, 1869-04-11
THE GREAT RuLIARD MATCH
Dion vs.. Rostgrs

Dion vs. R0stors
nunt,tst Hpra 8, Cs7e*1nad4.es of kse Tbroato
1Fk1ruph.
The game WIS commenced A. 6:43 p. nt. Tho
lead was Won by Foster, who played Tor safety.
Dion LED Oh win score Of 10, Poster following
with ~duchegE4" Dion scored on his second,
nsuTss = follows: q ts IS 10 aad !. Fosser, aas.
ioss: 81 s .adl 4 Boih ne W. p!sylas
I'd watching Ior satssy more than for eo9nts'
n,en - appassy n.,a sas moi; m11e COT SoPen. ae1s
w p.yins with anything but his ssua,
II tne tenta tnning1 he showed soma superior
Pay: brought shs ps!s toeetnez ana ~! running
nss, sfter running IS, cls,m 81 s.no count was
D1de b D1on's umpire, but decided IN Eosres's IS
nd =, beanal play asouna he 1aSIe aud m ssvel
De soon af,er addea runs oi -, s and d 1t 10
On the eieatssnfn innings Foster, having am
S1 f. apsa saP e IL P' &. .ea 81 T.ns shs sD 70 asa T
btan, ' xso ju@ped his hi bali IL oT s'Dta tas tas!s
also Foster repeated tt and 50 did Dion. This
ns o. p.y - fonoNed ,nGagh % e. ta'He f aan
the excitement Was qoeled by Foster dropping
this mean style Of play which he !nangufated.
9 95ea p1 .as4 % so Az
got the balls together, and TIED , shot With The
maee, which Was claimed ''no count" By Fos-
Count bes Tue % 1etefee ss,n decded In In Fpstsrs
favor. On the neIt hreaf Foster counted q hand
some run Of Sd Tho runs in the next three In
seventh tnntnSA Foster mn "a by some superb
round The table shota The game was so close
that there was immense excitement ia tho
1aa pyee 9e Va. .se eneerd y u sstas
when good shot x4s made The enthusiasm
showed that Fnaters friends wera sttnngtn NUM-
81. Excessive caution vas the ruM Of the pisy.
E1ea wa at11d Of the other, md played for saety
hsp ~ 'os IT, e m hs, Fl
making erer5 point by scientific play: At tlI:sa
the game stood about esen, with Dion playing Al
c57e Dion ve hn1dfed do,.7 u &c te.s Fos. souid
s,ys %ssPs see,s spisRa ,ao $S':
brought Ii The esils tossthe7, aaa eeto1s
e9 g - os n fasier Y 20 foosea
tne One sum of 1os leaving hin only e points be-
aR aRn oa u s:s i Rea Il 9P
excitement herr ncozm< Intense On the thirty
"a 'aa Esen xese s
over nc ball, By the friends 81 each. It Was Just
a ;SS! e .. "hs oeee4 q ssoa
emEdeE or ne could easlly run tao game out
IN bis th1f.ntnih innings he did not score at MI
Dion IN his thiFt}-nintn innings added - to his
score, and In bis forleth innings placed g more TO
his credit This gaye him tho lead by IS points;
but that was mere nothing, and might be over
hauled In q few minutes By bis opponent Foster
II his foFtlelh tnntnx added d 70 his scosc. He
had the balls al In the hesp, when he missed
simple draw and gave way 70 Dion, who TOOK ad-
vantage Of the good posltiou, played well and
steadily, and did not give up unih be had allied,
by brilliant rias, l06 to his string, placing
him within u Of game. FoateF. in hts
iorty.nrst Innings, rolled up Nice score
Of 50, aud when he went out the game
stool-Dion, 1l35; Foster, Liz In his
fofty-second innings, Dion played With bril-.
llancy. lie went In to win md he did win. lie
seore-bton, 1,eoo: Foster. Liz
The average T. much Lev than It was
thought \ would be- :. After their big
that the winners average would reach At least y,
and many persons even paced 1t Al high ~ 81 In
stead OF that p1on's average Is s S-7ths, whllc
Fosters Is 26 93-43dA.