New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
HEDDON SETS HIGH
RUN At BILLIARDS
Freaks Class A Record in
Winning His First Game
of the Tourney.
MUBURN THE VICTIM
OF MUCH HARD LUCK
Michigan Player Thrills Crowd IN
Making One Hundred and
Thirty-five Points.

charles Heddon. Of Dowagiac, Mich
,-..,,h, urdving fame TO his home town
.,d made glad the hearts OF his felIow
,,.,.aeiscans TO whom the news was
geographical last night when he defeat
~. eugene T.. Milburn. OF tennessee IN
~, afternoon game at the national class
smateur billiard championship tourild-
ut AZ 1872 balk-line at the Amateur
,.,,,srd club. The score was 400 points
10 80 ia
,rbe rejoicing was not because of He'd
-. ,.ictory. although it was the first
- no has won in the tournament but
s-..,sa he made tho high run OF loo'
-,,,.b tons the best previous figures Oh
l2t made by Gardner
l., making his hisn run Heddon lhCi-
sa,tauv broke all existing records maze
.a,,o,al Class A tournaments. Joseph
W.ver. the present champion made lou
- PHILADELPHIA two years ago. when
+ba record until the Dowagiac man
100 off his cluster. !. Ferdlnahu
80 o.o,,oDburr the international Champion
- HIGH lun Of l6l 10 his credit, mace
i. paris when ne won the international
title. ...ouo~,.,, ~.
,,s exhibition in the fifteenth inning inc
ems was without incident and fairy
- The Michigan man started his run
- tho halls widely separated. with
80. mastery draw shots he gathered the
,.,.-,ss close together along the rail ana
,sar proceeded 10 click off his points
with great speed. md
r,A nasse was his favorite shoI anu
~ executed no less than fourteen u
,,.sa IN the course Of the run. Out o.
twenty-five he tried during the game ne
a,.s successful with but TWO EXCEPTIONS
.r1 showed that in this particular ne
80 secord TO none among the anna
teur ranks. ,o,,,,,
when he had scored 125 points, beating
car5rer's best. the large gallery broke
,r,o gala OF applause lasting for sew
sral miuutes HeddOn continued Oh "''N
q, his lgsth shot missed by a hair
Besides winning the high run record ol
40 tournament Heddon boosted ms
syaraee ND TO an even 16. which next TO
Naver.s 10 IN, is the best thus Tar re-
corded. ,,,,,.,
I1e5don is a newspaper man. OWNING
sis ovn p3per. The Dowagiac pa'IY
Nv" and started in as a printer
l.rp He smiled when asked If "Ihe
News" would make first page feature
of his victory.
The summary follows:
charles Hesson spot talp-o. 4. 2. g. 60
sIsI =. 5 a. 90. s. 49,. o' %, w. oil, e.. Tir6
"a I Q. total. 400 points average 4''
runs 9,,. iSs' % S Sif white balD5, 9 o.
80 n. 2. IT, &C. TO- !. !, o. o. >, o. s., .t
Z o. total. 80 points, average 'I---'' ''7"
runs g. q and H.
Re.sree-Charies +. Conklln.
In the evening games Z. w. Gardner
went down 10 defeat at the hands OF ..
Ferdinand Poggenburg by the score Oh
"a 10 so5 Gardner got of to a nylhs
start and threatened 10 make run
away race of it for the first fifteen inn
lDgs. In the fifteenth. sixteenth and sew
snteeDth frames. however, Poggenours
nut together runs Of 80, 81 and 50. and
flashed into the lead. He lost control tor
a few innings, and once more dardher
took command.
J. r. Poggent,rg ,white balu--l, O. o. .. o.
O. @ 10. g. O. g. g. IS. %. 10. s. to'ai' 7,o'
ass, ]. 4-23. high runs, -. 81, 80 o.
r. w. Garaner spot talD-@3. 5, 4, u, l9' l.
Ga3l a.. O. O. g. g. o. o. u. B. z, ,. ~, o. -
o "a. %. .. g. :. l6 A, 9, tots.. 90 ANe'"s''
SO. high runs -. 90 go, 70