, 1874-03-08
BILLIARDS.


| FROM Ire AftN J OTk Sun, JtGych
Fully GOO persons collected in Tammanr 17,1,
last night to see another contest between tn
/ two billiard experts, Cyrille Dion and 31aurica
Daily. It was the three-ball cerom game. Ca
points, for $1,000 4 side, on the same Co!lendcr
table on which CLASSY and GARNER tried couelu-
slons few weeks ago.
Daily led of with 9 and was followed BY Dim
With round Q. In tho second inning DAILY scored
and Dion II. In the fourth the Young Amer,
| can made nothing. but his Canadian opponent.
starting of with beautiful round-the-taLe
shot, and, suppiementing this with another,
ner. aud coa1ed them from point to point
until they yielded him II. and then broto
up on sophomore shot, the miss being greeted
With suppressed roar. In his ninth inning
angle shot at long range. but disappointed Iii,
friends by slipping up on 2. Altogether, at tl!s
stage Of the game, tie play was no better than
ordinarily, DAILY showing but little Of his usual
skill, and Dion handling bis cue with 40 un-
81 n tbs eb IaS an to- LIS
TO assert himself. Aclean masse shot, series
Of skillful draws Ecreral difficult follows, and
number of round~the-table shots, all maie with
the view Of eating the. balls in the cradle,
him ut last with the desired result;
but the advantage WAS not long en-
joyed, for AL unlucky kiss sent tie
object balls scattering, and all his deli
cato work had to be done over. He had Just
succeeded in coupling the red and white near
cornor, his own being in line with them and al i
most in contact with the white, when all attempt
to bank met with failure, and he closed lis
count With Ct amid applause. Dion then scored
&c, and the game stood: DAILY, 50; Dion, so.with
the balls widely separated DAILY brought them
together by round-the-tab1e shot, but secured
only s. In his seventeenth inning, Dion scored
Co. e1fecting the massing Of the balls BY the mos:
refully-consdered and admirably y-e1ecuted
shots. Among these we're four e1quistey deli
cate bank shots which he made for positions
sake rather than risk the breaking Of tho
group by making plain caron. The scogo
nov stood: Daily, 1873 Dion, 172. Daily scored
nothing in lke 2ith inning, but Dion ran up 10,
one OF which WIS made bv tho prettiest shot OF
the evening. Tho red and whi:e lay dead against
the lower cushion, three feet apart aud the play
er's ball three feet from the former and in front.
At the instant Of contact tue cue ball seemed to
have lost its momentum, but suddenly it moved
quickly from the object ball. described a long
and graceful curve, and t1ckcd tho other with 4
the delighted spectators In eight innings DAY
had scored but four points, and was evidently
getting nervous. while the lcft-handed Cana
dian was gaining in confidence every rninGte
But those who feared TINT the young Americans
Trembling hand had lost the easa
That marks security to please
were greatly mistaken !, for, although in q in
nings he had made bnt G5 points. while hia o1-
ponent had scored ga, aud although the fates
secm to hare set thelr faces against him, he
opened his thirty-sixth inning with glorious
draw and made ~ by series OF as thoroughly
artistic shots as were ever executed in public
match. This he supplemented in the thirty
eighth by run OF II, the result Of brilliant play,
and by 43 in the fortietb, which he achieved by
real hard work, the balls ever seeming to llods
ming DAILY showed his strength. He led tho
white and red merry dance around tho table,
never losing his hold until he had matie the az
tonizhing run Of 213, tho highest ever mado
Daily having scored the next hishest-133-
1t the Chicago tournament last summer.
The applause that rewarded this brilliant
achievement was deatenins. Nearly. ever7
sporting man in the house was on his feet
shouting. and wariug bis hat. and Stamping,
md otherwise manifesting his enthusiasm
and the Other spectators did like unto the sport
ns people. 20 that for three or four minutes
Fammany Hall WAS sort Of Eedlam, hardly d
nan within its walls seeming to have the slight
,st control over himself. During the excite
nent grille Dion, juse & tritie rosv over the
:heek-bones WAS IS cool and collected as lie al
vays is, but those who had been wagering ther
sraenbacks on him began to feel blao. ,
After short lutermlss1on tho game Wasra-
un,cd~ The score was now-Daly, 4G3 Dian,
40 and the betting which had at the beginning
# the game been u to 8, and afterwards to I
n Dion, underwent 3 remarkable change, 2 to |
icing early offered on DAILY.
Some Indifferent play. 7aried By an occasional
brilliant shot. left DAILY at 492, and Dion at 4ol-
he latter having scored one run OF II, and M
ther OF 50. Days forty-eighth inning added
I to his score, and he was now on tha home
tre.ch. Then Dion answered With II, md ia
'is hfty-frst inning DAILY replied with Il. Dion
eemed to bo no longer in favor with fortune.
'esidcs having vide gap IT more than 100 to
lose, he found it Difficult: to make even simp1a
hot without the interference Of miscellaneous
iss, such q one as Secundus would Deser haro
ung had billiards been ono Of tbs
ocia1 games OF his day. At tia
lose Of the tifty-seventh inning lo was 49 TO
,aly's SIS, although he had struggled maufalg
D pun up Closer But in tho 6ith inning be
7rougi,t wonders with tho worries and ecored 81,
lacing him at SAT, whila his opponent had but
to SO. which he made ia tho next inning, tho
ouse resounding with cheers. 4As the last ehos
rs made Dion stepped briskly forward end
book the victor By tic hand, aad i1nmediate!y
fteeward challenged Daily to play hun for s5o9
3-night.. !
Daly's best runs were G1, 10, 2l2; Dion's %,
). 80, 81. Winners average, Q. limo Of satue, =
3ur hours and ten minutes. No safety Ahots
ere played, and thcro was but one miss.
A REVERE