, 1869-11-20
SPORTING MATTERS.
Ninth Game for the billiard
Championship or Illinois.
Parker u. snyder-The Former
Observation-Disclosures Match
Arranged.
Aquatic Sports-Great Races In
London,
BILLIARDS..

A4TcH GAME F0H THk srltK CHAMPIONSHIP.
Tho ninth game for the hiA'ard championship o1
nllDola ahd stake Of 9oon, Nas playcd Last even.
Ing, IN Crosby = Ausio Hail. bet xeeu Fr1pk Parker
present holder OF the Champion cac, snd Petea
sn5der. Tho Well.known shl:lty Of both playes1,
together with 1oo feief 1hst tnty were we'll
matched. had aroused degree Of fatsrrat fs1
beyond that attendant upop, perhaps, any game
fot The State championship evcF before playe1.
Wben the match was ctst arranged Soyder WAS
the fasot7te In betting Circles, At long oada, "a
tnAnJ caaes, but lattestJ tue rste changed sotne-
what, aud eSen Offers were not REFUSED. Constd-
erable money hA1 been Rtakea On tho resurr and,
issst t. erea,ag; ero1d or =! less, iases aaadssd
people Hefe on hand 10 Witueas the game. Bat
Tor The TeattcF, aEd the conSeqneot sapposislou.
In many quarters, that tho uA!ch would % pofs-
poued, It II tar TO pree1H. that the Ae4c Hall
Would hase bten we'll Oiled.
TuK f1AE
At shout ha1F-ra 9 o'eIock both S3roer and
Palktr appeared. aud weze greeted With The Gus
tomAtJ AMOUNT OF eLtauttasttc demon sir atom.
With the aeleciion Of Join Mc1etltt ~ umpire for
Snyder, Al teBrun for Ps1feE. ueorT Ithlaes ~
were II ady for buelnes*. Parker won tue baak,
cno+e the White. and laid o u asoaI, IN the 10 yer
lt:t.hand eotnet. ssIdsf packs'ed ne white,
pstler 'tplaJed a1oand." missed h!s MARI. was
1's.etl INTO : scratch, and tolowcd with run Of
y; M,ssias a. a.! count & q the aatsa:
ltAt OF Snyder. Who aisn missed simple couhl
Hnf Quir vi Q. Again Parker WIS nnsteidy, stop
p!na at -, while Snyder turned h's back on an.
failed 10 string the bslis, and hts opponent, by
eune two or .hTee ntat,s-e1ecated position .nots,
huddled the tFot1es In the cnrLer: Apnlause BY
EaYkes," but no tRtefA S1ydefis E9n reached u,
<ntn he %as klsted out Of q count but left the
t,ai't eate psrktr thot htote!f to POCKET tos
euupg them easily, leaving tue other bsQk shot
E!tn the uace, which TO r1tssed. a1ordlog Parker
bunch, which he improved to the e .aar ot 81.
cEl1ent chance, hut IT, made Q and then slipped up
on tbrec-thch czrou. the mating Of which
wonlu have be1edFd lin immensely. Parker
went 10 pocket at his hrss tHun. and alter b!a1k
on the otne1 ade be nRrroGly Unused 4 beautiful
oank shof. Agaln snycer Jailed, tnls t,ne on
ssss aST apa a,seT sot % W ss sayass
ftnru bottle Of "suow Natey," airesly On hand.
didn't improve matters ln the least, Still. u
p;1y "a tl9T sd aa
tNelhh inning, nhen tue tcose hiood-Parker,
~: snlder. Us The aanplon. however. ssw
shoss, foitnwlth added a run ot 81 to iii s,sire.
when i lad break compelled him to desist
lifting 70 on s!mrle Sin kc. Snydcr i enort was
wo1Ae, and Paraers rc.eetltpR one nothing to be
proud ot. Neither accomplished anything for .
eighteenth lining, the Rsi1e ktood-Pnsker, s05;
stydes. Is9. saie,, play aud rms,l runs were tie
rule ict tine, Parker hetng the nrst 70 settle
refctet TO oc comfottcd. but couttnued his ner-
yons ahottcomihFs 90 pcrsstent'y tha. IN the
twenty htas lining be Was oves 20 behind. LIZ
etetMcd hfu,eelE, ho<ever, md TO good purpose,
soon sftef putting N run Of g. the best lot his
Aide 70 far Pays for safety and small rsso,ts
VIE see ne iof as 1eass zen nelngs. when, nnay
~ the tahsy.nlnsh .nasng,. the aeora
then ttand!re-1a1ker. hss snJaer. $40.
ns9 ereG sosa5 ss sG,.,
run OF ~ but stopped on simple stroke. Parker
hestrr title Or nothing to say when hls turn
81 On; Of tie haiIs Sos to Sc oatdons. - nor 1H Jes
elnalled, the champion At once got away with e
ard ta'lea on 1ard fo'tow shot when iae situR-
,lon r:%tsed apieqd,dJ Ai.er moderate aeaisse
fortysixth innspg: which brought his score to 81
10 spydets 40 Parker repeaied The dose at his
ess % bas sa T. 8 i sesss sas
which be sought encouragement aud luyt1urat,on
a. the small END Of Rlaes bottle. The eject waa
e. Usual: At least 81 his next rlaJ he
left the balls in a bunch for i'd oppo.
rect, whoxas temperate and played steataJ.
tut Iailed At is points because Of bad break &C.
der, after ihis, repeatedly failed on cay casot1s
20 ;har at the ntsy mn inning be had falen hact
sEa1nztne ecore statalng: fa1ker, 800: Snyder,
s TO- m az o. @ gs, {o1
OF ftItelsst-ParkefeT ii evidently Ne-sssuted Of WIN.
nlnR. and ln no hu1rJ: While Snyder was about VI
70 ns eoe pas - ps'
watch together. In his feyentJ-aecood inning
Parker pnr N a rou Of u, and the game
vas called: Parker, 1,1os: Snyder, ~. Thensny.
once on.et 1t b! run Of Is lie followed Il WITH
~. Snyder made nothing, und Tarttr clnaed the
fedfoqs. dsear! business By run Of IS, which
ltWx8 4 DttSr2fte AMIR Observation-Disclosures or tbt