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Modern Billiards / A Complete Text-Book of the Game, Containing Plain and Practical Instructions How to Play and Acquire Skill at This Scientific Amusement

Chapter 156: 1905.
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A comprehensive manual treats billiards as a disciplined recreational skill, beginning with historical context and equipment and room considerations. It offers systematic, illustrated instruction in cue handling, shot-making, cushion play, and a wide range of game variants and scoring methods, including carom and pool forms. Practical chapters cover evolving techniques, table and cloth care, selection and use of cues, and strategies for counting and position play. Additional sections explain rules, tournament conduct, and competitive records, aiming to guide readers from basic shots to advanced, repeatable strokes through diagrams and methodical practice advice.

1905.

J. Ferd. Poggenburg vs. Wm. H. Duhy. Rooms of the Cherokee Club, N. Y. City, February 26th.—Contest for the Victor Dowling Championship Cup at “straight-rail,” 4½ × 9 table. P., 150—9.44—run not stated; D., 146—run, 60 (highest of game). At the Lexington Avenue Opera House, N. Y. City, April 30th, for same emblem: Ed. McLaughlin, 300—21.43—158; Wm. Duhy, 153—50. Table, 4½ × 9.

BEST PERFORMANCES,
Omitting Tables Larger or Smaller than the Standard 5 × 10 for this Game, as Officially Decreed in 1873.

AVERAGES IN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.

333.33 in 1000—J. Schaefer, 1879.

28.57 in 600—Wm. Sexton, 1878.

RUNS IN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.

690 in 1000—J. Schaefer, 1879.

247 in 600—Wm. Sexton, 1877.

AVERAGES IN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.

85.71 in 600 points—J. Schaefer, 1879.

25.00 in 300—J. Dion, 1874 (championship of America).

37.60 (gen. av. in 3947 points)—G. F. Slosson, 1879.

RUNS IN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.

464 in 600—G. F. Slosson, 1879.

159 in 300—M. Vignaux, 1874 (championship of America).

AVERAGES IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.

416.67 in 5000—H. McKenna, 1887 (nominally a match, but actually a purse game. Schaefer averaged 751 in 1890, running 3000, but the table was a 4½ × 9).

80.00 in 4000—M. Vignaux, Paris, 1880.

48.39 in 3000—W. H. Catton, 1884.

24.32 in 1800—W. Sexton, 1877.

71.57 in 1000—Ed. McLaughlin, 1883.

RUNS IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.

1355 in 6000—H. Kerkau, purse game, 1887.

2572 in 5000—H. McKenna, 1887 (see paragraph above).

1531 in 4000—M. Vignaux, Paris, 1880.

942 in 3000—Ed. McLaughlin, 1884.

417 in 1800—Wm. Sexton, 1877.

805 in 1000—Ed. McLaughlin, 1883.

212 in 600—M. Daly, 1874.

AVERAGES IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.

66.67 in 600—J. Schaefer, 1878.

60.00 in 300—Wm. Sexton, 1876.

RUNS IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.

287 in 300—Wm. Sexton, 1876.

327 in 600—J. Schaefer, 1878. (S. ran 429 in tie-game, but it was outside of tournament.)