The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-16 00:00:00

DEFEAT OF THE BILLIARD CHAMPION.

[ANOTHER ACCOUNT.]

Cook, whO won the billiard- champicinship—but a very
short time, ago has already lost it. He defeated Roberts,
senior, and has been defeated in turn by Roberts, junior.
A match for the champion cup and £2OO in statues was
played at St. James's Hall on Thursday night between.
Cook and Roberts, junior. It turned out a
wretched affair. Cook, to the apparent asto-
nishment of everybody, lost by 522 to 1,000.
The numerous empty seats testified that though the public
might be induced on one occasion to pay a sovereign far
the pleasure of witnessing a billiard match, the experi•
meat could not be repeated with success. Moreover,
noisy betting and other signs of the presence of the fra-
ternity showed that billiards have not escaped the degrad-
ing influences common to most British sports. The play
began at twenty minutes past seven with the usual feints,
and the first scoring of any consequence was a couple
of breaks of 19 and 30 respectively by Roberts,
Cook until then standing at five points. This small num'
ber he increased by a break of 35. After a little average
play, Cook passed Roberts, and the best addition to WS
score was a break of 33. When the game was 25 minutes
old, Cook reached his first hundred, with Roberts at
69. Then came some odds and ends from both men
as a prelude to Roberts entering upon a break of 36."
which included some remarkably clever " sere*
hazards, and the end of which placed balls so that
Cook had no alternative but to play into space. BY,
means of a short break, Roberts once more obtained
the lead. A quarter of an hour was next wasted by
dispute as to whether a certain shot of Roberts' had
produced a cannon or not. The gentleman who Was
acting as referee declared himself unable to decide tho
knotty point, and for the time the room was broken up
into groups of hot disputants. As the question involvea
a strategical position of some importance, there seemed
no way out of the excitement but breaking the beat
or tossing ; and at length an appeal to " heads and tails'
settled the matter in Cook's favour. He, however, gene"
rously refused to avail himself of a very fair chance be-
fore him, and performed the operation known as " smash-
ing " the balls. Good humour, asserting itself in a loud
cheer from the opposing section, was thus restored.
Roberts made a break of 26, and, after a fruitless shot
from Cook, another of 30. Both players suffered a for •
failures, and then Roberts, during a break of 22, including
five spot strokes, passed his 200, while Cook remained at
141, play having lasted a minute or two under the hour.
Cook then made a break of 14 ; Roberts followed with one
well-earned of 40. An unsuccessful aim at a cannon from
Cook allowed an addition of five to R0b..t.,....r0, .44,h
made him 100 ahead of the Champion. At five-and-twenty
minutes to nine the scores were—Roberts, 300 ; Cook,
169. Roberts had been able once or twice to get his
balls on a square foot of cloth, and keep them there,
while Cook had been doomed as a rule to long out of the
way. ranges. Another break of 30 from Roberts brought
the betting heavily in Robert's favour. At a quarter to
nine the marker announced Roberts 872, Cook was then
200 behind. He got some encouragement immediately
after by a beautifully-executed run of 48. At five
minutes to nine Roberts was 402 ; Cook 249. Roberts
concluded a break of 33 by another double balk, from
which it was impossible for the champion to
make anything. In the next break Roberts got more than.
200 in advance, the scores being 464 and 250. Roberta
was now playing magnificently at every branch of the
game, and at twenty minutes past nine, in the middle of *
thirty-one break, the scores were—Roberts 500, Cook 261.
The half-way score was the signal for general cheering, and,
Roberts, on the strength of it, offered to bet " three fifties'
that he would win. He followed this assertion with 14',_
break of twenty-six. Cook failed thrice in succession a*
moderately easy shots. The first fine shot of the evening
was here made by Roberts. At twenty minutes to ten
he was 602, while Cook was 282—a position he had
achieved by a run of scientific skill such as few present
had ever seen. Roberts's best friends declared he had'
never played so well before. At this stage of the match
the players took a quarter of an hour's rest, leaving
the spectators in a state of high betting
ferment. A few men congratulated themselves
upon having arraoged to win either way ; but the
majority seemed to have calculated upon a different
result than that which now appeared imminent. Plai
was resumed by 'Cook at five minutes past ten, and his
ill success was resumed too. Roberts within four minutes
had scored a break of 29, and for a time every shot was
the object of applause. At twenty minutes past ten
Roberts was 701, Cook 299, and the former was knocking
the balls about at will, making fives and threes until he
had scored another break of 26 and left the balls in about
the most unfavourable position possible. Cook here
made a pretty break of 22, including two or three of
the cleverest shots of the night, and pulled up, as the
saying is, towards the close, but at twenty minutes before
eleven the score was—Roberts 800, Cook 377. Cook now
made a capital break of 43, which was rather ingloriousil
terminated by a bad attempt at an easy losing hazard.
Roberts followed with one of his lucky breaks, in which
there were three fives. At five minutes to eleven came
the call, 900 to 462 ; with an unfinished break, which
stopped at 33. Cook followed with one a thew,
a six—the only one that had been achieved. He scored
few breaks between 12 and 20, one of 17 and another
break of 29 placed him beyond his 500. Roberts' next
xt
break was the longest and best of the game, viz., 49.
virtually decided the contest, for in the course of one c't
two breaks the final call was made—Roberts, 1,000 ; Cooks
522. The game was over at ten minutes past eleven?
giving Roberts a majority of 478 over the defeated
Champion.

