Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-07-08

Sons ON BILLIARDS. you ever 80 up
70 Borneman's He is some on billiards--
rsther in On making match for hundrsd
or 30 TO the side. A greeny vent up shses
the other day and got to fooling With tse
balls. He pretended to know the game
much!y, and took on some airs, but Borne
man who has keen perception Of the style
Of the game knew better, and to give MI
Nan . salutary lesson, played him few
games to show him how it was really done
and then to further humble the interlepsr
offered to discount him and give him hity
besides for 800 side. So the game was
made-BOrneman came within few points
Of winning his hundred but didn't. Another
game was made and yet another, and each
time Borneman came within hairs breath
Of winning $4,000 Of grseny's money, but
didn't. We understand that greeny want
ed to make up another game-Borneman
had came 80 near winning every time that
he would take fewer chances in the game,
just to let B. get revenge. b. wouldn't do
it. Greeny insisted-offcred fair and fairer
still-finally offered to play eren. B. still
declined. whsreupon, as the story goes,
greeny offered 10 discount him 900 points
in game Of 900 points! That frightened
B. out Of his wits and greeny left. Reports
saw that he ia one of the best billiard play
srs in the country.
This puts us in mind of similar circum-
stance that happened in Rock Island some
two years ago. There were lots Of fast BOYS
there then, whose greatest delight was to
sell grceny. They found one one day
He was raft captain--just come into the
settie,nents-never had been in city be-
fore; had money; told the boys SO; and
wanted to learn billiards. The boys were
attentive. They told al about the cue,
cushions, colors, pockets, and how to count
game, and instructed him finely. lie didn't
make swift progress, but thought he was
star player when he couldn't get up I
carom TO save his neck, more than one out OF
ten. But he had confidence and offered
to bet money. That suited the boys exact
ly. Twenty dollars for first match; but to
increase his confidence the boys threw of
and let him win. Fifty dollars for second
game--and to bring his confidence to the
sticking point greeny was allowed to win.
His success maddcncd him. lie was fran
tic to think he had beat those city ducks
His share Of the raft came TO 81 l,5OO-he
would put that up-and watch, and some
new cloths he would just beat the crowd
Right there was where the fast boys want
cd the greeney. They would now proceed
to polish him of and send him adrift to the
pineries. They hustled about and made up
the stake among them, aud got their bes,
player to handle the cue. At it they went
500 s poists-.!l. 7lVsy tii$Sss Il
was. The grseny got badly behind at the
start the speculstors thought it = pity thus
TO steal the fellows money, but he kept on,
and when his antagonist was coming in on
the home stretch-only hundred points ia
make-felt the money in his pocket-ther
it happened that greeny brushed up-all a
once he handled those balls as il they were
entirely subject to his will, and in two Of
three plays went out leaving his antagonist
nearly . hundred points behind! Som,
young men were badly strapped" and it j:
said they never trusted another greeny afte1
that.