Chapter VIII: Part II: Plate XIII (6)

=Début of Calvin Demarest in Tournament.= W. P. Mussey’s Room, Chicago, October 2d to November 9th.—Handicap at 14:2, Demarest and C. F. Conklin being the “scratchmen” at 300. Four of the competitors—Conklin, Collins, Huntley, and A. J. Brown—were at the same time playing in the tournament at Bensinger’s, recorded below. Walker was another competitor. Demarest won Mussey’s, winning every game and making the highest run, single average, and general average, viz., 79, 13.04, and 9.95.

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=Handicap 14:2 at Bensinger’s, Chicago.= October 2d to December 13th.—C. F. Conklin and Ed. Rein at “scratch” (300), and other contestants being Messrs. Huntley, May, Barrett, Collins, Dr. Harley Parker, T. J. Nolan, and A. J. Brown. Opening with Collins, Rein made his best average, 11.11; in early defeating May, Conklin ran 92, the best of the tourney; and in the final game, in which he defeated Rein by 300 to 109, he made the best average, 17.67. This tied Conklin, Parker, and Huntley (and the play-off placed them in that succession), put Rein fourth, and tied Brown and Nolan for fifth and sixth, and May and Barrett for eighth and ninth.

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=Final Contest for the Gold Cup.= By agreement of those chiefly concerned, it was decided to end this series of annual amateur competitions, begun in 1901, by holding a tournament of the Cup’s five winners. Two, Arthur R. Townsend and Wilson P. Foss, did not play. This proffered the other three an opportunity for two 300–point games apiece, November 27th to December 2d, at the rooms of the German Liederkranz Society, N. Y. City, and with these results:

G.W. T.P. H. R. H.W.A. G. A.
J. F. Poggenburg 4 1200 91 15. 12.
Ed. W. Gardner 1 903 59 8.82 7.99
Chas. F. Conklin 1 999 58 8.82 8.83

The Gold Cup thereupon became the personal property of Poggenburg, who lost no game, while Gardner and Conklin lost one to each other.

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=Phenomenally Close and Uniform Play.= Maurice Daly’s, N. Y. City, December 11–22d.—Six games apiece, 300 up, 14:2.

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
Wm. Gershel 5 82 7.14 5.77
Van Vleck 4 46 6.67 4.99
Dr. W. G. Douglas 3 51 9.68 5.94
A. Lewenberg. 3 57 7.14 5.25
H. A. Coleman 2 52 5.66 5.35
Mark Muldaur 2 46 6.38 5.34
C. E. White 2 53 5.77 5.28

Every general average was in the 5 block but Van Vleck’s 4.99. Six of the high winning averages were only 20 per cent. apart in their extremes, 5.66 and 7.14. Gershel’s 82 apart, the extremes of the high runs, too, were at only 20 per cent. variance. Nearly one-fifth of the twenty-one games (ties were not played off) were won by fewer than 10 points, and about one-half by fewer than 30.

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=Professional Tournaments at 18:2.= Beginning at Frank A. Keeney’s Room, Brooklyn, December 11–16th, going thence to Maurice Daly’s, Manhattan, January 1–6, 1906, and from there to Splaine & Cutler’s, Boston, January 15–20th, Thomas J. Gallagher, Edward McLaughlin, and Albert G. Cutler took part in doubled games, or 400 points separately, twice around. McLaughlin won in Brooklyn, and Cutler in Manhattan and Boston. The striking features of the whole play were Cutler’s run of 193 and average of 40 in Boston, where Charles F. Campbell was added; and it was in his second game with Campbell that Cutler made both run and average.

1906.

=Foley’s 14:2 Handicap, Chicago.= Begun October 19th, and finished January 5, 1906.—Jackson (200) and Van Haften (170) tied for first and second, and Jenkins and Roney, 140 each, for third and fourth. Jackson and Jenkins won. High run (33) was made by Cochrane (200), and he and Jackson tied on high single average, which was 7.15. J. M. Miller, another “scratchman,” lost his whole eight games.

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=McLaughlin, Gallagher, and Cutler.= See “Professional Tournaments at 18:2,” last paragraph of 1905 but one.

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=Crescent A. C. Championship, Brooklyn, N. Y.= Doubled games of 14:2. The tourney narrowed down to Dr. H. D. Jennings vs. Geo. A. Fish. The latter had won their first game, but on January 16th lost the second by 250 to 155. Next night they played off, and the Doctor, running 44 and averaging 5.56, acquired the year’s championship by 250 to 151.

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=Class C 14:2 at Daly’s.= N. Y. City, January 22–31st.—Conway won without a losing, and Eddie Foy tied Wormser for second and third prizes. Dittman’s 37 won the high prize, and that for high average, 5.58, was played off by him and Conway on February 6th, the latter winning.

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=Philadelphia Clubmen’s Handicap at 14:2.= Begun February 19th in the hall of the Philadelphia Athletic Club, the “scratchmen” (300) being T. Mortimer S. Rolls, of the Arts and the Belmont Cricket Club, and J. E. Cope Morton, of the Germantown Cricket Club. Dr. Wm. E. Uffenheimer (275) represented the University of Pennsylvania, and James S. Alcorn (260) and Joseph Mayer (260) the Lawyers’ and the Mutual Club. The other participants were J. Julius Hovey (260), and Charles A. Shedaker, Charles Stiltz, and Warren A. Hawley, all three at 240. The Phila. A. C. gave three prizes: hall clock for first, silver candelabra for second, and a modern double reading lamp for third. Afternoon and night, about 5000 persons witnessed the games by invitation.

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
Rolls 8 46 8.57 5.65
Morton 7 43 6.12 4.85
Uffenheimer 3 41 5.73 4.37
Hovey 4 33 4.91 3.80
Mayer 4 40 5.65 3.89
Alcorn 4 32 4.41 3.65
Stiltz 3 29 4.71 3.31
Shedaker 2 32 4.36 2.97
Hawley 1 34 3.58 2.85

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=Championship of the World at 18:1.= Grand Hotel, Paris, January 15th, match for the championship and $500 a side between Maurice Vignaux, of France (champion), and Wm. F. Hoppe, of America, challenger. H., 500—20.83—93; V., 323—61. Winner’s run average is the highest to date for any 18:1 championship match. (For other matches of the two 18:1 series see pp. 277–78, 285–86, 295 and 308.)

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=Professional 18:2 in Four Cities.= Beginning on February 5th at “The Casino,” Philadelphia, Harry Cline, Al Taylor, Ed. McLaughlin, T. J. Gallagher, and Albert G. Cutler played a round a week in that city, Trenton, N. J., Maurice Daly’s in Manhattan, and Frank A. Keeney’s in Brooklyn, the chief prize being a loving cup presented by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. Taken ill, McLaughlin had to withdraw in Philadelphia. He played one game in Trenton, the second stand, but had then to withdraw for good. This series of games involved no championship. Cline won the cup, and also made the highest averages, as a rule, but Gallagher made the highest run (138). The best average was Cline’s 22.22, all games being 400 up. At Daly’s, Cline, Cutler, and Gallagher tied, but did not play off. At Keeney’s, Gallagher and Cline tied, and did play off, Cline winning.

