, 1875-04-11

: mont etaKebolder. etc.
8 This embraced abort Ill OF tho business
appropriate to the occasion and the bus
: pesa OF tho partiea present, Th
project of forming = billiard association, on
} bracing the players OF the Northwestern an,
, Southwestern States to bring them into close
and friendlier communion, and to provide, Del
haps. nutual benefit fund, was somewhat dis
cusaed, and appeared to be fayorabty thought OF
Tom Foley oKered q suggestion which me
with much approval. It was instead of playing
matches Of 500 Or GOO points, to Let player
points each, best three out of five, This. 1
VAS thought would largely do away with tht
element OF luck. In long games there frequent.
" bappena for one Of The players succession
OF good broaka, leaves, ETC., which practically
eett!es the game in his fa.o~. But adopting
this systom the ball would be spotted at the end
Of each 100; tho players would take fresh
start, and the audience would feel q fresh inter.
serves thinking about.
| Monday evenings games will be ~ followB:
| Henry Miller. :or New Orleans, Va. Henry
Rhlnes, Of Chicago.
=, Frank Alageioli, OF New Orleans, vs. Louis
Shaw, OF Indianapolis:
| Wisconsin,.
| On Tuesday sir games will be psayod,-throe
| in the afternoon and three in the evening.
TAKING TOURNAMENTS 70 rAsK.
tn fkk EdffnT ~
Cn1cAao. Anril 10 @Did r. ewer occrr +, ro-
that the billiard {. Tournament" ~ commancs ~
this city next weak il hnnhn0 af1air wh;ch
should not be nlIowe5 to t.ke nlace Itia c.Iisd
q 4ttouruamnnt.n mean;nr iherahv th.t avaT1
PLAYER plavs ererv other n}.ver nnd tbe ono
gaming tue greatest number of games il to t.to
The first prize There ara dozen h,1l;s,
ers whose names annear a. an,one thna, 70 nar-
ticipste. and the Cnicaoo nnhI;c ~ a4naota5 r.
nav them for con,n~ 1,sre md eThihitpe t,,anae ~
Most Of them vore nar,r haard
Of p1evions to tha nnna.rsnca
Of the iuee nosters ADVERTISING TIM affs{r: soms
Of them iavo natiooal reputation - ..loserss
draws masses, follows md cush,op. .alots vii VIII
be- regulated by tho pool-se]ler: that tba mr..
tionoar will decida strokes formarlv mada hy ;.
we'l-leathered cue-tip. '>''
The idea Of calling the approaching event a
if it was, the sys:em is weax onea ~ Thsre u" IL
nothinr fair and rnIiah,e ,hort II srnnoa. thars
is tie, and thu changes ara thern viii he Il
must be- PLAYED oil bv a man Tbo bss .i1s,6v ~
beaten his antagonist, To illustrata. TbeTe
are s.y. tvelva nIsvers conaeoTant1v a,ch ,nsr
must piay eieyen rsrnes Rf;nss vim v. A4en tsn
games so does ShaT. or Msre,o1i. "t 1oT that
mattar. uhinea bas ost one T. Sh.x 4ui wao oIT ;n
turn Was beaten hT M.c,fea who for tha ,y mr. ~
Tor the frat nsno Jner tbn W. sIon
rules Rhinea and Shaw n',,st lnv "A, ~ t;a r.n,.
NnT sh.m shn, IunI luss ~ H'ny " Pug ae
either beat Rhinos "a bis N sr;ts ~ he i1;d MT
# be- hest him farIv ia T. rht - "a can,noi @ n
to do ~ aoa,n in ordar - r;4 ~. T %
- tnnrn,s1. ~ nant,,'.,a W. '.S t p.o ane
dera AMI wh.n tic t.a ,1a ~ 1ov ~ ~ 10
M .rr;vea hoth n1srars ~ nrsosii1, 10
al. It then oeconn-s not AZ ,ench = nvsst;an ~
III, ~ ~ n,,a; usSoeo lus eo n"ca auesuoa e1
T'he t1nar;:.n $500 ~ sn,a,,ur
called. il fI,rther ohiection.h h1a ~ th;s. T.
IL ooathar 49, ~. - sanafae - ~ .aAee
The nTact;ce IL ~ 49, frere a.. ~ ~, su.us.
isy for w,ak " t1o .nd r. sIa ~ ns1o LII
3ectaG n notron;sa tb;s III - ,'aase. e ~
Iystem np.ns tba nonr. for n-;yata a1.nea7
nouts betwaan PLAYERS. nf corrae m
,lan can bo devised which win certsiniv
prevent matches firm, beinp snld Int fh;s |
tournament" system is ABLY contriyed 1or !
esfing the honesty OF PLAYERS to tho utmoet. +
hall not aay tI,e youae man en1aped tn nnnear |
d this "ton1uamenE" are dishonest Int flo
eusure to eay that ptayer8 mora skil,ed +!
han any Of these haya often been eharred !
nth throwing games for ths sake OF
'lnnfng outside bits. Suppose, for instance,
hat Rh1nes, Ct uae his namo because know | ,
8 every one knows, that he Is honest aud OF t
God repute). should in sight out Of tile eleven ,
anea he Uaa to play, and being far ahead | !;
+ all competitors, should sell In the :
ools at long odds as sure winner Of /
10 hrst pr1za. Well, Rhinee, il he >
as dishonest, would station = {renl OF two :
t1acent to tho pool-bo1 With instructions to
Ike these odds just as long ~ their money
sted. He would then lose his remaining
lmes, the pubic would eay the balls broks
IDLY for him. ~ and no one would be- tie wiser
+ the dishonesty. t
Ihese tournaments are but hippodromic v
LaITB gotten up for three reasons: To enable | .,
few lazy fellows to ecuro money which they d
ver earn; to advertise some billiard-table r.
lnufactnre1, and to help buainess in the ~
lsrd-halls BY holding out the idea to sap- =
AIDED youngsters that BY constant practice they
a soon become Us proficient at tho game IS
slosson, RhineB, Garnior, OF al
TAnoEKp. in
BILLIARDS IN au1wAux1r. r.
rhe billiard hall of the plankinton Horee v,s ~
ened last night with exhibition e.mee hv ps
~, Of Indiana. and Miiiar. nf New f1rle,ns 50
aw and Rhines' Of Chicaeo' and Rhinas snd 81
:Afoe, Of Iowa. The GAMES we're fair eThih;- se
n play, and the eyont was more cnnan;cnona "'
the fancy displays, and the ocod hnmcr of n
present, than for any nnnsnal nnthnrst ~ u
Liardialic peulus. shav rnnds - nm - III 81
400 points, French carona. in ono rama re
- :. .eoeN A1.1s >S1' eoes :" oue haeoe
,ha fo,1o,r;ra M sra nro ~ .-r souhNsf. ),
yed IN thn R,oaI,rn toq1-.a VI 1oe gataes
IL 1-Tran.ois ~ I}hsseu.a .ou, ~ nAtntut: Hta n,
Icoro-nhsasv am. V;gn.r+ 's paIo an & s.s"au1. ~
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