The New York herald., 1869-05-04

The thirteenth game OF the present grand billiard
tournament now being held at Irving Hall wa'
played last night, the contestants being Melvin
Foster ana William Godthwaite. The game was
ZOO point carrom one push and oIotch barred eacn
carrom counting three points, The table used was
q second sized one, with four pockets.
The attendance was large, the hall being wei
filed, and among the spectators were observer
quite large number OF ladies, who seemed
quite as much interested In the skill exhibited,
as did those or the sterner sex who are
cDfa4sseaYa In the Of the cue. Foster, before the
game opened was said to be the avorite but II was
generally considered that the chances OF the COLI
tes,arts were about equal, and II any betting was
made IL was done soqlietly that no one was able 10
discover that business OF that description was pelhg
transacted.
COldinwait opened the game. but did not score,
Poster III his first INNINGS making run OF 80 points.
an easy shot, and Foster only scored 0 points;
In the next two innings Gold,hwait failed
TO score, and Foster made - In his tnlrt!
and nothing IN his fourth. SO that at the end OF
the fourth innings the score stood, Foster 81 Goldth-
waite 8. Goldthwaite during the next three innings
played somewhat careessiy, anu when the game was
called at the end of the seventh innings the score
had advanced 10 Ill for Foster against SO for Goldt
waite. In the eleventh innings Goldthwate made
run OF % and Foster made nothing, and the score
was a.ied, Foster 176 Godhwaite III. In the next
iangs ithe twelfth Goldthwaite made tne nrst rIn ~
upper end OF the table, He played on them until he
mad made H. thus making his score 234 to Foster 9
49, the latter playing for safety and scoring nothing
In the same innings. In the fourteenth innings
Go'dthwaite again made good run, scoring 100
points. At this stage OF the game GOldthwaite, no
doubt encouraged Dy bis success, played exceedingly
well Foster however. had bad luck, and until the
fifteenth innings hadreay no good show for scoring
At ihe end OF this innings the Stood Foster 205
GOldthwaite 402. In the twcnty-frst innings Foster
made his first good play of Inc evening, running
72 in Gne style at The close OF the innings the
score stood, Golthwaite GIG. Foster 36 Foster, IN
the thirtyfrst Innings, got the balls together aid
maze by very sstlful play run OF 109 points,
making the game stand, Godthwaite e42, Foster 542
ahead, without, however making any extraordinary
runs and at the end OF the thirtyseventh innings
Foster was still 100 points behind, keeping his posi-
ton by fne run OF 80 points in the same innings.
Foster, however, about this time began to play IN
better STYLE and in the forty-thrd innings made q
run OF 100 points which placed him 10 anead OF his
c-:S. with the score at SSs 70 SO. The greatest
excitement OF the evening was manifested at this
tlme and IL was then generally Thought that the
game was anybCdys. GOldthwaite after this dld
some really fine playing. and In few innings once
more led his opponent by some hundred points.
GOldthwaite winning by l76 points.
The following is the score:-
FosrER-39 ., IL. o. g. o, 81, 10, 81 q, o. o, o =,
"A, 81 II, 40, 2l, /, l. 72, 3, Q, 0, a. 8, ~
100, 8, 90 4s, "a, eS 3 4 IS, 8, I lSo' o. o. o.
GoLDruwATE-o, 8, 0, o, g. "a, 8, q, Q, Is, SO,
H. Il, 49, 105, A. Is, o, 45, 1s O. "a, 15 Ss, ~
Is, 0, g. 3, o, 0, 90, !, 49, 10, IL, Q, o.. s.
6s, 8, Q, o, 3, 25, 12 o. 80, u, o. 49, B. 6s. Totai
1900.
81 innings. Winners average, 2lh; Foster's 1e.
Goldthw ate's best runs were H. 1O5 and 96 and
Fosters were I09, 93 and 150.
John Sereiter, Of Detroit. acted as referee, ano
Frank Parker, Of Chicago, as marker.