National Republican., 1873-01-04
BILLIARDS.
The Championship Game Between CyriIie
Dion and Maurice DAILY.

Dion and Maurice DAILY.
On Thursday night last there was an exceed
lngly large gathering OF gentlemen In Irving hall
New York, TO witness the long-talked-Of mattel
between CyTille Dion and Maurice DAILY for thu
champion diamond cue and purse Of o. 900 I
side.
The game was the American, l 40 points up
and played on four pocket table, bY by II feet
and 2E-inch balls. Mr.. Gayitt acted as mAstei
OF ceremonies; Mr. Bennett, champion Ol
for Dion, and John &. Heenan as referee.
Game was called at $40 p. m, and the string
for lead was so close that the referee was called
DAILY, who opened the game with 4 score OF three
Dion following with one carom and q bad miss
From the nrst DAILY had the lead, the score at the
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cOrdlng to the score OF the reporters the former
should have been credited with 10 more points
on account OF mistake. This, however, Daly
declined 70 insist on. In the next 1--WE innings
Dion worked up and at the end OF the fifteenth
the score was called az follows Dion, Lisa; DAILY,
i,ll'; the nfty second inning placed them even,
The game now became intensely Interesting
and the audience much excited. In the sixty
second inning the score was, Dion, Las; DAILY,
i,49l.
both men now played for safety, and for two
or three innings tie score was not materially In.
creased. In his slNty-ninth inning Dion made l2
sending his score 70 $50, and leaving him hut %
to 20, but to the chagrln Of his friends he slipped
up on an easy shot, and DAILY, after making q,
went Ia the hole on fiye stroke. The seyentietH
inning gave Dion and DAILY ., and the seventy
nrst gave DAILY y, which made the score: DAILY,
i,4sO, Dion, ,ls6.
As Dion stepped to the table 10 make his nrst
shot OF the seyenty;nrst inning, some one In the
audience cried, "Dalys Out!f The audience
male for the table, where Dion, cue In hand,
maintained his position. But before more than
eight or ten OF them had reached the table Capt.
Leeny, Of the City Hail police, with Sergeant
Thatcher and twenty.patrolnen, charged through
the crowd and surrounded the table, forming a
strong Gordon around II.
For five minutes the noise and confusion were
deaiening and beyond all description. Appeals
20 the referee, calls by partsans of either player
10 stick TO itH and loud cries OF "put Dion
out !" nlled the hall, and the dense crowd sWAyed
through the line Of police and get at the table,
possibly with the notion OF breaking II In pieces,
but more probably from the desire which all
crowds have TO be in the centre OF the excite
ment.
Captain Leeny tried to quiet the disturbance
In vain, bat nnaly, At the request Of Mr.. HeenAn,
the audience resumed their seats, pending delib-
erations az TO whether the game should proceed
The cause OF the excitement was claim hy
Daly's friends for the 10 points spoken OF above
not scored for him, and which would have given
When order had Leen restored DAILY came ia
the table and said;
"MT. Referee, what Is my scorer"
zone thousand i've hundred and six points,
''Then Claim this game" said DAILY, ''and m
stick 10 It,"
Budd sconeld said he could explain the mis-,
takes, (which he didD and that Mr.. DAILY was
fairly entitled 10 the game.
After much more talking and another scene OF
confusion, DAILY went toward Dion and said;
"Wil you call bets on on this game and play
me again this night next week."
Eyes, I will, ," said Dion.
This having been communicated TO Mr.. Heenan
he made an ofiiclal announcement that bets weTt
Oh, and that the game would be played over nexi
Thursday night. This cooled the crowd a little
aud they slowly dispersed.
DAYS average was 20 TOIi. Dions average
was 20 coil.