The New York herald., 1876-11-24
THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
TWO YAvonIrEs BxArES--DALy, cYnILLE D1o


TWO FAvoRIrEs BEATEN--DALy, cYRILLE DION
AND sLossoN THE WINNERS.
Tie fourth day Of the billiard contest at Tammnny
Hall decided the eighth ninth and tenth games OF the
series Joseph Dion was the favoritc Daily by
two one. GARNER sold for three two Cyrillc
Dion and Shafer and Slosson brought nearly equal
figures.
THR AFTERNOON GAME
brought out Joseph Dion and Maurice DAILY. Tho
latter won the lead. but neither made a play worth
mentioning up to the fourth inning, when Daily put in
a good 10. Dion le1 Daily In the shade on tho sixth
inning by splendid run OF IS points. BY alternate
open and close play he 63 when the balls
10 the rails for HIM. He carried them along Tor 81,
when they broke away and he missed while trying 10
gather them. DAILY followed him with As, the balls
breaking badly for him. Dion took on his next and
the game stood
The game Jagged for several innings, after which
Daily made 4 beautiful acute angle draw shot from
which he realized ~ points retiring on bad miscue
His next play gave hun 81 more well earned shots and
the lead In the game by l3S TO Ill rhe next inning
reversed the order OF things, .or Dion went IN for s.
OF which he made along the cushion.
Daily then held them for 10 points,
which left him The same number behind
took the lead ON The twenty second inning with run
of24. On the twenty he ran them up by careful
play to Co. winning the game by 6I points The follow
ingis
Day1o 3; o Is, o1:l $50. o. 10. 81. ls !, II, O.
y, ", y,
L. g. s. TO- 20, Q, io12sa : : : : - : "
Daly's average, ii 49, Dions average, 0 1926.
GARNER VS. DION.
The first evening game was between the above two
players GARNER played from the string Tor points,
TO which Cyrille replied with s. The first good break
fell 10 Dion his third inning and he made 1t yield
him 81 points before he missed an easy one Garnier's
play called Tor !. aud DION followed with run
Of 32 winch he hnished by reckless shot. GARNER
continued playing badly and with III luck, suffering,
besides two kisses, which lost him us many shots.
took o
DION, 100: GARNER, Z.
For the iirst time in SIX plays GARNER made count
in his tenth inning Ho slipped up on aroundthe-tabe
shot ana lett tho balls fairly Tor his opponent The
latter, who playing better than at any time pre-
game for 40 points brought the balls into close quar-
and, with tho aid OF occasional gathering shot
60 when as ha generally does, he wound up with
q careless miss. GARNER, in consequence found them
good for % on his following play and u on the one
inning when Dion added "A 10 his wire, which put him
within 43 OF the winning post GARNER, who stood at
l06 started on good opening and played SO well that
hts friends were hopeful he would serve Dion as he
did Slosson and run the game out Ho secured 104
by good nursing. and would up. in atiompt-
bis pull up leaving him but 10 behind The second
brought neither more than at a time Dion, with 81
To finished tho game on tho thirteth inning. The
folowingls
9. Don0s 5,s4 s2,o' $, lso; 2eo.os2, = o. II.
GaTnlcT-5, 4, v, ", v, Y, U, u v, W D,
0, o, l. Is 3. 0. l04, 2 49, 2, 0, o, s. OBS.
q. Dion's average, 10: Carriers average, Z l4-15
sLosSON vs. snAFEI.
This contest excited unusual interest as the players
the two youngest and thought to be well matched
Shacr was the first to go out OF the units. He made
15 on the fifth inning, which Slosson overcame with
27. The seventh gsve Shafer "a moro IA for
Slosson Nineteen, and were the next three
for slosson to total Of for Shafer. The latter, how
ever, began TO exercise himself the twelfth inning
aud put together 50 points, which he might have in
creased had he not ventured shot around the table,
This turned tho first string Tor him, the game being
sHAFER, 105; sLossoN, IL
Slosson added TO his wire in closing the even In
nings, after which each made two bad misses Neither
showed tho cool and precise OF the older play
and the audience enjoyed the hurried actions of
the young gamesters. The eighteenth inning made tho
plays took 90 O. Is and some smaller to total Of
Is for his antagonist Shafer, who was
attended with bad luck. became excited and
played hastily Tor difficult shots, some
OF which he made; but S0sson, who has been longer
in the harness. played with moro judgment The game
dragged to The thirty seventh inning, when Shaer
made 81. On his tortynlnih trip to the table Sosson
ran out.
Slosson-0 3, O, p, l. o. IA, 49, 3, 8, 8, l. O. 6, O.
o. 90 l, 20, 8, o. 2 2 l5 0, ~, 2, 10, g. O.
/, 8, l, o, !, 8, D, IL. l, 2. 2, o, $500.
Shafcr-3 s, l, g. 15 O "a l, O, o. So 2, o. Q, T.
o. 2, l. A. 0. 4, o. ., O. 4 o, 5, I, g. 81, o. 7,
II, 3, /, z, l0. 4, 0, o, l, 6-254.
Slosson,s average @ 6-49: Shafery average s Q-4Q.