The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-08
GARDNER GAINS HIS
FOURTH WIN IN ROW
ueddon and He Specialize in
Safety, Westerner Losing
by 400 to 286.
KLlNGER NIpS I. APPLEBY
STANDING or THE PLAYERS.

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Closing average.
Competition Tor the national amateur
1879 balkline championship narrowed
down to . three handed affair yesterday
afternoon when Charles Heddon Of
Dowagiac. Mich. Wa beaten by Edward
". Gardner. 400 to 2s6. In q long drawn
out contest. 1t was Heddon's second de-
feat. and the title now lies among the
veteran Gardner. the youthful Francis
q Appieby and the middle aged Morris
d. Brown. Gardners victory over He'd
don put him alone In the lead for tho
time being with four straight victories.
Francis 8. Appleby met his FIRST de.
test Of the tournament last night. Jacob
6inser. the Austrian. beat him by q
soore Of 400 to 36A. Kyinger made .
sensational run OF ~ in his fnal turn at
the table.
After thirty-nine innings Klinger was
leading At SGT to $40. Appleby then ran
~. making his total 3si. and giving
him the lead NOBODY expected Klinger
70 come back in the fashion he did. His
run Of % included the best balkline he
ha0 shown In the tournament.
Klinger completed his string for an
average Of an even 10. Appleby's
average was $40. High runs were.
Klinger. 81, 4s. 40. 80 and IS, and APP
plsby. 81. 80, 81 and n.
The younger Appleby has two more
games to play. with Gardner and Brown.
II he wins both he will tie Gardner for
the title. His contest with Brown IL
scheduled for tonight. This afternoon
his brother. Edgar T.. NETS Hcddon.
Kllnger now has completed his sched-
ula. He wound up In "A blaze Of glory.
Tho game last night furnished his only
victory Of the tournament after Ave de-
feats, and the manner In which he o
IL was the most spectacular feature OF
the competition TO date. His last three
innings netted As. 20 and the unfinished
43. Coming as II did right after APP
pleby's "a. which gave the latter the
lead, II was a rare exhibition OF game
ness under FIRE.
The Austrian had gone along In his
final lining with the balls responding to his
every command. Then they broke badly
after the thiriy-th!rd shot. A drive
around the table redeemed them. On a
short caron his cue ball landed badly
and he had TO masse for number 80.
Ilc Ildu " S'N Wv 'hAi cAN Va 'hi VIZ
his %thir,y-ninth. shot too hard and left
himself n hard follow clear across the
table. He made II perfectly. 1t was
practically the shot that won the game.
Next came two little cut shots. then a
short one cushion count that ended the
contest.
Cheers. the first heard during the
tournament. resounded through the hall
and there was "a scramble to grasp
Ringers hand In congratulation upon
his plucky finish. A few went forward
to sympath!ze with young Appleby. but
the disappointed lad, with expressionless
face, answered only bv mods. His task
TO win the champ'ol ship was doubled
by the setback. The score:
y. 8. Appieby, New York;. u. 0. :. ,.
lie. i?. 81, H. q, 81. o: o, 8: 8. 81, $,
s.:.ssae." H /, h. runs IN Is. a. 49,: 81 and i
jacob Klinger. Aus,ria-ls. o, :. 81, J.
I. 2; i 10 . i; .; {; O. :, f. l.; = q. 3.
9 ~, 90. g. Total, 100 AvsrsSes 10
nigh runs, y; 81, IS uo .ai 90 'S and 90
After he had bowed to the veteran
Heddon said MIR. Gardner. ! honestly
believe you can beat most OF the
professionals regularly. Your ordinary
averages do not begin TO indicate the
strength Of your game. The skilful
safety you play Will break up the speed
Oh Any VI t4icli, Nv sou 'ooi'S ~ I
tho happy faculty OF being able to score
points yourself while tying up your OPP
ponent. / tried to beat you at your own
game to-day. but the safety ! played
hurt m own game more than II did
you. Finally l got desperate and wen;
out after the points from any position,
l had lost my stroke by that time, and the
result was a worse beating than II l
had stuck to safety
What Heddon said was true. Both
did moro defensive work than had been
seen in any previous game OF the joust.
1t required siXty-one innings Tor Gard
ner to complete his string of 400. making
mis- average o 3i-6l, the lowest yet
recorded by a game winner Heddon
was only 1 1850. which would not be
high enough TO qualify "a man for en-
trance into Glass II.
How the combination OF Gardeners
safety and his own broke up Heddon's
stroke ls reflected IN the size Of the
Westerner's best runs. Known every.
where as 4 'high runner Hcddon could
not get up to 80 in any turn. His bes,
clusters were 2s. IS. 20. % n 20. That
the safety did not wreck Gardner is at
teated BY the fact that he put together
punches OF SO. 35, 80. 80. %. %. %
and 20.
While the men were busiest at theii
defensive tactics Gardner had one stretch
of fourteen consecutive innings, in whict
he aided only nine points to his total
That part OF the score card read 0, ?
1, 0, o, o., o.. g.. !, o. 0. 0. 0 and 0.
Heddon had a little lead OF 8 to
after three innings OF play, Then Gard
ner got IL and stayed ahead the rest
Of the way. The match progressed D!
blocks OF ten innings ~ follows Tenth
so to IA: twentieth. l4l to 80
th,rtieth. 200 to 1870; fortieth. 237 to 40
6ftIeth. 2S2 to 22S. The score: