New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05
GARDNER KEEPS
A CLEAN SLATE
in CUE TOURNEY
Defeats f. T. Appleby by a
Wide Margin in Arion
Billiard Matches.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.

Edward Y. Gardner continued mis-
uninterrupted string Of victories in the
national Class A amateur billiard tour
namcnt AT the Arion Billiard Club yes
terday afternoon, defeating Edgar T.
Appleby, the brilliant young Columbia
University student. by score of 400
points 20 27l, in forty innings. The
veterans average was 10. and his hirh
run. so. 40 and "a. Appleby had an
average OF 81 40. ana high runs Of 81
80 and %.
Gardner. who held ,he 1872 balklinc
title two years ago. used sll the craft
which long career IN the game has
brought 20 him. and rarely did he quit
the table without leaving his youth
full opponent most difficult lineup.
Even when IN the lead by an over
whelmiug majority OF points, the Arion
Society veteran stuck to his safety
play. bringing the averages down and
not allowing Appleby sn opening.
The Columbia student won the bank
but could score only two points. and
then Gardner went to the table and
proceeded 10 put together a cluster Of
SO csrrons a. open table play. Appleby
could not get the balls into nursing po-
sition. but ran OF blocks of 10, 1S. II.
10 oaiA II III VIC III 81 Ullt kttD innings
Gardner, in the meantime. taking the
worries all around the table for his
runs. had put together clusters Of %.
., ~. II and beautiful so. the latter
in the eighteenth inning. ln this effort
the former champion was az his best
and showed equal facility at either the
open or nursing style. He carried the
balls from end to end of the table, TAX
ing his seat after missing on q difficult
draw shot.
This placed Gardner In the lead by
l31 points. the totals reading 233 70
SO. Such a handicap would have dis
Outraged most players, but young Ap-
pleby showed his heart was in the right
place by going TO the table in the nest
frame and making run Of 50 carroms,
mostly by open billiards near the top
rail. Il WAS fairly easy bank shot
that stopped his counting. In the TWEEN
ty-tfth inning the youth went back and
scored 20 carroms, and this run pro
vided some OF the cleverest billiards OF
the game.
4 few gathering shots. and Appleby
had the balls in the centre OF the free
space and then proceeded 10 nurse them
With an extremely delicate touch. send
ing the red ball 20 the cushion and
back into position occasionally. The
audience spplaudcd the youths work
enthusiastically but Gardner would not
be denied and kept increasing his lead
IN the latter innings, executing innum-
cradle shots Of decidedly difficult ma
ture by hard drives around the table.
and finishing his string with an un-
completed run of : csrroms.
Tomorrow afternoon Morris n.
Brown viii meet Jacob Klingcr. at
o'clock, and in the evening. at 8 o'clock,
Francis Appleby and J. Ferdinand Poc-
genburg will play.
The summaries OF the afternoon game
follow:
f !; Z e, ~ s b, tss.si's.>
Il 81 - o o Q. IS. .. O. ; O. u. g. S
Total 900 rolnis average, 10: high -vn' -. fe
adj -
i L Applsby ,spc. baD--3, IS .. a. i. IL. q.
:. :. /. - a 6. O. .. 2. 2. / 81 =. .. l. D. g
To'sl III points s'ersg. 5i-to: hifl runs ~.
O.. ead 20
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