This, conferring upon Hueston permanent possession of the emblem, brought this championship series to a close.
Amateur Championship of “Greater New York.” Tournament ended at Clarence E. Green’s, Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 24th, 1905, when Albert F. Young, Jr., won the final game, defeating Clinton Robinson by 100 balls to 11. This defeat tied Robinson with Geo. Kowenhoven for second and third. Messrs. Lewis, Fancher, Lake, and Alexander finished from fourth to last in that order. Defeating Kowenhoven and Robinson in a challenge match with each, Young soon made the emblem his own. Later, or ending April 20th, he and Arthur Hyman were matched to play four nights—half at Green’s and half at Samuel Gruhn’s Room, Manhattan—for a separate championship emblem. Young won by 500 to 356.
Championship of Cook County, Ill. Thomas Foley’s Room, Chicago, March 29th to April 25th.—Eight contestants, of whom McNamarra and John Daly forfeited five games each. George Banks and Martin Fey, each of whom had won six times and lost once, played off, Banks winning by 100 to 88. Tripp, tied with Pelletier for third and fourth, beat him by 100 to 89. This was a challenge series, there were a dozen or more matches, and the emblem changed hands several times, its winner oftenest and finally (from Pelletier) being Fey in the winter of 1905–6.
Strollers’ Club Handicap. Begun May 31st, N. Y. City.—Played in heats instead of rounds. There were 128 entries, but many of them forfeited without ever hitting a ball. The one to last was W. S. Fraley, who represented the Rochester, N. Y., Club. Next in endurance was Evan A. Gamble, of the N. Y. A. C., whom Fraley defeated in the final game by 150 balls to 98. George C. Smith, of the Union League, Edward F. Gray, of the Strollers, Dr. Walter G. Douglas, of the Billiard Club, and Albert F. Young, Jr., of no club at all, also lasted until near the finish. It was Gray who put out Smith by 10 balls, and Young who finished Douglas by 125 to 97. Aside from the final game, 125 balls constituted “scratch.”
Championship of Illinois. Tournament at A. M. Clarke’s Room, Chicago, July 17th to September 2d.—George Banks won, with Dupree and Martin Fey tied for second and third. Pelletier was fourth, and John Daly fifth.