The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
Memphis Amateur Billiardist
Plays Well, With Breaks
in Mayors Favor.
GARDNER PLAYS WARILY
Much Safety in Match Against
Uffenheimer, Who Loses
by 400 to $50.

DIV, r., CHenheiiners .nUp % ~ cV q !.
Merits D sro"wn..'.'d ! 800 500 10. 10 s"si
Eugene L. Mnburn...o 900 10 10 1879
Joseph Mayer Of Philadelphia. tho ma
tional champion. defeated Eugene L. MIL
burn OF Memphis yesterday afternoon In
one Of the prettlest games Of the 1872
balkiine amateur billiard championship
tournament at the Amateur Billiard Club
Of New York. by a score of 400 TO 307.
The average of the winner was 10 1890
and his best clusters were SO. IS and a..
while the southerner averaged 10 1879.
with his highest runs at 20. SO and i2.
Although Mayer played we'll his VIC
tory had a strong element Of luck. for
his adversary almost invariably left the
ivories in good position for the champion.
Milburn, after making n brilliant stroke,
missed time and again by a hair and
Mayer pronted.
The Philadelphia. who is representing
the Amateur Billiard Club OF New York
in the tournament won the break and the
choice of balls. lie took the white and
proceeded to click OF rs in rapid success
sion before he sat down. Milburn tailed
only 8 In his first turn at The table and
the titieholder came back with Is. which
brought his total UP to 43.
inlay a little In the early innings, but
Mayer had a little better luck in making
counts and when the tenth inning was
reached ne was comfortably in the lead
ut Sc to IS. He moved UP above the
nrst century mark with in his half OF
the eleventh inning but the Southerner
took his turn at the table and collected
q neat bunch Of 20. which proved to be
the highest run Of the game as well as the
best cluster that Milburn has got thus
far In the tournament.
During the eleventh inning Milburn
showed up to better advantage than in
any OF his other matches. lie proved
beyond the shadow Of a doubt tat he is a
player fit for class A tournament. for
them was no variety OF the game that he
did not demonstrate himself to be well
versed In. His run was not made alto
gether by brilliant balkllne play nor was It
entirely the result of shot making. for
when the occasion offered he made hard
shots or played balkline with equal ia
cility.
Milburn did not keep his hard earned
lead very long. for Mayer got IL in the
twelfth session and went right back into
the front. During the next three innings
the title holder gathered in string OF
blanks. the only ones that he got In the
whole game, and Mlburn. although he
did not get many points, counted enough
10 take the lead once more, and he held
Il until the twentieth round. when he was
IN front at l76 to 135.
The Philadelphia was left an easy one
to begin the next inning on. and making
the best OF It he chalked up 81 before
he sat down. Milburn had no intention
OF giving up the night and. although he
was a little unlucky with his position. he
kept plugging along and in the twenty
second inning turned In so. which put him
IN front again. He held this advantage
for ftqt innIn and then MaNer
knocked of So. and he was never headed
thereafter. The score:
Joseph Mayer Phnadelphia-:5. 10. 2,
+ g. H. a.. Il, + s IL go :, H. a.
TOTAL 400 Average siO.aO. High runs
Eugene L. Milburn. Memphis, 4. :. I.
:. q, 5. !. 70, !. = :. 9. 9. o, 3. J.
4, 49, 81 is 49, Il H. r :; .. Total 'sss
Edward W. Gardner OF the Arion So
ciety New York. former champion. de-
feated DR.. Walter l.. Unenheimer OF
Philadelphia 400 to 800 in the evening
match. which was marred somewhat by
TOO much safety play. The winner aver.
aged s13-43 with high runs of So. 81
and 49, while the Philadelphian averaged
72s-42 with his best runs at SO. 80 and
81.
Regardless Of the amount of safety
play, neither of the contestants showed
any especial brilliancy. Gardner went
through the first eight innings withou,
making anything that sounded like g
double click. Nor was this octet Of
blanks the only such that the former
champion had marked against him. fol
throughout the game. many more OF hi,
innings ended scoreless. In some OF thes'
he might have tailed had ne been so in
clined, but no preferred to play safety
IN the hope that his opponent would mist
and leave the worries well placed for him
When he did get going. however, M
counted in large clusters. lie gathered
- in the ninth inning and followed /
with 81 In the next session. This pu
him In the lead. but he stayed there onl.
. short time. when he went back to tn
safety play. In the seventeenth innin,
he went back to the front with a 46 an'
he stayed there. for he followed II will
strings of 5S. AZ. 90. and 20 In order
Starting the thirty eighth session he col
lected Ave more blanks i'm Il row. Blu
finished In the forty-third inning with
cluster Of 3S. DIR. Uffenheimer pulled VI
out OF the ruck in the thirty-ninth innin,
with a run of SO. This is the best strini
ne has made to date in the tourney. Tn
score:
Edward W. Gardner, Arion Society. Ne,
s@i. 3 ., Is" IS. yIs."sss.' T. 20. !.
&. g. Co., & s. & Il ro,s E &c. Is Avs ::
AZ ia. o. 90. l. >. 49, 49, l. :. o. 0. o. 10. J. s.
) ]. 8, -, Q, 10. -. .. x 81; O.
1862. High runs, SO. 81. 81
-MoRRows GAMES.
$3.50 p. M.-Morris y. Brown, Hamilto
Club. Brooklyn. Va. Dr. Walter f. Unen
sP. Nj Ferdinand Poxsenberx. Lieder
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