The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-06
VETERAN HAS HIGH MARK
STANDING or rHE PLAYERS.


With the oldest and youngest con-
,estants Mt the top after the hrs' week
VI play, the Glass \ l>:s baikliuc tour
nanient at the Arion society for the ma
tiorai amateur championship viii enter
upon its crucial stages to-day. Games
twice daily will bring the competition
down TO tho Anal battle or Friday night.
Edward ". Gardner. WHO ias 'Ncd
nrN-sey,n years. owns first place row.
with three e.raieht Victories Over Ja'"h
Kl.ncer. j. Ferdinand poggenburG and
Edga r. A,pl.bv. Francis s. Appieby.
who will attain his maJorit. next month.
has won the two games he has played
with his brother ard klinGer. He has
n chance 20 ii. the veteran Tonight.
II he can beat Iogg.nburg, for Gardner
IL no: scheduled to-day. THIS after
Moons confess; will bc hetwcen klinrcr
and Morris u. Brown. VINO Is even VIVA
Charles Heddon tor third place, win
. wins and l defeat.
Brown still can win the tournament
without having 10 depend or others 70
make the way clear Tor him His games
with Francis Applehy and iardncr lie
ahead. and II nc can beat both OF them
tie worst that could happen to him
would be a tie 70" the championship.
which would he decided by a playoff
sat4A4's it'Nllpl u 49, -"
20 try TO head on Gardner. but lie
already has played the younger Apilcby.
who heat him.. so he mus, count on
somebody c'se stopping the Columbia
boy.
roggenbu-r. with two defeats Eigar
Appleby. with three. ard klirrcr. witH
four. have been eliminated from II
likelihood of getting the crown, for II
Is almost inconcoivahlc tina, the eventual
winner oc the tournament viii be beaten
more char once. IosgeIburr may he
said 20 have the haTcst kind OF an
outside chance. hu the two Others are
eliminated ccect..cly.
Altogether 7.6l6 points haze been
scored IN the eleven garu". played thus
Ear. consuming s9S individual innings.
which makes the grand average of plan
to date ISIS. a good deal lower than
generally is expected of a Class 4
event. This Is aliurst entirely the re-
suit Of tie great amount o. safety
PLACED by practically al LANDS
The majority OF the games have been
close enough 10 h" called cortcsts. An
average of 6oa I'll points has bceu
scored for each -am". which means
shat the average score has been 400
~ go 2-it. barely under the ratio u
I to 5. \ summary to date;
Edward ". Gardner. Sow Nork 400,
h'mE,- $685. tcn. roAs"ubcrg - 900. Z
App'rhy 80 So - pay Brown. He /
ION and + horIcby
Frs'.is > App,rty Sou York too l.
Mp -,, go. SOC. HcdIon SIC. Stui -
giu, Gardner. "osg' u"IrE. N.inscr a.d
Bow.
Morris - THROWN. Nronk'y0-.0'. He'd
don 900 900. i. Applcby es3. 'oo. porFen-
nlrg $li Siui - Iiaf Gardner, + APP
p.-ny dId X ngor
charlie cIdor. povaEiac, Mi,h-ioo.
Brown ZOE .t2. L Applohv 400; 900. kim.
g"r .'i. Sill! - play = A%ppirbv, rosg"n-
u.re and Gardner.
j. Tcrdiuand Poggcnburg. New York
a.. Gardner 900. 3it. Br'Nn 800; 100.
Hli9Evr .1f sun 20 play T. Arplehy. +.
Applshy and ii"idor
E1gat = Aprlchy. Sew YprN-rS9. +.
hrp'"hy 900 go, Brrvn go go. k.iuEcr
7H. -,i. Gardner 500. So &. ptar Pos
genhG-g ana H'idon.
jacob k.!rg"', Aus'ria--GJt, Gardner
400. 3n5, r Arp'chy 400 -, rorgrnbu-G
900; al. Ncliou 900. sun - pis' Brown
and = .uu'sts