The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-28
SPORTING NOTES.
THE BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP
The Match Game Between slOssOn and
scxt0n-scxtOn Victorious.

NEW YORK. Dec. 27-The match game of
French billiards, 600 points up, making the
ninth game of q series for the Delaney cham
pionship medal Of America, stake of $1,000 and
gate money. was played ut Tammnny Hall
this evening, between Geo. Slosson OF Chicago
and Wm Sexton of this city, the present
champion. The hall was densely crowded,
many ladies occupying seats on the platform
Nearly all the prominent billiard players In
the city were present, among the number be-
ing joe Dion, Albert GARNER, Jacob Schaefer,
A. =. Rudolphe, Maurice Daily, Helzer Of In
diana; Colvlle and Pulsfer, Of Boston; Frey,
Knight and Guillette, Of Montreal, and Adrian
Izar OF Paris. A. y. Morse Of Boston, was
selected referee; Samuel Knight, umpire for
Slosson; Prof. Rudolphe, umpire for Sexton,
and Mr.. Guiliette, gamekeeper
ton winning the lead, he chose the white ball
and won Off tho break. A delicate position
shot brought the balls In tho right hand
lower corner, when Sexton worked them
his first inning with II. Slosson made 8. miss
ing an easy draw. Sexton missed and left
the balls for Slosson, who made q Sex
ton missed double-cushon shot, and
Slosson made another e. Sexton slipped up
after making and Slosson following with Z;
Sexton made IL and Slosson again missed.
Sexton, in his sixth inning, made and Slos-
son z; Sexton followed with single point
and Slosson with miss Sexton and Slosson
both missed on the eighth inning. Sexton
made 81 In tho ninth inning, missing an
easy shot. The game at this period
stood Sexton 12l, Slosson 26. Slosson
made 8 and Sexton made | In the tenth
play. Slosson followed with beautifully
played shot and made 70, making the game
stand Sexton 122, Slosson 102. Sexton
brought the balls together with wonderful
draw-shot and made Z; Slosson made | and
Sexton missed. Slosson got the balls on the
cushion and by superb play ran 3d. making
the score at the close OF the eleventh inning,
stand: Sosson 1863, Sexton 129. Sexton ran 7,
nursing the corner SlOSSOn again got the
balls on the rail and ran 67, when the balls
froZe and he missed the break, leaving the
game: Slosson 235, Sexton 1856.
Sexton made 10 and SloSSon 3. Sexton fol-
lowed with and Slosson, by O beautiful draw,
got the balls in the left upper corner and made
stood; Slosson 262, Sexton lat. The champion
at this point was 115 points behind. He
again got the balls on the rail and
by extraordinarily rapid and delicate
play nursed them along the rail until
he made 100, when the house came down.
He continued playing and got the balls
around the rails and ran so more, when the
balls froze, He then made the break and con-
tinued his play. closing his inning at the
15sth shot, making the game, Sexton 305,
Slosson 262. Slosson made &. Sexton missed
and Slosson again got the balls on the rail
and nursed them for l40, making his score 408
to Sexton's 9o5. Sexton ran 20, miss
ing a delicate fine cushion shot,
and Slosson made 8. Sexton made / and
Slosson missed. Sexton also missed, and
Slosson made 5. The champion then run 13
when the balls froze, and he missed the
break: Slosson ran q, making his game 437 to
Sections 239. Sexton got the balls In hand
and ran 42, when they froze; he made the
break but missed the next shot. Slosson
missed; then Sexton made 2 and Slosson 3,
making foul. The twenty-third inning clos
ing: Slosson 440, Sexton 334.
Sexton made and Slosson /. Sexton missed
an easy draw and Slosson ran 25, when the
balls froze: he made the break, but missed the
next shot, closing the twenty-sixth inning
with score Of 467, to Sextons 387. Sexton
got mad and by superb play ran 108, which
made him 495 to Slosson 467. SlossOn
missed. and Sexton made 3. Slosson missed
again and Sexton put in another 3. Slosson
made another miss, and Sexton opened the
ball with a wonderful draw masse and ran
the game out on his twentyeighth inning,
Sextons average being 20 20-29, and Slosson's
1e 17-2S. The winner was surrounded by his
friends and carried out of the hall. The cham
plOlSlip medal iS now his Dr0Dprty