New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-05
MAYER WINS CUE TITLE
Winds Up Amateur Billiard
Tourney Without Defeat.
HUMBlES GARDNER EASILY
Wins High Run and High Aver
age Prizes in Glass
A Fixture.
High High


Philadelphia. April 4.--Joseph Mayer. the
| young Philadelphian, won the amateur ma
tional billiard crown tonight in the final
game Of the 1872 balkline championship
tournament. Mayer, welding his cue in
sensational fashion. defeated Edward w.
Gardner of the Arion Society. of New
! York. and a former holder of the title, by
the score of 400 points to 267. The contest
brought to an end the great Class n tour
namcnt which has held the table in the
banquet room of the Union League club
here.
MAYER has come through the tourna-
ment. one of the most cventful in the
history of amateur billiards in this coun-
try. without a defeat. lie has performed
I'm sensational fashion. for not only has
he won the chief honors, but also takes
the high average prize with his figure OF
% Ais and high run prize for his tally
of $50
This run was counted against Gardner
in the match tonight and il was the
chief cause OF the crushing defeat OF the
old champion. But besides this massive
cluster Mayer had put together JOG as ms
other contribution, while the only other
competitor to reach the century mark
was Charles f. Conklin. of Chicago. also
former champion, who counted an
even 100.
Close manipulation OF the worries. al
ways favorinG the short rails, helped
Mayer to finish his final match with an
average of 10 1-o1. Gardner also played TO
high figures He was actually n trife
above his usual speed. as his average was
| e 1871. while his best run was s.
Gardner is now tied with Conkin FOR
second prize. while Percy Collins. OF Chi
cago. and j. T.. Cope Morton, of Philadel-
/ phia, are tied for fourth place, each hav-
ing won two games and lost four. DIT.
Walter L. Uffenheimer, of Philadelphia,
and Wilkie c. Duniway. of Portland, Ore,
also figured in the deciding of the cham
pionship
! The summary fo:ows:
Gardner-0. o. o G. A. As. -. :. o. 90, ..
High run. IS Average, II 1871.
Mayer, 3, IL &. -. 1870 !. -. GS, -; o.
90 o. o. o. 6. 80. 10 : Total 400. High
run. 100. Average. 10 III
j. T.. Cope Morton, of Philadelphia. de
feated Willtie {. Duniway, Of Portland.
( ore. IN the AFTERNOON game bN drs'plt w
400 to 179 here to-day His high run was
i3 and his average 1913. Duniways high
run was g and his average 47-tS
| The Pacific Coast champion was suffer-
ing from a heavy cold and played below
! his usual form. This enabled the Union
Leagues representative to play a more
| open game, and when he had the balls
together to score rapidly. Although Nor
ton required forty-three innings to COM
pletc his string, the actual time consumed
was less than i'm any previous match In
/ the tournament, except the one in which
Mayer went out in eighteen frames. The
game was completed in less than two
/ hours and a quarter.
/ Duriway failed 10 score in his first two
! innings. and Morton took the lead with
runs Of lG and ~ The Philadelphia play
er continued to lead by good margin to
the end and vas more than 100 points
ahead in every inning after the fifteenth,
when he had his high run Of 80.
His victory puts Morton In tie for
fourth place with Percy Collins, of Chi
cago.
The summary follows:
Duniway-o, 0. 2. o. 2. s. ., /. IT, o. ., o..
I. o. Il. 0. o. s. Is. o. 0. 4. 0. 10. o. o. II. o,
| 81. 9, q. 4. s. ]. q. 3. o. 10. o. >. |. -. o
Total. 179. High run. ~. Average, 4 7oi3.
Mortono1G, 49, l. 2; 4;os., a. o. o. g, g. O. o. %
O. !. II. g. 10. O. s. 30 0. S. IL. .. /. IS. %. .
/ Total 400 High run. ~ Average. l3-43.