, 1870-04-26
SPORTING MATTERS.
Match Game of French caroms
Between John W. Coon and
Frank Parker.
One 0f fhC Most brilliant and
Exciting Contests on Record.
Coon Victorious by One Point.
BILLIARDS.

Was for stake Of $500, and The game 800 points
E1. thrtc hail e2,utuA The attendance Vas larre
End unusually rrspectshlc- Although tho excite.
mcnt during the play Eas II uuc1 Intense thtra
~as no appearance Of ttAt rpt1t Of ruHdyiSm
which Is too e!tea displayed at important matchca
is'ti player" Er<eise.i cheering support from en-.
thu.asuc fslcnAs, but the rivalry 1as conducted
IN arltasant spirit The game was played on i
securd-s,ze brunswick table, In accordance with
thr or:s5na' aEfsTuicnt, ~ the former game was
1!asti IN table supplied WITH Phelau cushion
'1A:nes tustte hted a. umpire for Parker, while
i,shr'l Mccarthy performed the same onlce for
Coon. Henry Rhines was chosen reicrcc.
began ii ,:+., Coon winning the bank for ,e,,
and cht-ist1c the white. lie fAIleti to count m
ihr !aH ON, evidently l.! reason Of miscuc, While
Parker scored on the break aud ma1ie & nnIssjn9
Al easy shot Cnon scored s in bis turn' IcnTinSS
for h:t opponent \ position from which he suc.
trt-ie'l III scoring hull. Johns succeeding Ten-
'uFs rrsulsi N epnsE and Pa;kess la which
Cecn r!ueke,' up Ind ran 10, hating at nlc1cuit
L.sak. hut leaving N easy shot fur Parker, who
M also cea, md sn aT;, Pa1sss 7sen sss1et{ aa
h,.As ths Ice ~ .SSa5lnG . shot which seenrd
assoAsr'y la!i%stsbe. and which be missed
ter Tie enus1. Then Parker got In 2, which Coon
sessrs tets u sle eaeh % the litter, whIea wese
Promptly tken* After an inning OF small results
freEl a,h, C.on added IL to his string aul then
mole financial remarks we're made aai responded
To- Iii the second inning succeeding Coon secured
ucanw bile doing vastly less that the 18th inning
showed ihe sc"rr-CH'n, 80; Parker. ea little
whsrrnpou TssEcr. Striking 9ut strongly f,r II TIC
ant lrir. areuEua-e1s II. leaving Coon tli1t1cuit
hsraI. on which he narrowly faIlctl Each then
!ns az on rarl.rs @ epui' put ars p'A b. e0oai, =
ehrt OF marvellous bI1llIancy, AMI uoine precisely
VT harn siaro
t.ciis II REtnlI'hr httnstlf-brnu2hs .lowu s,nrm
otalr!sasc. aud Induced . perfect shower Of onera
play Ns. the Tule for a rhort ume, Coon being ua
nltstakaoiy the ftexdtesr and most confident he
6!des slowly dr1vlHc ahead In the twenty-elSh
iun!n. te h..! gut The balls nicely together fos
i1rGr r1n, when spfck which had fastened upon
his hail slx,tlri feather ca7om aud closed his
play III 5 In the sht1s-1hl Inning, Parker
then again 6, Coon meanwhile accomplishing
ne:hinE to sreak Of Parlcr kept right Il
I: 10 shc tune Of I ami 4. thereby materially
pc:+tsirntiy uatavryah1e In his soth inning Parker
worked cut 10 very handsomely. Stopping with what
he termed "s.Sen.up" shot 1, one which
with haEinG no fof1 0f success Ia his atteupt to
htlnG the tails together for I run. Parker who
haii tul'y rrsuncd hts customary pulse IN his 43d
inning. went to work With determination which
resulted In spcLl!d tun Of -, whereby he nssknd
MS nrss hundred and Ca!1ed tie lend for The trAt
tine tine u the @ @EsIne. ths seorr bc!ng-pa1kcr, 1oo;
ting. and several transactions teok place. Parker
Was at .nce on haud with 2, al the Gloss
q which be le;s Coon nus poasion, but be missed
II ttsnonthlouslt, show!ne, for the 1rzt time up-
s9u1vos:2l sgna ef "setsng up" He confirmed tho
estimate ~ doing ptectsei! ihc s1me thing 1t hls
ps: ps1t .sssempI bus he soon rallied, scoring Ii
Parker, 1e0; Coon, los. All OF Coon@s shots werr
4l:f1cuil wonderfully brilliant ones, but be faIcts
eetdlnG run Of 10 In the same vny-ths frsis
ALWAYS wide apArs, and turnlv1ng shoti 80 hazsrI-
OTIS thai DO one but he would hare attempted.
mere Lt.lianey. hts constant object being posl
ton In this way he scored Is In the so;A
inning, while Coan rasquie1 nnu' his SD, when he
achieved s. RunE nf ond ) brought Parker to
80 points In the 4orh inning, Coon scn,c standing
At $50. Then eusled tve successive bl2nka for
vas doing positively nothing, Coon had nut IN & i
and 6. Introducing shot aftsF shot which was POSI-
uyely stupccdous which called cut the widest an
ecsaiox, and, in thc Esth inning, had brought
his score to las, Pa1kefs stsuitng at loa Coon
had scored % points while rarker was making II
ftun which he made II, which he exactly lupli-
Gated AFTER three hlankv hid tnt-rTcuedLC1on also
netting counts 81 70 consequence-aod then came
rrEatncd the lrsd-tso to ISL In the 18th inning
rln Of II h. l'arker carried him beyond Ills scc-
1Ha thq hq99F Ge 'ae Rnn sns shers a9 o1 him IN!
this, IN the 18Th luu!ny, rs for Parker and eo1
fur c,sn InelA,ter had, for several Innings, en-.
which altogether haked his efforts to get the balls
together; while F1tker w4s cur1ctpondinely for
iuEa:c, tcsnzes bringing to hear perfection OF
It was lhla which enlbled Frank to accn.
