The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-26
CLOSING TIE TOURNAMENT
ONE CURIOUS AND LONG WINDBD
GAME BY ExPERTs
RudoIphe Defeats the Aspiring Amateur. aud
Joseph Dion Beats the Champion -son,e
YreiiX PLAYING In the Sixteenth lsame.

JOstph DION beats the thhmptOn
Pretty rIavinT in the sixteenth Game.
A very neat break OF II by Rudolphe
opened the fourteenth game OF the tournament
yesterday afternoon, schaeffor closing the first
inning with IL. Rudolphe then PLAYED a clover
run of 6i, In which he exhibited all his wonted
skill In executing tho various kinds of shots
rendered possible by an observance Of the prin-
ciples OF the science OF billiards. This run he
followed with one OF "a 10 the next inning At
the close Of the seventh he stood at ll3, schaef-
fer having scored only 81. The play OF the latter
wae, up to this point, bv no means brilliant
kudolpbe, after making number OF small
runs, opened the fifteenth inning with 20, which
gave him a total OF wv; aud Schaefer, at 81,
seemingly nerved to action by the pros
pect OF an ienominious defeat, closed
II with "a, his best run, thus far,
In the game. Rudolphe added 10 to bis
score IN his next inning, and thenceforward, for
several turns, the play on both sides was but
ordinary. The twenty first inning netted II for
Schaercr, and In the twenty-socond he cleared
22. The totals were now 265 for Rudophe. llS
for scha erer. 1be Frenchman then made 2, and
was followed by Schaefer with Il. Rudophc
gathered the balls by Hne draw shot, and. with
the game In his hands. scored - SchaeGer then
rln13 The twenty.Guh inning gave Rudophe
l. md Sohaeror o. In the twcnty-sixth Ku-
dolphe made I. and In the twenty seventh closed
the game with 2, leaving Schnener at l52. Ru-
dolphe's average was II 10; Schaefer's, lib.
lime of game. hour 30 minu'es.
The hUeent1 game OF the tournament was
PLAYED In tho evening bv Jo.eph Dion and
Albert Garnier Garnier led OF with l. Dion
following with miss. Tho first four innings
were exceptionally barren of results. Garnier
having scored 3. and Dion 2; but IN the oh
GARNER ran y, and in the 7th Dion matched
this run with 20. and at 30 led his opponent one
point. The next gave him 20 and the 18Th
ed n. w % h
ing to redeem the game from its unmitIgated
dulness until Dion closed the 18th inning with
2l rhe score now stood 1Oi for Dion. 90 for
GARNER. Bot for the evidence Of the senses no
looker-on., could have believed That two
less by design, display such lamentable,
we,risome want of judgment and ski as
marked the game IN 10 the 2Oth inning. IL was
a great relief to the diappointed spectators when
Dion got the red aud white together and by
careful nursing ran lOl lhe markers call was
2tS or Dion. 5s for GARNER, ut the close OF tins
inning. Each player made miss then GARNER
missed again. and Joe ran ii. And SO the tedious
once in a wnile, however, a brilliant shot
would dispel the gloom. and very rarely run
interviewed to prevent the spectators from going
to sleep. and to give them a hope that some time
before sunday morning one or the other PLAYER
would be declared the winner. The end came
won the game. GARNER had scored Np lhe
winners average was l3-4l: the losers 8 Al.
lime of game. hour 45 minutes
Cyrille Dion and George Slosson played the
sixle nh game. Dion leading "A with |. aud
put tugetner Cyrille opened the second inning
with graceful draw snot, which brought the
RED ana white within good range, and Cooking
them gently down one side of the table and no
the other, then across toward the north and
back again, then sending them adnft into the
broad expdnse OF the lower middle. and then
gathering them under the lee Of the upper
cushion rail, he finished his pretty run with a
DIR W shot and retired on 1l3 Slosson 'im-
proved tne occasion" Of a tolerably good leave
by scoring Is. and in the Of inning ADDED %. At
the close Of The itb innng Dion was l3O to Slos-
scored
witnessed one Of the most delicate pieces OF
work ever executed on billiard table. slossun
met with much difficulty in getting the red aud
white into favorable position, but having sue
ceeded, he at once set about overcoming
the odds against him. HIS play was very rapid,
and every shot was watched with intense inter-
est. When he had cleared l.. he slipped ON a
cushion kiss shot much to the regret of hun
dreds OF spectators. who had followed every
step OF his progress with eager ewes. The an
nouncemeut Of the srofe. 2l5 for Susson, IFS for
Dion, was received with great applause. Dion
made another splendid run Of IS IN the qtn To-
nin-, ana SipssOn followed with Sj Then Dion
missed ana Slos-on made = leaving the balls
badly placed Dion played a safety shot which
was, as usual. greeted with q storm OF hisses.
lie missed again. and Slosson ran D. The eI-
element was now ON the Increase, ana when
Dion, In his thirteenth inning, reached 50, the
applau-e was loud and long continued. lie
Mehi on b Tn a h & siS S Hn ne ssa @ cleared a.
maze ., and the PLAYERS were hut one point
apart; ihen there was q gap OF IN the four
next ty the addition OF to bis total.
and when sosson had scored to close the In.
ning, the string said .6s for Dion. .60 for Slos.
son, with nothing left flr tue next player to call
hts own. The seventeenth inning netted IL for
slosson, who was now once more ahead, with a
score OF "a To 26S but the next gave Dion ..
and he took the lead again. 1hs twentieth in
ming set Dion at PSI. and Slosson at eS5. Dion
missed, aud his opponent closed the game AMID
tumultuous applause. slossons average was
H2'; Dion's, l3:-1. Time Of game, / hour 80
minutes. The sixteenth game was by far the
best played and the most thoroughly enjoyed
game OF the tournament.