The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-28
THE CARBON COLOSSI.
Three Splendid JOusts in the Bill
lizard Tournament.
DAILY Defeats Deery and Joseph Dion-Cyrille
Dion vanquishes Ubassy-Who Are the
Crowd that Bluff the Dions EAFine
Audience and Exciting Play.

The matinee game In the billiard tournament yes
terday at Irving Hall did not attract much atten
ton as those that have preceded It, for the reason
that In game between Maurice DAILY and John
Deery nothing short OF miracle on one side, or
disaster on the other, could prevent DAILY from
winning. As the result proved it was neither
day Tor miracles nor disasters. Deery has
played as good games Of French billiards as any
man In America has held the championship at the
four-ball game and walked or with the big honors
OF the last tournament. He does not play now
with the old Jdnesse, though at times he does
some Of the finest nursing, that could be
desired, and it Is this that makes him dan
gerous In tho closing OF a welcontested
game. Some four or i've hun lred persons
were present yesterday afternoon when Deery
faced DAILY and winning the lead, scored blank.
DAILY followed suit, and Deery then drew simple
blood with one point In his fourth inning he
scored 30 making very fine draw, sidewise. Play
was simply $3.50 on both sides up to the twelfth
inning, when Deery made another magnificent
back draw, twothirds the length OF the table. At
the end OF this inning DAILY made
BAD MISS,
and left the balls all in heap for Deery on the left
side cushion and he scored 80 from the position.
DAILY went in and came out with couple, and the
strings were DAILY 81, Deery 92. In his twentieth
inning DAILY played the balls exquisitely along the
left cushion and left upper corner for As. He
missed fine light shot so closely that one else
but himself knew that he had missed 1t. Like
a gentleman, he walked to his seat. and
1t required more explanation on his part to con-
vince Deery and the referee that he had missed
He was loudly applauded TOR this strong evidence
Of good faith and honesty At the close OF the
twenty-hlth Deery made bad miss ana left things
in bunch, and Daily took charge OF them for %,
when ne t9S msssq and left the balls grouped
fUynn nv. q " 1iSCn hAI
and forfeited point. In his thirtyfrst inning he
made 20, freezing on the twenty-dlth count and
his twenty seventh was nicely earned and told the
story. Deery made but 80 points afterwards, and
DAILY counted out, scoring his third victory in the
has lost them all, but he played good game for
the last and ran Maurice closer than he ex-
The following is the score:-
Deeryo, l. 0, 30 o, s. 2, A. o. Is. s. 80, o. o, 1,
O. ls 49, r. H. s. 0, 25 o. o. o, 2s, 0, 4-Tota 2sS.
5 PAX Y T. s. g. T. Is s. / ID s4s.s 49,
The Evening Play.
The crowd was not so large at the beginning of
the game between Joe Dion and Maurice Daily, but
gradually increased as the play went on, until at
large as on the evening before. On the whole the
game was an uninteresting one and offered
the Side the winner or tne oser %s
has been mentioned before, however, Mr.. DAILY was
unfortunate enough to be followed by crowd or
men who were not his friends and did all they could
to embarrass his opponent, Dion 1t appears TO be
Mr.. Days misfortune more than his fault that this
is the case, but the fact cannot be contested Joe
Dion last night played throughout a good game
until he was disconnected by Kisses and hOwls.
Then he wilted. Days play was also extremely
good.
ing. Dion followed with small run OF 8, when
Daily followed MIN with 25, some OF the shots being
made with great skill. There was nothing done
until Dion's iiltn inning, when he made 80, thus
putting himself ahead OF DAILY. From this point
the game went on with average play on both Sides
the eleventh inning loafer shouted, go
in, Maurice /" Daily quit and looked savagely
at him. At Dion's nineteenth inning another
addressed him as 'Joe:" These mutterings were
only the beginning OF the trouble. AT Days
twentieth inning, when the balls were close TO-
gether in the lower left hand corner, the player
missed an exceedingly easy shot, and Dion, who
was sitting in good position to observe claimed
the miss. Thereupon the men who call them
selves DAYS friends SCI So up genera mnrmur,
there were storms OF Kisses. The ''gang" had
begun, and very naturally this specimen OF
its temper completely unnerved Joe Dion who
from that moment, from being about forty ahead OF
Daily, began to fall back and finally allowed DAILY to
pass him. He still made gallant fight, and TO-
wards the close OF the game Dion was but seven
teen behind his more fortunate opponent. AZ
length, at the forty-sixth inning Dion being 252
and DAILY 2S4, the latter made run OF 10, having
the balls all to himself, and scored the game Thus
ended a slow and uninteresting game, the only
excitement OF which was that caused by the In
Limitations aimed at Dion by crowd composed OF
those very people who will yet injure billiards as
name unless they show more honor and decency:-
Dalyao; rs, 1 9, l. o., I 40, O. !, !, %, O. O. Q.
49, e is Total 81 &c. Averaae 49, ia
Dion-5. 9, s., Q, 80 9, 1881,
10, ], lls 8, u, $1,000, 1910, Is, o.. :,
ccu Total tw z52 no Average S Saf and
was one OF the longest and most tedious or the
whole tournament.