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=New National Amateur Championship at 14:2.= This, succeeding that of the “Brooklyn Eagle” Gold Cup of 1901–5, was established by the Chicago Athletic Association, the medium being a tournament held at their gymnasium, Michigan Avenue, March 12th to 21st. Inclusive of an ornate silver cup, serving the winner-in-chief as a perpetual memento of the initial tourney, all the prizes but one were given by the C. A. A., the exception being another silver cup, proffered by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., symbolizing the American amateur championship, and needing to be won by someone in two annual tournaments to confer permanent possession. Games consisted of 300 points, and were fifteen in number, exclusive of the three ties, which determined second, third, and fourth prizes in favor of Demarest, Poggenburg, and Wright, the game between the latter two at the same time deciding their tie for high-average prize in favor of Poggenburg.

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
Ed. W. Gardner 5 88 13.64 8.15
Calvin Demarest 3 83 14.29 12.07
J. F. Poggenburg 3 112 16.67 8.69
H. A. Wright 3 127 16.67 9.66
C. F. Conklin 1 90 7.14 7.43
Chas. S. Norris 0 51 6.37

That Conklin, who until then was titular champion, averaged higher as loser than as winner was due to his winning but one game.

In his play-off with Wright, Demarest averaged 17.65.

Alike in direct execution and in generalship when preferable at times, the playing was of a high order, as suggested by the average of the fifteen regular games, which was 8.70; and there was scarcely a particular in which the tournament was not a gratifying success.

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=French Amateur Championship of the World at 14:2.= Paris, France, February and March.—Class B:

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
Labouret 5 68 6.97 4.89
Roudil 4 55 7.14 5.05
Duluard 3 43 7.14 5.17
De Vauce 2 35 6.12 4.44
Larcher 1 42 7.14 4.87
Deconde 0 31 2.98

In the preliminary, Labouret had 9.37 for high winning average and 6.87 for general, while Duluard had 6.97 and 6.25.

In Class A, the 133 and 100 were run in the opening game, wherein Sutra, though twice running 100, lost by 400 to 397 to Rérolle, who averaged 16.67. On the other hand, when Rérolle made his best average, which was against Hecking, his best run was only 72. The average of the tournament was 10.60.

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
Rérolle 3 133 19.04 13.44
Sutra 2 100 13.33 11.62
Darantière 1 67 10.26 10.39
Hecking 0 53 7.22

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=Championship of the World at 18:1.= Grand Central Palace, New York City, March 27th.—Third match contest of the second series for the world’s championship at 18:1 and $500 a side. Wm. F. Hoppe, champion, 500—10.64—56; Geo. F. Slosson, 391—61. In its financial aspect, the attendance surpassed that of any other one-night billiard match ever played.

Fourth match contest, Madison Square Garden Concert Hall, New York City, October 17th: W. F. Hoppe (champion), 500—10.64—96; Jacob Schaefer, 472—42.

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=Handicap 14:2 at Frank A. Keeney’s, Brooklyn.= Interrupted by illnesses and also postponed nine days by a professional tournament, this lasted from January 29th to March 16th, when there were ties yet to play. C. E. White, scratchman at 275, of course made the highest average (6.40), but near the finish lost three games straight to Keane, Smith, and Boyd. Leaders in high runs were Leonard, White, Boyd, and Robinson, with 35, 33, 30, and 30. Servatius was another contestant.

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=Championship of the World at 18:2, Second Series.= Maurice Vignaux’s term as champion expiring in 1905, the jeweled emblem became his, and the first series of games for the championship of 18:2 came to an end. The second were instituted in Madison Square Garden Concert Hall, New York City, by a tournament of 500–point games held April 9–21st, with a tie-game between Sutton and Schaefer on the 23d. The prizes were a silver cup (championship emblem), and $3000 in cash, both given by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., the entrance fees of $250 apiece, and the door receipts above expenses. This net amounted to $4200, which, added to the $3000 purse and the aggregate entrance fees ($1750), made the realization $8950 for the five most successful players. The tournament was the costliest ever held, as well as the heaviest in receipts.

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
George F. Slosson, New York ($3580) 5 153 33.33 18.47
George Sutton, from Paris ($2237.50) 4 234 100.00 24.14
Jacob Schaefer, Chicago ($1342.50) 4 171 31.25 22.94
Wm. F. Hoppe, New York ($1074) 3 177 27.78 20.44
Louis Cure, from Paris ($716) 2 100 20.83 15.14
Albert G. Cutler, Boston 2 146 17.24 14.46
Orlando E. Morningstar, New York 1 82 9.26 10.89

Average of tournament, 18.24.

The play-offs were won by Cure from Cutler, and Sutton from Schaefer.

Madison Square Garden Concert Hall, New York City, October 18th.—First match ($500 a side): George Sutton (challenger), 500—31.25—202; George F. Slosson (champion), 375—75.

Grand Central Palace, New York City, December 18th.—Second match ($500 a side): George Sutton (champion), 500—107—26.32; Wm. F. Hoppe (challenger), 258—78.

Continued under years 1906, 1907, 1908.

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=Professional Tournament in Chicago.= Thomas Orchestra Hall, May 7–12th.—Games 18:2, 500 points up, for a purse of $2000 guaranteed by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., and divided pro rata. Ties were not played off.

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
Wm. F. Hoppe 4 307 62.50 27.78
Geo. Sutton 3 236 83.33 29.25
Jacob Schaefer 1 107 17.24 19.98
Louis Cure 1 126 23.81 18.69
Geo. F. Slosson 1 142 26.32 16.72

Average of tournament, 21.97. This is high, but it was by five chosen players out of seven, which five had aggregately averaged 20.11 in the championship tournament in New York City.

In Chicago, the aggregates of triple-figure runs were: Slosson’s, 260; Schaefer’s, 393; Cure’s, 452; Hoppe’s, 537; Sutton’s, 1008. In New York: Cure’s, 200; Hoppe’s, 427; Slosson’s, 478; Schaefer’s, 611; Sutton’s, 858.

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=Class B 18:2 at Maurice Daly’s.= New York City, closing as follows on May 23d:

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
M. Muldaur, 300 5 77 8.33 5.67
H. A. Coleman, 300 5 47 6.98 5.90
A. Brock, 300 4 53 8.82 5.85
A. Lewenberg, 300 3 88 6.00 5.54
Tomsone, 270 2 31 4.66 4.42
Wiener, 240 2 37 5.71 4.08
Strauss, 240 0 46 3.32

Muldaur won play-off for first prize.

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=Calvin Demarest vs. A. J. Brown.= W. P. Mussey’s Room, Chicago, week ending October 13th.—Undertaking to play 2000 points of 14:2 to Brown’s 1000, Demarest failed to reach 400 on any of the five nights, and scored but 1550 in all. Brown on the final night made his 200 at a 9.52 gait.

