The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-18
LAST NIGHTS BILLIARDS.
RUD0LP8E AND CYRILLE DION IN
THE HIPPOTBEArRON

The Remarkable Difference between the
House last Night and that on the Former
Great Contest-splendid Display Of Skill
on the Field Of Green Cloth.
The match between Rudolphe and Cyrilc Dion
for 1000 and The gate money was played last night
In the Bippothentron. In presence Of about 800
spectators, 20 orderly and respectable In de-
meanor o. 70 Offer . contrast 70 the crowd
tlat rsoksd the circus on the evening OF the
Stat ult, whom Rudolphe won the champion enc.
One reason, perhaps, was that no billiard
makers bad . say in the management Of the
contest thsre were but few dsad-bead tickets, and
consequently few rougbs. Among the visitors were
tie venerable VIM. Lake, Of Tarrytown, the cham
pion mace player; Gersham b. Hubbcn,
Of Connecticut, wonderful az . base bal
Ter and not insixnincant at the cue;
Mortimer, Humphry and Maurice Daley, two
well known amateurs; Capt Boyle, the pedestrian |!
Gen Lyddy, or the Feaisn army 10. Dion, the Ca
madam expert; Judge Mccunn, of the Supreme
Court; Harry Eaton, champion heavy weiRht at the
bridxe Tivay, the literary hen-dairyman and knrht
Of the goosequill Garno the billiard ehronicler, su
thorlty all disputed points and inventor OF the
foolish experts game; aud score Of other csobri
ties. The rofsree wns Geo. II. Mitchell Dion's um-
Welsh. w '' '''N ' -
rHB PLAYERS
wore intr oducod and OF sea- without loss OF time
he came began Rudolphe made O. and was followed
nv Dtor yTko naSs i5 vindins mn M viii Rad niss
hv., ,,inS,s h.x 80 - /. II ni,a, M, his sacand
i,nins srd blo, had ,nsde 40 no al stne him s,ec-
ta.or nciax oiysreS iN1 to " tbst Dior wonid Win
Eudolppe ,emsrked. al ynst take dai :" and pro.
ancsd Me frn5s yyserepnon ,he e,me nroooeSed
and nion scorsd tgs 'rne csp vas now Pudolnbe
a DIon fe1
The nevt c,u of tho ,narte er p,ced Dion M o7p and
RrSeIrh. AZ 10 The latter tben msde a pfetty run
OF 90, which promised well tor $50. but he
uIsskD A DYLIcArR sUor
bv a hairbrcad,b and gave way to the ieft-bandei
Canadian, who ran q, Then followed ana
h,nr .hs, MON Dam on wS,ch be scorsd VI Ru.
Ssnst ..it., .t,S ~ - IA -, ~ ,,esJ - Win
90 sisS 81 Nv. -, ha,n aao,iaJ bv a
10 Rndainhs thsn ,sn * roI,oring MS with n
~ T,tIe All NAV ccsc,ci nn pon Tho ", inning
,,,, ntie uu.i Wy "u "" wv, Wv -, ,
a. al a." tha ,ai,sr a, T,n n, ihc sith irniny nri
~ J - ~" o ~ az ~ o,,h NJ sraraI % 49, ursonh
W. Wv" ~ 49,
DION S57, nupLLPHn 352.
n, tho oeih ,pni,p Dion n,ade ~ and nm the ooth
tho Frenchman srnTred iho nv "a deiirots ni,v os
was ever witnessed here or elsevLere. With no
more 10 bis score Mon u, "a roy Iie ahead hu, a,
the clos. Of inc gith iunine he led his antaroui.
oniv 9ia uoinis In malinS aalendiI rpn Of ou
| to help close the gap Rudolphe executed
| ONE OF rnR MOST RrNArKABLs SHOTS
ever witnessed ia. ball Law II the le, hand love,
nocte, snd ,Le two ,eJs rps,ded Inc oockc,s NJ H.
unpur rirht ard and len hand of the t,he ,eer,c,
iyely Ny ,ecpiiar Lorr d- fotrs whirI, cannot M
c1pIaiped on naper the cue bail sent af,cr tne h,
red NJ an ANGLE of ib wns madc 10 reinrn nnnr IL,
| i,Ts snd ,hr nos, shnt Of tse eyas,r, vss MAJ
| an IA tOoe sup..nse rrh. run ,n. one N ~
Co wien Dion repIioI viii another of ia wien M,
| score stood Ruioiphe ri; Dion, qe4