New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
MiIburn Plays Well, but
All the Breaks Go
Against Him.
TITLE HOLDER KEEPS
LEAD THROUGHOUT
Even High Run of Memphis Man
Fails to Count in Class A
Tournament.

Joseph Mayer. champion Of all the
amateurs won his second game IN the
Glass A tournament at the Amateur BIZ
Hard Club for the national title at iS.s
balkline yesterday afternoon. defeating
Eugene l.. Milburn. OF Memphis, Tenn.'
by n score OF 400 TO S7 points.
MiIburn in defeat showed billiards OF
high order, and but for several untort-
innate twists OF fate, there might wen
have been another ending TO the match
Irpon more than one occasion the South
erner missed difficult draw shots by a
mere shadow. At other times his shots
perfectly executed. went awry through
sheer perversity. It seemed.
Both men played a steady game, only
four failures TO score being marked
against each. Milburn had the worst OF
the line-ups. Mayer leaving him many
times with the balls widely separated.
The champion established an early Lead,
running a pretty cluster Of p on his first
time at the table by close billiards, and
continuing to run his points off rapidly.
until in the tenth inning he had "a total
of 9s. whereas Milburn could only show
30 points for the same period.
| In the eleventh turn, however =
/ Southerner proceeded to amass a TN
| 10 compiled by combination of cushs
carrom shots and delicately playe
masses This was the high run OF the
game and only for an unfortunate mis-
of a simple draw shot. might have beeY
prolonged indefinitely, as Milburn had
balls close together in one corner OF
baize at the time.
Thereafter the game was evenly c
tested, with Mayer gaining slightly in
latter innings, completing his 400 po
with brilliant unfinished run OF A in
thirtieth inning.
Mifburn showed by his game yesterday
that he was getting accustomed 10 the'
new, fast cushions, and gave indications
OF better billiards in the remaining con-
| tests.
The champion played a consistent game.
and while seldom brilliant, seemed to al
ways have something in reserve. His
masse shots were executed easily, anG
several of his long drives, coming in con-
tact with the cushions four, five and six
times before striking the object ball, were
accomplished with surety of touch and
a judgment of angles that were treat
to behold.
The summary follows:
Josephl Mayer spot balD--25. IS. :, T. g. Il, Z
II, s. T. Z, Il. 0, O. o. u, !, l. O. s. 81, ls 3. II
Is $780, high runs, g. IS and AZ.
Eugene L. Milburn Invite balD-3 4. 4. g.
0. II, 3. 5. l, % !, 4. p 9, .. o. 3 ]. AZ Is,
10, g. iS, p, IL. 5. 0: total, 800 points average
10 1922 high runs, TO- 81 and ~.
Referee-Charles F. Conklin.
Edward W. Gardner. veteran OF Il
tournament, had no great difficulty in d.
feating DR.. Uffenheimer in the evening
game by a score of 400 to 800 points. 81
virtue Of his victory Gardner tied J. Eel
dinand Poggenburg in the number
games won, neither he nor the Iiede
kranz player having lost a match thu
far.
The game was remarkable in more way
! than one. In his first eight turns at I
table the veteran scored-nothing.
| Ufenheimer had managed TO collect
points, SO OF which were gathered in W
innings.
In his next two tries Gardner nd
clusters Of "A and 81. the result OF canasj
nursing of the worries. A period Of ii
playing on the part Of both men folio
until the seventeenth session, when
ner began a squirt that landed him far
| the lead and raised his average fr
s 1916 in the sixteenth to an even 10
| the twentieth inning.
! The summary follows:
f. W. Gardner white balD--0. o. o. o. o o.
| o. a. 81 ]. 0. 0. /, 9. 0. 49, s., q. % :. %.
j O. g. s. J. g. 0, II, O. >, 10. g. o. %. Q. o. 0. 0.
! Is: total 400 points; average. 1913; high run
! S. 81 and 4e.
Dr. Unenhimer spot balD-27. 8, Q. !. 81.
| O. o. T. !, s. O. 4. 49, 0. CO. 3. ls >, 0. 10,
4 g. l. 8. - 0. 16 q. o. 4. %. 0, 0, >, %. -.
| q o. totals go points; average, 26-f2; his
runs 50, 81 and q.
| Referee-Charles r. Conklin.