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=Minor Championship of America at 18:2.= Concert Hall of New York Theatre, November 19th to December 1st.—Tournament for gold-lined silver challenge emblem, presented by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., and 50, 25, 15, 5, and 5 per cent. of $950, of which $775 were subscribed by that company ($500) and the following named roomkeepers: Timothy Flynn and Maurice Daly ($100 each), Frank A. Keeney ($50), and Keyser & Garraty ($25). In the tournament, Boston was represented by Albert G. Cutler, Philadelphia by Henry P. Cline, Chicago by Al Taylor, St. Louis by Charles Peterson, and New York City by T. J. Gallagher, Edward McLaughlin, and Frank Hoppe. Games, 400 points.

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
Cutler 5 162 26.67 14.31
Cline 5 109 25.00 14.52
Gallagher 4 118 18.18 10.02
McLaughlin 3 80 12.90 9.15
Taylor 3 94 20.00 13.33
Peterson 1 56 14.29 9.26
Hoppe 0 37 6.02

Cutler was defeated by Gallagher only (400 to 200), and Cline by none but Cutler (400 to 288). Their tie was played off at Maurice Daly’s Room on December 3d, and Cutler won by 400 to 230, with 13.33 for average and 47 for high run, Cline’s being 44. The tie between Taylor and McLaughlin was not decided. There was never a challenge for the emblem, which became Cutler’s personal property on December 3, 1907, the championship itself then expiring.

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=Chicago 14:2 Handicap.= W. P. Mussey’s Room, November.—With 13.64 as best average and 10.50 as general average, Calvin Demarest won his whole seven games, and A. J. Brown, with five victories, won second prize.

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=Amateur 18:2 Tournament.= Maurice Daly’s Room, New York City, December 10–15th.—Games, 250 points.

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
C. A. Van Vleck 4 33 6.76 4.69
F. M. Canda 3 33 7.58 5.62
Wm. Gershel 1 48 5.43 5.11
W. H. Tomsone 1 53 6.10 4.55
Mark Muldaur 1 37 6.76 4.63

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=Mixed Amateur and Professional Handicap.= L. Bensinger’s Room, Chicago, December.—Defeating A. J. Brown by 230 to 58 on an average of 17.69 and a high run of 85, C. F. Conklin closed his series without having lost a game. George Wheeler, professional, was second, and Edward Rein, amateur, with two games won and three lost, tied Frank Maggioli, professional, for third and fourth prizes. The play was 18:2.

1907.

=Maxine Thomas’s Formal New York Debut.= Maurice Daly’s Room, December 31, 1906, and January 1–2, 1907. Style, 18:2. Averaging 16.46, and having 102 for high run, T. J. Gallagher won by 1200 to 889.

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=Calvin Demarest vs. Ora Morningstar.= W. P. Mussey’s Room, Chicago, January 14th to 19th.—Exhibition six nights’ game at 18:2, Morningstar to make 500 points nightly to Demarest’s 300, but failing on the whole by 792. Demarest averaged 16.36 in his 1800, with 152 for high run to Morningstar’s 143.

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=World’s Championship and $500 a Side at 18:2.= (See p. 309 for earlier contests of second series.) Orchestra Hall, Chicago, January 21st, third match.—George Sutton (champion), 500—71—17.86; Orlando C. Morningstar (challenger), 472—72.

Same hall, November 5th.—Fourth match. George Sutton (champion), 500—232—33.33; Jacob Schaefer (challenger), 241—93.

Lenox Lyceum, New York City, January 27, 1908.—Fifth match. George Sutton (champion), 500—93—7.46; Orlando C. Morningstar (challenger), 309—26—4.68.

Madison Square Garden Concert Hall, New York City, March 27, 1908.—Sixth match. George Sutton (champion), 272—83; Wm. F. Hoppe (challenger), 500—99—20.83. The week following, Hoppe returned the emblem to its donors. There being no challenge pending, this closed the second 18:2 series.

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=Interclub Handicap Championship.= Philadelphia, February, 1907.—Game 14:2. T. Mortimer S. Rolls (scratch, 300) was first, with 11.54 for best winning average; J. E. C. Morton second, with 7.24; and Joseph Mayer third, with 5.48. The other contestants were James S. Alcorn, J. Julius Hovey, Dr. W. E. Uffenheimer, and Warren A. Hawley. High runs were lighter than usual in this series, but the general play was better.

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=18:2 vs. 14:2.= L. Bensinger’s Room, Chicago, six nights, closing February 23d.—C. F. Conklin, 1800 at 14:2, with 11.76 for average; George Wheeler, 1419 at 18:2.

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=National Amateur Championship at 14:2.=—See year 1908.

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=Minneapolis Amateur 14:2 Championship.= February.—Defeating J. C. Fremont in the final game, Edward Huyck retained the Brunswick-Balke-Collender medal. Dr. Parker tied Wilmot for second and third prizes.

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=World’s Championship at 18:1.= (Series continued from 1905–6.)—On January 2, 1907, electing to go abroad, Wm. F. Hoppe forfeited the championship and $250 to George Sutton, who was soon challenged by Jacob Schaefer.

Orchestra Hall, Chicago, March 11th.—Contest for 18:1 championship and regulation stake, $500 a side. George Sutton (champion), 448—51; Jacob Schaefer, 500—100—13.88.

Same hall and terms, December 2d.—Jacob Schaefer (champion), 500—88—11.63; George Sutton (challenger), 486—37.

Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, January 23, 1908.—Same terms as before. Jacob Schaefer (champion), 500—59—7.69; Albert G. Cutler (challenger), 476—56.

Orchestra Hall, Chicago, March 11th.—Same terms as before. Jacob Schaefer (champion), 500—95—14.29; Wm. F. Hoppe (challenger), 423—59. Owing to illness, Schaefer forfeited in May, 1908, to Sutton, who had challenged in the prior February.

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=French “Amateur Championnat du Monde.”= Third and last annual tournament of the series, and held at the Billiard Palace, Paris, closing March 15, 1907.—The victor was Lucien Rérolle, Darantière and Francois tying for second and third prizes. Next to Rérolle’s 17.39, 20, 21.05, and 26.67, Darantière’s 16.67 was the highest winning average. The only triple-figure runs were Darantière’s 130 and Rérolle’s 103. The other contestants were Pasco, Blanc, and Mortier. The last withdrew after losing his first two games, one to Rérolle, and the latter was the only unbeaten player. This was Rérolle’s fourth successive annual triumph, and brought this particular championship to a close, it having been projected for 14:2. The first annual he won was projected for 18:2, and its championship ended with the tournament that instituted it. The other had to be won three times, we think.

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=N. Y. A. C. Championship at 14:2.= May, and again won by Dr. Walter G. Douglas, who in this tournament had but two competitors.

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=Calvin Demarest vs. Clarence Jackson.= Exhibition at 14:2, October 1–4th, first and third nights at W. P. Mussey’s Room, and second and fourth at Thomas Foley’s.—Demarest was to go to 1200 against Jackson’s 800, but failed by 42 points, although making five runs—127, 122, 77, 73, and 64—superior to his opponent’s best, which was 58. The winning average, as near as can be ascertained in penalty of resuming play in an irregular way on three of the four nights, was 9.88. In reason, it should have been higher.

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=C. F. Conklin vs. Clarence Jackson.= Chicago, week ending October 26th, four nights of exhibition 14:2 alternately at Thomas Foley’s and A. M. Clarke’s Room, Conklin playing 1200 to 1000, and winning by 23, with an average approximately 10.50. High runs—Jackson, 80; Conklin, 79.

