Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-30
A WONDERFUL BILLIARD MATCH.

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A WONDERFUL BILLIARD MATCH.
The Ashes of Thirty.twO Hours in
Colorado Territory - How hr.
John Quincy Adams Rollins s.a1e
$1,000. and How Mr. Chafles ~
Cook Lost tne Money.
Correspondence of The sun.I
BouLDTR CRY, COLORADO. June 10.
Today met Mr.. John Quincy Adams
Rollins. He was trotting past Mitchell 8
coal mine on his way to Denver. Mr..
Rollins is tall, broad gentleman, with
pleasing face and manners, and iron
gray hair. He looks like a son of toll.
He was dressed in ministerial black. and
wore white shirt, with common china
buttons in the place Of studs. Mr.. Rol.
Inns is pretty we'll off, He sold gold
mine once for $250,O00, and has sue
ceeded in keeping the money. de is
celebrated throughout the Territory as
the man who made $1,000 at a game oil
Silliards.
- HOW HE MADE IT.
In 1886 Mr.. Rollins turned up in Dem
YER That city was filed with men who
,ron fortunes at various pursuits one
H. and lost the next. About 2 clock
;n ,be afternoon Rollins dropped into a
Willard room over BraDdlingers cigar
stare AZ the intersection Of Blake and
n streets. The room was filled with
amateurs and professionals. Ameng the
former was Mr.. Charles A. Cook, at that
time a banker, and since then, strange
to saw. one of the wealthiest men IN the
Territory. Cook and Rollins entered
into conversation. After exhaustlng
the subjects of real estate aud mining,
tbe talk ran upon billiards Cook APP
,eared 10 have considerable confidence
In his own skill, and laughed at kol,
Inns when the latter;said that he could
hent him. This excited Rollinss indig-
nation. and be finally asserted that
he could give Cook twenty points IN
a hundred, and lay him out. Cook SAID
that he couldn't do it for 800 a game,
and Rollins thought that he could. 20
q match was then and there arranged,
playing to begin Immediately, Rollins
was to give Cook twenty points IN game
of a hundred. The stakes were to be
500 a side, and the games were TO fol-
low each other until one of the parties
was exhausted. The man who squealed
first was to forfeit $1,000. The men
agreed to settle all disputes among them
selves. and thus avoid the necessity for
. referee or umpire. They kept the run
of the games by chalking them upon the
aoor. The match was played on carom
table.
THE FIRST NINE HOURS.
All the preliminaries having been ar
ranged, both gentlemen drew on their
coats and selected their cues, They be-
gan playing at three pm. Rclllns took
the lead from the start. Cook seemed
10 be having unusually bad luck. The
balls broke horribly, and unfortunate
kisses robbed him OF many carom.
Rut he showed remarkable GOODNESS. his
misfortunates did not haze him for an
instant. Every shot was made with a
f;rmness and deliberation that deserved
success. Darkness came on, Lamps
and cigars were lighted, and the game
continued. A rumor of what was gong
ON spread over the city and the saloon
was crowded with spectators. Every
bodv examined the marks on the hoor.
There was perfect nest OF taliles ior
Rollins and but few chalks for his an
tagonist Nine and ten clock passed,
and still they we're at it. The money was
steadily oozing from Cook S pocket into
that of Rollins. The lookers-on watched
the game with interest, and the lights
danced within their figured shades
bringing into clear view the eager eoun'
tenances of the players.
THE STRUGGLE IN THE MORNING.
At midnight the spell was broken
Rollins showed signs Of fatigue, and
! Cook began to win. So elated was the
latter that he proposed to raise the
stakes from 800 to $500 a side. Rollin:
assented. The interest in the game was
redoubled. The room was packed, and
scores of persons were glued together
about the doors. Cook continued to win
nntil an hour before daylight, when
Rollins got his second wind. The wheel
az fortune began to run the other way
Cooks bad luck returned. he strug
gled ike man in the slough OF despond
but il was no use. The chalk marks ran
up against him despite every effort.
DENVER EXCITED.
All day long the game continued
The city became excited. Some mer
closed their places Of business Tor th'
purpose Of watching the playing: DC
easionally the banker made brilliant
snurt. and seemed to surprise even him
seIf but the steady run OF luck was dead
AGAINST him. The players were the cen
tsr of ali eyes. Intense personal inter
80 had eaten up their desire for sleep
but their haggard cOuntenances bor'
witness 10 the fearful strain upon theil
nervss. AT noon Rollins was seEeraI
I tLonsand dollars ahead. Enthe did no
rsiax his cautousness. Every thrus
- bared upon q deliberate reckoning
I Hs would calculate upon the posiuonl
4 = tb. halls while chalking his cue, ans