New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-17
BROWN Gets SCARE,
But WINS MATCH
Uffenheimer Plays Clever
Billiards in Class A
Tournament.
MAKES A HIGH RUN
OF HUNDRED AND TWO
Steadier Game of Brooklyn Man
Counts in the End of the
Eleventh Tilt.

In the eleventh game Of the amateur
billiard tournament at 1872 balkine az the
Amateur Billiard Club Of New York yes
terday afternoon Morris y. Brown, a for
mer champion. of the Hamilton Club.
Brooklyn, defeated Dr. Walter L. Uffen-
heimer. Of Philadelphia. by score OF 40
to go points. BY virtue OF his victory
Brown tied for third place in the race for
the national championship with Joseph
Mayer, present holder OF the title.
Brown won only after stubborn compe-
tition on the part Of Dr. Unenheimer, who
started squirt in the twenty-sixth inn
ing, when he ran a grand cluster OF l02,
which for a time threatened Browns vic
tory. In the closing innings. however.
Brown played the steadier billiards and
won out by the narrow advantage OF 90
points
Brown had the lead in the early stages
Of the struggle by a narrow margin, but
in the seventeenth inning proceeded 20
click ioff 60 points. nursing the ivories
along the rail prettily. Upon tho occa-
sions when 1t was necessary TO keep the
balls running by long draw shots or
cushion carroms Brown brought off the
strokes with a nicely that was a treat
TO behold. An easy draw proved his un-
doing. however, and ended his monopoly.
This run gave Brown an So point lead,
and he wore a smile OF satisfaction as he
took his seat
The relative positions OF the men did
not vary substantially until the twenty
sixth. when DR.. Uffenheimer electrified
the spectators by the rare skill with
which he manipulated the worries. In
making his high run-the second highest
thus far made in the tournament-the
Philadelphia amateur ran the gamut OF
Billiards, treating the gallery TO exhibit
tons of the close and open game.
The summary follows:
Morris D. Brown white balD-2 10. e. ,, 4.
T. o. 0. 4. 43, o. 0. ,, g. O. o. s.. &C. g. l. o. 8. 70
o. 10. O. a. 80, l. O. %. Sc. 0. o. o, Il, ?; total;
400 points; average. 10 3o-57: high runs g.. A
Or. Walter f. Unenheimer spot balD..ls, p
o. J. a. O. O. 0. 0. Il. 0. o. O. Z. !. L.. 3. "a H.
J. ]. T.. s. o. J. l02 g. 81. ., 3, O. 81, 2. 2 u. %
0: total. $50 points; average 9l7-S'; high runs
l02. g. ana g.
Referec-Charles F. Conklin.
Joseph Mayer. national amateur cham
pion at IS2 balkline. demonstrated last
night by his defeat Of J. Ferdinand Pog-
gcrburg. the international champion, in
the twelfth gamo Of the tournament
that he will take a lot Of beating before
he surrenders his laurels Mayer won
his game easily, clicking off the last Of
his 400 points while Posgenburg was
gathering 254.
The champion now stands tied with
Poggenburg in second place, with three
victories and one defeat. Edward W.
Gardner the veteran among the players,
heads the race.
Although PogGenburG started Of IN
the lead, the champion soon passed him.
gathering cluster OF 80 in his third
turn at the table. The balls responded
to Mayors slightest touch as though he
welded a magic wand over them. and
all his points were CLEANED with the
balls on one end OF the green.
With runs Of q and q in the nth and
sixth innings, Poggenburg took the lead
back and held II until the seventeenth
frame, when Mayer added ~ to his string
and took a lead which he never after re-
linquished. From then on he played con-
sistent billiards, whereas Poggenourg was
very erratc. mlscuing many times and
missing easy draws. The champion fin
ished with a pretty run OF 81. while the
international player sat In his chair,
smoking a long black cigar and watching
his hopes go up in smoke.
This afternoon Gardner will play Nil
burn. and in the evening Brown and
Heddon will meet
The summary follows:
Joseph Mayer (white balD--0. ?. 50. 3. s.
/. o. 0, o, 3. g. o. 2. 90. -, 81. a., 6. g. :.
~. 90 3. 0. ~, I. Z, ., "a, 49, 81. Total
900 points: average. u 1881. high runs. 80,
A. and 49,
J. Ferdinand Poggenburs (spot balD-4, 3.
p. O. -, "a. 4. 1. 8. "a, o. 0. u. o, 10. I.
%. 3, 4 4, &. II. 9. 0. o, 10, o, 2, TO- 10.
Total, 254 points; average, sl4-3o; high
runs. p. "a and o.
Referee, Charles r. Conklin.