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 |
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.