The New York herald., 1869-05-01
TIE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.

In the Afternoon Snyder Beats Rhines-In
the Evening Foster Beats Daniels.
The diamond cue still haunts the dreams Of all who
delight in billiards. That Is not the worst of 1t; it
keeps from their dreams until the approach Of
morning all those so fortunate or unfortunate as to
live in this great city, wakes at an unwonted hour
all those in distant cities dependent upon owlish
kilograms for tdings Of the great tourney. The
late hours, however, which give for the nOnce
such o questionable look to this usually
righteous city and the early hours, betokening
apparently more virtuous courses in such inquitous
borougns as Boston, for instance, and Chicago,
have, thus FAR pronted but little toward solving the
absorbing questions:-To what city shall be taken
the diamond cueS To whom In that city shall 1t be
awardedf Shall Boston have itS II Will be the
shrewdest Yankee trick on record If she do, II the
player who has already tried his hand has done his
best and she has better TO send. Win be the
glory Of New York TO keep IL from being borne away
at am Not unless Goldthwalte gets new innux OF
skill and Deery makes 200 points short Of sixty.
eight innings Is the chronic flatulence OF Chicago
to have new cause OF aggravation by the Initiating
yet looks as If she has best succeeded In getting
hand the sefwilled little balls Thus far, at all
events, the credit Of the best playing belongs TO
Chicago.
The attendance at the matches which came of
Yesterday afternoon and evening was. as great as
ever. The players were watched a. eagerly and
were often heartily applauded. Some remarkably
good runs were made, but the average fell consider
ably below tnat OF the matches on some Of
the previous days. The match in the afternoon was
between Snyder and Rhines, of Chicago, and was
the closest yet played. and probably the most inter-
esting The game was opened by Rhines who i'm
mediatey LETT his competitor far behind At his twen
y-hrst inning Rhines mad made 400 points, against
So The lead lie was so fortunate as TO obtain he
fortunate enough to maintain for q long time till
every one thought the game decided before thou.
sand points had been made. No one would have
hestated 70 risk his money on Rhines, and he would
have been rash man that would have risked
aught on snyder. Rhlnes on his flfly-sixth inning
had score OF l,032 against 757, and on his sixty
third 1,l20 against 500. From this point the game
had different look. The spectators TO whom be-
to lean forward In their seats and watch each
manGuvre OF the players with the deepest interest.
ON his sixty-elghth inning snyder made l0S. When
he had counted a hundred the house rang with ap-
not come out so badly after all, Rhines made In
his next inning. but snyder counted 90. Rhnes fol-
lowed, making points again and Snyder came after
with .. linen there was nothing for Rhines and 81
Tor snyder and much appauding. Rhines followed
with points, but snyder did not count. At his
next ne inning Rhines did count !, but, unfortunately
game by Al points. There were "A innings and the
average was ID and fraction.
In the evening the match was between Daniels OF
Boston, and Foster, OF New York. The attendance
was large In the early part Of the game but for the
nrst thousand points the interest In 1t was by no
meal means So great & Daniels opened the game but was
soon lelt Dehlnd by MS competitor. AT one time he
was behind nearly 300, but afterwards, by A run OF
204, which won him the most enthusiastic applause
elected by the whole game, he came within 100 OF
his antagonist. After stumbling upon this bit OF
good fortune Daniels began to fail behind again. and
was finally beaten, the score being LOO to ese az
follows:-
FOSTERS, o. o 90, H. o. o. 3, "a, 81, 0, 81, 49, o,
80, 4, "a 15, "a IL l, 0, 9, la 1, a. 30, 8,
8, II, g. 73, Q, 10. 1, o. g. 9, o, ID, 200.
paN,ELsoo ,a d 400, as, "a, A,o,e,ee 10,
2o4, L l, o. o. g. o. o. g. g. IL, g. So g. g. o. as 0, L. O.
0, s. 81, Is, "a, ., l, 3, 0, l-ss6.