The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-17
JOE Dl0N'S EASY VICTORY.
NOT THAT ms PLAI HiS coon, BUT
GIKNIIh'S MS HORSI.
A very Uu.nicr; sing ChHu,rionship t'rmc OF
Biiiinrd. IN ;hr ramnany nocin' A,cr-
nun. IMni Mi.I.I NJ o Ae A.mMLemrr nlm. I'll.

A Very Un.ntcrt ~ inS thNnirinnahtr ''Wc VI
Billiards In ;hr TaniniHny Room, A,cr- =
ngrs ihat might iinte Amateurr bln>i.
Albert Cainiur ana Jc- ph Don played
q gamo ct GO trcicl ca on.t IN lammanb Hall
/ Il evening. f,ftsr Delaney Icdal and tho na-
ttuhai chanpi rsiiy. III medal was won nt-t
In the tournament cf 1874 by Maurice NiGngux.
lie forfeited It to GARNER, aud " tassod 10y sue
ccssiVc forf,its through the haGds OF CYrlc
Dion and back again to q rnier. The assembly
was small. m King the money at stak T.iling in
amount. : III .hn Gicason was referee
Camo vas called a., $50. Dion winning tho
lead. lie missed. honcVer, aud Garnief made a
neat run Of 10. Tue tlaycfs seemed nervous,
Diun's nr,t tour ,nlinls resulting III total u
Joints, tie same Inuings bringing G rniers
score to %. C.tlioi'5 miss Ia the Last inning
having lcit The talls In an casN position, Don
opened run that looked PROMISING lie scored
w to "A by play that tx .ibied his nur- ing skill
60 its bost advantage. aud then p'ayed close
shot little too Dnc. GARNET found the balls
just where he wanted them. lio scored Il po'nts,
among them two heartily Gppleuded mGc e.
without changing the position of the balls
much. In the left upper corner, Were he bc-
gan, two or three spread shots gathered there
again, nd they were M de TO yi.ld q. Then
poor effort to make q rec cushion catom
term inaied the run. Dion stood ut y at he
end OF his eighth Inning, and GARNER "a. Dion
next drew a blank from almost Impossible balls,
but lett them apparently so safe that he
smiled at the champions perolexed look Wien
he came to play. Garuier, however, not only
made the shot. out left the balls where another
play brought them well in hand Then followed
q Succession OF plays the merit of which
iay not In missing the balls along the
rail. jogging them an inch at a shot On the
coDtrHry nearly rveiy second shot sent the OILS
to opposite sides Of the table, tut wi sucn
preVl ion OF CaiCul 4tion, brtn as TO angle ana
force, that they were left In hand rgain. Even
kis-es In the transit seemed To I'VE been c'icu-
lated upon tnut they contributed to the re-
SUIT. ht % GARNER was loudly npplauded. lie
| scored g., and tnen sprcnd shof clear across
the taolo left all three Of the ivoies Ia line with
! the cue Dhl at he end. lie then He'd u score,
tie game standing: Dion. -; q .ruer. lsl.
DOns bad luck clung to MIN persi-tently.
| Kisses conuoually detected lis lcuatOns.
| He made ~, hitherto his hiRnt st run. lien
| followed seven innings netting onlv 81 and
| hrnging his tot to "A. GalneI II answe ing in
| ings bringing MS total to l;S. Nineteen inninss
for such Deggarly score made the spect tors
| Sawn in wesriuess. Don, however. began nis
| twentieth In better form, IN KING ~ and turning
ana Dion's next three innings went for ~ UOins.
| In his twentieth inning Dion somewhat re-
! deemed the dullness Of the entertainment. lie
| comuenced with luck a. palpahiy against him
| Hs before. For ten shots the test leaves
lie realized wero long draws or cusn-
| ions. linen fortune rclented aud the worries
| dressed along the r1gnt r,il. He
nur,ed them wiihin the space cof asquare foot
promising. lie failed Ia turn IN IN up table 1t
~. and scat cred item hopelessly az 81 retiring
| WITH a total OF S3 against the champions l5l
| Dion, seemingly satisfied with having obtnioeJ
| aguod lead, Oblgingiy wsied for his opponent
winch the only runs 81 double ngures we're 70
and H. the latter one Of the prcttiest runs Of the
game as t IA. as open s cS%i pnn sss sa,i,d AT
| D,un began his thirty-tniid inning with fine
draw sidewise across the table. and win two
| c.Hhlon shot the length of the table corralled
| tue balls rlODg the left rail. lie made no mis-
takes IN turning corners tnis tine, but co Ied
the spheres around the end ana up the risht
siue. The only break IN the monotony
OF the play VS. where me ,.markk,r r
! scattered the h is n l65 while turning an upper
| corner. He tried maniuIlN To rep ir the error.
aud & oteu II mere p,.ns IN the endenv r. but
missed dinicult four cushion shot after scl.-
ing i's In tue run. ms brought his tota' to Az
| q rnlrr gazing for behind I 80.
4 misses tnrt followed SO far outnunbered
the carom- that the s1ectators reeau to hiss. to
tne increased neryeiessnrss Of the UYrrS.
Dion only increased ms total to is7. irier
pelp1w.i lie barely ,% turning s,,. n,, 'oilS ei
d,spased I'o.ed for ON scoring s at the Sssinn,os
OF his nily eirhtn inning. He started
- WI tlo0eed Ike a nnishing run. Nv means of
nursing along the rail. lie hhd reached %. " uen
tie y, cOud freeze Of the game Inteivened. aud
he mi-sed the shot frrm the s!ol. farmer
difficult bas IN his nfty-ninth inning.
1hl- ne supplemented 10y IL, aud. encour-
aged by his opponents Inability TO score
-,lv, even ~ FRONT. n positi. -. finished his
sixty second inning " u a run "t II. his large-t
in he game. l. looNoj as inOugI nc lulX 4 run
tn, game OUT, when i treez' nerc sit ted = uot-
ting the tblls, and thev could not be compelled
a. come into Close quarters again.
| Dion. by play that many amateurs could dis
count, was cuCnuftring he psrtishns Of irnier
To hope III I the cha UPTON migat vet retrieve
the game. No position couid te pi we'd t. Yield
doutl figures. amer, Ia hi Gi h. ran 20, and
soon alteTwarf. ~ runs OF aud :. trpugnt
his total t. 4s5. Dion, however, win 3 10 60
made them in nis xiy-ti hth. winning on Il
the most unintrfc-tirg gani"~ that teet
! pl yed lateiy between tNueits. ihe winners
ny. rage was v IA Il. Ihe | seI's was not wOTti