The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-06
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The Grand Match for o. ,OOO-Carms w..
Kavansgh-An Exciting Contest
Carmo the Victor. &c.
the first match Of the series o. gsmcs between Mons
Csrne, the noted French bilisrdis and Dudley Kav-
anagh, the champion player OF the United States took
place last night Gaahers Billiard Hall ate Gold Ex-
changsl adjoining the Fifth Avenue Hotel on Twenty
fourth street. in the presence o( an assemblage
which occupied every square inch Of room from
which the least view OF the game could be
bad Considerable excitement existed in relation this
MATCH and the demand for tickets unusually great
Although the game mons Carme's own-French
three ball carom game-theodds in the betting were in
favor Of Dudley who IN his practice games had dis
played an unusual degree Of skill at tho game, making
runs frequently Of thirty and forty The match was for
ono thousand dollars side, two hundred and fifty points
up on Pheian carom table, and a beautiful specimen
OF Phcians workmanship II WINS, too. This match at
tracted billiard players OF note from Boston, Philade
pha, Washington Rochester, &c, in considerable num-
bers besides whom were many prominent public men
at present soiourning in tho metropolis Roger A.
Pryor and Mortimer Thompson being among the latter
who were present.
The room crowded TO excess long before the
game commenced aud the detachment Of police pre-
sent under the abc command of Captain speede and
Sergeant Hughes had heavy duty to perform ia ar
ranging tho assemblagc prior 10 the commencement
OF the game BY eight p M, however everything being
IN readiness the two contestants entered the both
being heartily greeted by their respective friends,
Kavanagh receiving rather the lions share Of
the applause Kavanagh led or and opened play
by scoring A. Carme getting bnt for his first innings
Dudley soon began 10 take decided lead in the game,
II In his favor beautiful run Of 10 in which
or three splendid long carons marking his play in this
inning From this point to the fourteenth innings he
continued TO lead the van the totals then being 81 to
80. In the next nine innings there quite lu In
the play neither party doing much, Carme adding but
runs 60 his and KavannpI but g. In the twenty
however. n
mencng with splcndd!y obtained OF 16 and closing
at the twenty ninth innings with another OF TO- Carme,
IN the interim adding aggregate of but IL to his score
the totals at the close of the hrcth innings being SO 70
o. In favor OF Kavanag Thus far Kavanagh had been
praying In mastsrly STYLE and apparently felt confident
of success while Carme had been rather nervousy
excited, the o luck being decidedly against him In
falling TO meet its reward by tho mcrest shade of dis
lance At this period, however, Carme began gradually,
bnt surely, to lessen the distance between him
SELF and his adversary, and when the latter
turned the first hundred Carne was but IS behind
gain Of tcnand when Carmc tailed his first hundred
Dudlcys score stood only hundred and fifteen. For
the next hour the contest exciting degree first
one and then the other taking favorable position until
at the close Of the lfty-cghth innings, Carme had
reached within one OF his opponents the total at
THIS time being 10 to ia, kavanagh having the lead.
Dudley afterwards took another advanced position, the
changed to l,5 TO 1ss In his favor The next three
innings, however, proved 10 be the turning point In
innings by score OF 1888 TO ISL Ksvanach Afterwards
made rally for the lead, hut could not maintain bis
position, two nne runs by Carme OF 10 and ii the
eighty sixth and eighty innings giving Dudley
his death blow, for he afterwards played far below
the marx Of tho previous portion OF the game.
Finally, in closing the hundred and first innings,
.arme by a pretty run Of IL, came In the victor
by score Of $50 to 224, thus winning by 20 points
The game occupied three hours and twenty minutes,
and vas one of the finest displays at the French game
over In this country before Neither party had
any favorable opportunity offered them for siful massc
shots, IL being game or caroms from the cushion
mainly.
The following ia the scorcc Of the game
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21,0,01, 1880. o. 8, Oh, 5000 o. IL, a
e.2Sa5 S42,L4, ao1 ,2.e,O o,
dslnsH 1882 ) !. q = 8 IS 11a1sooo,
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