New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-04
CARRIERS BOTHER
BROWN, BUT HE
WINS Ills GAME
Matches in Billiard Tour
ney Abound with Many
Unusual Features.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.


Morris D. Brown defeated J. +. Pog-
genburg last night in the ninth game of
the national amateur Class A billiard
tournament at 1s.2 balklins in the
Arion billiard clubrooms by a score OF
100 points to 8l4. The game required
dfty-six innings TO decide, Browns
average being : l5-56. and his high
runs 50, - and 81. Gardner had an
average Of 1896, and his high runs
were 80. 81 and q.
Although the average was the low
est yet made by a winner in the tour
nament, the game abounded in feat
ures that kept the audience in the
seats until after midnight
Features No. and . were Browns
obstinate rarters. IN the nth inning
the Hamilton Club player flew signals
90 distress as he was about 20 maze a
shot. and whispered TO Leonard Howl
son, the referee. Howison nodded IN
agreement and Brown retired 10 the
press table and adjusted his Boston
hose supporter which had fallen down
around his ankle.
In the forty-hrst inning the same
thing happened again. and this time
Brown threw Il spitefully under the
table and went on with his play. The
ladies among the crowd fairly rocked
ia their seats.
Feature 80. was Browns "chuck"
nurse, in the twentieth inning. lie
gathered the balls along the top rail,
the red on the left, in the anchor space.
the cue ball almost touching the left
cheek of the red and the second object
ball "a fraction Of an inch away and
just out % the anchor space. Morris
then started IN 70 count. kissing OF the
red and then the white, without moving
any Of the three half an inch.
lie worked with tremendous speed.
making - caTrOms in as many seconds.
After he had scored is points in this
manner Poggenburg arose from his
chair and pecked over Browns shout
der, as though TO discover the secret.
Brown was seized with laughing at
tack when he looked at Poggenburg's
puzzled expression. and after compos-
ing himself started in again, until ne
had scored 40 points, with the balls ap-
paTently IN position for an endless run.
I'm the last ten shots Poggenburg
again arose and stood al the head of
the table. watching Brown clicNing them
of. The latter got gigglng again, and
on his f)rty-hrst shot deliberately
broke up the combination, and failed
on bank shot IN his forty-third at
tempt.
In the thirty-ffth inning Poggen-
burg, IN attempting 20 make a hard
drive. slammed the cue ball so hard
that it flew of the table and almost
struck Brown as he sat in his chair,
landing in the gallery. The building
shook as the crowd roared in delight.
That ended the comedy. and IN the
forty-seyen,h Brown worked the balls
for tfty-nine carroms, taking them all
around the table.
This afternoon Gardner and r. 7.
Appleby Will play, and IN the evening
HeddOn aid klnCer VIII face each
other. Hereafter the afternoon games
will start pro mptly az o clock and the
evening sessions AT O'Clock.
Edgar I. AppleOy. Of Columbia Uni
yersity, defeated Jacob Klinger. Class
3 champion Of Europe. in the after
noon game The youth ian out has
400 points IN hfty-hve innings Tor an
average Of l5-55, and had high runs
Of u. SO and SO. khnger scored 305
carroms IN the same number Of turns
at the table for an average OF $3.50,
with high runs Of 33, - and 81.
This game served 10 add further
weight 10 the contention made on the
opening day Of the tournament by Nor
ris u. Brown, former champion, that
the conditions are not conducive 70
good billiards. Some OF the other
players have added similar testimony
10 this effect, and the onus seems 20
rest upon the balls. which are accused
81 being green" and hard.
Anybody who thinkers with the game
Of billiards knows what that means. 4
piece OF green" ivory on a billiard
table is in the nature Of an uupardon-
able sin. and when you add 20 this
cushions that are lightning fast the
players cup Of woe slops over the
sides.
Both Appleby and Klincer are capa-
b., OF better balkline work thar they
showed yesterday. Their principal
trouble seemed 20 be in the draw shots.
when the cue ball would "die' before
getting a full start toward the objec,
balls
The Columbia student was content
with single figure runs in all except
one Of the next nine frames, but in the
sixteenth worked the worries for clus-
ter Of IL carroms, during which time he
took the balls all around the table ana
executed several brilliant shots. IL wa
an attempt 20 make draw that ended
the run.
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