
and Defeats Edward Gardner.
LONG SESSION AT TABLE
Chicago Player Gives Former
Amateur Champion the Sec
ond Beating of Tourney.

Overcoming bad leaves and solving puz-
zling safety play. Charles +. Conklin. Of
Chicago, the winner OF the international
billiard title last year, administered to Ed
ward w. Gar dner the second defeat that
the latter has experienced in the interna-
tional amateur 1872 balkline championship
tournament at the Liederkranz, 5Sth street
and Park avenue, yesterday afternoon. the
score was 400 points to 353 The widely
rolling spheres were not productive or start
ling figures, although they inspired some
phenomenal Cuing. accompanied by car
roms OF A pvrotechnical nature. But the
contest became another OF those long ses-
sionS Al the table I'm which true balkline
figured only 10 a slight degree, so that
Conklins average fell to Q 4-44. while his
high runs were only 81. 20 and "a. Gard
ners average was s LA and his best runs
were 29 2S and 2S.
The conditions for close billiards were
much better than on the first day OF the
tournament. for the big ballroom was warm
and the worries appeared responsive. After
Gardner had missed mis- regulation opening
shot after winning the bank. Conklin
clicked off q. gathered along the end rail
By dcft and close manipulation. That was
the last Of close playing that was seen for
some time. Gardner seemed possessed with
the idea Of safety by which he had pro-
longed he game with Or. Mial on the
night before to more than FIVE hours.
Gardner sent the globes careering around
the table, always calculated to stop short
In The most impossible positions.
Faced with such leaves every time ne
went to the table Conklin soon lost MS
touch and he, too, pounded out the carrohS
so that the balls raced merrily around
Once Gardner, in his seventeenth inning
managed TO coax the globes to the short
cushion, finally landing them there IN
lineup. He lowered over them for mo-
ment and then let go what was intended
for a masse shot Foul" declared Tom
Gallagher, while Gardner looked injured
he said "Oh, no. That was just an old
fashioned shove shot" retorted Gallagher
as he began TO count Off run of ten VIDE
ones for Conkln. On his twcnty-eighth
turn mp Gardner again fouled, but he did
not dispute the decision on that occasion.
Conklln was compelled to do lot OF
fancy shooting I'm order to count or get
anything like position out of the globes.
The gingle tally he made in the thirty-sec-
ond inning was sample Of what he had TO
contend with. The red lay on the rail at
the top Of the table and the white at
the other end with the cue ball near the
white and in line. with the red. Conklin
played a forceful half masse In order TO
avoid the kiss, and taking two cushions
made the count. Then he faced leave
worse than the one before and had to
retire on the miss.
The best run that Conklin made was In
his twenty-eighth inning. IN which he tai
lied thirty-one. This collection was chiefly
gathered at the top of tho table. Several
times he had shots for which he had to
extend himself, but he worked cleverly
before missing draw TO the cushion. AL
together Conklin gave nervy performance.
His discouragements were many and while
the billiards were interesting they lacked
the exhilaration which deftly played line
manipulation furnishes the spectators.
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