The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-13
SOME TEDIOUS BILLIARDS.
TIE LONG TOURNAMENT AND THE
G1ME OF 5000 POINTS.
Young Sexton Losing his skill, and Siosson
Redeeming his Lost Honors- Maurice
Days Poor victory over CyriIle Dion.

Days Poor victory over Cyriiie Dion.
The billiard tournament was better at
tended last evening than at any previous game
OF the series. Sexton and Slosson crossed cues.
The game was not as interesting as the previous
record of the players warranted the spectators
In expecting. Sexton mado only 173 points In
his first :wenty innings, his best breaks being
H. "a. So. SlossOn did little better, making in
the same number of innings breaks OF 81, 20, IS,
and 20 which with smaller runs made his total
1p0.
II Is duo to the contestants to say that the
balls provided were very poor. Promising balls
froze and interrupted almost every one OF the
larger runs. Many brilliant shots were made,
however, earning applause In spite OF tho gen.
eral unfruitfulness VI the play. Sexton stood at
100 a. the end OF bis twenty NTH inning. slosson
began his twentv-nfth inning with el6 points and
easy balls, which he speedily trained along
the lower cushion and coaxed toward the
right lower corner, until he had made
90 points. After some delicate play to
avoid the penalty OF crotch shots, he
turned them toward the upper corner, and had
scored e2 when the usual freeze occurred. He
counted from the spot,and continued I'd until ne h ad
had made %. and then missed a cushion shot so
so narrowly that he was applauded a. loudly as
tnOuRl he had made 1t. sexton miased after
scoring two, and Slosson resumed operations,
running 70 10y ju IictOus play. Again sexton
plaVed, but retired on his second shot. Slosson,
airayrd them along the left cushion, and stat
| e. them on an excursion downward. Three
umes ,.c was fOiced to spread them,
once at %, again a, 6s, aud again ut s5. He
displayed admirable judgment OF force In his
. read shots, anS generally laid the balls Just
where tnoy must aU1 rgely TO his score. lie
reached liz when some dit upon the table
caused bis bail to roll on from ~" ssounu n1-
1ect ball, In wnat was intended to be ~; as.-
points sexton being 1875. The latter PLAYED In
the HARDEST " bard luck, Kisses spoiled his
calculations in open shots or else the balls
rolled into positiohs Impossible to make any
thing Of
From the twenty-seventh inning to The last
Sexton seemed lost. His only double figure run
WAS one OF 10 in tho ttifty-second inning. Slos-
sons good luck placed him almost to an equal
degree at sea, promising leaves terminating In
ming he rolled up 25 points. leaving him at 55T
Sexton sat down abruptly on missing his ninth
snS won u the @ r,'ne. lenyns ssIton at "a sIos.
sous average was 10 1919, Sections 6t-l9. Gar
Disr ana Rsdolpne are to play TINS evening.
the Loso GAME DEGUN.
After much unnecessary delay, Maurice
Daiy and Cyrle Dion began theic ihree-oell
carIm game Of ZOO points for 5000 last even
ing In Iammany Hall. Dion had the 10 "a, and
improved II by scoring g. Maurice made !, and
Cyrille followed suit. Then In the second in
ming DAILY got tue red aud white together 10y
means OF a uold spread shot that covered the
length aud breadth Of the table, and without
breaking them, except u bring them together
again, lie made them yield MIN III. and Slipped
II
to the seventh inning. in which Dion made ~
and DAILY 50. the play WIS but mediocre.
lhese runs left DnIy at lis and Dion at 40
Three wretchedly poor innings were then PLAY ed.
Dion scoring IL, and DAILY three Os, but ~ bring
| ing the lltu inning to close Maurice made A
| pretty rua OF G2, In which draw shots figured
| conspiouously. His 18th netted HIM only !
| points. but these were made by delicate 81 "
that evoked applause. His run was spoiled by
miscue.
| Dion's sixteenth inning W was beautifully played.
ana Its result was au addition OF 81 to his
string. FIVE innings later no cleared A. which
| pi ced hun for the 1rst time in advance Of his
opponent. The score was 2O< for Dion, lW for
| Dsy
| For several innings neither player showed any
strength, at Dut the only shot relieving the play
| of its monotony being "a seven-cusbion shot by
DAILY ms only shot IN the twenty -.eveDtn innin
| Dion cleared 62 In ms thirty-second inniug,
anu at the close Of the forty nrst mis- scIr was
| ;S5 to Days 2Sj, the play OF the lsiter being
| wretcned Ia thr extreme. there was no intere t
! In the game the marker was tired out. the ref
! cree WAS uhl cp, ana tue spectators were " md
ma, nOddtn'," like the people IN the song.
But at lOab tue news WIS brought from Irving
Hal that tue 60O pOlnt game between sexton
| and SlOssOn was over, ana good percentage Ol
| sleepy spectators glt up ana went away, evi
dentb Impressed Win the belieI that this par
| Il ular game wuull last until daylight. But IN
| nj f5th inning DION r.n up a pretty score Of bj
| aud Daly followed WITH a. tho largest run h,
! had m de IN thrtY-fOur innings. Tue strtn.
| showed Dion At i53, DAILY at 3Uy
Immediately afteTwHd Dily ran 20, and twl
innings later he adGed 5 by exquisite play INT
closed the 5JO amid enthusiastic dIpl use, ie0v
ing his opponent with only - to 90. me nali
| will be Tepl Ced, and o nigut Daly Will proceed
| with the game, teRinning where he left OF.