Carl Foerster

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Carl Foerster
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Carl Foerster (1934)
Personal details
birthday August 15, 1881
place of birth Aachen German EmpireGerman EmpireThe German Imperium 
date of death March 2, 1958
Place of death Aachen GermanyGermanyGermany 
nationality GermanyGermany Germany
Achievements
Unless otherwise stated,
the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline.
Other tournaments:
s. successes
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  • Aachen BC GermanyGermany

Carl Foerster (born August 15, 1881 in Aachen , Germany ; † March 2, 1958 ibid) was a German carom player in the disciplines of cadre and binding .

Career

In 1895, at the age of 14, the Aachener Foerster practiced billiards in various bars in his hometown. In 1902 the 21-year-old went to Belgium, where he initially devoted himself to football, but soon turned back to billiards. In 1911 Foerster first played in the 3rd category (3rd class) of the Belgian Association, a year later in the second and in 1913 first class. In 1920 he went back to Aachen and founded the "Aachener Billardclub (BC)" there. He only became known in Germany in 1921, when he was 40 years old. At this time he also got to know Albert Poensgen , with whom he had a lifelong friendship, but also competition. Too often Foerster had to line up behind the exceptional player Poensgen in 2nd place. In 1922 Foerster took part in the German Cadre 45/2 Championship for the first time and took 4th place, a year later the silver medal, and bronze in 1925 and 1926, until he was finally at the top of the podium in 1928, his first of a total of three gold medals .

In 1936 Foerster traveled as a representative of the German Amateur Billiards Association (DABV) to the French Mulhouse for the free-game world championship . In the run-up to this, a general assembly of the world association Union Internationale des Fédérations des Amateurs de Billard (UIFAB) took place at which the resumption of Germany was discussed and then decided. Thus, the German billiards were again eligible to participate in international tournaments and Walter Joachim was granted entry authorization.

At the end of April 1934 Foerster played his first pentathlon world championship in Brussels, but only finished fifth behind the Dutchman Jan Sweering , but in front of Jacques Davin from France. In May he took part in the first planned German binding championship in Cologne and came first. Since the DABB had not made a decision and there were no corresponding participation modalities, it was not officially recognized as a German championship (only as a qualifying tournament for the following World Championships in Vichy), which only followed in 1935. Foerster took place in the subsequent World Championship in 1934 six. It was his only participation in this tournament.

At the first staging of the German Cadre 71/2 championship in Cologne in 1936, Foerster came fourth, and also in 1938 in Berlin, where August Tiedtke took part for the first time and immediately came second. In 1939 in Remscheid only Werner Sorge and Gerd Thielens were better and he received bronze, his only medal in this discipline and at the same time his last participation.

His playing style, "full of charm, fluid and well thought-out", was compared to that of Albert Corty . Nevertheless, he was considered a relentless fighter who never gave up and had no mercy on his opponents as long as the last point was not played. He had adopted the credo of French world champion Charles Darantière , who said:

"I've lost a few years of my life around billiards, but if I came back I would use them the same way!"

- Deutsche Billard-Zeitung, 1951

Since his return from Belgium, Foerster had participated in 34 national and 24 international tournaments since 1923.

On July 15, 1951, Foerster was elected deputy association president at the general assembly of the German Billiard Association (DBB).

Honors

successes

Swell:

Web links

Commons : Carl Foerster  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 267 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Robert Court: Former master Carl Foerster completed on August 15. d. J. was 70 years old . In: DBB (Hrsg.): Deutsche Billard-Zeitung . Self-published, Cologne 1951, p. 11-13 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e Karlheinz Krienen: Carl Foerster . Obituary. In: Deutscher Billard-Bund (Hrsg.): Deutsche Billard-Zeitung . Self-published, Munich-Gladbach March 1958, p. 3 .
  4. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 278 .
  5. ^ A b Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 493-498 .
  6. ↑ Robert Court: Free Game World Cup 1930 in Barcelona . In: German Amateur Billard Association (Ed.): Deutsche Billard-Zeitung . 9th year, no. 12 . Self-published, Cologne April 1930, p. 294-296 .
  7. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 2 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 717-718 .
  8. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 2 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 641 .
  9. ^ A b Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 569-570 .
  10. ↑ player profile. Kozoom , accessed November 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Foerster, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German carom player
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen , Germany
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1958
Place of death Aachen , Germany