The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-10-20
PUNCHING THE BALLS

BILLIARD MATCH BETWEEN RUDoPHE AND
CooK-DEFEAT OF THE ENGLISH CHAMPION.
In the New York Herald of Sturday is
found an account of the reject billiard
match, in which England ad France
crossed the cues: Last light the
match game between Rudlphe and
Cook, the great English champion,
was played at Irving Hall, in he presence
of about 1000 persons. Mr.Cook is of
medium height, with black hai and full red
whiskers. He played with lery slender
cue, tapeung down to a very inc point at
the head. The button is nue. smaller than
that generally used by Americans and the
handle rather short, CooS plays with
quickness, now and then mixing brilliant
touch or exquisite idea of force for
which Rudolphe is amous. The
| English table on which the French
game was played last night is six feet by
thirteen, with six pockets The CUSHIONS
are much more sensitive than those used on
American tables, and are rounded OIL IN
stead of being sharp bevelled as ours are
The balls used last night we're not of the or
binary size, being very small. The small
ness the balls and the sensitiveness OF the
| cushions made the former hop and bound ON
the table bed whenever they came in con-
tact with the latter. Notwithstanding the
six pockets there was little or no holing of
balls. From the beginning OF the game I'M
| Til the finish Rudolphe's superiority contin-
ually manifested itself, although he made no
! extraordinary play. The play as general
thing was very poor; in fact, far below the
general run of
GOOD AMATEUR PLAYERS.
From the first to the twenty-fifth inning
Rudolphe made 63, to Cooks %. He failed
to count eight times during this part of the
game, and Cook had eighteen zeros to his
score. During the next twenty-five innings
Rudolphe made only %, while Cook strung
| As, leaving the score at the end of the fif-
tieth inning, 81 to II, in favor of Rudolphe.
The score at the close of the seventy-ffth
! inning showed that since the score call made
above, Rudolphe had made Is points while
the English champion had rolled up 81
making the score 123 to lis, in his faYor.
the one hundreth inning, Mr.. Stone, TO
marker, called the string. which stood RI
dolph l76, Cook 1872. Up to this point te
highest average was 40; and the best RI
| i'm the seventy-sixth inning In ne
one hundred and twenty-fifh lining
the score stood-Rudolphe, %; Cook, s.
In the 174th inning RudolPhe made tii-
liant run of 20, in which be displayednis
knowledge of the advantage to be dawn
from the pockets. Up to this stage 81 the
game the maximum run vas is, who be
secured in the SD inning. In the l5Ottln
| ing the score stood-Radolphe 307; took,
| PIG; and, Notwithstanding the uphill work
he had before him, Mr., Cook worked bayely
ON, struggling against hope and Ruplphe.
In the l72d inning Radolphe made shand,
some run of q, which put him far beyond
the reach of his chaser, for the scre gave
| him $50. to the 40 of Cook. In ne 10th
| inning Mr.. Store read the string 1852 for
Rudoiphe, AS for Cook" The game closed
| in the 204th inning, Rudolphe soring his
last hundred, leaving Cooks counters at
ga. Mr.. Rudolphe won the $500 stake,
which had been previously put up. The
average was ] 1871. Time Of gsme-FtYe
hours