The New York herald., 1875-11-24
THE BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP.


cYRILLE DION DEFEATS MAURICE DAILY AMI
WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP BADGE.
The fourth game for the billiard championship Of the
United States and ST. 600 side was played last night
at Tammany Hall between CyriiIe Dion and Maurice
DAILY. Owing to the stormy weather without the au-
dence assembled to witness the game was not perhaps
as IL otherwise would have been
However, the hall comfortably filed. The
table on which the game played was the
same that used during the tourna-
ment last week The betting on the game in the pools
sold just previous to the commencement Of tho play
showed Cyrille Dion to be the favorite over DAILY at
odds of so to 40 The interest evinced by the spec
ators the game proceeded showed that the popular
love for billiards had suffered but little dimnution
from tho long tournament of last week It
was understood that play to have been
called at eight O'Clock, but owing to unexplained
cause the players did not put in appear
at the table until twenty minutes past eight
The lead was won by Daily, who elected to lead or
choosing the white ball After the balls spotted
DAILY secured first count on the lead of, making one
carrom but missing the next cyrie took advantage OF
up on hne long carrom. Both men appeared TO be a
little nervous, but
PLAYING VERY cAREpULLY
DAILY in his second inning made l, but again missed
simple carrom through misjudging strength. Cyrille
only took advantage of this by scoring g. when he in
turn missed easy shot The next hand In Daily Sc
cured points and Cyrille This order reversed
in the fourth inning when the indications pointed
a prolonged game and poor exhibition of play.
The tenth inning gave DAILY nothing, but Dion was
fortunate, for he added SO points to his total after
some good play, finally missing easy shot giving
DAILY splendid opening, which he turned to good
by making well executed run Of as when he also
slipped up on simple shot The game here stood
DAILY l07, Dion ISL Both failed TO count in the twelfth
inning, and the next put little better Daily
getting l and Dion g. In the succeeding inning
DAILY made some extraordinary all round play
for 23 never getting tho balls punched.
Dion retaliated with count Of 4, when he
omitted to make a simple shot In the next four
breaks Daily scored but Ia and Dion the play being
excessively poor on both sides In the nineteenth in
ming DAILY put together his string when he
failed miseraby on a carrom that a school
rolled up of 10, making his total 2l9 against
152 for Daily In the twenty first inning DAILY got the
he counted several times, when they appearing TO
1 Dion TO be croched, he called the attention
/ of the referee thereto This official ordered
| the play to go on, but the balls being scarcely
! disturbed in the next two shots he again called
| upon This seemed TO the audience to be effort
Cyriles part to obtain advantage for they tried
TO naugurate hiss, which totally unwarranted.
DAILY still went on and after playing the balls out OF
the obnoxious corner ran them round and about the
board OF green cloth until he had added AZ points his
count Dion scored and went out on nursing
PULL BACK
shot, which allowed Daily gather in o. Dion replied
by rolling together well-played break for So the
game standing-Don $50, DAILY 2os, with p innings
played.
The following will show the runs made during the
game
Dion-s, 8, 0. 8, 4s, SO, T. is, /, 81, s. o 6, 4. 2
s. x 3 Ad la e g , s. : a. ! o a. 4 8 sSoSoa
4 o 4 O. IL, Q, ., g. Q, TO- Is O. e5, a. 10, 2 4
Tie lo4 = go bsvs sS sSsrnr,
was IL 29-4S Dions largest run, SO; Daly's largest
run, l04; time Of game, Sh. 2Sm.