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=Amateur Championship of Oregon.= Portland, Ore., October, last of the three 14:2 contests for the gold medal.—W. C. Duniway, who had won the other two, was also victor now, with an average of 5.13, although MacBisaillon, his opponent on this occasion, made the highest run (41) when he had but 50 to go to Duniway’s 9. The final score was 200 to 198.

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=T. J. Gallagher vs. Ora Morningstar at 18:2.= Maurice Daly’s Room, New York City, October 28th to November 2d, the latter to play 2500 to 1800.—Gallagher, 1800—150—16.09; Morningstar, 1467—79.

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=Gallagher vs. Ed. McLaughlin.= Maurice Daly’s, New York City, November 4–9th, six nights of 18:2.—Gallagher, 1800—80—14.06; McLaughlin, 1571—105.

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=“Imperial” Class B Tournament at 14:2.= L. A. Curtis’s Room, Boston, closing November 6th.—Prior, who won his whole five games and made the highest run (36), was winner of the gold watch. Parker, beaten only by Prior, was second, besides being high in both averages, 4 for single and 3.42 for general.

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=Trenton, N. J., Tournament.= Held in November, and tied for by three whose playing off placed them in this order: Wm. Allen, of the Mercer County Wheelmen, first prize; Whitehead, second; and Fischer, third.

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=Foley’s Class A 14:2 Handicap.= Thomas Foley’s Room, Chicago, ending week of December 11–16th.—Ten competitors, with Clarence Jackson as scratchman (300). With 84 and 17.65 as the highest run and winning average of the tournament, and with a general average of 10.96, Jackson won every game but that with A. J. Brown, who tied W. K. Cochrane for third and fourth, Percy Collins being second. Collins and Brown were at 260, and Cochrane at 200. Brown had second highest run, 56, and Collins second highest winning average, 10.40.

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=George F. Slosson vs. Albert G. Cutler.= Slosson’s Room, New York City, December 9–21st, two exhibition games at 18:2.—Slosson won the first by 1800 to 1430, and the second by 1800 to 1518. Neither game went beyond 10 in winning average, and the highest runs were 77 by Cutler and 72 by Slosson.

1908.

=World’s Championship at 18:1 and 18:2.= For contests in 1908, see pp. 312–13.

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=Crescent A. C. Annual 14:2 Championship.= At Brooklyn, N. Y., ending January 3d.—Tournament won by Dr. H. D. Jennings from E. A. Clough (second prize) in final game, increased from 200 to 300 points. Jennings, 300—41—5.77; Clough, 145—29. The highest average of the tournament, 8.33, was by Jennings in defeating Banker by 200 to 49.

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=Knickerbocker Annual 14:2 Handicap.= F. A. Keeney’s Room, Brooklyn, tournament closing January 1st.—J. Ferdinand Poggenburg (400), Chas. E. White (250), Frank Boyd (225), and Walter A. Leonard (220) tied for first four places. Playing off the ties made the winning order White, Leonard, Boyd, and Poggenburg. Naturally, the scratchman (Poggenburg) made the highest run and average, which were 136 and 11.11 in his last regular game, won from Boyd by 69. The second highest run was 69, made by J. M. Millette (230) when averaging 5.90 in defeating Poggenburg by 111. The other contestants were Christian Scheidig (250), Dr. H. D. Jennings (230), and John A. Keane (185).

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=E. W. Gardner vs. Ferdinand Poggenburg.= Tim Flynn’s Room, New York City, January 31st.—Match at 18:2 for one hundred cigars. Gardner, 400—89—11.76; Poggenburg, 345—60.

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=T. J. Gallagher vs. Ora Morningstar.= February 3–7th, match of single games of 400 points at 18:2 for a purse subscribed by patrons of Maurice Daly’s Room.—Gallagher won the three middle games, and Morningstar the two at the extremes. The highest run, 136, and the highest winning average, 28.57, were made by Morningstar in the final game, which was of no use to either. Gallagher’s best run and highest winning average were 85 and 26.67.

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=California 18:2 Handicap.= W. H. Berry’s Room, Los Angeles, January 27th to February 1st.

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
H. A. Wright (400) 1 111 14.81 15.17
George Kennedy (300) 3 57 11.54 9.48
Wm. Maguire (300) 1 65 11.11 9.82
Frank A. Du Bois (200) 1 52 9.09 5.80

Kennedy and Maguire rate as professionals. The one victory of Du Bois, with its average of 9.09, was over Wright, all of whose games were so near victories that his general average surpasses his highest winning one.

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=Championship of Wisconsin at 14:2.= Coleman & Perrigo’s Room, Milwaukee, Wis., tournament ending February 25th in the sixth regular game, which, between James Brown and Alexander Emslie, determined first and second places, Brown winning by 300 to 147, and making at once the highest run (36) and the highest average (7.32) of the tournament. With Thomas Bigelow, winner of third prize. Brown and Emslie represented Milwaukee, Charles H. Schweizer coming from La Crosse.

W. W. A. G. A.
Brown 3 7.32 6.00
Emslie 2 5.45 4.64
Bigelow 1 4.76 4.29
Schweizer 0 3.14

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Roomkeepers’ 18:2 Championship of Wisconsin. Tournament closed April 22d, Milwaukee, with decisive game: H. A. Coleman, 300—47—6.98; John Hahman, 221—32.

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National Amateur Championship at 14:2. Instituted March 12 to 21, 1906 (see that year), this was continued in March, 1907, at the rooms of the German Liederkranz Society, N. Y. City, with the results in the table first appended, and concluded at the rooms of the Chicago, Ill., Athletic Association, March 14–23, 1908, as set forth in the second table.

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
Calvin Demarest 5 115 27.27 14.85
C. F. Conklin 3 68 12.00 9.18
E. W. Gardner 3 101 10.71 9.32
J. Ferd. Poggenburg 2 101 21.43 11.55
Dr. L. L. Mial 2 94 14.29 9.51
T. M. S. Rolls 0 96 8.10

Conklin and Poggenburg defeated Gardner and Mial in the extra or play-off games, Poggenburg running 115 and averaging 42.86. Neither the average nor the run counts against the figures in the table. Nevertheless, the 42.86 was the highest of record for a player of Poggenburg’s class.

The regular games, 300 points up, were fifteen. In Chicago they numbered the same, but were 400 points up.

Demarest’s victory in Chicago closed the series by making him owner of the emblem, with 202 (in his tie game with H. A. Wright) and 57.14 (in his regular-schedule game with E. W. Gardner) as the highest record run and single average of his class at 14:2. The same is true of his general average of 21.22, which, could his two tie games be computed with it, would be transformed into 23.19.

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
Calvin Demarest[13] 4 170 57.14 21.22
H. A. Wright 4 133 30.08 16.14
C. F. Conklin 4 141 15.39 12.11
E. W. Gardner 2 75 13.80 11.01
J. F. Poggenburg 1 116 21.05 11.29
Clarence Jackson 0 56 10.85

Footnote 13:

Lost to Wright by 133 (average and high run 16.67 and 83 for winner,
and 11.13 and 66 for loser), which caused a tie among himself, Wright,
and Conklin.

