Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-30

BILLIARDS.
An Exciting Game-Fr0zen Balls
Delicate Nursing-SimpIe Draws
Impossible Breaks-Nice Touches
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An Exciting GamS-Er0Zen BGILS-
Delicate Nursfng-SimpIe Draws
Impossible Breaks-Nice Touches
Chicago Enthused.
CHICAGO, May 29.-The first of series
of match games at billiards between Fran
els Ubassey, a celebrated French expert,
and John Bessinger, of Chicago, took y lace
this evening for $50 dollars aside, 400 points
up, three ball caroms, Bessinger receiving
the odds discount. Opinion was quite
equally divided, and the betting even. The
game started cut rather tamely on the part
of the Frenchman who seemed under
cloud. Fer a time his opponent played
strong and well, developing most perplex-
ing system of safety, while Ubassey always
played for count with no reference to
safety. The latter made the first good run
OF "a in his 18th inning, in which several
astonishing strokes occurred. Bessinger
folio wed with a run of %, reducing his op-
ponent's score almost to nothing. The first
call was in the 10Th inning, when the string
showed III for Bessinger and for Ubas-
sey. Nothing further Of interest took
place until the 23d inning, when run of
3S by Bessinger placed him long way
ahead. Ubassey now began to realize that
he must wake up, as the odds against him
were 10 to 70. He began to hit balls in
earnest, but stopped st "a, nerVously miss
ing a simple draw with the balls in good
condition for a big run. Two innings
intervened with nothing 10 speak Of on
either side. In bis 18th Ubassy got away
with 20, but failed to improve his next two
opportunities, and saw BessiDger goof with
a run of % in the 29th inning, carrying
him 70 01R TIhoccv- On In fhn in
ming both players slipped up in mssse shots,
Bessinger getting the best of the breaks
still increasing his lead. In the 35th Inning
be had 24S and Ubassey no. point. Dur
ing The next six innings the play was light
on both sides, Dut in the 42d Bessinger ac-
complished a pretty run of 36, ending on
an easy shot, the score being, Bessinger 3e4,
Ubassey 0. The Frenchman put forth
a strong effort TO improve his chances, and
was likely to do it handsomely, but at 81
he found himself frozen to a white and
missed on l&y off as he had done twice
before. But he got his revenge in the mex
inning, when he sccumulsteda magnificent
run of "a, over half of which was made by
bis delicate nursing of the balls e long the left
hand rail. Bessinger now showed a little
nervousness, missing an easy shot, but
leaving his opponent an impossible break.
RuUs of Is and l6 in the 18th and 18th inn
ings carried Ubassey past his first 100, the
scoIe standing $50 TO 105. just after
short interinission occurred, both retiring
for a few minutes. When they returned
Bessinger took the balls, and by continue
| tion of delicate touches, fine running and
superb position play, put together a re-
marka5le run of 75 leaving him but 2 to
/ go. This achievement was greeted with
! long continued applause, each shot being
| the occasion of vOciferous demonstration,
and when he reached and passed 60 (Ubas-
| sey's best run) the crowd was wild with de-
| light that a young Chicagoan should sur
pass the greatest of French experts. Ubas-
| sey, however, took up the cue with will
and had worked out a pretty run of 25,
when the balls froze, spelling . fine posi-
| ton which promised big run, so that he
stopped at 27. Bessinger made l, Ubassey
| missed, and then the former SC )red the last
| point in the game, thus closing one of the
most brilliant and notable billiard matches.
An impression prevailed that Ubassey will
show a much stronger game before he gets
through with Bessil ger.
The following is the score in full of Bes-
| singer: 4, 8, Z, 0, 2, 10, s, 2, 0, 10, /, O,
%, IA, 2, 8, 0, 56, 1, IL, ), 8, 3S. o, 6, l, Z,
6, %, l, 4, II, l, IA, 0, g., 8, 4, 10, 0, SO,
2, 0. 0, Al 2, 2, l. 0, 0, Is, l, l. Total
| 400; average Z 3-11. s-
Ubassey's score: 0, 1, 2, 1904, o, 90, 2,
8, "a, Z, O, II, 0, l, 0, 0, l, 0, 8, "a, 2, 0,
29, 4, 3, 0, 2, 8, 0, 8, 90, 8, 19, o, II, 0, 0,
q, "a, 0, Is, l, 4, 16, 1, 6,2, IA, 26, 0. To-
tai after discount 70; total points 377; aver
age 653, ,154.