New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
ROUDEL COMES TO LIFE
French Billiard Player Wins His
First Game in Tourney.
C. F. CONKLIN THE VICTIM
Poggenburg Makes High Run ana
Fine Average in Defeat
ing DR.. Mial.

Nv rehsbilitatng his game after slump
l.douard Roudii, the European amateur
billiard champion, defeated Charles r.
Conklin. Of Chicago. the international WIN
per Of last year, by the score of 400 20 81
minis i'm the billiard tournament al 10
balk line at the IiederlSranz, 5Sth street ana
Park avenue. Yesterday afternoon. II was
I'm. first victory for the Frenchmau in the
international series of this year. At all
times his cueing was remarkable. and ms
ability 70 overcome safety was little short
of marvellous.
Roudil for the first half Of his string held
IN an average that shaded %. Then ne
lost his stroke for while, probably IRON,
fatigue. and ended with an average oi
22-i2 AMI nigh runs of 81, - and So 'onK-
Inns average was . 2-f. with high runs OF
So IS and "a.
The facility with which the Frenchmah
made the counts, especially i'm his opehiIs
innings. amazed the crowd. In one feature
he differed from any Of the Americans III
that ne kent the ball rambling all over the
table during his larger sized runs. Nheh
he made use of the short table method' MS
systematic use % the cushions ana the
manner i'm which he kept the worries en-
twining the lines from one chalked square
10 the other was at once pleasing ana De-
spoke tho work OF a master
His single cushion shots, by Which he
threw the red ball up and down the table
To control position. was distinctly a Euro
pean innovation. Altogether his cucing was
so far superior to that he had shown in
previous matches as 10 cause considerable
n
matches to come.
1t was the finish that Roudil made which
especially pleased the crowd. He had led
Conklin by nearly hundred points. Then
the American overhauled him and passed
into the lead at the thirty-sxth inning with
a run of u. which made the tally in the
Americans favor 3i5 to S2T Then It was
that the Frenchman pulled himself to-
gether and, overcoming the most eNas-
perating safety. reeled off a run OF 30 ana
ended his string with an unfinished run oil
u that contained several gems In the way
OF draw and masse shots.
So far as safety was concerned, II never
bothered Roudil. He simply smiled
shrugged his shoulders and made the count.
He invariably counted against Conklin s
safety. Only once did he deliver safety 10
his opponent That was at the end of the
eleventh inning, when he laid the object
balls at. extreme ends of the table and
Conklin failed to count.
RoudiI made his big run OF his third turn
at the table. He began at the TOP. gently
rolling the globes about for the clicking
carroms. a lineup necesstated masse
at i5, but the brilliant stroke carried the
balls along toward the foot, where RoudiI
coaxed them to 60, and then missed on a
two-cushion draw shot. -Four Innings later
he put together 81 By the same method
these clusters being the principal part OF
his remarkable twelve innings.
AS for Conklln. he had an on day at ara"
shots He missed n great many or landed
so poorly as to sacrifice position. He com
PEELED Roudil to show his mettle at the
finish. and the Frenchman did not prove
disappointing.
The score follows: