, 1870-01-17
eilllARD&.
2he afeat Match for the Champion.
ship and Diamond Cue.
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1hs ~ 8osxs.

T. 1oo trost billiard match, II the PavtlIou, Ba
isneieoo on Saturday ntEtt, 9Th instant b
swoeu ueefy And Dion, fe>ulted In fkvor Of Deer
1he stakes wetu 400 aDd eha diamond cas
We copy from the Alta Of suudAy mourning II
following particular:
Alan early hour the crowd commenced to peQ
lnto Ahs Pavilion. end, ss 8 otclo1R, eresy seat
and. In fact everJ Inch OF ssAddlog room. ~
tootr eacosts! and It w1s nosced tnat nsu1 Of on,
Prominent clukels Eerr preseut and oxninatec
I mnEh interest In the mater.
] wera Isoelyed Win cheers b. tie crowd. n''
o!.!;.pU A5 pesU Ea.ted ont shsad, but he vas soou
time. but MI. Dion aeized It from hin toEsrd the
aas apd Lear the Glove By nne run 1t tha hesd Of
1ae S onsniaS E,p se.t looSed e evsf16d!
T1a14 5un n,sn nsf@e, nd nov Nj. peerJ. bsctefa
tna onla n1Ts 1old put re cheap But not % wtth
exniolted TIE wonderful coolDe8 and nerTe Hn:oA
nea ma!ked ~ p!ay,og IN previous ma.ches. 81
.as 1e roo tas ana o.' .at1 r.
ony feqaued II Eoofe h,s bail wa tisseda into
sh3s Gket X s 91tef ps1tnG shoe Nj Dion sas u1-
st en.9 70 9!n9 thfm INTO tue string: aud bT four
saoe4 ~ exocedtos'y di1lcult ones, Mr. heeW
1ta& 1otn Players ssfa greeted Viii iamalus
Wben NJ. DseiJ made his ,sst count he tarev
doNn III cue, ran 70 Nj. Dion Ard saoot him hnr.
~ X q Iae aAnos and then attempted to run out
Eto ttIs1 taeir arms around M0, ma pulled aud
fntA$2ea am ahoos u manner taAs threatspcd %
a seus pn ~ s: :: ogc e
1ney noHted him lpou the ballard table. and for
l1lt afe M1aute1 It seemed from tnt yells aud
a1ouad. Inst tha inisfnai renop1hsd n fnmed 1oo,e
ieko1 Of impa Nj. Dion was also piaced on
nc ssna, eoo iecased many hearty cneeIs and
S s!s 81 ION A. m1ny fdendL naly. WITH
slota!ng neany torn IRON him. MI. DeeEy was
hoIne ne % s!o@ tae Pavilion ~ I'm n.end4 and tatea
followed, 2nd up to the present 11tsin0 fs =. my
NJ plscs u beneRed, And fneuds M cros6uz ii
TO eder congratulations.
aGsss s 4 T. e 4 r 4 4 L L 4 i;
I % II. l,etosa e = ! ! Id !; q ''n'
ss = 4 i 4 1 Z = isaa T. + +
{: 1 8 e i, / i i
=: S::: a::: ::|; !: ;si: sf:9: g.: /
throDga the nal ~ de,ais q the c5ntest, 's re
Mtu be seen, upon comparison, that It 1ss 4 re.
lpasksols eEen game throughout, the grelteat df-
ference % eTea fnntngs heteg 2os ID tue Canadt.
ars os ne s9sa sss ssq s u ~ s1a
aequ'Ted il IN she I af.;.seecas, ss,'aH icss +
p Gnce more ~ tne ssyents.ars recovered i agaia
@ @tee ninety -n1nta and .sat Of the game. AZ |
tne corclnAfon Of hts PLAY III the nlncty- |
:Shta !nning be s.coo at 422, while Deey wss |
.slt. The latter. lack.og ls9 or his comolenent
ACE that number IN the tEo aaccee0lug innings, t
,hns fairly pluchng the chestnut out OF tho 1sr, |
While Deery cannot he praised too highly for nia
T1ctoFy, and especially the manner Of It, Dion
'u6ers raught IN reputation from his defeat. Aud
! sympathy 10 Withheld from him In auy quarter
{ l. Dol becaube people tau 10 appreciate that ha
taFelled over 1000 miel TO win an enotem thxt
t u barely possible he might have acquired WITH
hat there vns no necesuiy rhsteref ior
- loutne1!ng more than ore-nIth that
Instance. 1nitead OF adnertug 10
he ruler, he consulted exped1encY. dc desired
o see the Golden Land, aud, Regardless Of the
1gats Of oiher players, bargaiued Wlth Deefy for
be opportunity. Az it if, be has much the woras
i the bargain The co5noseend arc all abrosd on
be average THenty and upwlrd vas the Pre-.
'AuiDR MARI, but the winner reached nf:een only.
nc af1s pusE~bstfed game publicly player showed |
better average than thls making dne Alo 4Ance
or size aud style Of tnhle, and the difference be-
Tetb counting in tFof, threea and nfes, aud |
ountfoR in lh1ee4 and 8tIex-Io say nothing OF
he prohibition OF tha p4asse ahot The game re.
erred to took place eight years ago. Elmer our
1pertu have not improved IN the interim. or
lse sRfetyn fs more feature Of match play now
len It used to be.