New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-21
Gardner Beats Mayer and
Couples with Brown
for LaurelS.
VETERAN TAKES EARLY
LEAD AND HOLDS 1T
COntenders for Championship to
Meet in Play.Off Match
This Evening.

BY defeating joseph Mayer in the
twenty-first game Of the tournament last
night, Edward w. Gardner Of the Arion
Society, former champion, became tied
with Morris D. Brown, Of the Hamilton
Club. Brooklyn, for first place in the
Glass A national amateur billiard cham
pionship at 1872 balkline.
Each man has won five games and lost
one, and they will meet to decide the
championship for 1914 tonight, in the
rooms of the Amateur Billiard Club,
where the tournament has been in prog
ress the last week.
Brown, who has also held the amateur
title. put Mayer, the champion, out Of the
running on Thursday night.
The veteran. Gardner, established an
early lead, having runs Of 49, A, Is and 10
in his first dozen times at the table.
Mayer, who failed to score six times in
his first fifteen innings. finally got the
balls at one end Of the table in his eigh-
teenth inning, when he gathered 60 points,
the high run of the game. This put him
into the lead for brief period. but the
veteran soon regained it, and then con-
tinued on, playing the more consistent
game. to the end.
Gardner left few easy line-ups for his
opponent, who usually had to gather the
balls together after Gardner got through.
In executing masse shots Mayer showed
all his usual skill, frequently earning ap-
plause for the graceful manner in which
he brought off the shots, but time after
time he came to grief when a long draw
shot was necessary.
Brown sat in the gallery, watching the
play anxiously. He was silently roofing
for Mayer, Of course, as victory for the
latter would assure Brown the champion
ship. But Mayer did not seem able to sus-
tain his form when he made his high run,
and failed to add to his total on six diff
ferent occasions during the last twelve
innings.
Gardner completed his 400 points in the
thirty-fourth inning with a cluster Of %.
and was loudly cheered by the big gallery.
He, Mayer and Brown shook hands cor
daily after the game. and tonight new
champion will be crowned.
The summary follows:
EDWARD w. Gardner tSpOt Ddl)-t, w. J, ~, ",
T. O. o. 49, 10. A. 10. ]. 0, /, o. IL, 2. 15 o. II, 2.
g. Sc. Is. 8, o. 0, %. 40, 8, O. 6, %; total. 400
points average. II 1854; high runs. 4s, 40
and A.
Joseph Mayer (white balD-0 3. 9. Q, 10, 81, 0.
g. O. 10, !. 2S Q. 0. 2, 4, 8. 60. s, !, g. o. o. z.
0. 0. II. 25. TO- Q. TO- 2; total, 2S6 points; aver
age, 22-33: high Iuns, 50. 80 and 81
Referee-Charles F. Conklin.
]. Ferdinand Poggenburg, the interna-
tional player. was put among the "also
rams yesterday afternoon, when he went
down before Morris d. Brown by score
Of 400 to 1886.
Poggenburg. who never gave glimpse
Of his real ability, played his most con-
sistent billiards. beginning with the eigh-
teenth frame. and from there until the
twenty-fifth inning gained double figures
every time he went to the table. Brown,
however, although more uneven, man.
aged to retain his lead, and thereafter
gained slightly until the end.
The summary follows:
Morris D. Brown (spot balD-s. 0. o. 18. 3.
O. 81, q G6. o. O. o, 5. II. 0. 1. 2. 10, 8. 35. l.
points. Average. ~ 4-sa. High runs. 49, 50
and 81.
J.. Ferdinand Poggenburg lwhite balD-2' 3.
45, .. 20. 0. 0. 4, 0. 10. 10, 10. !. IS. O. 0. 0.
81, 81. 10. II. 10. 20. "a. H. 2. p. o. 8, J; Q.
Total 1886 points Average, 10 6-33. High
runs 40. 81 and 81.
Referee-Charles F. Conklin.