The sun., 1873-05-17
THE GREAT BILLIARD GAME
CONTFsT TOR THB DIAMOND CTR
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PLAYING nv Cyiiilc Dion aud Maurice
Dsy The Spectators Enthusiasn,.
The match for the championship and
~ 600 between Cyrlllc Dion. tho present chimpi-
on and Maurice DAILY was played in Tammany
liall last night, IN the presence of large audi
ence. The arrangements for the accommOda-
tiUn Of the audience were much better than at
the last match, the seats being raised in the
form Of an amphithoutIe. Among tho billiard
celebrities there were Garnicr. the French
pert Bennett, the ex-champion OF Canada Joe
Dion, brother Of the champion Chris OConnor,
Dudley Kavanalh, John Dccry. H. W. .Ka,anagh,
Miller uf Washington, Godthwatc, Tobin. tho
cx-champion of Ma.sachu etts, Dafiols OF Dos-
ton. Stone of Daubury, Conn, and many others.
The champion entered at S:l5 and was
ccived with applause. Daly followed Ia a
few minutes, and VIZ crcotcd VIII enthusiastic
cheers. yne prin,ip,ls speedd'iy agrced uron a
pointed to that position. The umpres were
MIR. Matt Hewings for Dion, and Neh bryant for
DalN. Mr.. stone Of Hartford was appointed
Mr. Michael Genry announced tho terms of the
game, aud at the sona ttmu gave notice of n
'hrcc-b1ll tournament tn to held next month,
IN which ha-ty Gu1licf, the Dons, DAILY, and
De,ery lad expressed their intention Of pirt cl-
pating.
At So the men took their cues the string for
lead resulting In ftNor of Dion, Who placel his
ball in the rirhi-huid uprorcnrncr. ID dN follow
|
ball. failed to sciie On the next shot. The open
ing on both sides was far from brilliant. but In
the third Inning Daly opened with clever draw
for position. which ieg improved by cautious
ard delicate play ncttcd hin. 70. lie slipred up
on an ensy SHOT. and left the two reds well to-
gcth er Tor the champion, WHO ~ n series oil
MAGNIFICENT SHOTS
rolled I'm 4 run of 3l, which was followed on the
part Of DAILY hy an equally well earned run Of 20.
including IN ny beautiful shots and marked 10y
| rare good judgment and genrralship, the last
| shot being dicicult pne,which was missed only
| by a hairs breadth.
| blank, but on his sixth Dion scored g.. all of
| which with the exc 'pt.on Of two shots, was
holed on the second stroke. At the close of this
| inning he left the balls within the string and
Daly, attempting round table bank. made a
clear miss. Dion in his seventh inning scored
y, and turned his irst hundred y.i points;
! included splendid two cushion shot in the
lower corner; aud ,nrclc, miss
| DAILY ninth wa marked ly a brilliant round
| table stroke pnd hclcVcr draw, and added 40 to
his score. At tho end of th. inning the score
pioN l,j uAty ls5.
| Dion's tenth inu,rg went for safety ilav, and
DAILY, with difficult stroke At the start, made y
ed Is To- his score, which now stood 25S DAILY
followed with ~, and Dion scored "a. In his
| thirteenth inning DAILY handled the worries with
rare nerve and judymcnt, and scored the nrst
| three figure run of the game -1ol-every point
! OF which was earned. Most noticeable In this
run were two Or three neat bank shots and {.
! number of successful draw shots for position.
! Daiy stock here went up, aud the betting, which
had previously been iUD To- Is in favor II Dion,
| b,cnmc even. The score ho" stood Ddy' 10 :
In the ncst two innings Dion made runs Of 90
and -. the score ~ the end oi the fourteenth
inning ,tanulnc Dion, as; l.ily 3aS.
| In the sixteenth inning Dion made double
scratch, which was greeted with loud
| laughter. He scored ~. and after the scratch
nnr Dion claimed mo count on hne carom
| made 10y DAILY, hut the referee overruled him.
| ~ Dion made his appeal
rHL AUDIENCE HIssLD
| Loudly. showing that Dalv was the favpiite.
| subsequently the referee decided in favor Of
another appeal ~ Dions, and this decision,
! although Just, was received 10y hisse-.
