New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-24

TBE GAME OF BILLIARDs.-Mr. Dossticks TINS de-
scribes in The Sunday Mercury, the game OF billiards
az pay ed by Fl. Berger:
q need hprdly tell you that the game Of billiards
consists 10 punching ivory balls about on big taos,
covered with green Cloth that looks like halt an acre
Of meedo ~.lani, viii lniia rubber fence rouod u
thsi he balls punched with long woodsn ramrods
with wax or the end to hs wood, and leather pat
OF TO gave the IeS, ard chalk put on TO kesp the
Leather from weaving ont You take you7 rsmrod ani
rub some chalk ths little end thea you lean over
The table; Gen you sQunt then you llt Up your leg;
,h.n vop eddie little Or " nv let hand Sith yOur RAM
rod; then YOU punch yols ball. your ball ruDs
rs siust the other mans bsl you've don, big thing,
ana you POKE I'D lot Of butOns that are srJug on
wire This ID all there 10 OF the game OF 6iia'os'
Abybody can punch billiards i CAP, and maybe you
could
"Weu. Berger has 70 re, the great French pinch
er; aud Of oOurse I've been 20 see him pnncn tow
billaros W t. Phsan PneIsn lie pretty tair puncoer
bin sclE but he can't punch fast So Bsrgerin fact
b. has 70 give L hundred buttons or Sd In every
pans. We often PLAYED win Phelsn myself. oui he
slwsys bea's re h. hes private understanding Win
The nan TIA, pok,s toe buitons-when Pheian Puuche.
the bale the Il an pokes bnt ODs; when L punch tbs
balls nsTy button will the man POKE D, Pne' 40 'es
out; INT 10Y gsme is little ths best-io TACT, 70
q al eDged phesu 70 play thousand buttons for
lot Of money ard We offered to keep the game my
sef 40 as e. be sue sll fair. Pteans conspiracy
with he men who pore the bat ous 10 q dlsgracstil
ili1g; il discCr1agss young meo, ara makes them
fhipk ln@f CO. pDLCG DNllo''s - "h az 'h-'
Tn tou 70 break il 40. But Berger has oot.g'n-
ersled Phela1. Berger has bopght over all Phelia
button. pCbersrays EN- more money thsn Phelan did
and row hey give Berger all TOE buttons
"Ha! ia Big 'n5R GA Michel!
Wei, on FRIDAY, Berger vas going to do some
punching and there wac Ia ths nidst. BeIge; IS
1T man tie top Of hs head ia as had Is goosa-egg,
snd he has Fosza stomach like three loot celeet ~
gotein fact De is shspsd jnst like billiard ball. aud
'Rht b. ustd for tue = youd take his boots oil aad
Sc be heels 70 tbs back Of his Ieck-cny don want
him 10 on us
Gle brcrght AZ his own tools with him from
FraLce-s table tcat isn't lotg by few tee, &c
Pbel.n -rals m,kes hisa lot Of balls aud amros
snd everything Room WIS fuil, all anxious to see
tie FrepcArlsn punohi and the Ffenekman punohed
sId pretty g'sd PnIesug IL vas. lie made tas os 80.
hop al over the table and generally Dad trree &c the
sire once. Neil Br1sDt was the-s, and Neil Ia a
pretty Cot iudgao of bisrd-pupchiug. did uy favor
he enct @ilo great success Jumped my hsil on 'ee
table. carvneG OF Mel Bryant and hoed il IL spit
Phslan said It wss Zig th;.g, 60 did Neil Berger
rolled him III Iouud 70 the corner of Toe table Gu
biz renTod aid executed fanny HEX he made dS
bal run ;h tines round nfs table On tbs eIge n
casi on leap of 9, sbsIptlrgle cAren On Nem "a
AM one ia X 20 the ta1I. take gatech SuS'""'
St. o exactly Oh the center spot. ,,,o sbo,s
phsan had try Sc Did enc OF the 'np,s sho.s
that taught hu--ths when toe cue va" D '.ai
TWEEN y.one ousnions kneeks me ns's o. 80 ,ss
~, ~ roe correr comes back, and stops inside tne
s.rro Be-ee- disr.i think much OF that; 30 he TOOK
od iis COAT Tolst up his sleeves and put 10 tiemsn
ocus lick the kai BIZ Pnelan on toe Inita.e yest
ton caromed On Eeii Bryaot es9e os * 70 me ls,le
"a TN fryr crstions went out OF the windo v gave
. s,sgs.d,,ysr a back eye, came back and took A
ccsbicn, taIcmed on Ned ysnt took two GU hons,
wIYi twice round the block tovk oashioa, Went out
| tsrough enot CT window, and cane il through the
| .ty.lpht took fcir cuebioDs sud caromed On n II
II ysSt md III IN four minutes, wiisoo, stopping for
! breath On sweating taiT. ..
" Al bAs5s wsra occupied f1I iofti m.rntes ia Sc
| y.yipg Phslaa, who had ;iGioo tou envy.
l Berger then made lis gcaLd shct--hs pu. sacn