Mr. Ashbury, Commodore of the Royal Harwicil
Yacht Club, has offered a cup of the value of seventy-fly°
guineas to be contended for by yachts of the Royal Ha.
with and Royal Yorkshire Clubs in an ocean race fro!.
Harwich to Hull in July.
BALLOONING.-Mr. Uoxwell has commenced his
aerial voyages somewhat earlier this year than he did last'
Last Tuesday he ascended from the Gas-works at fel
bey,
descending some miles beyond Chelmsford. On the 71
ultimo the aeronaut and his pupils made the first 0011
of the season from the neighbourhood of Tottenham, the
descent taking place four miles north of Bishops
Sto rte
ford. The famous Nassau balloon, built by the la
t,'
Mr. Green, has during the winter undergone a thorour
restoration by its present proprietor, Mr. Coxwell, 'Or
purchosed it last July. This celebrated baloon was rasa°
at a cost of £2,100, being composed of the best Italiansilk. The veteran Green, who died a fortnight ago,
although 85 years of age, had fully determined to accora-
pany Mr. Coxwell in his first ascent this season ; and he
declared that the repairs and additions made by Mr'
Coxwell would render the Nassau as good and as safe 0,9
ever.

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were almost instantaneously killed. The scene of the
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Baird, of Gartsherrie, the work being contracted f°
by Messrs. M`Lay, and Love. At the conclusion
of the day's work the workmen were being
drawn up the shaft, and on one occasion there
were in the cage five persons. When about fourteen
fathoms from the bottom a large stone became detached
from the side of the shaft, and, falling on the top of the
cage, pierced the sheet-iron cover ; and three boys-
Moloy, M'Aleany, and Slaven—were thrown from the
cage to the bottom of the pit. Moloy was found to have:.
been killed on the spot, his head being almost complete!), ,
severed from his body. The boy named M'Aleany was eci
severely injured that he died when being conveyed home;
Slaven was very seriously crushed about the head, WO'
was conveyed to Airdrie in a cart.
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BIRTHS.
PEASE-. On the 14th inst., at 18 Princes-gardens, South
, Kensington, the wife of J. W. Poise, Esq., M.P., of
daughter.
TAGART—On the 14th inst., at Dryden-terrace, Lee, the
wife of T. B. Tagart, Esq., of a son.
/1/A PRIAGES.
HARRIS --HUNT—On the 14th inst., at Hayes Church, J°l3ll
Oberlin Harris, M.A., younger son of W. R. Harris Escli
of Clewer House, Windsor, to Mary, elder daughteri 0
of Ebenezer Hunt, of Hayes Gate, near Uxbridge.
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AVDOUGALL—CREE —On the 13th inst., at Oakley 11°tlee'
Hamilton, James T. M'Dougall, Esq., West Ham, L°ll
don, to argaret Cree, the only daughter of David CNN
Esq.

DEATHS.
LODGE— On the 9th inst., at 237, Camden-road, John Lodge,

EN., aged 59.
LYTTELTON - On the 13th inst., at Hagley, Sarah, Dowager
Lady Lyttleton, aged 82.

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