The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-11
GARDNER Is new
BILLIARD CHAMPION
lie Wins Amateur Title, De-
fcating Brown in Final
Game. 400 to 361.
APPLEBY BOYS IN TIE

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Edward W. Gardner. veteran billiard
player, won the national amateur
lars \ 49,? balkline billiard cham
plonship for the NTH time when be de-
feated Morris D. Brown of Brooklyn
las, night at the Arion Society. 400 to
ISL. The victory kept Gardner's slate
4, the tourney clean. with six consccu-
tive victories and no defeats. II was
Brown second loss in the tourney and
left him IN second place. whereas had
ne won he would have been tied with
Gardner for the title.
The match was not up to Class \
form. In fact there was very little Of
am kind Of good billiards shown in the
contest. The two rivals had met IN
many other struggles. n with each. the
main object was to keep the Other from
scoring. This spoiled the billiards and
r,sul,ei IN the winner averaging only
; 3s.ja. with high run OF ~. ~ and 80.
Will. Brown averaged just 6 iS-Sl. with
clusters q. So. IS and 81. 1t took tho
men lust a few minute short of Ave
hours TO complete their strings.
one Of the bright spots In the game
was Browns run Of IS In the forty
eighth inning. which brought his total up
10 $50, a half century away from the
goal and only 81 points behind Gardner.
Those who had seen Gardner and Brown
r,,> In III. deciding game of the amateur
championship tourney OF 1910 had VI
SONS Of another such nnish ny the
Brooklyn player. In that match. two
wear, ago, Brown came up from behind
and missed winning only by "A hair
Last night he did not get AS near to
victory, for when he seemed to have the
worries running right he missed on a
short draw of the cushion. Gardner
gave him a couple Of more II bu
the Brooklyn player could not take ad-
vantage Of them.
During the early stages OF the game
.ls lead drtfted from II 10 the other
with neither of the ayers getting vry
Ear out in the front. Gardner played
more safety than his rival in the early
.'1res ~ me game and forced BrOwr
- make many a difficult shot.
Starting in the twenty ffth innins
Gardner collected &c in three turns al
the table. This gave him a comfortable
cad. Brown stuck along through Ina
stormy session. but In the next fourteen
innings the Brooklyn player WAS con
frunted with numerous shots that were
next door to impossible. and during that
space h, made only 20 points, 80 tina
Al the end Of the forty-irst inning he
vas ~ points behind. and II was not
0HN tbS "'> $780,
us run of IS. that he gave any further
indication Of making Gardner work fol
the title. The score:
Edward " Gardner. New York;, :. Z
!. !; O. T., 800 ;.-io:"',-s''oSe
J. II TOTAL; 400 average. 49,:
High runs, a2; - and 50. ,
= I, %. o. l.. 10. .. Z. 0. - . is, = ., 9
S. = }. 10. l.. 20. 81. l.. o.. o.. 90, 9. : .
!.oiiI'' g. 81, :. . !, IL: :: = Isl. T. m II runs u !.
s. IS and III. Reteree-Leonard Ho~ison
By defeating J.. Ferdinand Poggen'
burg 400 10 3:i in the afternoon game
Edgar r. .Appleby. the young Column,
b. student. advanced to a tie for th!rt
place With his brother. Francis 3. me
Charles Iiedion OF Gowagiac. Mich
~poggcnburg dropped into "A tie for las
pIa. with Jacob Klinger OF Austria
over whom he scored his only victory.
The match was "A ~listless stretch Of
Billiards spread over MT, -seven innings
and lasting for more than three hours
Apflchy euu' he'd his hest run OF th'
tournament and gave promise of some
rcaiiy i!eh class billiards when n
clicked on 80 in the second Inning o'
Tho match. hut his game fell of d.
rrctly after that run and he average
only : l-57.
Tive hes; clusters he made in othel
Innings were 80. -, 81 and 25. Poggcn
burg, who got away to a slow start ant
PLAYED cons silently slow thereafter. aver
aged 3 a.. SO, with high runs Of ~, 81
80. 20 and two 20i
~ Heldon has returned TO his ON
n ID waRiac the tie for third place vii
b. PLAYED on between the two Applebys
Th"y will meet tonight at ) O'Clock
The score