Ihen ceu olse showed i1die.l S5; inplosemcat. sa.
ended by Il rrutokDg freeze When the oatts
rvuld have t.ccn covered fy hat In the corner.
ne haa TIT witn,n se rnts Of nts opponent,
setr M ~ hui l. M IL esd s1suaiy III 9n aasnS
Ing ste Five innings Int. II had bccn widenct tn
- ", s6s, when run of 10 by Com reduced his
T,nn W. & a tn They mna,asa THIS pro
had Got well starred 1or qnAntl1.. when s a
which he rrallz.l II. carrying him i,c5ond s nis
third hundTcd, The game s.andlng-Pa1ker, SO;
Inning, r.Iker was . POINTS ahead. Durins The
next eleven innings Conn worked like 4 .,r1J
horse pulling terrible loafl Of klsscs narrow IS
dragging hi* scrrr ur to ss3, With Tasxes o. oul1 ~
points ahsa'L Then Parker tlsrn ont again win,
Two Or thrrc small runs. and again Coun by 4 run
The lastcs y as entirely remnrse.css Knocking out
forthwith, and a2aln I, 30 that his 1eall was IL
Then Coon made T., and rttIuced It u ii, whars-
S:rse,.y after tsis, ill., The ISIS. tnnns, Coon Fl Fl
the hats together II the un,ser raIi-rosi1iscIy
.:.rns tic samesnd, hy ssrJ .eliea.e @ a'pIva psI.
s.1rcd 81, thc lafgest rua thus faf aud which car
ir'l HIN a,ree i'oints ahesh, the call besna-Coon,
Shy Ceou, With anu t,J Parker, brought the
former y potnts aheai, and then ! and by Par.
teT brought him within s, only to see Coon make
snd Eel 1t back The excitement became intcnke
2tnnnE the audience, nnouR whom the Coon sym
t'.tA!zets were evidently prrpeuLerant judging
players were The coolest pf any. neither seeming
10 bt q al Disconnected Is bis opponent approach
Cd: ieu back Or drew past ID me
to tho front again. and when his Turn ca1nc agaln
Coon Rcored :. which Trough, him TO @ol I,a5kers
total total seinS 81 Then hy Parker took him
IArh was on his la1t hundred, and each seemed
10 realize that be who gained decisive lca.3 now
tnust win. And 80 !. vent. rasslng and falling
show who vas 10 get the test OF it. tn to ihe
leta Inning # rtn,aned 30. xnd there Was nothing
to ~ y Of the eame which the score would not tell
after . blank inning apiece, latkcr rallied
FsrsiIiest pla, be bad % .1ovn s t0e .h4oaaa eaea
the evening. piled up Il. bringing him 70 Us, il
points ahsa'A Ceon was Just as steady and Juss
the balls IN !ostttan na11ow,y missing brilliant
shot around the table when be had scored 5. Tnen
mailing had Eos :asm banched .s5inss he % unner
1slI. when !" f:rezc~ occurred, neccsstiattng fbe
ftottng Of The balls. lie countei, anu ~ ssnsu-
bead LET, hand corner, anil he got : run VI Il,
leaving at the close bri:ak which Com cn1iu not
~,;h as, ;Se5 NET rsFteT Eos csoa 1e9xed
sed: F.rle1 -; Coon. at Ta rssser m ml.sea sd
1ne leatn inning, WIN esch ). points to make
Each maAc deliberate !sAiety play, Coon being
thc inst 10 80 !, the break, which hc failed upon
up.- hum which, amid hreatnle.s interest, he re-
aiized Il, rlselng him that na,nbcr OF
points ahead Another miscue y Coon
t4ft1 n Ah Ehtrh pHffpF ATtteDf1T fr1,n
70 q high nervous pitch, mlsAed. 1rar!ng Coon =
ve:y 1aru onc, which he shot rcIJ wide Of This
seenel TO stlnlulaie Parker. who followed With 4
r1tc1y If ever exercised st such thrilling stage
Coon, tho had achieved seven consecutive blanks,
nuw demonstrated beyond question his tremendous
Which he closed snld ! hur71cane Of cheer, .d s.nd
lsckcd { HON men seemed cool Jet but they
scnrt~i ro.nt: Coon. Parker, o; Coon, ;: PARK
et,r: c."n, y: latlrr.l tonly 70 SUI; Coon, Q;
lsftcr. o. cten, the now i4eklng hui u; PasKer,o
4 m..cue zus, The game u lost, everybody anouts;
1=rtrr scnrrs !, and has but more count to make
He miss, sud ceon ce.s single t-a:at; again
itA: Ut which w4s dlfncult draw, has won the
game hy o1ss 1'otat Thus closed, AZ precisely
socloce = NJ, rrosah'5 the nost remarkable
LEGALLY h"is,cd upon the thle by bis o1ertoycd
i7rut.. md be then thEew down The gauntlet TO
rasfer: LIT t.. oqsnnx e y play him the same ixo games
ing L.
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