The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-17
the SECOND DAY or THE TdMMiNT
HILL BILLIdRD TRIdL.



cushions each slosson played with no moro,
no loss than bis ordinary skill, but fortune did
not favor him until the 9Th inning. whom he cor
rallied the red and white and played thom for a
neat 81. The score was now ia to %, slosson II
ahead.
sexton collected the balls in the lower left
hand corner and promised To IN ke long run
to matcn that OF his opponent, but want Of care
IN attempting AN easy shot threw him out after
he had cleared -. In the next inning, however,
be got the red and white together IN the right
h nd upper corner, and there Kept them till
they hac welded him 25 when NE allowed them
to scatter. bringing them together again, this
Time ~ the opposite corner, no dalled win
'm TIL they We him ak more, and thcn
slipped on cross shot to cushion. At ths
point sexton WAS ~ nheau. Score-Scxton. l21
Sosson III. The former wideued the gap oI ad,
cling si To- his score ~ the tenth inning, and
Sl,sson put up another o. the third IN the thrce
innings In his next inning Slussnn Ilearodv v,
one II his shots being "A singular bank that no
one but "a bold PLAYER would tempt; lie made
nne run OF % IN his fourteenth inninI that
vety sensby altered the aspect Of affairs. HIS
score was now lg3 TO sections lSi
la the l7th inning Sexton put together another
handsome run, and the 81 he cleared by deli-
ca e, vet bid Lay set MIN q. ~ SCISSORS
him II. and his lH,h - points. all gained 10y
most ski,tui play. These runs he suuDlemcnted
with a ne tly executed run Of ID. which left MIN
out q to 20. SlossOn, with gap II % between
him and game, went to the cue aud ACCOMPLISH
ed ~. sexton scored ], and rlossun with de-
termined look, work ed hard for IA whereupon
sexton, with the palis In good position, ran out
boating his opponent 6s points.
was 10. lime Of game, hour, ~ minutes.
JOE DION AsToNIsHEs DAILY.
The fourth game was between Joe Dion and
Mamicc Day. Joe won the lead and scored 0,
and Daiy did like unto hin by making nothing
IN his nrst inning. Joe's second inning was
worth T. to him, ana Daily IN his cuun ed Z,
neither plat er displaying any more Skill th"ni IN
an ordinary iractlce game. until Maurice In uis
third inning showed how battles are won oy
calling m aud maS-ing AL available forces. THIS
inning gave HIM l.. Ills sixth resulted ia a gam
OF b, the most OF which ne made h' cautions
nui sing. although some ~ the shots were boldly
eXpermcnt,l Ia the following inning Ms score
was H. ma tie now stood At - Dion - 10. The
laitcr then ran -. and ID " replied with Z. AZ
the close OF the TENN lhnlnR tho score was ~ 20
/ o., laiV an ead. lie Increased his adv mage ~
adding 81 IN the eleventh. and IN the twelfth 81
more, which set the score Al In TO ~, Daly lJ
points ahead. lie then made lb in the next nm
Ing. and finding the balls in bad position PLAYED
safety In the hope that Joe, whose mex shot
was difficult one, would iail L. count. But
aft aglee." Joe did not gang aft" tut
went forward ana made the shot, a feat for
which he was warmly appl iuded. American
| audiences at a billiard matcn do not like safety
shots. 1hev would prefer frantic rush for the
impossioilites OF the in1nite, even should the
player lose all his earthly hopes In making IL.
For long time now the game was greatly Lack
ing In interest. None but very small runs were
made, careless piay was the rule aud not the
bition to win. lie varied the mUnotony, now
ever. by scoring - ~ his eighteenth inning.
was ~ to Diun'- lis. and In his 2ji made a.
which placed hIm within - OF the end II the
Der he decreased bv "a IN the 26i h inning aud ~
| II In his 2Sth and In the ;Nth. when Maurice
was at ~, he got clever purchase on the red
| and white, held them well IN hand, and pat
| down his cue only when lie had made the
! scored 4. He WAS now a2 and naufice sill 2S5.
The game was exciting, and every movement of
tho PLAYERS was watched closely. lhore was no
more careless play, aud every shut was well con-
| sdered Daily ran and stop ed at SB, with
| only TO GO. Dion caromed on tho two object
| balls, sent the rcd down the table ana back
! again to the place Of beginning, uursed II and
! II, fellow liz pets and amid tho greatest ex.
| citement closed the game with "A run of Gs.
