The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-20
VICTOR BATTLES UPHILL
Is III Behind at One Stage of
Gamc-Uffcnheimer Loses
to HeddOn.

After trailing most OF the way Morris
d. Brown OF the Hamilton Club. Brooklyn.
defeated Joseph Mayer of Philadelphia.
the present champion. in the national
amateur Class A IS: baikline billiard
championship tournament at the Amateur
Billiard Club Of New York last night. 400
to $40, In a game that was full OF thrills
and was uncertain until the last point was
made by Brown.
Browns victory puts him on even terms
with J. Ferdinand Poggenburg. the inter-
national tile holder. and Edward w.
Gardner. three times national champion.
for first place In the tournament and incl
dentally throws Mayer out OF the running
for the iaur,ls. Each of the three leaders
have won four games and lost one. AS
Poggenburg meets Brown tomorrow
afternoon, one OF these two will have to
give way to the other. and In the evening
Gardner will have to beat Mayer TO gain
a tie with the winner OF the afternoon
match.
The winner bettsred his best previous
average by reaching IL i-36 for the game.
His best runs were So. So and 81. while
the losers bes, clusters were 40. 81 and
80 and his average 10 1885.
The match itself was heart breaker
and was a hard one for Mayer to lose.
but II would have been a much harder
pill for Brown to swallow IL he had II
taken away from him after the valiant
fight he made Toward the end of the
game II a pin had dropped II would have
made a racket, the quiet was so int. nse
In the auditorium. although the crowd
was one OF the largest that has witnessed
any of the games.
Mayer was going along finely in the
early innings and he took the lead at the
outset. In the sixteenth session he had
1xra ntu ~ Int nxsAr fha ~.
Ign player. with the score at lIs to Ill.
II was here that Brown made his first
stand. and by the time the twenty first
frame was reached he pulled up to within
II points OF Mayer The Philadelphia
came back strong In the next few rounds
and in the twenty-fourth inning was Ill
in front with the score at 3l5 to 204.
It looked as II Mayer already had the
match sewed up and that the rest Of tn
contest would be easy sailing for him. but
Brown fooled everyh dy by starting "A
new squirt. which gradually cut down his
opponents lead until in the twenty-ninth
inning Brown moved out into the front
with a run OF SO. Both OF the players
were little cagey at this ttage. for tn,
end was too near to take any chances.
Mayer had one more kick left in him and
he brought II out In the thirty-third with
a run Of 80. He missed on kiss shot and
left Brown a starter Tor run OF 10.
which closed when L own missed long
draw.
The nineteen was not quite enough 20
give Brown the lead. but after Mayer had
made four and missed In the same inning.
the Brooklyn player came back in tn
thirty-fifth with a cluster OF 49, VIII CO
brought his total TO 1856. He left tn
Philadelphian an easy one. but Maye~
played It badly and collected only two
before he sat down. All Of the last fou
,.Il ,,l, 40 g,t,
difficult shots, and II he had missed AIRY
OF them II probably you'd have lost tn
game for him. The score:
Morris ID. Brown. Hamilton Club, Brook.
Fiynn,o. a. l. - o. ;; D. o. o, 3, o, 90, ;.
Average. Hiss. Hish runs. 81, s. and 81 81.
Joseph Mayer Philadelphia 6. o. o
s. g. T. e e. 50, o. ,s' J. H. a. 81 e. 9
!: o; 80, !. 2, Total a7s. Average, 10 29-s5.
High runs. 40 81 and 80.
Playing a consistent and heady game
from start to finish Charles Heddon %
Dowagiac. Mich, defeated DR.. Walter f
Uffenheimer Of Philadelphia In the after
! noon by score OF 400 to 3&3. The
match was the Anal one for both OF the
contestants and as a result OF the West
erner's victory he now stands tied with
unenhemer for nfth place in the stand
ing. The winner averaged &-44 and had
high runs OF So ~ and 80 while the
Philadelphia averaged 42-43, with his
best clusters at GO. 40 and %
As In most OF the other contests In
which the Michigander figured. the feature
was his ability to make masse shots OF
every description During the course OF
the 400 points he had occasion to try
his hand at thirty-two of these and he
missed only four. The score:
Charles Heddon. Dowagiac, Mich.--i4.. 3
e. g. = d5' .ils, 20 49, g. o, Q, 10. ~
s. !; / e. O. So 8, %. ;. 0. l. %: :.
High runs. SO. ~ and 80.
Or. Walter r. Unenheimer. Philadelphia
s, Q, g. 3, 0: 3: I. 40. o 7. is. II. !
9. 8. O. II. o, T. !. 8. Is, o, l. IL. 20
Ia, 7, o. 6. Total Si3. Average, 74e-4s
High runs so. 20 and %.
TO-DAY'S GAMES,
$3.50 p. M, Ferdinand Poggenburg
fiederkranR Society. New York. vs.. Morri,
ID. Brown Hami ton Club, Brooklyn.
| =. M.--Joseph Mayer, Philadelphia, vs.
Edward W. Gardner, Arion Society. New
| York.