The New York herald., 1873-11-13
BILL1AR R Ds.
The Slosson-Daly Match at Chi.
cago for $1,000.
Young New York Beaten by Younger Chicago
DAILY, Giving 100 in 600, Beaten by7.
CHICAGO, Nov. 8, 1873.

CHICAGO. Nov. 8. 1873
This evening, by way OF introduction to the
tournament which commences on Monday after.
noon, we had match at the French game between
Maurice Daley, OF New York, and George F. slos-
son. OF Chicago. Slosson has been considerable OF
a rolling stone" in the profession for one just out
OF his teens but has settled in Chicago and having
sown his wild oats in honestly, earning reputar
tion. He was born at Watertown, N. Y, and,
previous to his coming West, was best known BY
his success IN the Rochester tournament and his
complete wiping out by Frank Dennison who was
subsequently extingushed by the "bald-headed
man OF destiny,n Cyrille Dion. At Chicago he
played two matches with John Bessunger, win.
ming one and losing one, and displaying good
nerve and much ability In nursing. These
games were played on small sized
carom table, with four balls, and so
dd not attract or deserve attention as anording
any evidence OF good play. few weeks ago he
beat Bessunger terribly at the same game, then
turned his attention to French billiards ana scored
his maiden victory over jacob Shafer, OF Indiana
polls His friends flying at higher game, proposed
to match him against Cyrile Dion or Maurice
DAILY at odds OF 100 IN 60o and the latter accepted
the offer and made match for 1000. Though
Slosson had displayed good nerve, some strategic
power and decided ability at nursing, he was not
considered anything OF match for DAILY even at
the odds given, and the young New Yorker was
backed at 500 to $eo There was but little betting.
The attendance was good, including all the cele-
brities who are to figure in the tournament next
week. Pretty good order was maintained.
THE GAME
Joe Dion, acting as umpire for Daily, and 'Dompn
Rhines for Slosson, with q local amateur in the
referees chair, play commenced at hal-past eight
P. NJ, DAILY winning the lead and choice of balls,
and taking the white He failed to count,
however, and Slosson broke the ice with
A. On the sixth hand Daily got well to
work with 80, realized from an unprom-
isng position, and two hands later he scored
%, winding up with bad miss and leaving tho
balls to Slosson, who made 19, and misscue. The
game Jagged considerably to the fifteenth inning,
when DAILY, with neat but easy run OF IL, turned
his first 10o-1o9 to 5l-naving more than half made
OF architecture to the twenty-fourth inning, occa-
sonally relieved by brilliant shot, DAILY doing the
ave Very y decent so marked by good nursing and,
following with II, turned his strlng-l06, without
ODDS, to l42 With the twenty.ninth hand com:
32 and his opponent II, rs and IA In succession,
slosson making some dinicult and daring
Shots that were deservedly applauded. He was
playing a remunerative game, as he did not
once fail to score between the twenty-second
DaIv 1876; Slosson, ls2-Slosson left the balls Tor
Maurice, who scored by neat nursing "A. At .4s
the balls roze, but he counted on on the spot gat
run Of 20 next hand stu further increased his
score, the call being, .'Daly, 2eo; slosson, 1881,
string, but in the forty-first hand the Gothamite
came like racehorse to the delight OF his friends
and %, passed and left slosson who mean.
while was pegging away steadily, on the principle
the' the forsysxth inning the score stood pay ses
Slosson, including his odds, S45. No betting.
Daily now 1ell away notably. In the next nine
teen hands he only made p points, failing
to score eight times, his luck being about as
bad as his play: slosson, coming up with well
fourth inning and drew steadily ahead, playing
cautiously but with admirable nerve. On the sixty
sixth hand Maurice got q. concluding with badly
his odds, 4S2. Five hands later the New York boy
got H. but slosson's answering breaks OF 10 and
42-the latter obtained In very workmanlike
Daley 47s slosson, 500. With slosson in sight of
home and almost as far ahead as at the beginning
OF tue game, the ex-champion rallied and played
somewhat in his old form. fne "a brought him to
obtained by an undoubted and unqualified scratch.
Daley then put up 32 and s, obtained from most
hand got in l5 siosson, $50; Daily, ST.. The West
ern player was playing safety and watching for an
opening and the game promised to be as exciting
Cyrille Dion and Jonn McDevitt, or Joe Dion and
Melvin Foster. The New Yorker, however, never
could quite get up, and on the eghty-eighth inning
was defeated by points
SUMMARY.
KiNGsBURY HALL, CHICAGO, Nov. g. 1s73.-Match
between Maurice Daily, OF New York, and George
+. Sosson, OF Chicago, for $1,000; 600 points French
caroms, with %. inch balls on 5xl0 carom table.
Slosson receiving odds OF 100 points. Umpires-ior
DAILY Joseph Dion; for Slosson Henry Rhnes.
Reieree-an amateur Marker-C. Pierce. Won by
slosson-6o0 to $685. Winners average 8 6oss.
Losers average 65-ss. Largest runs-Day, A,
34 80 80, 80, 50; Slosson ~ &c. 80. Time OF game,
four hours 20 minutes. Score:-
sLossoN-4, 0, g. s, i, Q, o, 10, 2, 2,4,o,1,5 5220,
/, So IL 2, 8 4, II, 25, H. 5, 5, AZ. !.
IL, 5, 6, g. 9, 10. 4 2, s, O. 16 q, 3 SO, 8, /,
25 Q, l. 3, !, g. 10. AZ, O. A., !, !, J,
IL, 0, o, 2, l, o. G, 2, 0, 8, with the odds-600.
o, ia j, 3, l. 5, o. : Q, i, 8, IS, 50, o. o. J. O.
A. 20, o. O. 5, /, II, s2 IA, %, $, 70 5, i, s. O. g.
], 0, o, l. 3, 0, 0, ], l. 3, 2 0, 0, 81 o. 2 8, 0,
IA, 4, 4, !, J. 5, 4, 0, "a, 0, 49, s. o. To- ., Q, 3,
7-J93.
The game showed that Slosson possesses very
good nerve. lie nursed well, did some good pos
itlon play and showed fair abilities as general,
but, though promising player at the game, he
cannot be ranked III the same class as DAILY.
Maurce's game was very uneven, though in the
middle he displayed some OF his old-time fire, and
at the finish he came with determination and skill.
Luck was against him, however, and so was the
table, which was by local maker, and consider :
ably faster than that upon which ne is accustomed
to play.
commences on Monday, and will probably finish on
or about the Goth. AS there are eight entries,
twenty-eight games have to be played. The games
are 400 points, French, with 21s inch balls, on u
5x10 carom table. The prizes are In money, ag-
gregating $4,000, divided as iollows:-$ 600, $3.50,
$3.50, $3.50. $780, one drawback Is the fact that
the tables OF no less than four makers are to be
used seven games being PLAYED on each. The en-
tries Albert GARNER, Joseph Dfon Cyrille Dion
and Maurice DAILY, of New York, and Francis
Ubassy, John Bessunger, Peter Snyder and George
SlossOn OF Chicago. The betting on the reSult NAV