The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-04
Suffers His Second Straight
Defeat at Hands Of Brown
Score Is 400 to 314.
EDGAR APPLEBY A VICTOR

The chances Of J. Ferdinand Poggen-
burg to win the national amateur 1872
balkline billiard championship In the
Class A tournament at the Arion So
ciety dwindled to almost nothing last
nisht. when he "a beaten by Morris
n. Brown OF Brooklyn by "A score of
400 to 3i%. II wac his second defeat.
Edward W. Gardner having downed him
the night before.
Klinger yesterday afternoon by a score
OF 400 TO 305. The elder Of the two
Columbia students entered was no, at
his best. but the Austrian played so
poorly that the youth had easy sail
ing. kl!nger averaged only ) 30-5b. so
that his opp nent's 715-55 was good
enough to win. The victor now has a
record of one game to his credit as
against two defeats. while klinger has
lost three straight M is last III the
standing.
Browns victory put him back in the
running. His slate now shows W wins
against one loss. The only men ahead
OF him are Gardner and the younger
Appleby. each with two wins. Brown
has not met either yet. When he does
he will have An opportunity to create
\ tie for the lead.
Poggenburg got only II points in II
dozen innings last night while Brown
was beginning merrily and building a
total of IS. With runs Of %, II. \ and
IL the New Yorker began to- climb.
Brown STAYED on his rush 10y getting Il.
IS and ~ in sessions Is. ~ and 20
4 surprise and also n treat were fur
nishcd III Browns 4. run when he gave
a beautiful exposition Of the chuck
nurse. Many of tho. IN tho hall never
had sect this gem of balklinc i'm. ART
II was he iirst time the nurse ever had
been employed ~ an American cham
pioi~nip. Brown had Tia. balls on tho
junction OF the right hand long rail and
the short balkline at the foot Of III.
table. II was pump pump. pump ~
the frozen ball for IS points after two
shots had been used to get the globes
In perfect position. There was none of
tho customary click. click. 80 light was
the strok. Necessary to preserve the
nurse. A last the cue bail inisheha,ed.
the nurse was broken and Brown got
only two more counts hcfor. he missed
P"ggenburg ann strong again. with
ri. -. -, 20. IL and 10. hut Brown DC
Tended his lead with "a. II and -. his
high run. which came in the for;y-sevcnth
ound. ~Ioegenhugg made one more good
bunch 81. hut clusters OF 81 and II by
Brown Increased his edge and he went
out with =. = and |. After the contest
Brown's friends dubbed him /, knight
81 the garter because " unusual sar-
torial difficulties h. s~urmountsd before
finishing the ram.
\ delegation Of -four prominent Union
League men from philadelphia watched
The contest. +. cope Morton. Fred.
er.ck :. liovoy, J Emory Soulc and J ".
Cooper. The score.
) Fordirnnd Poyrenhurs. New YORK
q, .. ., {: 8. :, q, ;. . o 8. -. II. =.
O. a. az, o, 81 =, !. .. !. !. /, "a,
:; o.at T.. :. o. g.. ! o. ~, ~ y H.
20 AversS". ~ : Hish run. D.. n.
-, - ANA -
Morris II sroyn. B-ook'yp-.2. ~ O. D.,
-. p. q. :. !. l. 4 Z" =. - 3 3. O, 0.
T. o, Is, " : ~ (, :, -, 81. .,
$50 Hish rum, %. - -. s.. - aud II
ke~f"ree-Leonhri Howt-"u
I"rus were plentiful OF the score card
Of .Appleby ana kl!nger The former
had eighteen barren inning, and the lat
ter seventeen.
Neither mai was abb" ~ Judge -pced
Of long drives with aiy dcErcs of .x-
The result was that often,
when a respectable cluster seemed In,
ninent and the balls were in close proA-
Unity they would he spread apart in "a
''ta NJ WV . y llttA. FtOltltsS
turns II would he imagined tina, safety
play was abundant II wa. not. In
ability to operate even fairlN Oh an
shot Of average difficult, Ma the
chief cause OF the zerus, App,.by being
as lax IN this respect ns k,ingcr. II.
Jacob Klngcr t>ustriaI-:. , :. 4, p.
~ :, g, J. o y. >. l., l, o. 2. Il. o, 10,
0. l, .. Q o, e, /, ,. j.. -. ! 5, o. -. o,
~, :, 2, =, =, !, u, Total--2oi. Average
: so-aa. High runs-3S. g.. 81. Is and u,
Eisar r. Appicby .,Nsw York vi, q,
0. ). !, !, = I. 3. ., ., y, 0, ~. 2. -, :.
: o, 2, Q. 0, 20, .. -. :. o. .. o. o, l. ..
o, o, |. q. 0 81. g. ., =, -, I, o, :, o. g.
|, 4, .. /. 0, ., ., 90 Tutpl-luo h,cf
.s"--, !S"" Hish tuus-i., 81, 30, 81.
-, o. .. ami -
Refcrc' --i,oUaTd HoNisou
In the games to-day llwud "
VIII oppose Edgar T. Arplchy
In the afternoon and charles lcddou
vii! NEE, Jacob Klinger in the evening