The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-25
TIE BILLIARD WIZARDA !
A Wonderful Display OF Skill at the Cham.
pionShip Tournament.
GARNER Defeats Joseph Dion--Cyrille Dion
Scores His Second Victory from "Joe"-The
French Wizard Bewitches the Balls
and Dazes Deery-Ubassy's Great
Rum Of 90 and Aver
age Of Nearly 10.


ment at billiards, for the championship OF the
world, was played at Irving Hall yesterday after
noon, In the presence of some three TOUR hundred
persons chiefly experts In the game or connos-
seurs, Joseph Dion and Albert GARNER being the
contestants. Among the professors" present
were Francois Ubassy 1.-THE French billiard ma
giclan), d. W. Coliender, Chris O'C0nnor, Maurice
DAILY, Cyrlle Dion, John Deery, Mr.. Bessinger (of
Chicago), and numerous other gentlemen OF cue
rous distinction. The game commenced at two
O'Clock, three hundred points up, Messrs. Gayraud
and Wilmarth acting as umpire and marker re-
spectivey.
In banking for the lead Dion won the choice, and
played on the spot, without scoring. GARNER drew
first blood and missed after scoring 2, and Dion's
second inning resulted in points. GARNER then
'opened the ball" by getting the worries together
In the lower left corner for II. BY pretty draw
In the angle. taking two cushions,
HE STARTED THE BALLS
up the table and played them down again for
points into the lower right corner. Here, by
'nursing" he added 10 points to his run, and,
breaking the position, played all over the table for
IL points more, and got them back again into
the lower right corner. After making
points the balls "froze,n and, playing from the
'spotn he scored 2, and missed ndsse,
ending his run with 3S points amid great ap
plause. Dion failed to score and GARNER made
only one, when Dion in his fourth inning made o
bad miss after scoring 9. GARNER, in his fifth
inning, made and "frozen again and missed
on the "spot." Dion made nice draw on his
second play and got the balls into the left upper
corner, but missed after scoring 10. Moth
Ing Of interest occurred up to the ninth
inning, when GARNER played from the
head OF the table to the middle right
cushion and made very pretty cushion "hug' on
the balls in the lower left corner. or course he
was applauded, and made in the run. Dion
was evidently annoyed at his ill-fortune at this
time and tried to brace himself up, but things were
against him and continued so all through the game,
Notwithstanding he played with
GREAT PLUCK AND DASH.
round-the- table shot With i've cushions, but the
pieces and could not get himself together GARNER
scored 2S by caution and precision. He did
not make brilliant play in the run,
time. In his next inning he made splendid shot
on the eighteenth count and in the lett upper cor
ner, but the position was ugly aiterward; He
made a handsome Jump shot, however, in the cor
ner sent the red spinning all around the table and
brought It back into the corner. On the twenty
spot and ended the run with 20. Dions
TN inning WAS hhnely played and he
and matters were duh until the twenty-nrst
inning when Dion played the balls exausitely in
settled it. GARNER went to work, steady and
sure and made
RUN or EIGHTY-sIx POINTS,
which placed his score 272, against Dion's 1o5. The
Interest in the game revived little on Dions
twenty-thtrd innlng when he made some bold and
brilliant play at long range and round the-tabe
shots, but he missed after scoring 49, GARNER
following
SCORE OF THE GAME
= Z lbs / o. o. a'' > 10 O. '-rosa' 1885, Average
Garnier-2; 80. 49,, z o; l2,a.a o. o. o.
Dion was the favorIte in the French pools before
the game commenced at odds OF 2 tO1.
The Evening Play
was witnessed by a fine audience of about one
thousand eight hundred PERSONS including many
ladies, who occupied seats in the private boxes
many distinguished citizens were present, and the
assembage conducted Itself with the utmost de-
corum. Play opened at eight O'Clock to q large
house, but about half past nine shortly before
Ubassy was expected to begin his wizard tricks
with the balls, the house became jammed.
The first game was between the brothers Joseph
and Cyre Dion. In the French pools CyrIlle was
the favorite against Joe at odds OF to q In
stringing for lead Cyrille won the choice and led
from the spot with three Joe missed and Cyrille imi
tated him to perfection, and Joe gave him another
specimen spec OF the same sort which Cyre again aa
points, and Cyrile kept on missing, and after Joe
had scored II on his fourth inning Cyrille made
out to miss once more. In his seventh inning Joe
made two splendid
TWICE RoUND-THE-TABLE SHOTS
and was appaaded Cyrille did little else but miss
up 60 his twentythird inning. Joe In his eleventh
played admirably, alternating twelve consecutive
times with right and left hand play while ,.nuIs.
draw down t the right hand cushion. S cyTilIe
the ower right cushion to the ieit upper Corner in
his fifteenth inning, and forfeited to Joe by playing
safety miss In the eighteenth. In his twenty
third inning he nursed the balls beauti-
fully along the right cushion and made
81 In his twenty-1fth he made fine long
subject Of many plaudits. From tins time 10 the
close OF the game Cyre began to pick up, but Joe
could not get himself into '.kelter' and the game
became very tiresome. In his fity-frst inning he
made a very pretty long side draw, which sent the
red ali around the table and brought
THE THREE BALLS TOGETHER
within span area in the lower right corner,
- kissing" to count. Joe seemed to play reck-
festations OF reckessness it was at times very
dashy and brilliant. The following is
Dion-s, o, o,o,1, I. Q. o, o, o. o, g. o.
H. q, :, i. $ 10, 8 J. Is, %, Q. >
IT. : + s. IT,, SS s.
THAT OLD FRENCH WIZARD,
Ubassy, was first to show up for the next game,
looked like an ancient farmer, and was quite at
home" Deery was rather flushed, and did not seem
TO have any confidence IN himself Deery won the
lead and scored nothing on playing. UDassy missed,
and everybody wondered II he was out o. sorts
again, as on Monday night, when Daily picked him
up and quietly walked On with victory. Again
Deery Jailed to count and the old ivory necroman-
Ger took charge ofthe spheres. He found them some
where up near the head Of the table and kept them
there. right along by the cushion or in the
corners. Occasionally he didn't IKE the way tAey
were laying, aud he would send one or two OF them
living down the table and let them crawl back
again until he had them Just right Then he would
draw" and n,asse and play fine "kisses" for
while. In this way he Kept foollng with the balls
until he had run up Is and In his lorty-
seventh count made glorious Hdsst, two-.hrds
o. the tablets length. Then the crowd became eX-
cited and appauded, and
THE ANTIQUE JUGGLER
kept on Juggling with fneness OF touch and
accuracy of power and direction that was mar
vellous, until he reached 10: Then everybody
applauded, and finally as he Kept up the