, 1869-05-12
THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT,
Defeat Of Snyder ana
E0hrer,

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The tournament was resumed yesterday At lrv-
ing Nuu, the contestants in the afternoon being
Rudelphe snd Sn1deE. II rnnghout lhc play was
not exceeding iu0, II was understood however,
that SNYDER WIS inilisposetl, a1ti his defeat i,y
kpdsepas Vas not SPF1s.nES H. sas tsw ,
pre,sy even till tawani the close. Rudolphe nal;y
won By sd points
It the hall to witness The game between Rudolph.
and Foster. Perhaps 10 contest since tbs CON-
mencement OF the touruat2ens created ma-..
forward to. 1t MAS b far the' pn,sicss
and fuost closely contested; tog, a1lhouZ,
no extraordinary Eun2 we're uaale, the Fiav
was infinitely superior 10 almost any that haa yeE
been exhaAtedL Tae honor Of winning The
secoDd PRIZE WAS perhaps not the only motive thas
sttnalatsa suSa 1ns display: fos Il Eas well
means the most tr,eudsy rivrlA At tirues there
EaS a hurst Of Ill feeling from some OF the spec-
tators, but the good taste md 1aanilness Of the
enu!tions TIC truth to say. RudoIphe had :
good share Of friendly faces on his side, anA
that otherwise prevailed, he ptayeA with less
deinons1stive4es than 1suaay eaAszctsrtzes ~
& 1ae Ply 'S IN 01ss. @
apparently in excellent fossu- Foster led Of
without eGecs, Jet leaving the balls rret;y
M saa rasse aseS''e wa ssa pss s1ess
opponent scored IS in his next innings: but Foster
dotphe- The runs Immediately succeeding were
snall nnta Rudoiphe, BY excellent play uasde 156,
the score then being RudoRhe sos, Foster III.
ahead. Al the fourteenth inning, however. Foster
assumed the ltsd, hts scOsc then being Ss3 mai
that q Rntolphs s.i Up to the @ rrssent M The play
It was indeed Iiicult 70 state Who sas pIaytn:
eota. BOT Rudolphe asain eot to he tore m s. e SONG
ference until 10 points had been made By both
10 far, It bat been well contested. Foster how
ever, PLAYING with much ease and conHdeuce,
10 contladls.instton 70 The appaIent nef-
ae score Il p .ss SeppenSa ps.eceaa .anins!
being Foster .oI, RudoIphe osa, the an
Of Which wos seea @ Su
with acoolness he hal not yet exhibited, made $50
tn capital stye, which materially altered the A.
thai Rudolphe xas encouraged By she very best q
good luck Foster then made Is; bu. Rutotphe,
. again resumnx play. gashese., she balls btaass-
nted - 10 his score, now being sas and thas at
Foster t6s, which the latter augmented hy Il, hts
sali nniGsay going nso ne pocket whsa taste
Interest In the game momentartly Increased as The
plsse1s p1og.ss*t,t and While Ruaoiphes mer-
ease m.ny trenis. ene'', sno sppsafe' I'd uoe e
ri lo '.es:oT upon nm many hearty tokens q y.
turned the scales considerable making the Scorr-
Rudolphe, sa5; Foster sro- Foster then maize T.
but through 4 little cartlessness missed an eaSv
caEIuEp, after which Rudolphe msde 1e, the balts
acting rlos' friendly in hts reGard. Foster ot>-
tntned ~ and Ru!lolpnc following SC ored os. Here,
discussion afose- Foeter claimed
that Kndalphe had played q push shot. nherclr
the latter became very much e1ciied some con-
f,:sion eusneA, but upon VI. Phelan appealing IL
the 5sie.se, who save bis decision asalnss kn-
unimportaht innings the game vas ealrd-En-
.lo.phc, 1.oo1. Foster oil Tie Latter missed, All
upon Rudoipne again resumlng he nurse,i .Ae
balls nicely for sonle time slIspaylnR much iudg-
ment and activity, and nnaliy scorr.t lss for
which he received \ round Of APPRECIATION Muses.
on both sides follow ed, but Fuopht contglyirg to
run 'o2 matters began to LOOK serJ much in his
1avor: Towards he latter portion q the game
less played well. Rndolph gradually crept up, A.
the fifteenth inning be made run Of 81 which
brought him pear the goal, hts opponent being
over M 10 fointa behind A run Of ss' brought fot-
dolphe were 10 and Is while Fosters WERE TIVE
threeA which made him 1901. Rudolrhe had
then but Is to win, nui having got the balls neatly
together he accomplished the sass in his own pc
culiar style. defeating Foster BY 1a9 points, arn,d
tremendous cheers.