| Show JOSEPH MAYER CAPTURES NATIONAL BILLIARD TITLE I Brooklyn Expert H Has s Easy Time in the Final Contest Contesti Josoph Mayer Mner Philadelphia April national amateur ot of Brooklyn the won on America or of IS billiard bUllard E. E W. W Gardner ncr ot of tonight by tinS Idea East Orange N. N J. J In fl the final game The score was 4 of ot the tho tournament made mado a a. high ru run to The winner Inner 19 21 1 average was of or 10 and his 1115 Gardners Gardner's high nigh run mu was 48 and hIs hla av- av crage 12 1 15 21 13 1 the sixth In Inning In- In Mayers Mayer's s run of oC In sing ning was tim the highest of af the tournament ment flient and ami among the best In the hl history tory of ot amateur billiards lIe He had made madea a run of ot 53 in tho the preceding inning and it looked ed AS though he ho would e es establish establish es- es a new nC best average crage record His Ills runs of ol 22 22 GS 68 and 43 In the eighth ninth ninth and tenth Innings which he closed U by missing a. a bank shot b by a narrow margin were followed b by blank Innings and his average was rapidly reduced Six times In succession zion Jon tho the balls were left lett widely videly spread b by Gardner anti and Mayor l In spite of or hl hi his Knowledge go of ot cushion play via was wag unable to tall tally Gardner was blanked in his first three innings s. missing comparatively ely easy shots lIe He showed a a. flash of ot his true form torm In iii the fifth and sixth when ho lie compiled totals of oC 46 45 and 48 and pla played er fairly consistent billiards from froni the tho tenth to tho fourteenth innings M. when ho had runs of ot 20 O 33 33 23 and 27 7 7 leaving Ica his opponent safe sate In each inS in- in S stance ta flee Mayer b by his victory secures a n. l legon leg leg- g gon on tho trophy of or the he National Association 4 tion of ot Amateur Billiard Players which must be he twice to secure permanent possession II lie He also won tho prizes of offered offered ot- ot for tor the tho highest run and best average J. J Cope Copo Morton Philadelphia defeat defeat- pd d Wilkic C. C Portland Ore In the afternoon gamo game by the tho score of or to Mortons Morton's high run was 43 Duniway's high big run was 28 S. S Tho Pacific coast champion was suffering suffering suf suf- fering from a a. heavy y cold and played below his usual form This enabled the Union nIon leagues league's representative to topIa pIa play a R more open game and when b ho- ho had the balls halls together to score rapidly The rhe game was vas completed In less than than two hours and a quarter Duniway failed tailed to score In his first t two in innings and Morton torton took the tho lead with runs of 16 and 19 Tho The Phila- Phila continued to lead load b by a good margin to td the end and was more than one hundred points ahead In iii ever every Inning in- in ning after atter the fifteenth when he made I his ills run of 43 j 1 The final standing of or the tile seven contestants contestants con- con in tho the tournament Is High BEst Won on Lost Run Hun A j Mayer 6 G 0 22 4 iS 4 18 Co Conklin klin t 5 j 1 17 11 9 23 Gardner 4 2 81 15 1510 10 G J Collins 2 4 93 91 14 27 1422 2227 2 Morton 2 4 72 11 1111 22 22 11 Duniway 1 5 81 Si 11 1111 33 1111 11 r. r 1 6 61 Gl 10 |