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=American Debut of Firmin Cassignol of France.=—March 2, Geo. F. Slosson’s Rooms, N. Y. City, beginning a series of 18:2 exhibition games with the proprietor.

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=New French Championship at 18:2.= Tournament held in Paris, France, April 3–10, 1908. The general average of Rérolle is closely approximate only, all known on this side as to the final game, which was between him and Robert Mortier, is Rérolle’s recollection that Mortier averaged 25, and that he himself did not make half the game. Points were 400, and balls presumably 61 millimeters. Games, 400 up.

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
Mortier 5 118 25.00 16.26
Rérolle 4 175 20.00 14.02
Blanc 3 98 22.22 11.79
Darantière 2 121 21.06 13.59
De Drée 1 79 7.55 7.94
Labouret 0 58 6.37

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=International Tournament for Amateur World’s Championship at 18:2.= Held in the large hall of the German Liederkranz Society, N. Y. City, five competing and finishing in the order given in the subjoined summary, viz., Lucien Rérolle, Toulouse, France; Calvin Demarest and Chas. F. Conklin, Chicago, Ill.; and E. W. Gardner and J. Ferd. Poggenburg, N. Y. City. Apart from the championship emblem, which, the gift of the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., and formally presented by the National Association of Amateur Billiard Players, is subject to annual competition until some one player shall have won it twice, the prizes were at the choice of the players in the order of their standing as winners of games, which were 400 points up, April 28 to May 7.

W. H. R. W. A. G. A.
Demarest 4 151 28.57 20.00
Rérolle 2 103 15.38 13.44
Conklin 2 59 13.79 9.93
Gardner 1 62 10.53 8.50
Poggenburg 1 55 11.76 9.47

In playing off the ties, the winners, Rérolle and Gardner, both surpassed their prior best winning average by respectively making 16 flat and 10.81, Gardner also making his highest run of all (83, which is a record for him), and Rérolle his second best (91). Demarest’s general average is record high, but his single average of 28.57 and his run of 151 are second best.

Conditions of the tournament barred “anchor” and imposed balls of a diameter of 61 millimeters, or 2⅜ in. plus. Games, 400 points.

BEST RECORD PERFORMANCES
ON DIFFERENT LINES, BUT ALWAYS ON A 5 × 10 TABLE.

AVERAGES IN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.

26.67 in 800, 14:2—F. C. Ives, 1892.

15.00 in 600, 18:1—F. C. Ives, 1898.

33.33 in 500, 18:2—George Sutton, 1907.

20.83 in 500, 18:1—W. F. Hoppe, Paris, France, 1906.

RUNS IN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.

155 in 800–point game, 14:2—J. Schaefer, 189.

91 in 600–point game, 18:1—F. C. Ives, 1898.

100 in 500–point game, 18:1—J. Schaefer, 1907.

232 in 500, 18:2—George Sutton, 1907.

AVERAGES IN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.

40 in 600, 8:2—J. Schaefer, 1883.

31.25 in 500, 18:1—F. C. Ives, 1897.

50 in 500, 18:2—M. Vignaux, Paris (championship of France), 1902.

100 in 500, 18:2—G. Sutton (championship of the world), 1906.

RUNS IN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.

246 in 600–point game, 8:2—M. Vignaux, 1883.

140 in 500–point game, 18:1—F. C. Ives, 1897.

175 in 600–point game, 18:2—M. Vignaux, Paris (championship of
France), 1902.

234 in 500–point game, 18:2—G. Sutton (championship of the world),
1906.

BEST GENERAL AVERAGES (CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS ONLY).

23.23, game 8:2, Chicago—J. Schaefer, winner, 1883.

9.39, game 18:1, N. Y. City—G. F. Slosson, winner, 1897.

14.95, game 18:1. N. Y. City—F. C. Ives, loser, 1897.

27.73, game 18:2, Paris, France—Edouard Fournil, tied with L. Cure
and M. Vignaux, and second in play-off, with Cure first
(championship of France), 1902.

22.29, game 18:2, Paris, France—M. Vignaux, tied with L. Cure and G.
Sutton (championship of world), 1903.

24.14, game 18:2, N. Y. City (championship of the world)—G. Sutton,
1906.

AVERAGES IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.

44.75 in 3000, 8:2—M. Vignaux, Paris, 1884.

38.10 in 800, 8:2—J. Schaefer, 1884.

14.55 in 800, 12:2—J. Schaefer, 1885.

25.86 in 3000, 14:2—J. Schaefer, 1886.

22.22 in 800, 14:2—G. F. Slosson, 1891.

27.41 in 4000, 14:2—J. Schaefer, 1893.

48.62 in 3600, 14:2—F. C. Ives, 1894.

18.29 in 1500, 18:2—J. Adorjan, 1902.

22.90 in 3000, 18:2—J. Schaefer, Paris, 1904.

RUNS IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.

329 in 3000–point game, 8:2—M. Vignaux, Paris, 1884.

211 in 800–point game, 8:2—J. Schaefer, 1884.

109 in 800–point game, 12:2—J. Schaefer, 1885.

230 in 3000–point game, 14:2—J. Schaefer, 1886.

173 in 800–point game, 14:2—G. F. Slosson, 1891.

456 (anchor) in 4000–point game, 14:2—F. C. Ives, 1893.

359 in 3600–point game, 14:2—F. C. Ives, 1894.

139 in 600–point game, 18:1—J. Schaefer, 1899.

255 in 3000–point game, 18:2—L. Cure, Paris, 1904.

AVERAGES IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.

75 in 600, 14:2—M. Vignaux, 1885.

38.46 in 600, 14:2—J. Schaefer, 1890.

100 in 600, 14:2—J. Schaefer in New York and F. C. Ives in Chicago,
both due to anchor, 1893.

50 in 600, 18:2—F. C. Ives, 1896.

40 in 400, 18:1—J. Schaefer, 1898.

83.33 in 500—G. Sutton, Chicago, 1906.

RUNS IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.

566 (anchor) in 600–point game, 14:2—J. Schaefer, 1893.

200 in 600–point game, 18:2—F. C. Ives, New York, 1896.

111 in 500–point game, 18:1—J. Schaefer, 1896.

138 in 400–point game, 18:1—J. Schaefer, 1898.

195 in 600–point game, 14:2—M. Vignaux, 1885.

307 in 500–point game, 18:2—W. F. Hoppe, Chicago, 1906.

CUSHION CAROMS.

[When not otherwise specified, all play was at ordinary C. C., with
three 2⅜ balls on 5 × 10 table, cushion being taken at some time
before hitting second object-ball.]

1867.

=First Public Exhibition.= Opening of Tobin & Bosworth’s Room, Boston, October, 1867.—Played with four balls on a 5½ × 11 four-pocket table, Joseph Dion, of Montreal, defeating John McDevitt, of N. Y. City.

1878.

=First Public Match Contest.= Bumstead Hall, Boston, February 21st.—$250 a side, Jacob Schaefer discounting John H. Flack. Schaefer’s actual score at close, 300; average of all points he made, 2.50; best run, 35. Flack’s total, 299; best run, 8. Time, 5h. 50m.

