1900.
A. A. U.’s Second Class A Tournament. Knickerbocker A. C., February 5–16th.—400–point games, 14:2, anchor barred, for championship Silver Cup given by the B. B. C. Co., to become the property of anyone winning it thrice.
| W. | R. | Av. | G. A. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foss | 5 | 115 | 14.29 | 10.64 |
| McCreery | 4 | 68 | 14.81 | 9.59 |
| Smith | 3 | 54 | 8.51 | 7.50 |
| Threshie | 2 | 79 | 12.90 | 7.99 |
| Mial | 1 | 80 | 7.41 | 6.32 |
| Conklin | 0 | 44 | 5.68 |
Average of tournament, 7.95.
Metropolitan Amateur Championship of 14:2. First tournament held by Hanover Club, and second participated in by the N. A. A. B. P., Brooklyn, N. Y., March 12–17th. Average of tournament, 6.57.
| W. | R. | Av. | G. A. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poggenburg | 3 | 49 | 8.33 | 7.20 |
| Keeney | 2 | 45 | 8.57 | 6.58 |
| Townsend | 1 | 33 | 5.77 | 5.52 |
| Stark | 0 | 64 | 6.58 |
The remarkable features were presented of three players, Stark, Keeney, and Poggenburg, having the same total innings (125), of Stark and Keeney with 821 points each, and of their also tieing on general average for the first time known to us in a demonstrated way.
Roomkeepers’ Championship of Philadelphia. This time without a handicap, it began May 3d in a tournament at 14:2. Merrick Levy won it, but had to average 4.88 against John Cline to do so. John Thornton was second.
A. G. Cutler vs. Chas. Threshie. Hub Billiard Palace, Boston, May 9th, 10th, 11th.—Match at 14:2. C., 1000—6.17—48; T., 998—51. The pair had the rating then of amateurs.
Cook County Amateur Championship. What with tournament bouts and challenge matches as a sequel, W. P. Mussey’s memorable Chicago 14:2 series lasted this year from February 26th to August 15th. That four out of the nine in the tournament met on even terms tended largely to overcome the logical objection to handicapping as a championship factor. The table below exhibits a winning average of 9.68 for one “scratch,” as well as a general average of 7.10. The challenge matches were always interesting, and often impressive, as when, with a run of 76 and an average of 10.34, Conklin took the emblem from Kellogg. McGinniss, like Kellogg, Brown, and Dr. Parker, lost half his tournament games; but he made amends by winning his whole six matches, thus acquiring ownership of the “Mussey Medal,” in the final match for which, August 15th, he averaged 7.50 against Adams.
| W. | R. | Av. | G. A. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harley Parker, 225 | 4 | 52 | 6.82 | 3.86 |
| R. J. McGinniss, 300 | 4 | 52 | 9.68 | 7.10 |
| C. F. Conklin, 300 | 7 | 47 | 7.68 | 6. |
| A. J. Brown, 225 | 4 | 41 | 5.11 | 3.80 |
| W. W. Kellogg, 300 | 4 | 44 | 6.38 | 5.54 |
| J. D. Adams, 225 | 7 | 44 | 5.92 | 4.31 |
| T. J. Nolan, 250 | 2 | 35 | 4.90 | 4.15 |
| B. S. Bingham, 200 | 3 | 36 | 5.74 | 3.69 |
| C. S. Schmitt, 300 | 1 | 51 | 5.88 | 4.80 |
In beating Conklin by 225 to 232 on the tie, Adams averaged 5.77, and Kellogg reached 5.88 in depriving Adams of the championship in the very first match. Expressed in a round way, the average of the tournament was 4.80.
Doubled Tournament Games at Daly’s. N. Y. City, October 15–20th.—Handicap at 14:2. Gallagher (400), 4—0; Morningstar (250), 3—1; Howison (200), 3—1. Highest runs, winning averages and general averages: M., 73—9.62—7.78; H., 39—10—6.07; G., 84—general, 12.55. Playing off tie, Howison won by 2 points on an average of 8.78.
Clubmen Made Desperate by Ties. October.—The 14:2 tournament of the Olympic Club, San Francisco, ended in a first-place tie of four out of seven—Dr. O. B. Burns, F. L. Taylor, J. J. Roggan, and W. Franklin. The first three tied again, shutting out Franklin; and after tieing again and again, they played once three-handed, which summarily cut the Gordian knot thus—Taylor, Burns, and Roggan. In the tournament proper, Burns had made high average (5.77), and Franklin the high run (42).
Revival of 8:2 in New Orleans. Capt. John Miller’s Room, October 22d to November 16th.—Louis Abrams and George H. Miller, the two “scratchmen,” were first and second among six. Best runs and averages: Abrams’s 8.33 and 46, and Miller’s 7.14 and 57.
Following week, same game, match for $50, best in three nights. Abrams made the more points, but Miller won the three nights, averaging 5.88 as his best, and running 48 to Abrams’s 29 for high.
Knickerbocker A. C.’s Championship of 14:2. N. Y. City, beginning December 26th and recordable chiefly because of the winner’s having the unexampled privilege of “keeping warm” in the depth of winter by playing all his games one after another without interregnum, which necessarily had to deprive the remaining games of interest. Contestants: Chas. S. Norris, J. A. Hendrick, Dr. A. B. Miller, Dr. L. L. Mial, and Albro Akin. Best general average, 5.77 by the winner-in-chief, Norris.