The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-24
THE BILLIARD CHAMPION.
THE CHIMPTONS URESTLTNG FOR
THE CHINPIONSHIP.
A Remarkable COntcsi between the Great
Exprrts -Cyrillc Dion Wins the Delaney
Badge and $1,000 over Maurice Dalv.

A Remarkable C0ntcai between the Great
Lxprris -Cyrilie Dion Wins the Delaney
Badge and $1,000 over Maurice Dalv.
The fourth match for the championship
Of America, the DELANEY badge, and 5000 WIS
PLAYED last night IN Tdmmany Hall, the contest
ants being Maurice DAILY. the champion, and Cy-
rlle nion. winner of the nrst prize in tue GARNER
tourn tmcnt. Game was called at s22 and DAILY
won the lead. making good on his opening
shot. Dion followed with 8. and at the close OF
the 4th inning the score stood To II, Dion
ahead. In the next Maurice cleared and
slipped up on an easy carom, leaving
the balls well placed FOR his opponent,
who scored ~ by rapid play at short
range. His last shot was a lamentable failure.
For this he atoned, however, In the next inning,
by running 80 after Daily had achieved is In
II At break. Tho score at this point WIS., DAILY,
Diy soon ran up score uf %. coming to sud-
den grief on plain bank shot. Two or three
small % runs and WTnh-physd erIco 6peakI OF wSs Ss
at 20; but the latter went to lO1 in the
eleventh inning, by scoring 4s, many 90 OF
his shots being remarkably brilliant. The
fourteenth inning gave him %. aud thenceforth
until the nineteenth, when Cyrille made ~, there
this point Dion stood 21g to Days l52; but
Maurice's prospects frightened when, In the
twenty first inning, he cleared a. and was lS9
The relative positions Of the players remained
about the same until the 10Th inning. In this
DAILY took hard balls, and by series OF splendid
plays ran 65; and when:Nr. wllmarth, the mark
err announced that Maurice had tied Cyrille at
,,Oi, tine applause Of the crowded audience was
tremendous
Interest IN the game was on the increase. A
tie AT 30 between two PLAYERS such a. DAILY and
Dion was a silent promise that before the 800
should be made by either OF them there would
be "A sharp aud close contest
In the 3Oth innine ID Nv scored ~ and Dion ~,
both runs being exceptionally brilliant In exc
cution. when the last shot OF the 35th
| inning had been played DAILY was IL
| points ahead, at 31l to 3d. Improving
| his opportunity, Maurice opened tho 56th
| inning with a beautiful draw shot and a
| cushion kiss, which brought the red and white
| together near the right hand cushion. Nursing
| them tenderly from one end OF the table to the
other and part of the way back again, he
scored iOi. failing on his last shot by
| hairs breadth. Dion closed the inning
! with 80, and brought his score up 10 500, Daily
total bv adding ~ and ~, and when he closed
the 3gth inning he was ii9 to DAYS isI. THIS was
! close enough to make tne game interesting, out
| when the tOih inning closed with q Tor Dalv ana
! IL for Dion the excitement became intense.
! There were now only "a points between them,
and both were playing well. By -plendid
work In the mex inning, the 4lst Mal-
rice cleared 20, and In the iith Dion nearly
! equalled this run, failing ty one point only Toe
score now stood DdlY, 5ij; Diun, %. Day
! next scored T., but for three innings afterward
| maze nothing but O's. while Dion rolled ~
! u. Dion went t. the cue to open the
! Ash inning. and, amid great excitement, scored
! In hours and A minutes. Ddly VS. lett at 5)l
! with an average OF llN.
Among the spectators Was Senator-elect Brad
| ley, Of the Chemuug District.