Maurice Ddl : average was - 70 Joe Dion'S
average was 2l3l Time Of game, hour "a
TuE FIFrm GAME
OF the tournament was plaved last night be-
! tween George Siosson aud tyrille Dion. SlussOn
won The lead at $40 O'Clock ami led oN with no
! result. Dlon scored point, and Slussun was on
| the way To petty run, " hen the red ana white
tro2e. he ulhNcd from the string, made his
shot, and closed with o. The first run Of any ac-
count was ~. made by Slosson N his afth IN
| ming. the next S5 made by Dion in the same "A
| series OF very pretty, though not difficult
shots. In the tcntn inning, naNing adIed2 =, 7. B.
! nd ~ I o his score, tyrIie stood at NJ, while
| Slus-on. who had IN de hut uoint. iu : innings,
| stood AT ~. But running the balls together by
| means of 81 dcxtcrous cushion T. How he soon
coseI the gap, and shortly ntterwaId m the same
| run leu ms opponent B. Inns run OF IS was one
| Of tue nedtost thus lar made in the tpurna-
meut. HE closing shutw was tine plly on re to
end. aud was duly appreciated by the crowded
audience. Dion again crow away hum S,o-.on
~ lAiiiltl- VA lut l1tN ll.llll- but inc
the rear Hion had lett the balls in good
position for nim. aud slosson found 4 an easy
TASK 70 coax rom them ~ points Tho score
Al ihs stage OF the game stood Slosson,
l6i; Dlon, ls5; Nothing Of interest occurred
| tucncciOrward unti the 1911 Inning, whcn
C,tllc, by magnificent PLAY, scored ~.
This run olaced MIN once more IN
the van OF the game, SlOsson being at III or q
points behind. he relative positions Of the
players ", r. not again changed until the close
of the tw weuty- nrst inning, when Dion maze an
| n md cd -. Ia
score. THIS ne supplemented by runs - Is
anu el' and il. the Lose 81 ne twenty NTH inning
he was 2Ij TO his uppuncnt 4 lIi tho latter a. v
Ing score only T. In nye innings. Slosson made
vailant effort to retrieve. but the fales wer
against INN, ana IN the tweny-eEhtn inning
CYrihe maze his 30Oth point, leaving Slosson
Dions average was 10 81. slosson's average
was I. Time Of game, hour 80 minutes.
THE SIXTH GAME.
At n few minutes before 10 o'clock the famous
! French experts, GARNER aud Rudolphe, strung
| Tor the lead in the sixth game OF the tournament
kudolphc started On with zero, and Garnier fol
| replied WIN II, playing with painful delibera-
tlon, as he old throughout the game. To this
ne added 20 In the next inning, taking as much
time IN the execution Of the shots, all OF whioa
we're simple, az sexton would take Ia running
and and G"5"srs hS score "eH stood ""aH q to oe'Sd On ~
| - POINTS ahead. 1t was PLAIN now that " neither
the game should oe a close one or not. the aver
age Of the winner would be large-in other
word that the 800 points would he made in "a
very few innings. BOth PLAYED with great cal-
tlon, although Garnler occ siunally mad, "A
pleasing EXHIBITION Of that Elan for which he IL
famous and usually succeeded IN making 1t
| profitable.
In his Fourth Inning Rudolphe rolled up Il,
but for "A number Of innings following II the
scores on either side were small. But In the
seventh GARNER ran l3, and In the eighth Ru-
dolphe rolled up 20. When GARNER had nd ded
one point to his string at the close OF the eighth
inning the scores were even At ll6, but In tho
next Inning he made ~ and RudOlphe ., which
placed them respectively at lA to l25. Both
missed In the next. In the eleventh Rudolphe
ran ~, making exquisite shots, but Garnier
finished the inning Win 39 and the score stood
l9i to l5O GARNER ~ points abe d. A bad
miss In the next inning left Rudolpne at
nm additional disadvantage, and Garnier
ran lj. Rudolphe missed again, and Oar
| nler scored 40 He was now l0s points
ahead, standing at 252, In tho 18th Inning
Rudolphe scored only 4. GARNER executed a
series Of brilliant draw and follow shots, with
an occasional mass, and soon ran 80. Kudolphe
| worked hard to lessen the measure OF his de-
| 10 ., but scored only II. GARNER ran 0, and was
within OF the game. Rudolphs scored more,
| ano 0hrnier ran out
0arniers average was IT 1l-11. Rudolphes
average was HH. lime Of game, l hour and
| 40 minutes.
The Forulo In Hnyouur.