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