New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-16
CAROM WIZARDS
SHOW RARE FORM
Pocket Billiard Experts
in Close Race for
Championship.

Ferdinand A. Uneer. OF Montclair, \.
J., defeated James j. Maloney, Of The
Bronx, yesterday afternoon in the an
nual national amateur pocket billiard
championship tournament at the New
York Athletic Club. By a score Of 1875
points TO ll9, in eighteen frames. The
game required almost three hours in
the playing. and for only half OF the
match the men were only three or four
points apart. Il was well earned vic
tory for Unger, who was tagging IN the
rear until the eleventh frame. when he
collected eleven balls 70 Maloney's
three and gained a four-point adyan-
tage.
The players took plenty OF time to
study their shots. and this slowed up
the game. The Bronx representative
was very clever at playing for position
and was generally able TO continue
counting steadily for quite a time.
Unger. on the other hand. had bad
case Of stage fright, rs he explained.
in the early stages Of the game and
was unable 20 judge his angles cor
rectly. with the result that many times
he failed 10 pocket the balls.
When his nervousness had worn off.
T.
pull OF shots that seemed impossible
FOR him 70 make before. Both started
20 resort 20 safety tactics IN the last
few innings. fearing 10 spread the
worries and leave a favorable opening.
In the last frame. after four safety
shots. Unger pocketed one ball by
hard drive and then ran out his string.
Ferdinand A Unsu-5 IS - - g T.
n ? 9 10 q g.. To,aL l25 points. nish runs.
lanes J. M.on.y-iI' ;sssl Il - q 3
Q II SIS s 4" Total ll9 points h.gu 7ns.
r. II and . R,fefe. George s.e5eu
'scr.tche.
In the evening game j. Howard Shoe
maker, the champion, simply walked
away with MS match against Herbert
b. Hawkins, Of Brooklyn. winning by
score Of l25 points 10 81 in fifteen
frames. Shoemaker has not yet been
defeated IN the tournament. and 1t -
considered probable that he will 90
through all his games with a clean rec
ord. although Edward +. Reynolds IS
regarded as a dangerous opponent.
Shoemaker gave a mastery exhibit
tion OF position playing. and his shots
10 the pockets, no matter what the
angles he was forced 70 make, were
executed with an abundance Of con
hdence. In the tenth frame he swept
I'll the balls OF the table and con
tinued 20. add 20 his count IN the elev-
enth. getting all but two OF the worries.
giving him the high run Of the night
with 26. lie also made count Of
l. and another Of Is. the last cmbrac-
ng three frames one in the seventh,
fourteen in the eighth and one in the
ninth. The champion made FIVE
scratches
Hawklnss best runs were -. L. and
o. and he ha dfour misses and six
scratches in his total OF 50 balls. The
Brooklyn man did not class with his
opponent, and his attempts 10 play
safety rarely worried Shoemaker. who
always seemed 20 find way 70 make
his count.
This afternoon II. G. Osborne. o.
Bridgeport. Conn. will play Cecil VI.
Munoz. and in the evening UnGer and
Reynolds will meet.
The second Afternoon game resulted IN
victory for Charles Weston, Of Chi
cago, over Frank Taberski. of Science
tsdy. y. T.. by 100 20 S.. Wcston's high
run pas 20 and Taberski's -. The game
lasted eighty-three innings.
Howard shoemaEer n 7sioi. il';i, u
~ u 3. Tot. i2i points. Hish runs. %. n
and rs scratches
Total q points Hsh runs. u. u ard 2.