New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-11
POCCENDURG Wins
IN CLOSE MATCH
Fine Finish Saves Billiard
Game for Veteran by
400 TO $50.
MI BURN BUILDS
UP A BIG LEAD
p,owr Loses to Gardner in
Long Drawn Out Match
in Evening.

rerdinand Poggenburg, OF the Lie
,.,s,snz. international amateur cham
,,oo at 1872 balkline billiards and sea-
nod veteran Of many tournaments,
,..rcame a staggering lead yesterday
.n,,Doon and defeated Eugene L. Mil
,.,ro Of Memphis by score Of 400 10
50 points
nv billiard tournament for the cham
',onsbin Of America among Class A play
-, and took place in the club rooms OF
80 Amateur Billiard Club, at No. 22'
West 18th street.
Nrburn. playing brilliantly for more
.ss, half the game. ran away from the
,e,eran Poggenburg. until. in the thirty
.o,,r,b inning. he held a lead or III
roints. From that point on however
poegenburg began TO cut down his rival
80 making runs Of As, g. %, p. Il. 16
o,s two AS I'm the last fifteen innings
AGAINST this display of nerve, or, rather
mira lack Of nerves. MilbUrn wilted, his
,uA lost its cunning and he gained dou-
hs Ae,lres in only one inning after Pos-
ssnburg began his desperate rally, name
IL. in the thirty-ninth inning "hen lie
esthered a cluster OF Is
BEFORE this, however. il was a different
story. After missing both his first at
tennis. Miburn began 10 get his eye on
the hall and after running along in single
ee,rss until the eighth frame clicked off
y points. following this in the ninth with
+ 2, points in the eleventh and 90 in the
thirteenth.
This was the high run Of the game ana
in amassing the points the man from
Tennessee showed a bnlliancy OF touch
and stroke that earned for him continual
applause from the oniookers-
Intricate carroms. delicate masse shots
seemingly impossible shots at spread line
UPS and long drives down the taole-ali
seemed one 70 Milburn, who ran off his
points rapidly. 1t is true that the South
erner showed weakness when the balls
were spread across the table and missed
many comparatively simple draw snots-
But once he had the worries in corner
or along the cushions he proved his met
tie
The summary follows:
j. Ferdinand Poggenburs white BALI
q / o. /, 20 q. %. 3, o. 3, !, o, ., l. -
p . s.. D. 3 Il. /. l6 =, II, 1, !. o. O. 70
b s. j. II. g. j. 20. 81. II. o. o. 3, T. o.
D. 49, . Total. 400 points; average $40
iieh runs &C. IS and 81.
Eugene l. Muburn spot bah)-O: o. .
. = g. O. Is. Il. o. %. IA 50, ], q, 9, a.
o. o .. Z. g. .. Is. Al. Is, ]. :. o. ., ., T. .
70 :, o. J.. /. y. !. o, 0. @. I. g = J. !.
Total $50 points. average Z4-4o' nlsh
frns So 81 and IS
Referee harles +. Conklin.
Edward W. Gardner, former cham
pon. defeated Morris d. Brown, also a
former holder Of the title, in the evening
game. the score being 400 10 S57. Gardner
established the high average Of the tour
nanent TO date. with 4-4A Brown
had the high run of 81. while his average
was S Sal. The game was the longest
Of the series so far. lasting almost four
hours
Edward ". Gardner white balD-o, ], q, o.
seq O. o. T. s5. g. g. Q. 80. o. A.. .. o. J. y o. g.
4 d = q 3 TO- o. E, :. 80. -, g. = 10. 49, 2. %
z. z T.. Total. 400; average. 4-i4; high runs
No. - Brown spot balD-o. !. q. IS. 4. o.
~ s. Is. Il. 0, o. 80. 0, u. J, 4, 3 8 v -
III ri s.. II. O. ., 6. 0, O. 81. O. s. =. !, " =
+. Total, 357; average o-ifi hish TUNE "
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