The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-09
billiards FOB $1,000.
A Slow Gsme-R udoIphc's vtctorv-biossee's
Pluck under Disaster.

Public curiosity has been somewhat
p,qued to account for the conspicuous absence
OF several we'll known experts from the Centcn-
pial billiard tournament that was opened In
Irving Hail last night. The entries for the
prises, aegreeatine 81 1,6O0 are four Messrs. Sex
ton, GARNER. Slosson, and RudolDhe. Tue man
aeers say that the otber PLAYERS did not enter
because they we're not asked 10 do so. They
eiIece that many OF the games at the late Pbila-
dephia tournament were played for the pool
box in the interest OF gamblers, and were not
legitimate trials OF skill Only those to whom
such suspicion attached, therefore, were
asked to participate In the forthcoming contest.
Messrs. SIosson and Rudophe were the con-
testants last evenins. Rudolpho won the lead
ON striDsing. and, making the shot from the
spot com menced an inning, In wbioh he dis
played more skiil than has marked most OF his
lmes lately. with the third shot he brought
the b lis tosether, and PLAYING them delicateiy
along the lower cushion, rolled w sixteen with
shot the bnlls oiled into line Instead OF angles.
and q dinicult masst was executed, only TO
nv Ike necessary one more dif1cut which he
missed. Siosson's nrst inning began with scat
tered balls. He PLAYED confidently, however nd
6sd s9t as far as M ,Ss wnsn aas ae S
second inning, and Sosson missed. In the third
inning Rudolphe got the balls together on his
first shot, but missed bis second, and lett very
easy break for SlossOn. 5tartiog from the upper
! cushion. he worked the halls across the table at
20 points, corralng them In the left lower cor
ner. lie IN anipu pulated them so delcately that In
| the next % shots they did not move loot. Un-
ues iSr s s% ts' ne & a the
shots got them In the right upper corner. Hts
| b4th shot was n delicate hank shot, which was
ion shot after scoring "a points. The Professor
| replied with run OF points, and agiin left
| SlossoD an easy break, out OF which ne made "
points, tuning the first hundred, and leaving
| Rudolphe at 81.
Toe balls we're left little to Rudophes liking,
but he went To work manfully, and contrived
| to make them yield MIN +5 points. He followed
| with S and 80 In the sixth and seventh innings,
the game then standipg Rudolphe, l@ slos-
son, IA.
AT the close Of the twentisth inning the game
being runs OF 70 and "a by Rudolphe, ana one
| run OF 70 by Slossop. In his twenty. nrst inning
ali his skill. driving them across the tsbis side
wise and lengthwise, but leaving them always
where counting was easy Before % no took &, his rs
some brilliant mssse and bank shots. This
placed him l4O ahead OF siosson, Who seemed
TO lose all control Of the cue. PLAY as hs would
| his innings resulted In either blanss or small
breaks, which placed hts total at 2Sl at the end
Of the 3Oth inning while kudolphe was ISL The
latter then made "a, and turned MS fourth hun
dred sosson still at 25l In the 3oib inning
Slos.on recovered his nerve and gave splendid
with tho balls widely scattered he ithered the n
into his favorite position along the left cushion
ana ne never let them 90 untN ne
had rolled up 20 points. He failed to make
the shot from spot after a freeze, but left the
balls so hard tnat Rudophe played deliberately
for safety. and was literally hissed. The safety
shot left the red frozen to the cushion in tn,
left lower corner. the white similarly placed IL
the rignt upper corner. the cue ball nearly be
tween them. Slosson not only made the shot
but left the balls punched again. and witt
nerve, braced py the applause which greeted
him. he dil not close the inninI
until he had scored 70 points. Ku
doIphe missed, and "the boy" ran 10 1t
the 3sth inning placing him once more In the van
| 469 to Hudolphe's 40. In the 39th inning Ru
dolphe added 81 to lis total. and In the 43i -
making him 5B to SlossoD's 40.
| The last hundred points took seven innings
neither of the contestants seemingly beini
abie to summon confidence enough
make the best out OF good breaks. II
the 4eth inning Siosson made "a. puttinl
him II points ahead; but Rudolphe scored 81
ana followed with ~ In his 50th inning. leaving
him but Is points to 20. Slosson started we'll II
his both innipg. but missed an easy carom, ant
scored but points. leaving tho balls where Hu
dolpho could bring them easily into the corner
lie kept them there until he had made ~
needed Is points, leaving Slosson 1t 54I. III
winners AVERAGE was ii lj-lI.
| the game this evening Will be between Gar
nier aud SlossOn.