In his eisltecnth inning Dion turned his six
/ hundred. masking Ia and fcnding his score to
Gi2, azsinst D,lys 4Gl. This run ended unfurtu-
natClN, Dion'@ ball fr c2ng 70 the deer red. ami
leayin; a heavy baok-driw as the only chance 81
scoring. lhi- shot was missed by shade only.
| Daily eighteenth inning showed some " h.t'
! ulay, and gave him wcll-earned ~. which Vii.
| stone scored Us Gj. Being warned from the re-
! porters' table that the scote was WRONG. he re-
| fused t. act a. scorer any longer. and the game
%on .9r i2%S S1 S91@ the ] eass ot Sb M
nineteenth inning the game stood
LioS 6t5, DAILY 5ij
| Dion twentieth inning slowed an increase ~
! -. and DAILY making IL; run his score up 10 as,
. that of the champion being ~.
; Ia hi, tweniy-iuurth inning, when his -coro
. wa~ hE 10 Dions ~, DaIy displpyed most per-
feet nerve and consummate ceneralship. and
. again passed the champion bY \ splendid run Il
igi. wi ,cn put him ~ TO Dion's 7d5
Daly'- twenty fourth inning ended in dis
pute a. t. "a shot, and when the referee decided
against him he pnt on bis coat and walked out
for q. and al down. In twenty minutes Daly
returned ana the game ,proceeded Daly ;
draw shot. and closed with "A carelc-s miss.
Day closed his twenty-sixth innne with a
| safety play. leaving his ball in the upper jaw,
| and here Dion showed
TuE rISEST PLAY or THF GAME,
marshallng the balls into position and scoring
81 In this run he made the nrst success al
o. % %';; " ne gains' brilliant stroke which was
Al this stage OF the game DAILY PLAYED in bad
luck. pocketing his own or his opponent ball
nearly every Inning. The thirty-third inning
iUf' the string Don g2, DAILY 9l@.
In the thiTty-hrst, thiTty-secoud, thlrty-third
and thirty. fourth innings DAILY holed Dlons
bail, and left the reds within the string. Dion
tired two mace shots and failed and In the
thirty fourth inning was about TO play his own
| ual 10 hole, hut the spectators began TO hiss
and show other r.9ns uf disapprohation. The
confusion lasted several minutes, Dion In the
meantime keeping MIA cue in rest awaiting 10.
cessation. Finally an old ccntlemnn called out
" FAIR plays a Jewell gentlemen, aud the hiss
CLOSE QUARTERS
At the close of the thirty-ninth inning the
score stood Dion Gs. DalY W]1. Buth men
paved with eHtreme caution and safety, and
In his forty y-hrst inning Dion turned the thou
s1nd, scoring tj' and putting his string l,JjG t'
| Days go.
in Dion's forty-.econd Inning, which wa,
played af,er "A recess ~ nf'cen minutes, h,
warmed to his work, and run up Sc re 6 NJ
and had the hals beautifully together At th,
! lower end Of the table, bat he .eu an cast
| Cusnion~hot. The score Wa, at this point
| bon ll5j, Dily gi3.
| From the 4-d to the 18th inning Days bat
| luck stuck to him more closely than a brother
| hut In thai play he utIt generated had fortune
| and by u series ~ nrrvy and well cXecutcS
| strOkes-many OF them being double cushion
| htIss,, and OhliJue draw shots added BJ 10 hi,
| score. From the heriHning 10 the end ~ TIM
| run the balls broke badly for him, dad over
| point was earned by
nos EST. HARD PLAYING.
| Dion followed with run Of M, which mad,
the score Dion ~ and DAILY LIZA.
| Days ffty-hrst inning gave him a wen earned
| run Of 81, which put hun within II points Of III,
champion; whose game stood ,22S.
| Now the game became Interesting, ani ever
ahot was wutchPd with intense interest. II II [,
| he dcpiorod however, mat the spectators st
plainly showed their bias I'm favor OF Daly, ant
thcif opposition to Dion. when the BOY
made safety play ho was cheered ~ the echo
while "A siluilar shot on the part Of the champion
was Missed. la q word, there q not fair play
The champion kept his temper and MS nerve
thrOu-hO
From the lfty-second to the 5Sth innings Ia
ly's play was tuagl,iDceHt. Ia the hfty-lith IN
mn, n0 made %, and la the fllty siNth,whcn hi
50 r. stood lriO to Dion = l,2bl he took his cue
and by good play, aided by good luck, made