, 1876-09-07
BILLIARDS..

TIR sExT0H.s1tossUH MATCH.
4 comparatively small attendance was present
at tlle beginning Of the match played last even
ing between 8losson and Sexton at Drunswlcks
bllliatd.hatl on Washington street. but bcfore
It's close considerable crowd came fn,--fully as
large number rs tic accommodations allowed.
Tho terms Of tho match are, that the playcr who
first makes ,000 points shall take tue pursc Of
$40 offered by Emanuel Brunswick, proprietor
Of the roolns 1nasmuch as 1,0Oo points
mas rather too mitch to dispose Of
in one session, # was divided In
sye',ns and t',s rensnder Il be gisen to.ngt. N It,
With pruInptness as unusual Us II was graft
flying, thu players lnadc their appearance at s
O'clock, and, litter Tho selection 1T Mr. Shepard
a referee, went at once TO work.
S1usxon WON tho bank, and counted vcrr
neally f!uln the lay-o'l, continuing 10 :, wllcf,
}e failed IN draw. Hexton OPENED Ills count
'n the sccond inning with i, and tllen, missing
difficult bank, LETT the' balls In the space of
creased 10 UG by rountl.the.tahlc play, Sexton
Grat arrived at double figures IN the sixth In:
ming, when he made q dozen, With a
i,ril'saut lnasse So IN the party. In the follow
get thc bulls on the upper rail-, and lie attended
them aurqss 1t, utl1 escorted them down the
ri9ht.ha,ld rail- until at ii they, froze. Count
Ing from the spots, he worked the pair in the
upper left-l,and corner to 50, when They rot
until rs was rcacl.ed. Thia ncecesitatei 4 cali,
showing: Slossont IA: Sexton, Ii. Play LAM
gMished for the ne1t few innings, TIL in tile
eleventh he brushed up we'll and ran 20 around
tue table, aitcr which he gathered them prettlly
u the upper lctt-hand corllcr anil continued to
Gu, when flc frozc, And, counting from lhc lny-
Of, rnaslc = more a'i around, eosipg ut 60, md
bringing himself TO W-wlt!!tn hundred Of
slosBtli. Thc latter. fund the balls In good
shape, and, getting them on The side rail- and In
then continued tic nursing business on tic eni
rail, following tlle pslr ts full lenElh until bis
count was E} 4 few superb roui.d-thc-table
shots brought the wanderers bacls On thu cnd
rasl, aud they were beautifully held there until
greeted witl, luud applause. The run ended Ut
123 Gu difficult bank shot, and tho allshowed:
slossou, 2S}; Sexton, hi.
Sexton, bcing awuy behind, started in fur q
r!,,l, and madc ~ by very prctsy nursing. hut
slipped up Oil frcezc aud spot. Comparative
" small runs were the ruLc up 10 the it'll liz
ming, when Sfossou shaved o,.a u the prcttlcst
blls Of play ever seen IN tLls city. Taking the
balls widely scattered, he brought then, III Three
shuts into the lower rght-hund corner, anu
there, and Tn the lower rail, ran up 80. At
that point he gathered them oi, tho right-hand
rail-, and tnuk them carefully It's whoIe length,
finishing 1is run Ut 1S, the largest af the game
with curious attempt at III RlInust impossible
masse. This run to!ls hin to III, while Sexton
remained ut 49, After tho LITTER Ind missed,
siosson secured the balls III almost the same
way as before, au held then, TN tue rail for the
G6 necessary to nlakg Ills 500. Tile following are
the
SUMMARY ANn SCORE:
CHICAGO. ecpt. G.-Matca Sunle for billiards be.
tween William Sc1f0n and t;curge i. Slo.s0n for a
purse of f@d0 1,Qoo points ap;. 200 in each Of
two evenings; result of 1r.t evenings ulay was: