, 1873-11-11
Successful Inauguration Of the
Chicago Tournament.
Opening Games Between Joe Dion
and snydor, and Ubas*,y and
Bessunger.
Dion a Victor by 400 to 272--.0bassy
Defeats Bessunger by 400
to 1888.
Four Firsi* Glass Games To-Day Between
Eastern and Western Players

Four Fjrr* Glass Games To-Day Between
Eastern and Western Players
1bo 1ono,t.,hoa,, II Chicago throe-ball billiard
&oun,amont onono1 It 1ungsbury Hall yesterday
eyenine n yorv 1arro and highly respectable
sudIonco benr nrogeut. among whom sprink-
lnc ~ t1,a faip n. ,rna n otlcoable In doforonco
to their presouco tho fra vsant weed was dia-
pensod with, ane With tho exception OF parties
with vory build hcads or er5 new ha1s' tne
oraniums Of spectators wore Aeps nicosol'u' ~
As thore is no extra Charge "t @o@ssou ~
bald.headed gentlemen, aud tho pew Ia's nsss
fully exhibited Inst evoning, 1t is ~ ~ ea;..c o
that at the soancoB to-day tho ladil ~"l. n,' :
the full homage which is their s.uo. muo: .,,ar.
future Of tho tournament rs BIZ S1a e''... -.
cannot be judged by the 4's'o'
Inst evening" in both Of which tho play, ~ W., "uts
unoYouiy matched. Notwithstanding thu. ~''.1 ~,
games wero worry we'll contested and pa oY. ~
dooply Interesting, The ventilation Of thu 'al
WAS perfect, the air, Notwithstanding tho lart 20
audience, being PLEASANTLY cool throughout. In
addition to the natural interest arising as to who
will carry or tho prizos, local pride induces the
horo TINT tho Chicago tournament may bent that
Of New York, both in the matter Of tho brilliancy
sfzo Of tic runs. Tho play will require to DO
: extraordinary to accomplish these results, as IN
all these respects the New York tournament
games was remarkable. Tho presence Of three
Chicago billiardists, two Of them promising ban-
talns, also als to tho interest fol iu tho tourna
ment by Chicagoans. =
THE FIRST GAME
was begun at twonty minutes to 9. and finished
at five minutes past ~, Joaoph Dion, Of New
York, and Peter Snyder, Of Chicago, being the
contestants. It was npparont from tho begin
ming that tho former was in better play than hig
opponent, and though tho Inter made good
to keep pace with tito nteady strides Of the East
orn mau. The latter bid fair at ono tmo to have
an average Ct aovon Or eight, but ho Let down
tho Veste,7, Sporting GazeIte was tho referoe OF.
The game, Of which the following ia synopsis {
Snyder won tho bank for the load and choice
of bulls, but faed to count on his first nlot, and
runB Of 4 and 8. In tile third inning snyder
made a. aagrant scratch ut the, verY outset,
which loft the balls iu good shnpe in one Of tho
obtained, not playing with anything like his
customary skill or confidence. In the fourth
md fifth innings ho missed, and could get but
in the sixth. Dion in the Inter inning picked
ing along tho rails. Three innings aftorward ho
added 81 to his string. which wero mado in the
anme way, and in the succeeding inning. The
tenth, nude 49,, The last run placed him at 100
sA''t tory, owing to snydor's imperfect
handling Of tho balls. In the eleventh inning,
thirteenth and fourteenth. In tho fifteenth Joe
rot in neat run Of 25, in which ho displayed
many fine position ahota and general good
management. In the ninoteo1th inning Snyder
ending. In tho twonty-aecond inning Snyder,
:aftor making good position ehot and getting
lhe balls well together; missed IN easy caron.
being ovoE.co1hdent, ana lion maao ; 70 1ad 1rom
3, and placed hip score at 1os to 1856. n tht
Iwonty-e!ghth inning Dion, by q run Of 19, go
into hiB third hundred, tho game standing 2oS te
to tho rule adopted at tho meeting on Sun
mich benefited thereby, for b
missed Immediately afteFwards, ind left IT, IL,
t}u, II s-afth inning. Snyder, after maklng Q. at
tnmt d difficult masae md missed 1t. Hettint
III Raiia up for Dion. Tho latter froze ate
kng ae6 6nt T. ne mafe tIan msdo 5G
f Tue ,sPoti ma Iugs, however, in the thirty
Tor ins hls 1no1co, hS co., 2o and Of Is ind
n, in tbs thrty-Bixtl.> and thirty-eightn, snyde
meanwhile finding b, jn1dp anins sI Dion s trnod Dir int
LUCK, In tue fo5ty;ars I'll s : run run Of Is, IL
Snyder @ 'A' followed lin With .,p1sE;a p5Es;tt
run Of e, missing an :, Syi1g ssi1 tho b ais
pIon iot dc did R hot improve the oppor uy h9wevG,
getting them separated, and onding "a and /,
the forty-fourth inning Dion made vi I'm in in th
the next Snyder made tho largest II 1sbad e h h
tho bost play that bad hitherto been show.. M M
not the balls froze at the conclusion OF the -Snt
tic probabilities arc it would haye been m.9! !
larger as tue position vas stiM ~ fayqrabie or
portion Of the gamc WAS very slow, and, but To-
runs of Is md 10 by Snyder and two runs OF II
by Dion, would have been extremely unintereet
ing. Dion finally won by 400 to 272. Following
Ia the score:
2t's+ E. ! 3 g. T. t. s. g. e. e. = - i
! i! t. l. 2etal g 1so. i H. .
= 8 8 g. g 4 g. . l. J. g s. J.
9, !, Il, s. T. i, j. "a J. Tota si9
nsSs;f ;us@Soa s's g. EJECT: % IS ST. 5a;aor, "a
A5, 10.
THE SECOND GAME
WAS the principal featuro Of the evening's o.
tue great oo9ss1 mai ANU war; enthms;a
fics}ly greeted on thor appearance The fIencl
man plRyod with all hiB old skill, and thoue
Dessunger did not do worry vol at tho nee'
sos gps and spsna msI prSe2 pTor2 toward e tie aose
was @ begun 3 1t lo:l0, ind finiyhed at ll:Ao. II
10Tng rs eyRepth Te tho lead and counting
tho iay-os, started on rapidly and in good plla
IN hs first nnng he aae 10 st IN an 1 hs fow
i II tie eAss second wth io which ended IS
third inning that tho old man" let hImasif nna o
taking commanding lea w Wla sri;, ,eRIvd Rfhat W.
NJ neysod Ds " iaoro @ list summer, in Ills money gam
Desaungor seemed afrectea by the % run; IL fo1 :
missed IN the three succeeding nRtRga 'ait H. s hse
miss being 91 aae" no 81 out Of tic
and turned Ills flfat hundred, the score .,Eta stu
Ing 100 to 81. The next noticeable feature
tim rnmo waa n rim OF II By tho Ereuontaan