The New York herald., 1873-07-01
Hs Defeats Maurice Daily and Cyrille
Dion, Winning Six Out Of Seven
Games with All the Players.
SCYRILLE DION WINS SECOND PRIZE.
sGaTnicr MakSs the Longest Runs and the
Highest Average.


The tournament has lasted over week, begin
ming on June % and ending June 80, and will stand
as the most brilliant display OF skill In the most
scientific game at billiards that the world has
witnessed. There were six competitors named
Albert GARNER and Francois Ubassy, native French
men; the brothers Cyrille and Joseph Dien natives
OF Canada, and Maurice DAILY and John Deery,
Americans. So, It win be seen, the talent which
contested in this series Of jousts was drawn both
from the Old World and the New, and was, in fact,
"internationaln
GARNER, by his wonderful success, or series OF
successes, has established himself as the greatest
living billiard player, having defeated each of
the other contestants, one OF them receiving the
coup de grace twice at his hands. In the
regular play last week he defeated DAILY,
Ubassy, Joseph Dion and Deery, and was defeated
by Oyrflle Dion on Saturday. DAILY defeated Cyrle
Dion, Joseph Dion Ubassy and Deery, and Cyrille
conquered GARNER, Joseph Dion, Upassy and
Deery. This made DAILY, Cyrille Dion and GARNER
'ties." each having scored four victories and sus-
tained one defeat Yesterday afternoon and
evening these three were to play of for the cham
pionshp. The order of the contests was deter
mined by toss, and Garn Ter and Daily were first
matched, the winner then to play Cyrille In the
evening
The afternoon game opened at three O'Clock be-
tore ~ audience OF eight or nine hundred persons,
hall OF whom IN consequence OF the intense heat,
sat in their shirt sleeves with their coats thrown
across their knees. GARNER won the choice in
banking for the lead, scoring but l point, how
ever, or his lead. DAILY followed with u, and 81
which Maurice made in his fourth inning, was the
the contestants were willy in leaving little for the
adversary. In the sixth inning, after scoring l,
and forfeited, and IN his iourteenth a MauriSe: :
reach, and paid forfeit but cyre tonnd out where
ne he, had J.. put the ivory, and scored in the run.
GARNER SO, DAILY 100 The play slow, for Ii was
too warm to play biiards-the cue would scarcely
run on the guiding hand by reason Of the profuse
persplraton. GARNER played "safe" ~ IN the
twenty third inning, leaving long line follow,
in the right lower corner and Albert's ivory al
most on the direct line midway between. DAILY
piaase pi In his tweniy-eshth inning darnier made
superb long back draw 'ndsse 1t was in
WIS y e aS ne 1os t1e
all positions and all over the table, he made run
ans might 6,s have 10 S had he
inning the balls came ugly and he played for
safety behind the Of t 9SeTe SS S%
felt, but the balls were spotted, and GARNER
missed on the spot In his thrty-nfth inning
missed at last and '1eft them lying thick' against
the right side cushion GARNER took care OF them
show at them; for GARNER in his next
two innings made run Of 50, and
was immense and many thousands of dollars
changed hands on the result Irving place looked
men, with fists full legal tender stood adjusting
differences. The foowingis is
0arnier-l, 0, l. O. 8, l, 3, Q, s, "a, o, 2 0, o, /,
H. g. 9 s!fotsl SeS AverSss, S al e. : i!ele. '
ssTA ., ., s. Z i io o. o. . . a. q IT,
g. 2, S-rota, sa5. Average, 8 s,ss.
The Evening Play.
The enthusiasm last evening had reached a
higher Ditch than at any time during the tourna-
1nent. The feeling that this was the test game OF
Ing rise to lever heat and, despite the weather,
the hall was even more crowded than on
Sassg great esS O'CLOCK Mr.
anxious He was applauded. Then Garnier stepped
up to the table apparently as light-hearted as II
this were the most simple point in his career IN
stead OF being the most important OF his whole
10 the echo, and buth stood up before the table
Mr.. Michael Geary, the billiard veteran, in intro
ducing the last evening OF tbe/ tournament, said
that the past week had 1eeH the most brilliant ior
billiards that thus county or any other country has
ever seeG he feit>that he had to acknowledge
ftnat t4ey were mainly indebted to the press for
this achievement. The press had made billiards,
had made yachting and racing in America,
pied.
On stringing for lead GARNER won and made l,
-Cyrile following, scoring 3, and GARNER followed
with 10, In the course OF which he made some bril-
gether on the second shot, but made bad miss on
the sixth shot. The game then proceeded indiffer-
feeling on the part of the audience until the eighth
inning The heat was terrible, and GARNER was
TO the gallery at his pretty wife and she ciapped
her little hands together encouragingly. Garnier
Ta% aons Se Cushion orosn. the Das
together. ~ then, by a series OF wonderfully
brilli2nt( > every few shots sending the ob-
y gup the table. only TO come back
e swo others II went on this
ad counted twenty 1--WE. Here
difficult position, and the
ONE hesitation, but by
hand corner, amid
er run along the cushion,
series OF comparatively easy
in q most brilliant manner,
when again another ue-
Ter went on adding to the run until
Here the excitement rose again 10
I'd all looked on with their hearts In
sssi. and In a silence IN which only the tiny
cfck OF the balls could be heard. Nlnety-six,
shouted, GRITTY dollars that he makes the hun
dredin Ninetyeight-a were on tptoe Of
hope and expectation. Ninety ynine and The balls
easy. Psnaw a miss and the run ended, but at
the same moment another numbering round of
!. applause rewarded the player for his EFFORT.
Dion with the chances OF the game against
yhm, came up to the scratch with that wonderful
fIaging during the tournament. He only, how.
ever, made two, and GARNER spoiled what promised
pieD's fourth inning he made four aud in at
tempting the nfth his ball Jumped on
game was Of an ordinary character to Garniers
Seventeenth inning, when, during run OF twelve,
the plS yer made q twocushion bank shot. running
behind she first object ball In tue right upper cor
der and hugging the cushion the whole length OF
the table SO as to count In the right lover corner
The shot Was greeted with wild applause.
The audience had thus far been OF an amable dis
position, cheering both players as they did WELL
but giving no Eigns OF dlsapprobation excepting an
occasional "Ahr-r-r-r" OF disappointment when an
easy snot missed. AT the eighteenth inning
the game stood--,Garner 2Oa, Dion 60 Then Gar
nler made good ,preak Of 40 and Dion followed
with one OF 20, and in his tweDty-secoDd
fpning scored SO. GaFnier got little anxious
though still led by over hundred. He
perhaps remembered vns own run OF 113 a few
days before, which gaSe him the game against
Day He knew Cyrille 70 be player OF wonder
ml nerve and the JSamd was, not sstHst la Aia