New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-29
First Match for National
Amateur Title Ends
400 to 269.
WINNER GETS HIGH
RUN OF as POINTS
Victor of Present Tourney Will
Become Champion, as Mayer
Is Now a Professional.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

BY FRED HAWTHORNE.
Francis s. Appleby, Class balk-
line champion, defeated his brother,
Edgar T. Appleby, in the opening game
of the Glass A national amateur cham
pionship tournament at 49, balkline
last night, at the Arion Billiard Club,
Ffty-nnth Street and Park Avenue.
Francis ran out his 400 points in forty
three innings, for an average Of 3 l3-4S.
Edgar clicked off 269 points IN the
same number of innings, for an aver
age Of ll-43. Inc winners high run
was as.
Neither of the young players showed
his best form in the game last night.
For one thing, the balls seemed to be
behaving poorly, and both boys were
nervous, this marking their first sp-
pearance in the top flight Of players.
But at times they gained contro. or
the worries long enough to show their
command of the cue, and on such coca
sions they executed shots that evoked
applause.
The man who wins this tournament
will be hailed as the national cham
pion, for Joseph Mayer. who won the
title last year, turned professional
shortly afterward. Morris D. Brown.
OF the Hamilton Club, Brooklyn; Ed
ward w. Gardner, of the Arion Society,
and j. Ferdinand Poggenburg, OF the
Liederkranz Society. al former cham
pions, are in the hunt for the title. as
we'll as Charles Ieddon, the sensational
"masse marvel from famed Dowagiac,
Mich, and Jacob Klnger, European
Class Il champion.
The hall was crowded when the APP
pleby brothers stepped to the table to
begin their match. L. Reusche, presi-
dent Of the National Association of
Amateur Billiard Players, broke the
ice by welcoming the players in the
tournament and thanking the Arion So
ciety for its hospitality.
"ln recognition of the younger ele-
ment among the billiard players OF the
country, and particularly in apprecia-
ton of the brilliant PLAYING Of these
young gentlemen, the Appleby bro,hsrs.
we decided 70 let them have the honor
of openini this tournament" said ur
Reusche. and then the brothers banked
the balls.
Edgar, the elder. won the bank. al
though Leonard Howison. the referee,
had TO measure the distance carefully.
so close was the difference between the
worries. After scoring one on the
break Edgar missed on long draw
shot and sat down. Francis did not
score in his frame. but on the next
turn at the table his brother worked
the balls down to the foot Of the table
and By clever nursing clicked OIL Is
carroms along the top rail.
Francis managed 10 get II in his half
of this inning and went into the lead
in the fifth frame, when he made =,
count Of 81, failing on single cushion
carrom. Edgar went along without
adding materially TO his total in the
next dozen innings. The Class B cham
pion, on the contrary. with pretty open
table play, in which his drives for pO.
sition were exceptionally well executed.
continued TO add TO his lead. getting
runs of IL. % and % and only failing
TO score twice up 20 this stage.
Edgar finally gained control Of his
stroke and ran off clusters OF 2l, %
and %. On the last run he had thu
worries in good position at the head OF
the table. but fell down on a masse
shot along the rail. Al this point he
was only 80 points behind his brother
and still seemed TO have d chance of
victory.
After a few erratic attempts, how
ever, Francis started 70 click OF the
/ points slowly and with plenty Of DELHI
Grafton as he studied for position. lie
/ showed a preference for the open style
/ Of billiards and rarely essayed the line
/ playing that his brother used In his
/ twentieth frame Francis found the OBJ
u Iall 10 ha k.tf Of -
the twen,y-second shot and elected TO
have them set up. He failed TO con-
meet on his next shot.
The high run OF the game came in
the twenty-eighth inning, when the
Glass b title holder, after gathering
the worries together at the head of the
table by two mastery drives for posi-
ton, began 20 nurse the spheres in and
out of balk. He clicked of forty-siS
carroms before failing on simple draw
shot. This run placed him lis points
ahead of his brother, who could not
seem to hold the balls together tor
any length of time. Several times
Edgar was the victim OF unfortunate
kisses, which spoiled what looked Ike
the beginnings Of long sessions at the
table.
From then to the end Of the game
Francis drew slowly further ahead,
completing his string with an unhn-
ished run Of four, after Edgar had
made his final bid by running twenty
five carroms in the first half OF the
forty-thlrd.
This afternoon at 3:l5 o'clock Brown
will play iIeddon, and in the evening
Gardner and klinger will meet.
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