New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-08
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poxsTICKS on BILLIARDS.

ASS
Mpnsiaus Berger the celebrated French player,
whe u III nneh tho King Of the Billiard table as
Raul Merphy i Emperor Of the Chess board, has
iaseiy arrived in This country and is now in New
rurk Is The guest Of Mr.. Michael Phelan. His
Maaerfal playing has been the theme of the daily
papers for several days, but we think none Of the
reporters for he daies quite equal to the task
Of describing the miraculous shots Of the rotund
Frenthnlan, ana therefore We copy the Impressions
Of D6esaicks as given in Q New York paper
ERSed hardly tell You thas the game of billiards
coixsssts Ia punching ivory balls about on big
table covered with green cloth, thal looks like
half an aere of meadow land with an India rubber
kenns round d. that tha balls are punched with
Dong wooden ramreds, with wax on the end to save
The wood, and leather put on 80 save the wax, and
chalk rut on fo keep the leather from wearing ont
Hon take your ramrod and rub chalk on it; then
g8u lean over the table then yon squint; then
Fnu 6ft up your leg; then you fiddle a little on
pour leit hand With your ramrod then yen punch
gaar hall II your bali against the other mans
haii. gous We done d big thing, and you poke up
ut of butaons thar are strung. On wire. This ii
al Izere is of the game Of billiards. Anybody
pnTl punch billfarass-I can, and maybe y0u could
Well, Berger hls come. the great French
pnaehers an 0f course I've been to see him punch
. fsx billiards with Phelan. PheIan il pretty fair
puzsaher himself, but he can't punch So fast as Ber
get fact, Bs has to give T. hundred buttons or
20 fH every game. I've often played with Phelan
myselts but he always beats me he has private
understanding with the man that pokes the but
Sons when Pheian punches the balls the man
pokes The buttons; when punch the balls nary
buttpn mill the man poke. So Phelan goes out !;
butfny game u IEttle the best-in fact i've ehal
Icngsd Phelan 20 play me a thousand buttons for
tot M ruoney and I've offered to keep the game
myself % be sure all is fair. PfelaTi's con
Rpir@ey with the man who pokes the buttons is a
mules them think they can't punch billiards as
wen aa FhclRn can I'm bound to break IL nD.
Bat Bargef has outgeneraled Phelan. Berger has |
bought 0vef aai Pnaians button-pokers- pays lem
more money tAan Pheian did, and now they give
nergsr MEl the buttons.
Z Hzt ha big thing on Miehaeli
WALL un Friday. Berger was going to do some
punching. and there was Id the midst. Berger IL
a fas tnatl; the top OF his head Is as bald as |
@Uuae egg aud NE has gpt stomach like three
foot celestial glohs-in fact, he is shaped like
billENrE hai and might be nsed for one If you take
Ais boots gu and tie his heels to the back Of his
eakQnlg l. don't want him to carorn on me
Hs hroNgN all his own tools with him from
falsfe table HAT isn't oong by q few feet as
RhAiaii general makes his a lot Of balIsand ram
s0da and everything. R0ora was full ali anxious
10 ass ihs Ffenchnan punched and pretty good |
punching II was. He made the balls hop afl over
Eke zans and generally had three balls in the air
&e once. Neil Bryant was there, and Neil ii d i
Rrak1Y good judge Of billlard-punching. did my I
z@TagatN KhDt with great success, jumped my ball i
eH tl1e table cafomed on Neil Bryant and holed it
IA spittoan
xias34M sale u was pig fhlrg SO did Neil. Ber-
Eer himself round to the corner Of the table
chsiksd his ramr0d, and executed fancy lick
40 made his ball run three times round the table
9m - edge Of the cushion, leap OF at q sharp i
zngies caren en- Nfii Bryant, come back to the
1&bes ~ eighIsen cushions, and stop exactly on
shs eeaater spot.
Phslan had try- He did one of the simple
shotH that taught him the one when the cue. bail
'skes swenty-one cushions, knocks the hats off
lhrAe Dutahfnan In the corner, comes back. and
ISepa ipsiae the string Berger didn't think much
II tlsass no he t0ok off his coat rolled up his
'1sevss and u tremendous lick the ball hit Phe
4 Nh en the m.adle Fests button, caromed on Neil
aryant, cane back % the table and took four cusb
o:is weHl ctI Of the window, gave astage-driyer !,
! hlMek esss cama back and took 81 cushion. car !
sIced en Neh Bryant took two cushions, went
Ihrough another window, and came iii through the 1
took IoEr cushions, and earomed On Neil . .
3rysat, aud ill " fonr minutes, without stopping
or hkeath or gWeating a hair. I,
Aal h&1sas were occupied for forty minutes in Z Z
Ieri4iug Phtlan, who had tainted from envy j.
AengeE then made hs grand shot---ha nut such Z
teHenaane tsyiat on bis hall that It took every
m esery liable in the room, caromed on 4
NeH Tryeuts lodged out of the window, travelled j
3nce Or twice mp and down Broadway ran into a ! !
sko1Eng CALLERS, rang the bell nine times in rapid
sssccesaon, ana came back to The table, previously
sxsnnsing I'VE brilliant earoms on Neil Bryant
1Als eeIacluaed the show, as supposed, but as | :
gat a the corner Of Broadway and Brooue :
frees G2ught sight 0f Neil Bryant rushing round !
he corner, closely pursued by Two billiard balls,
ret1 a WMfon suppose Berger must have done an !
lfhex fancy shet.o two after + left
huk Rhelan's conspiracy with the billiard-mark- j
.rs ~ over the country ii outrageous He has :
very one of them 50 far under bis control that
hers lsnss VI place In the United States where
xhAn play billiards With Michael Phelan' the
MARKER doesn't count more for him than he does
y mo-
DoEsrrCKs, i. b.