New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-02
OLD CHAMPIONS
GAIN VICTORIES
WITH THE CUE
Brown and Poggenburg
Win Matches with APP
pleby and Ringer.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

Former champions came into their
cNn yesterday afternoon and las night,
80 the fifteenth annual national Class
a amateur billiard Tournament AZ ls.2
talklinc, in the rooms OF the Arion
Iilliard Club. when Morris u. Brown
defeated Edgar T. Appleby. 400 points
20 269, ana J. Ferdinand POggenburs
defeated Jacob Klinger. Of Austria, by
score Of 400 10 27j.
PoggenbUrg, IN winning his game in
the evening set up an average Of
u l0-35, the highest yet made IN the
tournament. klinger. who played very
unevenly, had d high run Of 90 IN his
eleventh inning. but he could rarely
old the worries together for long
periods.
Brown was iu far better stroke than
or Tuesday. getting "A cluster OF 81 in
the seventh frame. but toward the last
MS play fell OF badly and ne required
forty-seven innings 10 run out his
string. Appleby was not anywhere
near his form and did not seem able to
eouge the speed Of the cushions
correctly At any time in the game.
Both games were long drawn out. III
afternoon session lasting until after r
O'Clock and the evening game finishing
we'll after !. Appleby did not show
up az the bill ard parlor until lust be
fore O'Clock, forty-iive minutes after
schedule time. and the rumor spread
throughout the room that Edgar had
been kept in after school" An extra
class AZ Columbia University, he eN-
planned, was the reason for his tsrdi-
ness.
PoCgenburg. who once held he in
- al NO f.s At hats
was in good stroke last night. and his
playing for position was crafty. so tina:
he rarely mad difficult set-ups TO nego-
tate. Most OF his runs were compile i
by clever open table play, IN the course
OF which he brought applause ftc-
quently from the gallery by shots OF r
sensational character. In the Skin
inning. for example. the LiedcrkrarI
star miscued on his sixth shot. but the
cue ball touched five cushions and just
had enough legs" 20 kiss the secord
OBJ iect ball.
\ run of "a in the ninth frame and a
81 in the eleventh placed the Lieder-
kranz favorite far IN the lead Of King
or. who was constantly being left with
bad linc-ups. although his balk line
playing was scintillating at times. In
the eleventh frame he finally got COM
msnd OF the worries for a space and
clicked of the high run Of the night, a
pretty cluster OF 56. Most Of these
points we're gathered by close billiards
at the foot OF the table. and the run
was ended when the Austrian fell down
on a difficult draw shot
Poggenburg continued TO count regu
larly. rarely leaving the table without
scoring, and in the twenty-seventh in
ming he worked tho balls together for
run OF 40, driving the red object bal II
the length OF the table and back a
score Of times. klingcr made valiant
effort 70 cut down his opponents lead
in the last few innings. but Poggenburg
was never in danger, and finished the
game with an uncompleted string OF 8
carroms.
In the seventh inning Brown gath
cred the balls together near the foot
OF the table and began clicking Off the
carroms In hardly single instance
did he enjoy an easy set-up, but he
kept right on. giving line exhibition
Of open table play. although he was
fighting" the balls all the time. never
having them completely under his con-
troll. In making mis- high run he took
the globes completely around the table,
failing finally on long draw along the
top rail
Appleby dropped further and further
behind, even when Brown lost his
stroke and eye for angles. and the lat
ter. with single figure runs IN the last
run Of four carroms.
The summaries of both games follow:
Brown 0ellc ia.I q. o. Z. 2. o. r. 70. 81. o.