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=First Tournament.= Begun in a St. Louis billiard room, March 14th.—The games, as reported, were 400 points up, and the best averages of the four prize-winners (Frank Day, S. G. Baldwin, Eugene Wolff, and Edward Warner) 3.60, 2.98, 2.14, and 3.15, with 23, 18, 14, and 38 as their high runs respectively. Figures sometimes need vouchers. It was not until three years later that the finest professionals in the land were able to equal some of the foregoing, and not until 1883 that such professionals ventured upon longer games in tournament than 200 points, and then on a 4½ × 9 table.

1881.

=The Sexton-Schaefer Matches.= All independent of one another. First:

Cooper Institute, N. Y. City, February 15th.—$500 a side, Schaefer, 400—3.92—26; Sexton, 396—21.

Tammany Hall, same city, $1,000 a side, February 26th.—Sexton, 400—3.33—27; Schaefer, 363—20.

Same hall, December 29th.—$2,500 a side. Sexton, 600—3.87—77; Schaefer, 576—23. That 77 is still record-high for a public match.

Academy of Music, same city and like stake, April 27, 1882.—Sexton, 600—4.05—32; Schaefer, 538—28. (Owing to the 77 run in the other, this match drew by far the most money cushion-caroms have ever known.)

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=First Tournament in the East.= Philadelphia Roomkeepers’ Championship, played in various rooms, April 4–20, 1881.—Victor Estephe winning 6—0, McLaughlin 5—1, Chris. Bird, Ed. Nelms, and Robt. Hunter 3—3, Pincus Levy 1—5, and Jas. Palmer 0—6. All games 150 up.

In ensuing matches, same points, Estephe beat McLaughlin and Hunter, and then McLaughlin won six straight—from Estephe, Bird, and Palmer once apiece, and from Hunter thrice.

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=Only Four-handed Game in Public.= Winter Circus, Paris, France, June 26, 1881.—4½ × 9 table, purse game. Vignaux and Garnier, 600—6.12—25 and 12 each for best run; Slosson and Lucien Piot, 577—22 and 14 for runs.

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=Only World’s Championship.= Tammany Hall, November 14–19th and Cooper Institute, November 21–26th, both N. Y. City.—For an emblem and $2,500 in prize money. Games, 200 points up, nine for every player. Slosson and Lon Morris were first and second in playing off triple tie.

W. R. Av. G. A.
J. Dion, $1,000 7 45 4.26 3.40
Schaefer, $700 6 35 6.25 3.20
Slosson, $500 5 32 5.13 3.56
Morris, $300 5 37 4.35 3.
Wallace 5 26 3.45 2.98
Daly 4 44 3.85 3.04
Gallagher 4 29 3.72 2.91
Carter 4 27 4.44 2.85
Sexton 3 32 3.57 2.93
Heiser 2 18 3.68 2.49

There having been but one other first-class professional tournament, and that on different terms, it would subserve no purpose to figure out the exact average of the entire play. Approximately, 3.04.

There was never a match for this championship. Sexton challenged, and on September 23d Dion resigned on the ground that the conditions announced when he competed for the emblem had not been observed. Sexton held it thenceforward without challenge.

1882.

=First Tournament “Down East.”= Boston, Mass., closing January 5th.—For amateur championship. Prize-winners were Moses Yatter, E. H. Marshall, G. A. Roberts, Thos. R. Tarrant, and Chas. F. Campbell. The last subsequently acquired the emblematic silver cup and lost it to Marshall, April 12th, by 250 to 241. Campbell and Yatter played for the State championship on January 25, 1883, and out of that match (C., 250—1.85—12; Y., 249—11) came the State championship of 1884.

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=Piot vs. Schaefer.= Grand Café, Paris, February 10th.—$50 a side. P., 200; S., 198.

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=Eugene Kimball vs. Sexton.= Cooper Institute, N. Y. City, April 29th.—$500 a side. K. (with odds of 150), 500—3.37 in 350—26; S., 403—42.

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=Slosson vs. Sexton.= Assembly Buildings, Philadelphia, public contest in aid of National Billiard Association. Slosson, 300; Sexton, 198.

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=Daly vs. Kimball.= Tammany Hall, N. Y. City, June 1st.—$500 a side, even up. D., 500—4.35—28; K., 347—30. [See Sexton vs. Daly below, and also Carter vs. Gallagher under 1884, for 4.35 as a tie on high record average thrice.]

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=Sexton vs. Daly.= Independent matches, each for $500 a side and in Tammany Hall, N. Y. City.—December 1, 1882: S., 500—3.57—27; D., 456—24. January 6, 1883: D., 500—4.35—44; S. 467—30.

1883.

=Only Championship of America.= Tammany Hall, N. Y. City, May 14–25th.—$3,000 in money and an emblem presented by H. W. Collender; 500 points on 4½ × 9; shot to count whether cue-ball cushioned before hitting second object-ball or after hitting both and before hitting either again. This was a revival. It was little followed after 1883, and was expunged from the rules in 1897.

W. R. Av. G. A.
Daly, $1,200 5 56 8.06 6.550
Wallace, $800 4 41 5.62 5.25
Schaefer, $500 4 49 10. 6.559
Vignaux, $300 3 43 7.94 6.09
J. Dion 3 47 6.17 5.21
Sexton 2 65 6.89 5.37
Carter 0 36 4.82

This tournament is exceptional among professional ones in that before his one defeat (by Schaefer) Daly had won the championship, Wallace and Vignaux won play-offs. In thus defeating Schaefer, Wallace ran 76 and averaged 7.25. Sexton’s 6.89 is a losing average. The general averages of Daly and Schaefer were a close call, of which the old form of expression (6–248/451 and 6–238/426) gives scant idea. Average of tournament, 5.66.

There was but one match. Sexton and Vignaux both challenged, Daly resigned to Sexton as having priority, and Slosson challenged on September 22d. Sexton thereupon named Chicago and unexpectedly a 5 × 10 table for the contest. This was the first time that a champion ever chose a place not his own residence, and such a naming did not happen again until April, 1902, when, Schaefer and Vignaux both being in Paris, the former named N. Y. City, and in consequence there was no contest. Slosson was not to be balked, and finally found himself up against a faster Collender cushion than he had been given to practise with, which will explain the drop in average.

SEXTON LOSES TO SLOSSON. Central Music Hall, Chicago, October 24th.—Championship and $500 a side. Slosson, 500—3.55—38; Sexton, 483—30.

Next day, Slosson resigned the emblem to its donor. Passing again to Sexton without further competition, it eventually became his in perpetuity.

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=Johnson vs. Reeves for $1,000 a Side.= Madison Square Hall, N. Y. City, November 9th.—4½ × 9 table. David Johnson, 250—2.14—13; John T. Reeves, 233—12. (See Bookmakers’ Tournaments.)

1884.

=Carter vs. Gallagher.= St. Louis, February 20th.—$500 a side. C., 400—4.35—33; G., 327—31. [Carried a term higher, Carter’s average becomes a shade better than the best prior match record, being 4.348 to Daly’s 4.347.]

