The New York herald., 1922-02-04
RENNER rs VICTORIOUS
His Steadiness Proves Too
Much for Craft and General
ship Of Gardner.
STANDING OF THE PLAYERS.
BY THOMAS J. GALLAGHE


by vs.. Il. w. Gardner: S:15 p. NJ, L. S.
Applcby vs.. Percy Collins.
BY THOMAS j. GALLAGHER.
In a record breaking performance
Percy n. Collins of Chicago defeated
T. Henry ClarlSson OF New York in the
twelfth game OF the tournament for the
national amateur 1872 balklire billiard
championship at the Crescent Athletic
Club last night. The score was 800 to
S5. The winner averaged 81 3-11, the
best mark made In a game of 800 points
in an amateur championship event. His
high runs were 73, So and 90, in each
OF which he exploited a wealth Of skill.
In his first big run Collins was not so
systematic as he was in the other two.
His closing run Of 90 could not have
been executed in better style by Hoppe
or Schaefer. But he has no chance to
win the championship. He has lost two
eames-one TO Edgar T. Appleby, the
other to Emil A. Renner. Should he
defeat Frances A. Appleby to-day he will
he credited with three victories and
swo defeats. Should Frances beat him,
nc VIII have suffered three defeats
The Appleby brothers will play the
final game Monday night. If Edgar
wins this afternoon from Edward w.
Gardner he will have a clear score
when ne meets his brother. II he loses
ho will have q chance to tie Frances II
Frances wins from Collins he will have
clear score. The worst that can hap
pen to the brothers will be a loss of two
games in one of which they will oppose
each other. There Is, therefore, no pos
nf l-cA h.
from winning the championship
Collins Talters.
Clarkson led and tailed three. Collins
followed with two. In the second inning
Clarkson played we'll for twenty-five
and then, with the balls in the lower
right balk. made faulty stroke Col
Inns extracted nine from the leave. He
was In good stroke. but an alignment
on which he resorted to a masse. stopped
him and gave Clarkson a good break,
from which the Amateur Billiard Clubs
candidate for championship honors
scored nine. Then Collins compiled
breezy and moderately spectacular run
OF seventy three, in which he made twen-
ty-two long drives and half a dozen
deftly executed massc effects He
seemed to have a penchant for driving
and. although he frequently had the
them. His execution was fascinating.
his application OF force distracting.
with lS in his fourth inning he got a
total of 102. to offset which Clarkson
had 46. His fifth visit to the table re-
suited In run of So that was an ex-
position OF classical method and artistic
cue work. Departing from his driving
habit he confined his operations to
the head OF the table. AS that per-
fOrn1apca n
run OF 73. so was a final run of go an
accentuated Improvement on what pre-
ceded. The head of the table was again
the scene of operations Excepting that
he made five long drives he specialized
In orthodox balkline and INDUCED in
short drives, line nursing and masse
strokes. Ills last two strokes were of
the exacting short masse type. Clark
son accomplished little.
The score:
Percy N. CollIns-2. ., 73, IS. SO. 1s. q.
4, o, o. 4. o. %. 02. Total. 300. Average.
81 3-11. High runs. 7s. 80. o3.
III Henry olarEson,-3; %s,s, 70, Is. 3. 70; !.
High runs. 20. 10.
Renner Wins by Two Points.
BY the close score of 800 to 29s Emil
Renner of Youngstown, Ohio. defeated
Edward w. Gardner Of Montclair, N. j.,
III tne eleventh game
Renner made an intrepid and solid
finish. He started his final run of eight
with drawshot that few first class
professionals would have undertaken.
Five of his other shots were not easy.
1f he Will develop balkline system and
proper second ball play he will be
great 1mateur. expert.
Gardher won the bank and missed on
the opening stroke. Renner began with
Paoipnipy with fxx-f 1f0t,
shot, Gardner's second inning produced
p7 He showed some good position
strokes but his control was negligible.
A miscue sent him to his seat. Renner
answered with "a and II obtained by
what AL Copeland termed ''the Ohio
ballSline." it was a display OF the art
of making hard shots look easy. The
Buckeye made the game appear diff
cult for himself, yet with a graceful,
positive stroke made count after count.
Technique and system were ignored or
unknown. In eight innings Gardner
made insignificant scores while Renner
kept gathering. Runs OF Is and 10 In
the eleventh and twelfth sent Renner's
total to 1874. A weak nlasse and SINH
lar effort on O short lefthand draw
checked those operations.
Tn the sixteenth Gardner shot with
the wrong ball and foul was called
by the referee. The next inning ne
worked the spheres at the loot emu LOT
ss. On his following chance he got the
balls together, made and miscued In
fhe twentieth he collected "a. Three in
nings later he got %. The seventeenth
count was kiss on. The final followed
n miscue.
The score:
Emi, A Renner-s. -, II, =. - 10, 3, T.
1, o, IS, 10, 2, o. I, 10, 5, y. Q. Z, o, o Sa'
n o. 4. o, g, g. 4, -, l, 81. o, o ], =, o.
o. o, I, o, 1, o. I, 4. 8. Total-3oo Aver
ere-e 1s-45. High runs-34, 33, "a, 2I.
Edward w. Gardner--0. y, Q. o, 3 v, o,.na,
&. 4, II, 8. 9, 8. 4, 0. 3s. z, 2, =. o, -
b, 3, 0, o, 4, 4. AZ, 1. 4, 10. 10 0, 0. -. D.
1T2, o, 3, o. o, 0, 5. Total-29s. Average
6fo-47. High runs-27, 3s. ~.
Howard Reed, chairman OF the BILL
Hard committee and tournament COM
mittee of the Manufacturers CLUB or
Philadelphia, came over from the
Quaker City yesterday afternoon and
witnessed tho great exhibition last
,ight. He was accompanied by Joseph
Mayer, a former amateur champion.
how manager of the billiard department.
Sf the Manufacturers Cub. While both
enthuse over the fine performance OF
Collins they expressed the belief that
Edouard Rondil the French champion,
now guest of the Manufacturers Club.