The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
Final and Deciding Game Of
Amateur Tourney VIII
BE Played Tonight.
POGGENBURG GETS THIRD
Brown Beats Him. 400 to 800,
and Gardner Triumphs Over
Mayer by 400 to 28G.

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Dr. ". E. UHenhc,mcr.. . 10 3o-37 10
H. I. Miiburn......... 10 iI-se e.
Edward W. Gardner OF the Arion So
ciety and Morris ID. Brown OF the lIamil-
ton Club. Brooklyn. will meet to-
night In the final and deciding game
Of the National Amateur class A cham
pionship 1872 bsikiihe tournament, at the
Amateur Billiard Club Of New York. as
n result Of their victories IN yesterdays
games. Brown defeated ]. Ferdinand
Poggenburg Of the Liederkranz Society
In the afternoon and Gardner won over
Joseph Mayer Of Philadelphia, who cap
tured the title last year.
Gardeners victory. which was over
whelming. came AS surprise to many
close followers OF the tournament games.
He beat Mayer by score OF 400 to 2S6.
playing consistently up to an average OF
IL $3.50. whereas his opponent. worried
by excellent safety play. averaged only
1888. Mayer made the high run Of the
match. CO. with 80 and 81 as his next
best clusters. Gardner's biggest Sc
Quences were ~. on two different &C.
caaions and ~.
Enthusiasts who have been following
the tournament throughout tho last two
weeks are In more or less Of Il quandary
about picking tho winner Of to-nights
Dut ucSpitc tHc IdNt tHht
defeated Brown early In the series the
Brooklyn player seems to be slight
favorite.
Charles Heddon's high run Of 1856. which
he made In his match against Milburn.
remains unbeaten and 70 although he
only tied for nth place In the stand
ings he easily won the prize for the best
individual run. Mayer by his defeat last
night. finished In fourth place. just out
slde of the place prizes, but his high
average of IS la make against Heddon
brought him the best average trophy.
Mayer took the lead from Gardner
in the third inning and held 1t for
'front.' again however. in the sixth
and remained there until Gard
ner ran ~ in the ninth session. The
Arl0n Society entry kept his advantage
Until the eighteenth inning. when Mayer
collected 60, putting him on ever. terms.
The advantage se-sawed back and forth
Ior Il few innings ~ this stage and then
the philadelphia fell into the rut, never
70 emerge.
The match was marred somewhat By
90 much cae.urSS on the part OF both
Ut the contestants Maysr had twelve
SANK Innings TO MS credit and Gardner
eleven. showing that both OF the men were
prone 70 safety play. This style bf play
was accountable for the low averages.
Mayer made some OF the pre;t!cs; masse
3hots that have been seen IN the tourna-
lent but he was away on form and could
..ot keep the worries together FOR airy
length of time. Gardner too had some
trouble with his position play. but lie
urova9 20 De a better shot maker than
his adversary and his open table work
Wa good enough 10 Offset his weak bulli
iine game.
Whoever wins to-nights match Will
aave the cup for his own. for both OF the
f,.ft .aff d. ~ al iran 40, los ..l
the trophy and only two are required to
awe the winner possession. The score:
Edward ". Gardner. Arion Society. New
YORK.. o. L. CO. o, :; .. 0; 20. ~ -.
10 %, g. ), .. .. ~ ~. Total IT, .os.
Average. IL :6-3l. High runs. 40. - and A.
Joseph Mayer Phiisdeiphia-o. ;. .. o.
u. :. Tc.ai. sss. Average. S22.ss. High
ruas, ~. % and 81.
Poggenburg was 40 to 336. The winner
averaged ~ 4-33. which 10 little bette.
than his best previous average. and he
had high runs Of rs. Sc and 81. Poggen-
burg averaged 10 s-33. with his best clus-
tsrs at A. 81 and 81.
1t was this ability to keep the worries
together for good runs that gave the
victory to the Hamilton Club player. for
every time his adversary came through
with a rally that brought him up to within
strlklng distance Brown answered with a
long string. During the course OF the
match the winner had six strings OF 80
or better for total OF Ell. while the
ras aSo%s this saes and h H aad ies
up to only 113. The numeral 10 WAS
surrey y naLu 'uch one ioF fosse''purs;
the Sood Hu number and fell down on the
NEXT shot Then too IL was with a ~
that urou, rs.ched his aoo and ,,,c,ory
''a, 1871 Le.eu i's W. "u ',1.o';'
e' 49, ss 49, 'y p LIS e" lbs