German three-cushion championship 1963

30th German three-cushion championship 1963
The winner: Ernst Rudolph got his fifth title.
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Ranking tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	DBB
Tournament details
Venue:	Kolping House, Saarbrücken
Opening:	March 7, 1963
Endgame:	March 10, 1963
Attendees:	8th
Defending champion:	August Tiedtke
Winner:	Ernst Rudolph
2nd finalist:	Walter Lütgehetmann
3rd place:	Hans Ritschel
Prize money:	Amateur tournament
Records
Best GD:	0.802 Walter Lütgehetmann
Best ED:	0.967 Hans Ritschel
Maximum series (HS):	7 Walter Lütgehetmann Siegfried Spielmann000 00000
Venue on the map
Saarbrücken
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The German Three Cushion Championship 1963 (DDM) was the 30th edition of this tournament series and took place from March 7th to 10th in Saarbrücken , Saarland .

history

After a break of several years, Walter Lütgehetmann from Frankfurt took part in a three-cushion championship again, although his game was more of a cadre game . For his sporting achievements, he was given the "Jaques-Zweifel-Challenge Cup" donated in 1927 as permanent possession. It was presented to him by the Honorary President Albert Poensgen . Poensgen had obtained this trophy himself in 1927 and won it himself a few times.

The defending champion and serial winner August Tiedtke did not take part. At that time, Hans Ritschel from Munich was seen as his worthy representative, who in the end received the silver plate for the best individual average (ED) from Poensgen's hands .

Overall, the tournament was described as rather weak. This was partly due to the unusual gang tee with which all players had to fight. So it was not surprising that the general average (GD) lagged behind that of recent years. The hardest hit was Siegfried Spielmann , who is known to give up quickly when the idea and reality of the material do not match. And so he only came in fourth place in the end. The American Clay Sherman, who has now settled in Germany, also had bad luck. If he was before Janzen at the national championship in Karlsruhe, he had to wait due to the weaker GD and hoped in vain for a cancellation by a qualified player. After the normal games, it was between Rudolph and Lütgehetmann 10: 4, both had lost two games each. So a trick game had to decide for the title. This was won by the Cologne 60:50 in 82 shots. It was his fifth three-volume title and his 12th German title overall.

mode

It played "everyone against everyone" ( round robin mode ) to 60 points with a push .

Closing table

Final ranking space Surname MP GD BED HS 1 Ernst Rudolph 10: 4 (12: 4) 0.689 (0.694) 0.800 (0.800) 6th 2 Walter Lütgehetmann 10: 4 (10: 6) 0.802 (0.775) 0.923 (0.923) 7th 3 Hans Ritschel 8: 6 0.741 0.967 6th 4th Siegfried Spielmann 8: 6 0.644 0.769 7th 5 Joseph stooping 6: 8 0.597 0.731 6th 6th Rudolf Apelt 6: 8 0.593 0.77-9 5 7th Erich Heinrichs 4:10 0.601 0.869 6th 8th Josef Janzen 4:10 0.500 0.618 4th

Legend Abbr. meaning Pt. points scored Recording required recordings ED Single average GD General average VGD Relative general average BMD Best team average BED Best individual average BSD Best sentence average BEVD Best Individual Relative Average HS Maximum series MP Match points PP Lot of points GUV G ewonnen- U nentschieden- V erloren SV Sentence ratio 1st place (gold) 2nd place (silver) 3rd place (bronze) Best GD of the tournament / round Best VGD of the tournament / round Best ED of the tournament / round Best BVGD of the tournament / round Best HS of the tournament / round (It is possible that not all terms are used or some are not listed. These can be looked up in the list of collision terms .)

annotation

The numbers in brackets are the results after the game of stitches.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Karlheinz Krienen: Deutsche Billard-Zeitung . Ed .: DBB. 40th year, no. 10 . Mönchengladbach April 1963, p. 3-5 .
2. ^ Dieter Haase / Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 2 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 941 .