The New York herald., 1870-06-18
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BILLIARDS.
cyriis Dion pe'> is""oImS ",.'.,oa, a,U s"s.

cyr;,;. n;,. Tss,. ats RudoIphe 41O Points-A
Splendid Game, bN't Turbulent Audience.
Although he house WI no' oy a"y he"ns iun
large audience gathered last evening Il. Tue aippo
theatrQQ TO wltness the conte> =" iol sooo sue
between the two skilful kh. '"'S VI .ne
cue who two weeks before haN 0ohehucu
for the diamond cue and the chamI 'o"s'p
The fact that Rudolphe defeated Dion Oh
the former occasion made him the favorite o.
this, at The slight odds Of 500 to $s0 There was
delay OF twenty-five minutes in opening the game
ceusei by total change OF referee and unpire5, Mr..
George H. Mitchell beng appointed to the former po
as uInpires respectively for Cyrlile ana RudOphe
In stringing for the lead Cyre won and started OF
at slcn tremendous pace that even money was
offered on him. Rulolphe himself accepted The odds
OF 500 10 $50, but the wager bad to be abandoned
for want OF a suitable stakeholder.
subsequently, at the request of Dion the party
who had offered the Odds left the house, and thus
satisfied all parties by runs OF 1885, oo and 49, all
%as $%s'A; Ss' s% o. Tf a'sF sss
more surprised his friends as ne appeared not TO be
al all excited. Dion, wno'e execution around the
taSe wSs superb ,n wea the
was almost 500 ahead-score, Dion ITO, Rudolphe
22a IL was thought that che champion had been
be legion, became lubiant. But the great player
was not yet mastered. as he showed by runs OF
Scarcely anns aSa Gys VA Ta a9es
opposition or portion OF the audience he struy.
gled maniully. and In the flfty.1rst inning was
rewarded by the largest run OF the gane-246-made
chiefly by nursing. in which important specially OF
billiards he had throughout manifested his
superiority. The game was now 1869 To 1887,
IN Dion's favor, and 1t looked as though
RudOlphe might win 1t. In tour more innings
however, the contest was over, Dion terminating it
with a magnificent Of 1913. The turbulent
element was out IN Its strongest force had been
expected yet no act was committed of which the
police folce in attendance could properly take
cognizance. 1t has been RudOlphe'5 misfortune ever
since his arrival here, 10 be bicked up by unpopu.
lar men, who have extOlled him beyond HIS
merits; and hence, In conjunction with certain
indiscretions OF his own the opposition he encoun-
ters whenever he plays MATCH No matter what he
DrOv0caiiOn scenes like those of last night cannot
fail TO injure billiards; and now that the
great player has been found to realize that
he Is not superior to be invncible II Is to b.
hoped that there VIII be no more such scenes and
il Is TO be hoped also, that Rudolphe Will hereafter
accept the judges dec son. his refusal to do which
last night caused the great part OF the disturbance.
We give the score, adding that the average is pre-.
clsely the same as in the last championship match
viz.:-27, Is, 55
9. g. 3, 7S. Is, 3 O. "a, g. 159, Q, IL, r. 0,
81 g. o. 90 B. o. o. B. 21, 0, l. As, l, l. o. 2i6, 3, o.
/, IS. Total, 900; 55 innings.
DION.-15 165, 0, 90, 49, 2l, 30 o. So, 8, O. g. l. IL,
l. o. 49, Co. 81 81 l, 81, 81, Is, g. 0, 7s. 90, r. g. o.
49, o. o. 81 0, 81, rs, 81 1922 "a, IL, l. /, 49, 15
0, o. 80, l, 1913. Total, 1.500 So innings.