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=Championship of Massachusetts.= W. P. Marshall’s Room, Boston, tournament on 4½ × 9, ending March 1st.—Moses Yatter 8—1, E. H. Marshall 7—2, C. F. Campbell 6—3, and T. W. Allen 3—4, prize-winners. Allen made the best run, 26, and Campbell the highest winning average, 3.33.

There were nine match-contests for the emblem, John Morse winning the first three, Campbell the fourth and fifth, and Yatter the remaining four.

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=Championship of Ohio.= Mozart Hall, Cincinnati, April 21–26th.—4½ × 9 table. Seven contestants, these four being prize-winners: John A. Thatcher, 6—0, $200 and medal; Tony Honing, 4—3, $125; Harry Bussey, 4—2 (beaten by Honing in play-off), $75; and West (beat W. De Long in play-off), $50. Championship competition ended with tournament.

1885.

=Second Massachusetts Championship.= This was the pioneer prohibition one, Yatter and Campbell being barred. Boston, January 12th to February 13th.—4½ × 9 table. Jas. O’Neil 9—0, Fred Eames 7—2, E. H. Marshall 6—3, and Chas. Barnard 5—4, were prize-winners. Best average, 3.45, was by Eames, whose 22 tied W. G. Gilman’s for high-run prize, won by G. in playing off. Emblem was held successively by O’Neil (forfeited through illness), Marshall, O’Neil again, and Eames finally.

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=Sexton vs. Slosson.= Irving Hall, N. Y. City, May 6th.—$2,550 ($1,500 staked on Slosson against $1,050 on Sexton). Sexton, 500—4.42—30; Slosson, 486—35. (See 1866 and 1887 for this match average surpassed.)

1886.

=Bookmakers’ Handicaps.= The Reeves-Johnson match of 1883, which was a heavily speculative event, led to a series of bookmakers’ tournaments in this city, February 8–18, 1886; January 31st to February 14, 1887; January 23–27, 1888; and January 14–22, 1889, the winners of which severally were Chas. Davis, Joseph Cotton, Davis again, and David Johnson. The last-named was at “scratch” in two out of four, and Davis always at “scratch” except in the third, when Reeves, playing 170 to his 150, tied him, but was beaten in the play-off. All but the 1887 tournament were on a 4½ × 9.

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=Only Real Sweepstakes Known to Billiards.= Two of the foregoing bookmakers’ handicaps—those of 1888 and 1889, Davis winning one and Cotton the other—were genuine sweepstakes. Entrance fees may combine to form stakes, but not sweepstakes when portioned out.

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=Slosson vs. Schaefer.= Masonic Hall, St. Louis, November 27, 1886.—First game of home-and-home match, each for $2,000 a side. Slosson, 500—4.07—26; Schaefer, 469—26.

Return game, Central Music Hall, Chicago, December 17th.—Schaefer, 500—4.50—48; Slosson, 430—22.

1887.

=Slosson vs. Schaefer.= Central Music Hall, Chicago, April 4th.—First game of match of two (see “Balkline,” 14:2, 1887, for the other), each for $500 a side. Slosson, 500—4.81—25; Schaefer, 488—49. The average is still match-high. Winner overcame the longest lead known to a public match at this game. When Schaefer needed but 130 to go, Slosson was 120 behind.

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=First Contest of Multiple Nights.= Light Infantry Armory, Washington, D. C., May 23–28th.—Game for a purse, 300 points nightly. Daly, 1800—4.66—38; Sexton, 1182—46. Multiplying nights at cushion caroms has been given a trial but once since, and then by Slosson and Schaefer (see 1899).

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=First Public Handicap.= Madison Street Theatre, Chicago, November 5–22d.—This was Frank C. Ives’s tournamental début.

W. R. Av. G. A.
Carter (170) 9 29 6.80 4.53
Schaefer (200) 8 54 10. 5.53
Moulds (110) 7 24 3.79 2.66
Ives (110) 6 16 2.70 2.36
Thatcher (110) 6 25 2.60 2.24
J. Matthews (110) 6 25 4.40 2.60
Gallagher (160) 5 30 3.90 3.30
Slosson (200) 3 40 5.89 4.
J. F. Donovan (110) 2 21 2.44 1.77
Hatley (115) 2 20 2.57 1.90
Catton (160) 1 18 4. 2.50

Average of tournament, 3.005. There has been no technically public handicap at cushion caroms since.

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=Donovan vs. Chas. Schaefer.= St. Louis, December 19th.—Match for $500 a side. S., 200—1.98—13; D., 152—10.

1888.

=Championship of Pennsylvania.= Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, January 9–26th.—200–point games, eight contestants and seven prize-winners, viz., McLaughlin, 7—0; Burris, 6—1; Bullock, 5—2; Pollard, 4—3; P. Levy, 3—4; J. Cline, 2—5; Palmer, 1—6. Eighth man was Edward Woods, 0—7. Matches were not meant to follow. The championship emblem, won by McLaughlin along with $210, was presented by H. J. Bergman.

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=Saratoga, N. Y., Three-handed Tournament.= Town Hall, August 6–8th.—Slosson, $500; Daly, $350; Sexton, $150. Play was inconspicuous in runs and averages.

1889.

=Five-handed Tournament in Boston.= John J. Murphy’s Hub Palace, finishing January 4th.—4½ × 9 table. Eames, 4—0; Yatter, 3—1; and John Dankleman; C. F. Campbell, and W. M. Gilman, 1—3 apiece, divided third money.

On January 16th, for $150 a side, 4½ × 9, Eames defeated Yatter by 200 to 209, and in same room, March 7th, and at C. T. Shean’s Room, Springfield, March 20th, he defeated L. A. Guillet in a home-and-home, $100 a side.

1892.

=Garnier vs. Carter.= Paris, February 2d.—$500 a side. G., 300; C., 293. February 26th: G., 300; C., 233.

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=Carter vs. Vignaux.= Paris, February 10th.—$500 a side. C., 50; V., 49.

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=Schaefer vs. Vignaux.= Paris, December 27th.—$500 a side. S., 400—3.96; V., 345.

1894.

=Fournil vs. Gallagher.= Daly’s Room, N. Y. City, December 3–7th.—Formal American début of Edouard Fournil, of Paris, France. Purse game, 200 points nightly. With 45 for high run against 37, F. won by 1,000 to 848.

1896.

=Last Professional Tournament.= Bumstead Hall, Boston, April 13–17th.—Under auspices of Daly and Ives, 300–point games.

W. R. Av. G. A.
Ives 3 85 5.88 5.29
Schaefer 2 39 5.36 4.91
Daly 1 29 4.62 4.35
Garnier 0 43 3.82

Approximate average of tournament, 4.67. Ives’s 85 was run against Daly. While it is absolutely the highest in public, yet it cannot properly be compared with Sexton’s 77 in virtually a $6,250 stake match (not counting side bets) that he won from Schaefer by no more than 4 per cent. in 600.

1899.

=Schaefer’s Highest Run of Record.= Lenox Lyceum, N. Y. City, May 22d.—Second game of match of two, each for $500 a side (see Balkline, May 13, 1899, for first). Slosson, 500—4.60—34; Schaefer, 359—55.

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=Second Match of Multiple Nights.= Madison Square Garden Concert Hall, N. Y. City, October 30 to November 1st.—$500 a side. Slosson, 900—4.57—37; Schaefer, 757—41.

