The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-16
PRICE TWO CENTS
THE BILLIARD MASTERS.
THE TOURNAMENT AND THE GREAT
GAME or 5000 POINTS.


bavior, winning the First Prize Cyriiie
Dion and Days Wenrisome Contest.
The game of the tournament to decide
the possession OF the nrst prize was played By
william Sexton and Prof. A. 2. Rudolphe in
Irving Hall last night. AZ is usual whenever the
young American is to play, the hall was well
ned, and he was largely the favorite In the
little betting that was INDUCED In. He says
that Rudolphc's irritating objections mako .
game with him the hardest that he has to play
with any professional. That last evening was
no exception to this rule.
Rudolpbe won the lead and missed, and Sex
ton followed suit. Rudophe made well-earned
"a, and Sexton retired with 10. RudoIpbe then
made 30, when he palpably pushed his ball. aud
as the marker called II a shot he continued to
play. despite Sections loud call " Time Timei"
When tho referee, Mr.. Neil Bryant, was awaken
ed suficiently, he decided that a foul had been
made, but Rudolphe was permitted to retire with
"a points, instead Of 30 that he was entitled to.
Such actions have no influence upon the play
OF the Frenchman, while they shake the nerves
OF the young American sadly. He had the balls
left him well together, but realized only n
points, missing an easy shot In the sixth n-
ming Rudolphe made some exceleEt mid-tabls
shots. He showed how well he could nurse the
spot, but missed at 40, after mass6inG around
the first ball In expectation OF caroming on the
sexton could not get the balls into position
for a long run. and retired for twenty points.
Each then played twice without scoring, and
bringing his score to iss. Sexton 90.
Sexton then played gathering shot or two
together along the upper rail; they stayed there
until he had realized 30 90. both points loudly
| applauded. Then the bpllS had to be parted,
but they were gathered by shot at which the
Professor, cospsed hts cneir and calculated .
| from sheer careIeesncsq
| A freezs at 70 caused them to be spotted, but
opsn ' pisys unt,I he re- ohed his Ioo' 4 sbot in.
tended for follow, but played too low, termi-
5I 5a.eS the 1 run s, a. ,os The call then wa'hu-
Rudoiphs then went In for an inning that dis
played all the billiards that are in him, amply
| " rrantinR the nth OF many who still hold thas
| his man nipulstion OF the balls Is ru0re scientific
than that Of any player eItant There was seem
| A cushion kiss shot. miscalruiated by hair,
| was issed at 81. The play thence to the end
OF the inning wus not remarkahle.
Rudophe got tho balls In position and made
| II, when he missed. Sexton made only 7. and
but miss at at 36 after a skifuily played inning.
| He had got we'll into his mites when the ivnries
| sepa eated hut bringing them together again In
| the II upper corner, he reached bis 30. A few
| spread gathering snots and he reached lis. A
change OF oase was then necos arv. At E1 he
ton W. ''''' '''' wv
Tue latter was far behnd at a late stage Of
the same-one in which only great play could
| make up the difference. He made 20 nv fault
ss nursing along the upper rail. Then spot
Rud iphe Increased his total to tO7. while sexton
| counted but 3S4.
RudoIphs began his twenty. fourth inning
| SCI ara,ine tho balls for longer than one shot.
lhen more open play became Necessary, and
lows. ana masse. suocseded each other
po Mt game on record. Hts average was Is, the
| A 10 Ia el,.,.
wins the nrst prize, $500. SEXTON wins second
prize. $500. Garnier and slos:on are to play OF
The four and cl,s,ne contest tetwesn
Maurice y G Iy and Cylills Dion for 5000 10 .
I.mm nv Hall. DAILY. leading with credi, Of
loo. scored 20, and In the two succeeding In
made two in tho nrst ana second Innings. Tut in
the third, having gathered the balls BY jndicious
work uphill BY making %. In his fourth he
| cleared Is.
Before any great change occurred in tho re-
| spective scores, the call OF the marker, NO
mono,onous: bu, the spectators wers 0ood-na- %
rosriously. Some nolinn Of the character Of
the play m ~ be formed from the fact that In
DAILY scored but points and Dion but is.
Dion changed the aspect Of Affairs somewhat
| by running l3 In his 2lst inning, rnd In bis ed
adding 81: Ihen Daily ran ~ and Dion replied
| with a. Dion made ~ Dly added 70 to his
rns AZ ana u,n after p,oa had % run up sI to s,oo:
Dion, LAS.
In the 3oth inning DAILY ran 90. In closing the
| 43d Inning Dion made run OF 81 by nuTsiny tho
balls. and In the next DAILY reached his ls0Oth
point by scoring %. Dion rolled up "a In the
i0th inning. und IN tho next "A. In the st six
innings Dion b ID cleared 800 ipoints. and with
| the vim that always char ,cterizes Dion when in
| tight place. he went to work in the nsst inning
and cleared &c. The score was, Daily 1,s2s Dion
| LII.
In tho forty-ninth inning Dion cleared IS,
| PLAYING rapidly and boldly The game mad been
| long one IL twas nearly IL O'clock but the
| last hours play amply compensated the speUta-
| tors for the tedium Of the long season of uuIl-
| ness that preceded.
AT l2:05 Dion was again at the table, with the
| prospect Of winning 10y 100 points.