The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-24
TIE BILLIARD TOURNEY.
Opening OF tia Threc-Ball Tournament for the
Championship Of tns world-Cyrille Dion
Defeats Desry Badly-Mauries naly
Takes the Laurels from the
Magic Frenchman, Ubassy-
Splendid Audience
and Exciting Play.

and Exciting Play.
An audience of, 500 parsons assembled last even
Ing at Irving Hall to WITNESS the. inauguration OF
what promises to be- Che most bfiliant tournament
ut billiards ever played in America, bringing
together as 1t does TIN six most renowned masters
Of the cue that. can be found in Europe
and the United states. The. Negotiations for this
Series of contests have been in progress for
months, and rheresnlt was to match each against
the other successfully" The following pasers:-
Francois Ubassy Maurice Day. Joseph Dion, Cyrile
Dion, John Deery and Albert GARNER. Ubassy
has recently arrived from France, and ap-
pearing first at Chic;Iyef.n contests with Bessnger
astonished the whcAf., country by the easy manner
In which he defes1.e the western sstar," giving
him at the same nmethe most .Tearrul odds.n The
other players ai!e all wen known, and have each,
with the except i@s ofGarnier borne the honers Of
The championsh Up sat the four ball game.
The present tournament is at the three ball
game excusiv ely, the most finished and scientific
game played. ;and win develop the finest play
ever witnes Aee.in New York. The guerden Of vic
tory Is the, championship OF the world, and
VIII be sy mbohzed by q MASSIVE silver
chailengef ~;up OF extraordinary beauty. This
work fd art was on exhibition at the
Hall "a st light. 1t is hemisphere bowl about q
and 'Jrns smented with various devices in cues,
balls AM: tables. On one side 1t bears the inscrip-
tion,i '.Embem OF the Billiard Championship Of
the World at the Three Ball Carom Game"
~ro9rn ament held at New York, June, 1873. Pre-
According to the rules governing the tourna-
uAnt the games Will be 500 points each; played on
esey oter payer and the ne
the Ayreatest number OF games WILL be declared the
champion Of the world at the three-ban carrom
tEaMe. Size Of balls, 23s inches.
In addition to the championship prize there viii
De competed for two handsome diamond iockets,
4 auif nfn hrfc tn IN pln m n
the Largest run. The play VII! proceed
weas. The Audience assembled a last night
was respectable, and the decorum Of
there are svorites at billiards well as at Jerome
Park, was unexceptionabie. Within the hall an
gallery was reserved for ladies. There was o
large number OF well-known gentlemen pres
Shook, MI appleton, SOnn Morrissey. Manton Mar.
BILE, Neil Bryant and all the billiard experts OF the
e Oy
Gapp.
Haa1lce pe Day, the D present. iour.bah cham
piece of Workmanship, finished and nd decorated i
In gilt, for the occasion. Play commenced at
arena they were greeted with applause. Mr..
fSidor Gayraud acted as umpire, and Robert VIII
marth, well known Boston 'cue," oflciated as
BANKING FOR THE LEAD
SPOT peery sen wen IN or a1d
made a poor miss IT was evident ne did not
seventeen to his score by careful plays,
and one capital round the table shot with
four cushions. Deery again played for and Dion
followed with H. no brilliant execution being thus
far displayed Then Deery scored and slipped up
trying for another Dion missed o twisting cushion
shot, and Deery came to work to score o. Dion iot
lowed the example, and then Deery put up 2.
inning, when Dion awoke some enthusiasm by a
splendid long shot in the cushion angles and put
8 TO his string. Deery seemed to be working hard,
and could not start run. Cyrlle added to his
count, and won more applause by round the
was dun, when Dion got to work and put up Il on
his counters by magnificent play and cool nerves.
a. the oo up e M a
half way across the top, and MS touch was exqui-
sitely fine. The score now stood-Dlon, 142;
Deery, 81. The enthusiasm over the favorite was
Immense In his fifteenth inning Dion maze
a. ana missed In each OF the next three essayals.
exception OF 10 in his twelfth inning was the most
he made up to has twenty-tirst, when he made %.
Dion also worked in the single figures i've times,
and missed three times out Of the next
eleven innings. In his thirty first he made
was overwhelmed with applause. Here he played
the balls beautifully along the cushion and made
tss has sw snpas ss IN
one angle TO another from the cushions. This set
iledtae fate o. the game In his thrty,sec co
5 in the thirty-third. The following shows
THE sCoRE:
Don-6 IL, IL, o 0, 2 8, o, II, 0, II, TO- "a,
erage Iii : = : " = = : : = : '''''
Deery-a. 8, 1, O. 2, 4, O. g. o2,2 10, /, o, 2, s. 8,
erage (aboutl Al.
In the ten minutes recess which followed Dion
was covered with congratuation and peery took
his defeat like man and a gentleman. He was the
hrst to shake Cyrilie by the hand.
THE SENSATION.
however, was reserved for the next match, for
wonders were expected from Ubassy, who was
looked upon as a billiard wizard lie Is forty-lvc
years old, but looks Ike hfty-fve, ana there
Is something very striking about the forma-
ton oil his head from the bridge Of
his nose Notwithstanding suggestive OF the
lntuitive mathematician. His forehead is high,
bold and round, and his eyes have peculiarly
penetrating appearance There was q marked
contrast between him and his boylsh OPP.
Tor the Lead and missed. ubassy followed
with l. Then DAILY came with a run OF 10, and
and Ubassy made l, and then followed some unin-
terestlng play. Daily was the iavorte in
affection, but Ubassy had got everybody afraid,
In his nineteenth inning Ubassy made Al and was
immensely applauded, FOR his play was remarkably
first inning, when Daily amid tremendous entliu-
siasm, and by exquisite care in .'nursng,n
made 49, the score standing DAILY, l76 Ubassy, i6s.
This seemed to break Ubassy down and he could
not rally, and DAILY forged ahead like hero and
was victor IN his thirty ninth inning. Ubassy only
scored one In his last four innings he was SO COM
pletely unnerved by "the boy" The following Is
= Daly-o, 10, Is, g. 10, p o. is, o, o4n,saz7
l. 1Drotai. 800. Average, 1918. ? : : ~
Uhassy@, 8, l, 10, Is, TO- !, !, o, II, 0, %,
1S o ~ as4 H. S & 9; Q o - 2s
The audience fairly covered DAILY with glory.
fIhis afternoon GARNER and Joseph Dion play, and
to-ntqnt Joseph Dion vs.. Cyrtlle Dion, and Ubassy
W. S0iD Deery.-