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=McLaughlin vs. Gallagher.= Maurice Daly’s, N. Y. City, November 6–10.—Purse game, best in five. McLaughlin, who won the odd, also made the more points—944 to 924.

1902–3.

=Amateur Revival Tournaments.= After having been out of fashion for years, the game was revived in winter of 1902–3 at Maurice Daly’s, N. Y. City, by Messrs. Mark Muldaur, Albert Brock, Wm. Gershel and F. Poggenburg, who finished in that order without unusual play, and at Foley’s, Chicago, August 31st to October 31st, C. F. Conklin (scratch at 125) winning by 7—1 in games, and making best run (21), and highest winning average (2.75). S. W. Miller made 3.33 in the opening game, but it was canceled with the game itself when Ballard, whom Miller had beaten, withdrew from tournament. Miller, Beard and Hale tied, and play-off gave Miller second prize, Beard third, and Hale fourth. Conklin was beaten by none but Hale (100). Miller and Beard were at 70.

BEST RECORD PERFORMANCES
ON 5 × 10 AND 4½ × 9 TABLES, BOTH HAVING BEEN CHAMPIONSHIP STANDARDS

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGE.

3.55 in 500—G. F. Slosson, 1883.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH RUN.

38 in 500 (still his best record in match, with 40 his best in
tournament)—G. F. Slosson, 1883.

CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT AVERAGE.

6.25 in 200—J. Schaefer (with 3.56 by G. F. Slosson for high general
average, but the two were second and third winners only), 1881.

10.00 in 500–point game, 4½ × 9 table—J. Schaefer, with 6.559 for
best general average, that of winner-in-chief (M. Daly) being 6.550,
1883.

CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT RUN.

45 in 200–point game—J. Dion, winner, 1881.

65 in 500–point game, 4½ × 9 table—W. Sexton, 1883 (T. Wallace ran
76 in play-off for second prize, but championship tournament was
then over).

NON-CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES.

3.92 in 400—J. Schaefer, 1881.

4.81 in 500—G. F. Slosson, 1887.

4.05 in 600—W. Sexton, 1882 (see under 1881).

4.66 in 1800—M. Daly, 1887.

4.57 in 900—G. F. Slosson, 1902.

NON-CHAMPIONSHIP RUNS.

27 in 400—W. Sexton, 1881.

77 in 600—W. Sexton, 1881.

46 in 1800—W. Sexton, 1887.

55 in 500—J. Schaefer, 1899.

41 in 900—J. Schaefer, 1902.

NON-CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.

In Chicago, in 1887, Schaefer made his best average (10 in 200) on a
5 × 10 table, and Slosson his highest run of all (40); and in
Boston, in 1896, Ives ran 85 (highest of all runs) and made the best
general average on 5 × 10 table (5.29).

THREE-CUSHION CAROMS.

1878.

=First Tournament.= C. E. Mussey’s Room, St. Louis, January 14–31st.—50–point games. Leon Magnus, 4—1; Carter, Gallagher, and Heiser, 3—2; W. C. McCreery, 2—3; Thomas Potts, 0—5. Carter won play-off, with Gallagher second. The best run (6) and the best average (.75, or ¾ of a point) were Gallagher’s.

1882.

=McCreery vs. Magnus.= St. Louis, February 2d.—$200 a side. McC., 50—.94—runs not reported. Magnus scored 31. It is not known of this unknown game that the winner’s average, nearly one point, has ever been equaled in so long a match as 50 points. (See May 30–31, 1900.)

1886.

=First Tournament in the East.= Schaefer & Emerich’s Room, N. Y. City, 25–point games. Gus Newland, 7—2, won first prize, $75 and a gold medal, and Al. Sauer, Herbert Haskell, W. Clark and C. Wilson tied at 6—3. The other contestants, not all of whom finished, were Arthur R. Townsend, Charles Heineman, Joseph Stiner, Ed. Williamson, and Mr. Pollock.

1898.

=Schaefer vs. Ives.= Auditorium Recital Hall, Chicago, April 4th.—$100 a side. Schaefer, 120—average unreported—8; Ives, 106.

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=Capt. A. C. Anson vs. L. Jevne.= Chicago, September.—Each game for $50 a side, Jevne giving odds of 10. First: A., 50; J., 38. Second: A., 50; J., 39.

1899.

=Schaefer vs. Carter.= Chicago, Ill., February 4th.—$200 a side. S., 100; C., 89.

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=Frank C. Ives’s Last Match.= “Ives Room,” N. Y. City, May 24–25th.—Four-handed for announced $250 purse and $2,500 stake. First game: Ives and W. H. Harrison, 60; Schaefer and J. A. Thatcher, 45. Second game: S. and T., 65; I. and H., 55.

While rather an exhibition than a match, nevertheless these games are of interest as the last formal ones in which Ives took part. All but Schaefer were soon dead.

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=First Tournament in N. Y. City.= “Ives Room,” ending July 29th.—Thatcher, 13—1, first; Maloney, 12—3, second; W. H. Myers, 10—5, third.

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=John Daly vs. Luis Vasquez.= Chicago, Ill., December 13th.—$50. D., 50—av., .34; V., 39.

1900.

=Averaging in Short Games.= The Daly-Vasquez contest has been given a place because it typifies generalship on the part of a winner lacking his opponent’s executive ability, and the following are added as representing free play or catch-as-catch-can billiards. Chicago, May 30th: Capron, 30—av., 1.25; Sutton, 17. May 31st: Carter, 30—av., .97; Sutton, 15.

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=Carter Loses Championship to Jevne.= Clarence E. Green’s Academy, Chicago, June 15th (postponed from June 8th because of C.’s unfitness). J., 100—.45—6; C., 66—5.

Winner was challenged by C., who had to declare forfeit by reason of further unfitness. W. H. Catton challenged, but nothing came of it.

This championship was instituted through an emblem presented it by the B. B. C. Co. for a tournament in Chicago. Catton won it and at once resigned it. Clarence Green sought to revive the championship a few months later, Carter won it in tournament, and no match but that he lost for it has ever been played. Its time expired years ago.

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=Championship of Louisiana.= John Miller’s Room, New Orleans, ending in September. Seven entries. Wm. Zaehringer (5—1) made best run, 7; M. Tarleton (4—2) ran 6, as also G. H. Miller, who, with 3—3, tied L. Abrams for third and fourth.

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=“Red, White, and Blue.”= Foley’s Room, Chicago, October and November.—This was an experimental tournament to ascertain how one cue-ball for both players would work. Instead of making a red of the other white, it was colored blue. This handicap of amateurs ended in a tie between Messrs. Anderson and Bunker, and on November 20 the former won the play-off by 27 to 12.

1901.

=Amateur Championship of Pacific Coast.= “The Waldorf,” San Francisco, October.—Probably 4½ × 9. J. C. Howard, unbeaten, Dr. W. F. Davis, W. I. Barry, J. Berry, and J. J. Roggan (won no game) closed in that order. General averages and best runs: Howard, .48—4; Barry, .42—6; Davis, .38—4; Berry, .36—5.

1902.