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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 209: RUNS IN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.
By Benjamin Garno
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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.

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.

15.00 in 600, 18:1—F. C. Ives, 1898.

33.33 in 500, 18:2—George Sutton, 1907.

20.83 in 500, 18:1—W. F. Hoppe, Paris, France, 1906.

RUNS IN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.

155 in 800–point game, 14:2—J. Schaefer, 189.

91 in 600–point game, 18:1—F. C. Ives, 1898.

100 in 500–point game, 18:1—J. Schaefer, 1907.

232 in 500, 18:2—George Sutton, 1907.

AVERAGES IN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.

40 in 600, 8:2—J. Schaefer, 1883.

31.25 in 500, 18:1—F. C. Ives, 1897.

50 in 500, 18:2—M. Vignaux, Paris (championship of France), 1902.

100 in 500, 18:2—G. Sutton (championship of the world), 1906.

RUNS IN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.

246 in 600–point game, 8:2—M. Vignaux, 1883.

140 in 500–point game, 18:1—F. C. Ives, 1897.

175 in 600–point game, 18:2—M. Vignaux, Paris (championship of France), 1902.

234 in 500–point game, 18:2—G. Sutton (championship of the world), 1906.

BEST GENERAL AVERAGES (CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS ONLY).

23.23, game 8:2, Chicago—J. Schaefer, winner, 1883.

9.39, game 18:1, N. Y. City—G. F. Slosson, winner, 1897.

14.95, game 18:1. N. Y. City—F. C. Ives, loser, 1897.

27.73, game 18:2, Paris, France—Edouard Fournil, tied with L. Cure and M. Vignaux, and second in play-off, with Cure first (championship of France), 1902.

22.29, game 18:2, Paris, France—M. Vignaux, tied with L. Cure and G. Sutton (championship of world), 1903.

24.14, game 18:2, N. Y. City (championship of the world)—G. Sutton, 1906.

AVERAGES IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.

44.75 in 3000, 8:2—M. Vignaux, Paris, 1884.

38.10 in 800, 8:2—J. Schaefer, 1884.

14.55 in 800, 12:2—J. Schaefer, 1885.

25.86 in 3000, 14:2—J. Schaefer, 1886.

22.22 in 800, 14:2—G. F. Slosson, 1891.

27.41 in 4000, 14:2—J. Schaefer, 1893.

48.62 in 3600, 14:2—F. C. Ives, 1894.

18.29 in 1500, 18:2—J. Adorjan, 1902.

22.90 in 3000, 18:2—J. Schaefer, Paris, 1904.

RUNS IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.

329 in 3000–point game, 8:2—M. Vignaux, Paris, 1884.

211 in 800–point game, 8:2—J. Schaefer, 1884.

109 in 800–point game, 12:2—J. Schaefer, 1885.

230 in 3000–point game, 14:2—J. Schaefer, 1886.

173 in 800–point game, 14:2—G. F. Slosson, 1891.

456 (anchor) in 4000–point game, 14:2—F. C. Ives, 1893.

359 in 3600–point game, 14:2—F. C. Ives, 1894.

139 in 600–point game, 18:1—J. Schaefer, 1899.

255 in 3000–point game, 18:2—L. Cure, Paris, 1904.

AVERAGES IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.

75 in 600, 14:2—M. Vignaux, 1885.

38.46 in 600, 14:2—J. Schaefer, 1890.

100 in 600, 14:2—J. Schaefer in New York and F. C. Ives in Chicago, both due to anchor, 1893.

50 in 600, 18:2—F. C. Ives, 1896.

40 in 400, 18:1—J. Schaefer, 1898.

83.33 in 500—G. Sutton, Chicago, 1906.

RUNS IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.

566 (anchor) in 600–point game, 14:2—J. Schaefer, 1893.

200 in 600–point game, 18:2—F. C. Ives, New York, 1896.

111 in 500–point game, 18:1—J. Schaefer, 1896.

138 in 400–point game, 18:1—J. Schaefer, 1898.

195 in 600–point game, 14:2—M. Vignaux, 1885.

307 in 500–point game, 18:2—W. F. Hoppe, Chicago, 1906.