The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-18
BROWN IMPROVES PLACE
Heddon Beaten After Giving an
Excellent Exhibition Of
Masse Shots.

Edward w. Gardner OF the Arion So
ciety, a former champion. retained his
place IN the lead and kept his string OF
Victories intact yesterday by defeating
Eugene L. Milburn Of Memphis. Tenn. In
The national Class A 1s.2 balkline billiard
championship tournament at the Amateur
Billiard Club OF New York by tho one
eided score OF 400 to 1862. The Southerner
made such "A miserable showing partly
on account of hard luck. Gardner made
n new high run for the tournament OF
a:s.
II seems TO have been preordained by
fate that both Of the players who have
come to the big tournament for the first
time, Milburn and Heddon, should run up
against tho other piayerS- when they are
doing their best. In every game in which
these two have figured. their opponents
have added a little TO the high run record
or increased their own best average In
this game Milburn was out In front In the
ninth inning with a slight lead when the
former title holder came along with his
cluster Of l?i in the tenth. Gardner Is
not a player given to making long runs
As a matter OF fact he has gone over the
century mark in tournament play on about
only one other occasion. His strength is
chiefly in consistency and safety play. and
he used the latter yesterday with telling
effect even though there WAS no appar-
eat necessity for 1t after the tenth ses-
score. The score:
Edward W Gardner Arion society. New
York.. 10, 90. 4. :? 8. 4, :: i:I. L. o., 9.
9. 20, "a. o, 20. o. IL. is, o. u, l. T.
Hf Eugene sIs'' l. M iii m Memphis. Tenn.
a. 3 t. u !. Il. - o. y; & a. q rs,a. iss &
average. 22-?s; high runs, 81, IS. 20
Morris D. Brown OF the Hamilton Club,
Brooklyn. another ex-title holder. was
victorious In the night match. which
proved to be one of the best games OF
The tournament, defeating Charles He'd
don of Dowagiac. Mich. by score OF
400 To 33@. The winner averaged 10 1923.
with high runs of 49, 80 and 80. while the
loser averaged 30-3s, and his best clus-
ters were Al. 80 and "a.
The contest was close and exciting.
With each man playing a brand OF billiards
that kept the large crowd interested
throughout Heddon gave as fine an ex-
hibition OF masse strokes ever has
been seen In an amateur match. During
the course OF the tussle he attempted
exactly twenty-seven, and Of these he
counted on twenty-five. The pair that
he did miss rather added to than de-
tracted from his credit for he failed To
tally only by the narrowest sort OF "A
margin. and the shots were nearly as
hard as it is possible Tor shots to be.
The Westerner once more showed that
he Is the champion hard luck player of
the world by untoward incidents which
worked out to his disadvantage. In the
twenty-fourth inning, when he had got
the worries together in the centre OF the
table after hard work and clicked OF,
nine. as ne was trying for tine tenth a
spectator got up and knocked over a chair
with loud crash, jarring Heddon So
that he pulled his cue and missed. Then
too on several occasions, when Brown
missed and was seemingly forced TO leave
Heddon good starter. n kiss INTERVIEWED
and left the worries in hard positions.
Heddon was In front for the first -four
innings, but Brown, who was playine
well. passed him In the nth and showed
the way until the twentieth, when tn.
Westerner got away from him and stayed
in front until the twenty-fourth. Neddor
got ahead by one in the thirtieth. but fel
behind in the thirty-third and never go
10 the fore again. The score:
Charles Ueddon. DowHgia Mich. .
- H. p s. o, g. o, =, %. !, !, %. 8 Q
= a. s'' o. 8 ~; rc p - Ia! o a; T. -
Morris u. Brown. Hamilton Club, Brook
E r. !, g. !; H. - J. = o. T. .. ., .,
~ 2. :. Total. 400. Average. 10 1885
High runs. g.. IS and 80:
$3.50 p. M.--charles Heddon, Dowagiac
Mich. Va. Eugene l.. Mllburn. Memphis
s p. M-Edward W. Gardner. Arior
Society, New York. j. Ferdinand Pog
genburs Liederkranz Society. New York