Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-07
rHE EVENING NEWS.
The Great Billiard Match at San Fran-
cIaco.Gecry L.osea the Champion Cue
Rud0lphe tho Winner.

The Groet Billiard Match at San Fran
Kudslphe tho Winner.
The nuch talked of grand billiard
match for the champion u Of the
United States, between John Deery,
the holder of the cue, and A. p. Ru-
dolphe, Of Chicago, took place last
Saturday evening at San Francisco,
pursuant to announcement. in the
Mechanics Pavilion, where the great
Musical Jubilee was held. The game
was for $500 Il side and the champion
ship of America. to be played accord
ing to the rules Of the American
Billiard Congress upon a four-pocket
table. 1,500 points up, caroms alone to
count, aud each stroke to count three;
push shot and crotch barred.
As very many Of our readers. espe-
cially ut Virginia. are well acquainted
with Deery. and feel much interested
In the result Of this famous match, we
condense the following from the San
Francisco Chronicles report of it.
Rudolphe appears to have had all the
roughs and blackguards against him,
doing all they could, in 4 mean way,
10 disturb his playing and prevent him
from winning the much-coveted cue,
the more especially Is Rudolphe was
the challenger aud had come all the
way from Chicago for it. This same
cue. being made of ivory may well be
called n bone of contention. John
Decry won it at the billiard tourna-
ment in New York, and has held 1t
against all contestants ever since. The
last victim to Deery's wonderful a6il-
ity rs a billiard player was Cyrille
Dion, who was beaten after an exciting
contest. On the present occasion the
crowd Of spectators was immense, and
the most intense interest was mani
tested throughout the game. At
length, in the 10Th inning, the game
stood: Deery 1877, and Rudolphe
l.i5S-only IL more to go.
The report thus concludes:
"Rudolphe gets the balls and COM
mences to make shot after shot with
nervous eagerness, and all in the house
rise to their feet, and rs he passes 80
the roughs close in all around the table
40 that he can hardly play 40 is made,
and only one shot more Is necessary.
At this point the BLACKBOARD Dobson
steps forward and takes up Rudolphe's
hall and hurls it into the crowd, strik-
ing q gentleman in the face. The eN-
element Is intense and the vagabond
crowd look so threatening that fears
are entertained for Rudolphe's safety
and his friends gather around him.
The ball Is replaced and by n mag
niticent draw shot he makes game.
Deery reaches over ard shakes hands
with him cordially and the thieves
rush In to congratulate and try and
steal his diamond shirt studs. some
disappointed scoundrel In the gallery
SEXES a chair and filings ii down ut
him /; 1t strikes some one else on the
head and inficts a severe wound ; but
the rascal Is nowhere to be seen. Cheer
after cheer goes up for Rudolphe, the
crowd disperse and Chicago has the
diamond cue.
"Deery's largest run were-5S, aSl,
22S, 81.
.Rudolphe's largest runs-ll4, 80,
60, $40, SIS, 123.
"Deery's average, 1865; Rudolphe's
average, 1916.
1--WE cannot close our report with
out expressing our perfect approval of
the decisions upon disputed points.
We have never witnessed a game ut
which the decisions were so manifestiy
Just, or at which the disagreeable and
thankless position of referee was so
satisfactorily fulfilled"